Editing Guidelines

Editing This Wiki

This is the official Wiki for the Final Fantasy XI private server HorizonXI. It is entirely maintained by volunteers and the aim of this page is to assist anyone who would like to help, regardless of their ability.

This page aims to provide guidance in regards to the consistant editing approach we are trying to adopt, across the wiki. Whilst this does not prevent anyone from editing how they please, we would like to create consistant and concurrent themes across the the board as not only does it make editing easier in the long run, but also makes the wiki an easier place for the users to navigate.

Below or via the table of contents, you will find: general editing guidelines, information and a link to our table formats that we are trying to standardise, what to do with 'out of era' content and how we would like in-game images to be presented. Towards the bottom of this page you will find a section that we have noted to require varying levels of attention. Feel free to take on any of these projects or equally edit whichever area takes your interest.

welcome anyone and everyone who wishes to contribute. Without our amazing editors, we wouldn't have a wiki for the playerbase to use. To anybody that is new to editing, it is surprisingly easy and we recommend to read through this page and the guide below before starting. For anyone with prior experience, you should find all the information you need on this page. We appreciate you kindly adhering to the guidelines set out here.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and for any edits you make. As always, if editors need any further assistance, please join us on the HorizonXI Wiki discord. The Wiki is only as good at it's volunteers and we hope to one day be the ONLY Wiki HorizonXI players want or need to use!

General Guidelines

This section is a list of general guidance we ask editors to adhere to. If you feel that there is an approach being used by our editors and it isn't listed, feel free to add it to the list.

• Please mark all HorizonXI specific changes with the {{changes}} symbol. This also provides a useful tooltip when hovered over eg. {{changes|add tooltip text here}}.
• Any Horizon changes should be added to the changes page.
• If the accuracy of information cannot be confirmed, please use the {{verification}} tag. You may wish to use the 'talk' page to explain why this information needs verifying.
• We prefer it that 'data-mined' information is shared on the wiki discord before being added, to try and prevent it ruining the 'Play and Find Out' experience. E.g. the hunt for Enlight before the way to obtain it was discovered.

Out of Era Content

Horizon is currently set during the 'Chains of Promathia (CoP)' era. Any content released during 'Treasures of Aht Urghan (ToAU)' or later is considered 'Out of Era'. The server developers have acknowledged plans for this expansion to be released in the next few months with Q1 2024 being loosely suggested.

• Do not add 'out of era' pages. Current era includes CoP and RotZ.
• With the expansion on the horizon, ToAU content is now the exception to this rule. Editors are free to add ToAU pages to the wiki, however, they must follow the 'hiding out of era guidance' on the tagging out of era content page.
• 'Out of era' information on pages should be hidden and not deleted. We have implemented a system to do this which will allow us to 'unhide' wiki content as it is released in-game. Please see this page for further information.

Table Formatting

We are in the process of updating the styling of ALL tables across the wiki. We are trying to not only personalise the HorizonXI Wiki with it's own unique style but to give the editors the ability to easily make changes, wherever they feel necessary. Its incredibly simple to create these tables, even for a less experienced editor.

For further information and support in creating these tables, and for a list of the different styles that can be applied, please see the table formatting page.

Commonly Used Templates

Editors will find numerous templates in use across the Wiki, used in a whole host of ways. No amount of description here will do the Commonly Used Templates page any justice so it's advised that you visit the page for further information and a list of all templates available.

Images

Images can be uploaded via the upload page. Editors can also follow 'red links' of missing images to add in a specific image. Any ingame imagery found via other Wiki's is considered fair to reuse due to the rights of them being owned by SquareEnix. If you are uploading images that are not property of SquareEnix (eg. fan art, remastered maps), please cite the owner of them as far as is reasonably possible. There is a 'Summary' section to do this when uploading.

When taking and uploading item box screenshots in-game, please do the following:

• Please use Window Type 6 (config -> windows).
• Leave a bit of the box border when cropping the screenshot
• Add that its a HorizonXI screenshot in the upload comment, if it was taken on Horizon.
• Example: Sorcerer's Gloves +1

Page Styling

There is no clear set rules on how editors should style a page, except for kindly following the guideance set out on this page. There are however a few things which ediors may wish to use to help with styling:

• The "flex-container" classes can be used to evenly split a page into 2, 3 or 4. The benefit of doing this is that it allows for mobile repsonsivity, keeping our pages looking their best. Please visit the Flex Container page for instructions in how to use this.

How Can I Help to Edit?

This list is by no means exhaustive. We still consider ourselves to be a fledgling Wiki with many areas requiring work. If you find a section that needs work, feel it belongs on this list and is missing, feel free to add it.

As of October 2023:

Missing Content

• Item pages - There are thousands of pages to be added in.
• Quests - Many pages still need to be added.
• Weapon Skills - Many pages are missing and their properies need verifying where Horizon changes have been made. This includes verifying weapon category pages to ensure updated properties are present.
• NPC's page - Lots of these are missing.
• Most HELM pages need updating to the new template. Chocobo digging has been finished so this serves as a good template. See the Table Formats page for HELM styling classes. All HELM activies have been assigned a class already, along with coloring and formatting.

Content That Needs Checking

• Missions pages need proof-reading and editing where necesaary. Some modern day FFXI information has crept in in places.
• Horizon Changes are always being found and the page needs to include them all.
• Category:Ninjutsu - page needs a refresh.

Ongoing Projects

• Tech Support - add more problems and solutions in as they get reported.
• Ashita Support - page also needs fleshing out but an addon section would be great also.
• Guides - we don't have many, so some written for Horizon would be great.