Editing Guidelines
You have the ability to edit most Legion TD 2 Wiki pages if you are logged in to your Fandom account. By default, the first editor that shows on the page when starting to edit, is the VisualEditor, which provides an editing space similar to how the page is displayed, and is useful if you are not familiar with programming. The Visual Editor has fewer capabilities (some features have not been developed to work while using it), provides very poor coding environment, and can sometimes unpredictably tamper with parts of the page that you did not intend to change. It is therefore highly recommended to change your default editor to the Source editor. To do so, go to your preferences by clicking here and set your Preferred Editor to Source editor.
General Text Formatting
Bold and Italics
To put some text in Bold, you need to add 3 apostrophes on each side of the text.
'''Some bolded text.'''gives Some bolded text.
To put some text in Italics, you need to add 2 apostrophes on each side of the text.
''Some italics text.''gives Some italics text.
To put some text in Bold and Italics at the same time, you need to add 5 apostrophes on each side of the text (3 for bold, 2 for italics)
'''''Some bolded italics text.'''''gives Some bolded italics text.
Indentation and Text Lists
Indentation is one way to add structure to text, and arrange a section into a text list. New lines with an indentation character separate the list's terms, and a new line without it ends the list.
There exist three types of indented text lists, Unordered, Bulleted, and Numbered lists. Indentation is created by adding special characters at the beginning of a line. The more of these characters you insert, the more the text will be indented. Space characters cannot be used in order to indent text, for technical reasons.
Unordered lists (normal text indentation; a "Tab stop ↹") are created by adding a colon :
Bulleted lists are created by adding an asterisk *
Numbered lists are created by adding a number sign #
Here is an example of a Bulleted list, the most common type of list on this wiki.
* First sentence * Second sentence ** Remark about the second sentence * Third sentence ** Remark about the third sentence *** Remark about the remark about the third sentence
Becomes
- First sentence
- Second sentence
- Remark about the second sentence
- Third sentence
- Remark about the third sentence
- Remark about the remark about the third sentence
- Remark about the third sentence
Definition lists
Definition lists are added with the character ; in the same way that the other three are, but they are not specifically indented lists like the other three. Instead, a definition list adds a term in bold text, and then its description indented one level further, in a new line. The description is optional.
A description list is added like this:
;Term with no description ;Term : description
Becomes
- Term with no description
- Term
- description
Lastly, mixed and nested lists can also be created by combining the characters shown above at the beginning of a line.
Headings
Headings are an effective and common way to organize text on a page. They are simple and quick to use, and allow the reader to quickly navigate through the page. Many common wiki page types (for example a LoL Champion's page) have standardized layouts and order, that are determined by headings.
There exist different sizes of headings, which are represented by levels. Usable levels are 2 through 6 (level 1 is used for the page's title only). Headings are encompassed by pairs of equals signs at each side of the text. The number of pairs represents the level.
==Main Heading==is a level 2 heading- This will display a big heading.
===Subheading===is a level 3 heading.- This will display a smaller heading.
====Sub-Subheading====is a level 4 heading.- This will display a heading as big as text.
=====Sub-Sub-Subheading=====is a level 5 heading.======Sub-Sub-Sub-Subheading======is a level 6 heading.- Levels 5 and 6 are solely used for categorization, but they have the same text size as a level 4 heading.
Adding Images and Formatting
Both the VisualEditor and Source Editor allow for the addition of images to a page. See Adding Images page for all details.
- When uploading a picture please make sure to add a title that identifies what the picture is. For example, if you upload a picture of a Seedling, with the name "Untitled.png", please change it to "seedling.png" or something descriptive of the image.
Adding Images with VisualEditor
To add images with the VisualEditor use the top bar of the editor. See this help page.
Adding Images with Source Editor
Adding images with the Source Editor can be performed with the top bar, like in VisualEditor. But the preferred method allows you to directly add and edit the underlying wikitext. Images folllow a specific format and are enclosed in square brackets like a regular link.
[[File:Wiki.png|220px|center|thumb|link=Help:Adding images|alt=This is an alt text|class=This is for the HTML classes|And this a description]]
For information and details on how to edit or implement the above code see this page.
Links
Wiki (or 'Internal') links
To link to another page on the current wiki, you need to encompass it in double square brackets [[ ]]. You can also change the display text of the link by adding a vertical bar | after the link and typing the display text.
Examples:
[[Aqua Spirit]]will create a link to the page Aqua Spirit[[Attack & Defense Types|Piercing Damage]]will create a link to the page Attack & Defense Types but will appear like this: Piercing Damage.
When you want to use the plural of an article title (or add any other suffix) for your link, you can add the extra characters directly after the closing double square brackets.
External links
To create a link to a page outside of the wiki, you need to add only one square bracket on each side of the link. Make sure that the address is full: prefixed with "http://www." or "https://www."
To change the display text of the link, add a Space after the link and before the bracket, and type the display text.
- Ex:
[https://www.google.com/ Google]will create a link to that page, and it will appear like this: Google.
Short Codes & Templates
When you mention commonly used terms that have an icon like currencies or ingame resources you can use short codes / templates, for example:
{{G|10}}
{{M|10}}
{{I|10}}
{{SS|10}}
{{PE|10}}
{{AOE}} {{Mana}} {{Carry}} {{DPS}}
becomes:
10
10
10
10
10
AOE
Mana
Carry
DPS
You can find all available info icon shortcodes here: Category:Infoicon
Writing Style
1. Avoid using all caps. To emphasize something, use bold or italics instead.
2. Avoid using contractions. For example, you should say "do not" instead of "don't"
3. Content should address the reader in either third person or second person. First person should be avoided entirely.
4. When a topic that has a page on the wiki is mentioned for the first time under a new header, and said topic is not the main topic of the page, it should be given a link. This can be done by highlighting the word (in either Visual or Source Editor) and then pressing Ctrl + K, which will bring up a menu to search for a wiki page. External links can and should also be added when they are appropriate.
5. Avoid using niche slang/abbreviations. Content should be accessible to players of all experience levels.
6. Keep your writing around a 6th Grade reading level. Avoid using big words if something can be explained in simple words.
7. Use proper grammar and spelling. Avoid run-on sentences. Use the Oxford comma when it is applicable.
8. Please use American English for spelling. For example, you should say "armor" not "armour".
9. Don't have walls of text. Break things up into paragraphs, bullet points, etc. or just shorten what you have to say.
10. When referring to units always capitalize names. For example, you should type "Lizard" not "lizard".
11. Use "a" instead of "the" as an article. For example, "A Lizard is a ranged mercenary." instead of "The Lizard is a ranged mercenary".