Line Breaks
Hey. I'd like to suggest when archiving internet articles that you use a double line break instead of an enter. Here is an example:
Original Link (now dead) - www.zone.com
Asheron's Call Beta Recap
December 1st 1999
double line break (<br><br>):
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque non risus et nunc mollis blandit. Nam mi eros, interdum non, blandit non, ullamcorper sit amet, diam. Praesent nisi orci, tempor non, bibendum vitae, congue ac, turpis. Nunc nec ipsum sit amet felis consequat ultricies. Curabitur aliquet. Nam blandit sapien vel sem. Aenean facilisis pellentesque dolor. Aenean posuere luctus orci. Phasellus congue lobortis nulla. Nullam placerat. Nunc nisl mauris, faucibus ac, sodales eu, tincidunt id, felis. Fusce ipsum tellus, tincidunt sed, dignissim ut, sollicitudin vitae, sapien. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Pellentesque felis ante, lacinia commodo, elementum nec, condimentum non, odio. Vivamus lectus. Nam vestibulum, eros in molestie tristique, leo odio scelerisque sapien, sed vestibulum diam nibh ut quam.
Ut quis lacus. Praesent congue tellus vehicula diam. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Maecenas magna nulla, dapibus a, tempor sit amet, imperdiet malesuada, urna. Etiam id velit. Praesent nisi. Donec blandit euismod est. Fusce ante augue, posuere non, mollis vitae, bibendum nec, nisi. Mauris at felis quis orci viverra auctor. Vestibulum molestie euismod risus. Nullam tincidunt purus ac lectus. Pellentesque ac libero.
Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Sed dolor. Curabitur at erat ut dolor cursus sagittis. Suspendisse sit amet tortor ac turpis ultricies blandit. Mauris dignissim magna tincidunt quam vulputate fermentum. Cras ultricies velit ac ante. In nibh. Donec eu ligula vel quam ullamcorper lacinia. Maecenas velit ligula, tempus consectetur, vehicula eu, pharetra sed, velit. Ut at diam.
enter:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque non risus et nunc mollis blandit. Nam mi eros, interdum non, blandit non, ullamcorper sit amet, diam. Praesent nisi orci, tempor non, bibendum vitae, congue ac, turpis. Nunc nec ipsum sit amet felis consequat ultricies. Curabitur aliquet. Nam blandit sapien vel sem. Aenean facilisis pellentesque dolor. Aenean posuere luctus orci. Phasellus congue lobortis nulla. Nullam placerat. Nunc nisl mauris, faucibus ac, sodales eu, tincidunt id, felis. Fusce ipsum tellus, tincidunt sed, dignissim ut, sollicitudin vitae, sapien. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Pellentesque felis ante, lacinia commodo, elementum nec, condimentum non, odio. Vivamus lectus. Nam vestibulum, eros in molestie tristique, leo odio scelerisque sapien, sed vestibulum diam nibh ut quam.
Ut quis lacus. Praesent congue tellus vehicula diam. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Maecenas magna nulla, dapibus a, tempor sit amet, imperdiet malesuada, urna. Etiam id velit. Praesent nisi. Donec blandit euismod est. Fusce ante augue, posuere non, mollis vitae, bibendum nec, nisi. Mauris at felis quis orci viverra auctor. Vestibulum molestie euismod risus. Nullam tincidunt purus ac lectus. Pellentesque ac libero.
Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Sed dolor. Curabitur at erat ut dolor cursus sagittis. Suspendisse sit amet tortor ac turpis ultricies blandit. Mauris dignissim magna tincidunt quam vulputate fermentum. Cras ultricies velit ac ante. In nibh. Donec eu ligula vel quam ullamcorper lacinia. Maecenas velit ligula, tempus consectetur, vehicula eu, pharetra sed, velit. Ut at diam.The double line break adds more space in between the paragraphs and makes it more readable. The only thing to watch out for is the last paragraph in an article. When using the double break it will add extra space. this can be corrected using a single line break. It is not perfect but it is about the same space. Example:
Original Link (now dead) - www.zone.com
Asheron's Call Beta Recap
December 1st 1999
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque non risus et nunc mollis blandit. Nam mi eros, interdum non, blandit non, ullamcorper sit amet, diam. Praesent nisi orci, tempor non, bibendum vitae, congue ac, turpis. Nunc nec ipsum sit amet felis consequat ultricies. Curabitur aliquet. Nam blandit sapien vel sem. Aenean facilisis pellentesque dolor. Aenean posuere luctus orci. Phasellus congue lobortis nulla. Nullam placerat. Nunc nisl mauris, faucibus ac, sodales eu, tincidunt id, felis. Fusce ipsum tellus, tincidunt sed, dignissim ut, sollicitudin vitae, sapien. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Pellentesque felis ante, lacinia commodo, elementum nec, condimentum non, odio. Vivamus lectus. Nam vestibulum, eros in molestie tristique, leo odio scelerisque sapien, sed vestibulum diam nibh ut quam.
Ut quis lacus. Praesent congue tellus vehicula diam. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Maecenas magna nulla, dapibus a, tempor sit amet, imperdiet malesuada, urna. Etiam id velit. Praesent nisi. Donec blandit euismod est. Fusce ante augue, posuere non, mollis vitae, bibendum nec, nisi. Mauris at felis quis orci viverra auctor. Vestibulum molestie euismod risus. Nullam tincidunt purus ac lectus. Pellentesque ac libero.
Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Sed dolor. Curabitur at erat ut dolor cursus sagittis. Suspendisse sit amet tortor ac turpis ultricies blandit. Mauris dignissim magna tincidunt quam vulputate fermentum. Cras ultricies velit ac ante. In nibh. Donec eu ligula vel quam ullamcorper lacinia. Maecenas velit ligula, tempus consectetur, vehicula eu, pharetra sed, velit. Ut at diam.
--An Adventurer 13:19, 8 April 2009 (CDT)
Old Patches
In general yeah, keep the formatting the same as it appeared originally, but it's not essential. You can enclose the link in nowiki tags, however as soon as I get #tag working it won't be necessary and dead links will automatically appear as plain text instead of as a link as they do now. For teaser images, move them to the teaser images section of the announcements page rather than including them in the body of the teaser. But you can still include a table when needed, just substitute {{!}} for pipes ( | ). For tables of data though it can be easier to make a page for the table and transclude it, like was done here. But the templates are meant to be useful, if things get more complicated with them than they are worth for any particular page it's better to just use manual formatting, I'm in the process of making a section at the bottom of Archive of Internet Article Template for that (along with all the other template pages).
Even though they may not have standardized sections, feel free to add anything else to the announcements page that fits, just give it a new section. For example the additional sections on Announcements - 2004/03 - Across the Vast Divide. But some things won't fit in and should be a separate page with Category:Turbine, one of it's subcategories, or Category:Internet Lore Article. --Tlosk 13:08, 8 April 2009 (CDT)
Quest Guides
Hey Tiger. I see you have been putting together a lot of guides for older quests. You are using the older quest guide template for them. The new template code is located here: Quest Guide Template, with an example here: Frore. If you want to continue using the older template, that is fine - any guide is better than none - but those pages will have to be updated later to fit the new template, so it'd save time later to start off with the new one. thanks. --An Adventurer 17:40, 21 March 2009 (CDT)
- Great work on the material you've been adding. The templates are new and we're all using them for the first time now so if anything doesn't work as you expect it to let me know, we're still tweaking them (in a couple days once all the kinks have been worked out we'll be releasing a new version of the swiss tool that will include the new templates. --Tlosk 08:43, 22 March 2009 (CDT)
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Thanks again for your contributions! --Atarax 10:53, 12 February 2009 (CST)