Portal:RuneScape/templates
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This is simply an index of the templates used for RuneScape-related talk page messages.
Remember to use the subst: prefix (which is included below) when adding these to a user's talk page, and sign your comment with four tildes (~~~~)
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[edit] Linkspamming Templates
Note: The current decision for the portal page and main article is to only link to RuneHQ.
The current decision for the smaller articles is to have only one guide link (preferably the official one) and one other link at maximum to another relevant article. Please do not use the current spam templates for adding links to the small articles. Instead, discuss links on that article's talk page.
If you do not agree with either of these decisions, please discuss it on Portal talk:RuneScape.
{{subst:Portal:RuneScape/rs-fan}} (shortcut: {{subst:rsf}}) will display:
- Hello there. I'm sorry, but the fansite link you added to one of the RuneScape related articles on Wikipedia has been removed. External links to fansites should be kept to a minimum, as Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links. Only the three major fansites; RuneHQ, Tip.it and Zybez, should be linked to at this time. This is due to to a controversy some time ago, after a very large collection of fansite links built up in the article, although this rule has recently been relaxed due to policy changes. For more information, please see Wikipedia's, or the Meta-Wiki's rules on external links. If you would like to add a new fansite link, please discuss it first at the main article's discussion page or at WikiProject MMO's RuneScape Task Force. Thanks,
{{subst:Portal:RuneScape/rs-fan2}} (shortcut: {{subst:rsf2}}) will display:
- Please refrain from replacing or adding fansite links to the RuneScape related articles on Wikipedia without discussing it first on the main article talk page or at WikiProject MMO's RuneScape Task Force. It can be considered as spamming, and Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links. Currently, only the three major fansites; RuneHQ, Tip.it and Zybez should be linked to at this time. Thanks,
{{subst:Portal:RuneScape/rs-fan3}} (shortcut: {{subst:rsf3}}) will display:
Please stop replacing or adding fansite links to the RuneScape related articles on Wikipedia without discussing it first on the main article talk page or at WikiProject MMO's RuneScape Task Force. It is considered spam and you may be blocked from editing.
{{subst:Portal:RuneScape/rs-fan4}} (shortcut: {{subst:rsf4}}) will display:
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This is your last warning. Repeatedly adding or changing fansite links in RuneScape related articles on Wikipedia is considered spam. The next time you do this, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia and your site may be blacklisted.
All of these templates have an optional parameter for specifying an article, IE: {{subst:Portal:RuneScape/rs-fan|article name}} or {{subst:rsf|article name}}.
[edit] Maintainer Template Misuse Notice
{{subst:Portal:RuneScape/not-maintainer}} will display:
Hello, RuneScape/templates, I saw you added {{User Maintains Portal/RuneScape}} to your userpage. Unfortunately, you need to make more contributions to the portal and the RuneScape series to be considered a maintainer. Therefore, the template, {{User Maintains Portal/RuneScape}}, has been removed from your page. Feel free to place the template back on your userpage once you've contributed a bit more to the portal. Thanks,
[edit] Fancruft Guide Notice
Use {{Portal:RuneScape/Fancruftguide}} to produce:
Remember: Wikipedia is not a game guide, all content must be of a neutral point of view, all content must be verifiable. In these subpages, we are not writing for RuneScape players; we are writing for everybody in the world. Very few of people need to know things like "abby whips cost 2mil" or "zammy prayerbooks are a reward from horror from the deep quest". This is Fancruft, in that it only appeals or means anything to players and fans of RuneScape, and will "bore, distract or confuse a non-fan, when its exclusion would not significantly harm the factual coverage as a whole". It makes a poor article to be filled with fancruft. Instead, a more basic explanation is more often required, as readers may not know as much as you do!
In short, fancruft includes things like:
- Pricing information
- How to complete quests and what the rewards are.
- Instructions for how to use and perform a skill, for example "to make bronze bars you need 1 tin ore and 1 copper ore"
- Lengthy, detailed descriptions of items.
Avoiding Fancruft
- Instead of giving a specific price (which is subject to change anyway), state, for example, "Runite armour often fetches significant sums of money in RuneScape's marketplaces"
- Do not give game guide type information for quests.
- Limit mentioning the different types of equipment or raw material used for a skill
- Never describe an item in intricate detail, for example, the "Abyssal Whip", readers do not need to know that "the abyssal whip comes from abyssal demons which require 85 slayer to kill"
Instead, use inline citations, linking to the relevant RuneScape knowledge base article.
Wikipedia is not the place to guide people through every detail of playing RuneScape, as such a level of detail is inappropriate. It is appropriate at the RuneScape Wiki, a version of Wikipedia intended for players.
Furthermore, read Wikipedia's Manual of Style. Then read it again. You may also wish to read the Wikipedia Introduction in full. Make it easier on your fellow contributors before you click the Save button; click the Preview button, Wikilink to other articles (for example, Wikilink to Sword), make sure your spelling and grammar is absolutely immaculate, don't ask readers to message you ingame, and don't ever use shorthand! Ur nt in rs anymore, you are writing an Encyclopedia!
[edit] Usertalk version
Use {{subst:Portal:RuneScape/Fancruftguide-user|(name of article)|~~~~}} or the shortcut: {{subst:rsfancruft-user|(name of article)|~~~~}} to produce:
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Hello RuneScape/templates, and thank you for your contributions to (name of article), part of the RuneScape series. Whilst your edits are greatly appreciated, they have had to be changed, as they went into too much detail about the subject! Such a level of detail, that requires that a reader be a player of RuneScape, is outside of Wikipedia's mandate and is often called "Fancruft" by other editors. Some articles, some in the RuneScape series, some not, have even been deleted on the grounds of containing too much Fancruft.
It is important to remember that:
In short, fancruft includes things like:
Avoiding Fancruft
Instead, use inline citations, linking to the relevant RuneScape knowledge base article. Please do not be put off by this! The RuneScape pages still need work! Furthermore, your great knowledge of this subject is more than welcome at the RuneScape wiki, a version of Wikipedia revolving around RuneScape, written for players, and where a higher level of detail is used. You may also find it helpful to read:
Feel free to join in the discussion at the main RuneScape page or the RuneScape Task Force, part of WikiProject Massively multiplayer online games. Happy editing! {{{2}}} |
