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The Fallout 3 creatures project is a project which aims to improve the quality of articles on Fallout 3 creatures and bring them in line with The Vault's new article layout guideline. It is a sister project to the Fallout: New Vegas creatures project.
After a lengthy discussion about the new policies, we are a new format for creature pages. Previously, each variant of a creature (e.g. centaur and evolved centaur) had separate pages. Now they are being merged on one page that will list all variants of a given creature type - our Fallout: New Vegas centaur (Fallout: New Vegas) page lists all centaur variants in neat tables.
Like with item articles, all main articles for creatures that appear in multiple games should now be overview pages - e.g. the centaur article.
Scope[]
- Improving the layout and content of existing Fallout 3 creature articles and making them consistent with the new article layout guideline
- Replacing the old stats template with
{{Stats creature FO3}}. Full stats can be found in the GECK, but if you don't know them, you can just leave some fields empty. - Merging articles on variants of a given creature.
- Splitting off Fallout 3 specific articles from general ones
- Creating overview pages if needed
- We're leaving out articles on sentient species like super mutants or aliens for now
Guidelines[]
Adapt all pages to the standard layout and check creature image, infobox and categories.
FO3 creature article layout[]
The layout is composed of three tables. The top and bottom tables are standard layout items found in every article; they are only included here for completeness and are collapsed by default. The middle table contains the actual specifics for creature pages.
- in the "headline" column means that the article should have a headline of that name if you want to include such a layout item.
in the "headline" column means that this layout item should not have a headline. - in the "required" column means that every creature article should include this layout item.
in the "required" column means that not every creature article needs to include this layout item.
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| Layout item | Headline | Required | Explanation |
| Page management boxes | Page management templates are used if you notice that something is out of order with a certain article or section and want to bring it to the attention of other editors or administrators. If the issue affects the whole article, these boxes should be placed at the very top of an article; if only a section is affected, they should be placed just below the headline of the respective section. The only exception are stub templates; see Stub templates below. For a list of page management boxes, please refer to our template overview or directly to Category:Page management templates. | ||
| Project tags | Projects are joint efforts of editors who work together to improve a set of articles that cover a certain area of interest. Some of these projects have tags or boxes which are placed on the pages which the project affects; these should be placed below the article management boxes. | ||
| "For" template | {{for}} is used to make a reader aware of other articles they may have been looking for when entering the title of the current page.
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| Infobox | The purpose of infoboxes is to summarize data relating to the article. Infoboxes should appear in the top-right corner of an article. For a list of infobox templates, please refer to our template overview or directly to Category:Infobox templates. | ||
| "Games" template | {{Games}} should be placed just below the infobox (if there is one). It produces small icons in the top right corner of an article which allow the reader to see "at a glance" what games or sources the article relates to or is based on. The template should be used in every article; almost no exceptions exist.
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| Item-specific layout items | |||
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| Layout item | Headline | Required | Explanation |
| Lead section | Short summary that usually looks something like this:
"{{PAGENAME}} is a creature living in the Capital Wasteland in 2277." In general, it should contain:
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| Background | If there is any background story/history for the creature. | ||
| Characteristics | Characteristics of this creature. | ||
| → Biology/Specifications | In-universe characteristics of the creature, such as its physical attributes, behavior or habitat in general terms.
The section should be called "Biology" for organic creatures and "Specifications" for mechanical creatures (e.g. robots). | ||
| → Gameplay attributes | Game-specific characteristics of the creature. For example, details about the creature's attacks or attack patterns should be placed here. | ||
| Variants | Variants/subspecies of this creature. A sub-section (with the name of the variant) should be made for each variant.
Each variant sub-section should contain:
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| Related quests | If there are quests which are related to this creature, list them here (just link them, no need to go into detail). | ||
| Notes | For interesting things about the creature which do not fit into the other categories. Try to keep this section to a minimum. | ||
| Appearances | Which games/add-ons this creature appears in. | ||
| Standard layout items (bottom) | |||
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| Layout item | Headline | Required | Explanation |
| Behind the scenes | "Behind the scenes" is the place for information relating to game development and cultural references. See The Vault:Content policy#Behind the scenes for additional information. | ||
| Bugs | Game glitches, short "bugs", relating to the article subject should be here. See The Vault:Content policy#Bugs for additional information. | ||
| Gallery | If an article contains a lot of images, it is often better to place them in an own gallery section than to have them clutter the article. Please see Help:Gallery on how to use galleries and our image policy. | ||
| Videos | If an article contains embedded videos, they are to be placed here. See our video policy for which kind of videos are eligible to be placed in articles. | ||
| See also | The purpose of this section is to list links to related topics on this wiki which may not have been linked within the article content. | ||
| External links | Links to external (i.e. off-wiki) sites which are not references should be just above "References". | ||
| References | If references have been used in an article, {{references}} should be placed here.
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| Stub template | A stub template marks an article as being too short to provide more than rudimentary information about a subject. | ||
| Navboxes | Navboxes are navigational aids which allow easy access to other articles in a group the current article belongs to. They should be placed at the end of an article, just above the categories. The most article-specific navboxes should be highest and the least-specific lowest. A list of navboxes can be found in Category:Navbox templates. New navboxes can be constructed with {{Navbox}}.
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| Categories and interwiki links | Categories and interwiki links should be added at the very end of an article. A full list of categories can be found on Special:Categories. For additional information, please see our categorization guideline. | ||
Overview article for multi-game creatures layout[]
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| Section headline | required? | Content |
{{Games}} template
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{{Gamearticlelist}} template with all variants listed. See the template documentation on how to use this template.
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Short summary which contains (at least):
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| Background | If there is general background history for this creature type (and not specific variants), it goes here. For example, Deathclaw would be a creature with general background history. | |
| Variants |
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| Behind the scenes | For out-of-game references and similar stuff (if there are any which apply to the creature or certain variants in general) | |
| Gallery | Cluttering the article with too many images should be avoided. Instead, place them in a gallery at the end if applicable. | |
Participants[]
To participate, simply add your name below using {{userlink|your user name}}. Place every participant on a new line.
- GlassJAw667 (talk · contribs)
- GhostAvatar (talk · contribs)
- GobTheGoul (talk · contribs)
- Jspoelstra (talk · contribs)
- Kastera1000 (talk · contribs)
- Mr cowbell2 (talk · contribs)
- Scarface11235 (talk · contribs)
- ziplobthud (talk · contribs)
Progress[]
- Add your name to the tasks you are currently working on (simply insert
{{repeat}} ~~~, this adds your signature without date) - Mark tasks you have completed with
{{yes}} ~~~ - Once all other tasks have been completed, someone else should review the result. This is done to ensure nothing has been overlooked. If that has been done, add
{{yes}} ~~~to the "peer review" and "all done" columns.