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 consistent 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.
We 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 reading 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 its 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, e.g. {{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.
Creating New Pages
It is no secret that when creating pages, retail Wiki pages are often used as a base. This practise is perfectly acceptable but we have taken great strides to tailor the content and styling to our own Horizon themes. We politely ask that anyone wishing to edit this wiki follows these practices and below is a list of these changes. The list is not currently exhaustive and when new themes are agreed upon, will be added below.
Jobs
- Job pages eg. Warrior have had a redesign which also includes better mobile device support. Please ensure that when new jobs are released that they follow this format.
- Job Abilities have been given their own template. Where applicable we also have the pet command template.
Mob Pages
- We have adopted the brand new template Infobox Monster. Below this we use a new style table which can be found here. Replace with Template:Hxi Drop Rate and Horizon accurate drop rates may be found with the ASB Drop Rate Search tool.
Item Pages
- Most retail pages use the Item Statistics template which is what we also use. However, some retail pages haven't been maintained and still use deprecated templates. These are typically Template:Weapon and Template:Armor and these should be changed to Template:Item Statistics when they appear.
- Immediately below the Item Statistics template we insert a brand new section and the Template:HorizonChangesBox. Multiple changes can be added to this template, as shown in the example below.
== Horizon Changes {{changes}} ==
{{HorizonChangesBox|Change 1|Change 2|Change 3}}
- Various sections use updated table formatting. These can be found on this page.
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 'Rise of the Zilart' (RotZ) and CoP.
- 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. It's 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. You may also wish to use the Pre-Built Tables page, with a variety of copy and paste tables.
Templates
Editors will find numerous templates in use across the Wiki and a list of these can be found on the Commonly Used Templates page.
Deprecated Templates
Again there are many templates that were commonly used on retail wiki that we no longer use here. Some have been replaced with other templates whereas others are no longer used full stop. Editors will encounter a warning message in a pages' preview section if they try to use one of these templates. Below is a list of templates no longer in use.
| Template | Reason |
|---|---|
| Template:Weapon | Template:Item Statistics is used instead. |
| Template:Armor | |
| Template:Returning | This template is no longer used. "Returning" parameter has been added to Template:Item Statistics |
