Difference between revisions of "Template Plan"

Revision as of 17:10, 20 September 2020

How many templates must a man walk down, before you can call him a <div> ?

Current Templates

Characters

CharacterInfoBox - made by David, has information that should be relevant to player and non-player characters

PCInfobox - made by Rahul to get initial test pages up, updated to have all relevant player stuff
NPCInfoBox - made by David, inherits from CharacterInfoBox. Incomplete.

Locations

LocationInfoBox - made by David, generic location information, try to use a more specific one
CityInfoBox - made by David, has all the information the location has, with demonym and districts
StateInfoBox - made by David, has extra information like ruling faction, capital city and status
Town/VillageInfoBox - made by David, has extra information like ruling faction, capital city and status
ContinentInfoBox - made by David, has extra information for states
POIInfoBox - made by David, allows setting of the parent location type

Events

EventInfoBox - Parent template, to describe both arcs and incidents, use one of them rather than event
ArcInfoBox - Used to describe a story arc. Refers to a collection of incidents that are all linked.
IncidentInfoBox - Used to describe a small part of a larger story arc. Used to provide details that the arc cannot

Scoped Templates

Group Infobox

Inherited by Faction, Party, State and Group of Interest infoboxes

Name/Title: Name of the org

Aliases/Alternate names: Alternates to the above

Current Members: Can be other groups, or individuals

Origins: Founded by/date/reason etc. For example: “Formed around Thoradin Clearsight to stop Vistrum and save the Village of Gorhart”

Current status: Active/Defunct/On Standby etc.

Faction Infobox

Inherits from Group

Name: Name of Faction

Important Locations: States/provinces, individual locations, cities/towns

Population: Total, civilian + military

Military: Should be split into Infantry, Cavalry, Ranged, Support, Ships (Fleet size) and Mages.

Power Status: Major/Minor Leader(s): Should link to Character pages

Party Infobox

Inherits from Group

Name: Party name (oh god no)

Aliases: Other names

Important Locations: Bases of operations, continents/states active in, should link to Location pages

Current Members: Should be PC pages

Past Members: Should be PC pages

Party level: Integer, 0<n<21

Group of Interest Infobox

Inherits from Group

Name: Name of organisation, if publicly known

Aliases: Other names

Important Locations: Bases of operations, continents/states active in, should link to Location pages

Current Known Members: Should be character pages

Past Members: Should be character pages

Leaders: Should be character or other group pages (if Faction/Party)

Needed Templates

Event, something that happened - likely fields include Name, which party was involved, when/where it occured, duration(?), other involved elements.

Item - magic items, or other items of particular note. Super-template, which is inherited from:

Magic Items (in the DnD sense of being weapons/armour/wonderourous etc.)
Noteworthy items (can still be magical in nature)

Documents and Resources:

Books
Notes
Other written material

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 *[[Template:PoiInfoBox|POIInfoBox]] - made by David, allows setting of the parent location type
-==== Events ====
+====Events====
-* [[Template:EventInfoBox|EventInfoBox]] - Parent template, to describe both arcs and incidents, use one of them rather than event
+*[[Template:EventInfoBox|EventInfoBox]] - Parent template, to describe both arcs and incidents, use one of them rather than event
-* [[Template:ArcInfoBox|ArcInfoBox]] - Used to describe a story arc. Refers to a collection of incidents that are all linked.
+*[[Template:ArcInfoBox|ArcInfoBox]] - Used to describe a story arc. Refers to a collection of incidents that are all linked.
+*[[Template:IncidentInfoBox|IncidentInfoBox]] - Used to describe a small part of a larger story arc. Used to provide details that the arc cannot
 ===Scoped Templates===
-<br />
-====Event Infobox (Parent)====
+==== Group Infobox ====
-Inherited by Arc and Incident infoboxes
-'''Name:'''
-'''Notable Location(s):'''
-'''Involved Elements:'''
-'''Preceding Events:'''
-'''Leads to (succeeding Events):'''
-====Arc Infobox:====
-Inherits from Event
-'''Name:''' Name of the arc
-'''Inciting Incident:''' The ''event'' that started the arc – ideally should link to an ''event'' page
-'''Climax:''' The ''event'' that ended the arc – ideally should link to an ''event'' page
-'''Notable Events:''' Other relevant events, does not have to include the Inciting Incident and Climax events a second time
-'''Notable Locations:''' Places the above events in a geographical context, ideally should link to ''location'' events.
-'''Involved Groups:''' Involved ''Factions'', ''Groups of Interest, Parties'' (if multiple) etc. Should link to the appropriate pages.
-====Incident Infobox:====
-Inherits from Event
-'''Name:''' Name of the Incident, e.g. “The Battle with Darvissa”
-'''Result:''' Victory? Loss? Deaths?
-'''Occurred on:''' Most precise date info available
-'''Location(s):''' Where did the incident occur? Can be multiple values, should link to ''Location'' pages if possible.
-'''Involved Groups:''' Involved ''Factions'', ''Groups of Interest, Parties'' (if multiple) etc. Should link to the appropriate pages.
-====Group Infobox====
 Inherited by Faction, Party, State and Group of Interest infoboxes