Difference between revisions of "Template talk:Player town boilerplate"

Latest revision as of 18:15, 23 March 2010

I'm starting to design this Boilerplate to help people create Player Town articles in a consistent manner. I WELCOME feedback. Below is what could be the Headings and SubHeadings for this boilerplate. My goal is to provide enough sections that people can copy this whole boilerplate, then delete those sections that don't apply. Much of this list is based on reseaching city articles on Wikipedia and other sources. --Winfield 03:54, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

FIRST PARAGRAPH: General information about the Player Town; not too long. This shows up at the top of the article before the table of contents.

History

The Name

(1st period)

(2nd period)

(special period or event)

(3rd period)

Recognitions

Geography

Topography

Climate

Cityscape

Districts

Parks

Architecture

Demography

Races

Guilds

Factions

Religion

Governance

Government Structure

Officials

Laws

Justice

Diplomacy

Relations with the Crown and Others

Relations with Towns

Economy

Treasury

Auctions

Vendors

Culture

Tourism

Theatres

Museums and Libraries

Sports

Events

Transportation

Roadways

Seaports

Teleporters

Sister Cities

Comments on this Boilerplate below this heading please

What are your comments? Want things moved around? Things added? Just edit the sections above and comment on what you did, or just make comments below like "I think we need a section on "Deaths in the Royal Family"" or something like that. Be imaginative and don't hold back. Comments are welcome! --Winfield 03:54, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Just indent your comments like this line here and finish with a signature. --Winfield 03:54, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

I think we need an Info Box for Player Town articles, that appears on the right at the top of the article. Hmm, what to put there? Edit the following as desired. --Winfield 04:16, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Name
(Picture of center of town/picture collage a la Wikipedia)
Shard
Facet
Sextant coordinates
Date Established
Status (active, dormant, inactive, ruin, gone)
Date of Status
Loyalty to Crown
Web Site
Message Forum
Email Contact
ICQ Contact

The ORDER of the main headings in this Boilerplate should be consistent for all player towns if possible. I know that the first heading "History" may be short or Very Long depending on the town. I use Wikipedia town/city articles as a guide though... and usually see History near the top of the articles. For us though, we may be more interested in other sections like Cityscape and Governance before the section on History. Worth pondering the ideas. --Winfield 04:21, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

I added "Sextant coordinates" and a picture of the town to the Townbox idea.
--Cogniac 02:15, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

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 : I think we need an '''Info Box''' for Player Town articles, that appears on the right at the top of the article.  Hmm, what to put there? Edit the following as desired. --[[User:Winfield|Winfield]] 04:16, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
   Name
+ (Picture of center of town/picture collage a la Wikipedia)
   Shard
   Facet
+ Sextant coordinates
   Date Established
   Status (active, dormant, inactive, ruin, gone)
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 : The ORDER of the main headings in this Boilerplate should be consistent for all player towns if possible.  I know that the first heading "History" may be short or Very Long depending on the town.  I use Wikipedia town/city articles as a guide though... and usually see History near the top of the articles.  For us though, we may be more interested in other sections like Cityscape and Governance before the section on History.  Worth pondering the ideas. --[[User:Winfield|Winfield]] 04:21, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
+: I added "Sextant coordinates" and a picture of the town to the Townbox idea.{{Line Break}}--[[User:Cogniac|Cogniac]] 02:15, 24 March 2010 (UTC)