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-- For anything requiring a date, such as a character's age, attempt to use an absolute date. E.g., date of birth = c. 1700 instead of "100 years old." The reason for this is that we have no idea how long the books will ultimately span in years -- if they go through Waterloo, it's at least a decade. It's fine to estimate if you don't know (and we won't in most cases). The books begin in January 1805, so it's a date we can extrapolate from. | -- For anything requiring a date, such as a character's age, attempt to use an absolute date. E.g., date of birth = c. 1700 instead of "100 years old." The reason for this is that we have no idea how long the books will ultimately span in years -- if they go through Waterloo, it's at least a decade. It's fine to estimate if you don't know (and we won't in most cases). The books begin in January 1805, so it's a date we can extrapolate from. | ||
| − | -- It's not necessary to create links to common terms that have no special meaning in the Temeraire universe. Thus, [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] is a proper subject for a page here, as his history in the Temeraire universe deviates from real history, but for the moment we don't need a page | + | -- It's not necessary to create links to common terms that have no special meaning in the Temeraire universe. Thus, [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] is a proper subject for a page here, as his history in the Temeraire universe deviates from real history, but for the moment we don't need a page here on, say, King George (at least through book 3). Feel free to link to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page full Wikipedia] pages on common subjects that come up, though. |
-- It's not necessary to link every time you mention a linked term; link it the first time, or on a longer page, the first time it's used in each section. So: [[William Laurence]] the first time you mention him; after that, just "Laurence" is fine, unless there's a risk of confusion with someone of the same last name. | -- It's not necessary to link every time you mention a linked term; link it the first time, or on a longer page, the first time it's used in each section. So: [[William Laurence]] the first time you mention him; after that, just "Laurence" is fine, unless there's a risk of confusion with someone of the same last name. | ||
Revision as of 02:16, 21 September 2006
-- Try to use full character names, where available, to create pages, but do not include military ranks. Thus: William Laurence.
-- Let's use Britian/British rather than England/English.
-- For anything requiring a date, such as a character's age, attempt to use an absolute date. E.g., date of birth = c. 1700 instead of "100 years old." The reason for this is that we have no idea how long the books will ultimately span in years -- if they go through Waterloo, it's at least a decade. It's fine to estimate if you don't know (and we won't in most cases). The books begin in January 1805, so it's a date we can extrapolate from.
-- It's not necessary to create links to common terms that have no special meaning in the Temeraire universe. Thus, Napoleon Bonaparte is a proper subject for a page here, as his history in the Temeraire universe deviates from real history, but for the moment we don't need a page here on, say, King George (at least through book 3). Feel free to link to the full Wikipedia pages on common subjects that come up, though.
-- It's not necessary to link every time you mention a linked term; link it the first time, or on a longer page, the first time it's used in each section. So: William Laurence the first time you mention him; after that, just "Laurence" is fine, unless there's a risk of confusion with someone of the same last name.
-- No accented characters in page titles (é, û, etc.) even though they properly belong in the French names. If you want to use them in unlinked text, it's fine, but please don't put them in page names.
-- Please be sure to put [[Category:A-Z]] on the bottom of every page with Temeraire content (not meta or special pages, like this one). If you are confused about what other categories to use, if you use A-Z, others can find the page more quickly and help put the page into the right categories.
