Red Faction Wiki Editing Guide

This page will detail established conventions and standards that should be adhered to for pages on our wiki.

Golden rule: If you have valuable information to contribute, please do so - even if you're not sure the best way to present it. We can always handle formatting later, getting the information on the page is the most important part.

Naming Conventions

Page Titles

Specificity

In general, page titles should be what a given topic is known and/or referred to as in existing media. If a topic has another name (or a more specific name, such as weapons with a model number), that should be included on the page but generally not in the page title. If the topic in question has an infobox, the infobox title should have the full "proper" name for the topic.

Example: Rocket Launcher is the name of the page, but URL-6T Ultor Tactical Rocket Launcher is the "proper" name for the weapon, so that's what is included in the title of the infobox.

Disambiguation

Sometimes, multiple distinct topics will have the same name, a good example is that both Red Faction and Red Faction: Guerrilla have a weapon named "Rocket Launcher". In cases such as this, preference for the page name Rocket Launcher should be given to the earliest released title (in chronological order) - in this case, RF1. As a result, RF1's weapon gets the page title Rocket Launcher, while RF:G's weapon gets the page title Rocket Launcher (RF:G).

Note: When this occurs, references of, in this case "Rocket Launcher (RF:G)", on wiki pages should be formatted to appear without the disambiguation tag. In this case, this would be accomplished by linking to the RF:G Rocket Launcher like this:

[[Rocket Launcher (RF:G)|Rocket Launcher]]

When disambiguation tags associated with an RF title are necessary, always ensure they are consistent where possible. Here are our standard disambiguation tags:

(RF1)
(RF2)
(RF:G)
(RF:A)
(RFNG)
(RF1M)
(RF2M)
(RF:GM)
(RF:B)
(RF:O)
(AFOM)
(FR)
(D4)
(RF:C)
(RF:BEAST)

Disambiguation may also be necessary in cases not specifically related to titles. An example is the character of Parker, vs the sector of Parker. In such cases, a disambiguation tag should be chosen that is as clear as possible, short/concise, and adheres to established wiki standards (if any relevant ones exist).

Page Layouts

Template Usage

Infoboxes

Infoboxes should be used as much as is practical. Some of the most common infobox templates we use are listed below, but visit Infobox Templates for a full listing.