Standards

In order to keep SBWiki organized, we ask that you adhere to the following standards around page creation, categorization, and image uploading. (TBD)

Category Hierarchy

Please adhere to the following category structure when creating & categorizing your articles. Since SBWiki will never have the amount of articles requiring a massive category structure, it has been simplified in some areas to save space and make it easier to navigate. Please do not make new categories based on the existing Wikipedia category structure as it's overly complicated. Having fuller categories with broader scope is better than having lots of small, detailed categories with only a few articles per page.

• category:Browse - BROWSE is the top most category.

Alternate Universe

• category:Alternate Universe - list of all articles/categories relating to AU
  • category:Universes - list of all universes that are separate from RL Earth/RTL
    • category:<universe> - sub-category that contain all the universe's articles (e.g., category:Statesmanship Earth)
  • category:Countries - list of all AU country articles ONLY, regardless of their Universe
    • Category:<country> - nation-specific category (e.g., Category:North Point)

Personal Designs

Personal designs are categorized by real-life nation only. Personal design drawings made for a fictional nation are AU drawings and should be included in that section.

• category:Personal Designs - list of all articles/categories relating to Personal Designs
  • Category:Personal Designs by type - list of all PD by ship/aircraft type
    • Category:Battleships
    • Category:Destroyers
    • Category:Tanks
    • Category:Fighter aircraft
  • category:<nation> - e.g., Category:Germany

Component Libraries

The "parts sheets" are available either as full size parts sheets (the originals we know and love), or users can choose to break them out into specific parts (each with their own page).

• Category:Components - this is the top most category that should show a list of ALL components in the media gallery
  • Category:Components by type - list of component types (radar, guns, color charts, templates, etc)
    • Category:Anti-submarine warfare
    • Category:Badges and ship's crests
    • Category:Below deck components
    • Category:Color charts
    • Category:Combination parts sheets - use this category for giant parts sheets containing many component types
    • Category:Electronic countermeasures
    • Category:Engines and propulsion plants
    • Category:Equipment
    • Category:Fire control
    • Category:Fixed wing aircraft
    • Category:Gun mountings
    • Category:Helicopters
    • Category:Launchers
    • Category:Missiles
    • Category:Radar systems
    • Category:Small boats
    • Category:Sonar systems
    • Category:Templates - Shipbucket Templates are also stored under the Components by type category
    • Category:Torpedoes
  • Category:Components by country - list of nation-specific components
    • Category:Canadian components
    • Category:Dutch components
    • Category:French components
    • Category:German Navy components
    • Category:Japanese Navy components
    • Category:Royal Navy components
    • Category:Swedish components
    • Category:United States Navy components
  • Category:Templates - list of all Shipbucket Templates

Image uploading

Use Special:Upload to upload your own images to SBWiki. Please do not upload copyrighted images. Copyrighted works will be removed.