Editor Tools
Placeholder Images:
Blank person - 
Blank shield - 
Templates:
- People - Template:People
- Events - Template:Events
To use a template, open an new article like you normally would. Search for "Jane Doe" and click on the name in the "Create the page "Jane Doe" on this wiki!" Then in the edit box put the code "subst:People" using double-curley brackets {{ on one side, and double close-curley brackets on the other side. Save the page without any other coding. The template will be substituted in, and you will then re-open the article for editing to personalize it.
Categories/Subcategories:
Categories and subcategories are used in MediaWiki to organize pages together much like tags were used on wikispaces.
The major categories are:
- People - citizens and friends of Calontir. Subcategories for:
- group membership (Vatavian),
- personas (Russian),
- service (Waterbearer), etc.
- Groups - branches, guilds, colleges, and households of Calontir. Subcategories:
- Branch - official groups of the SCA, subcategories Vatavia, Coeur d'Ennui, etc.
- Guilds - official guilds and colleges of Calontir, subcategories - Scribe's Guild, Brewer's Guild, etc.
- Household - unofficial, loosely defined groups of people based on a common interest, noble family, etc.
- Events - official events in Calontir
Some subcategories fall under more than one category/subcategory. For example, Vatavian is a subcategory of People, but also a subcategory of Vatavia.
MediaWiki automatically makes a page for any category assigned to an article.
Categories are assigned by putting the relevant code at the bottom of the page. Double-square brackets [[ around the Category:Name command, then closed-double-square brackets. Many pages will belong to multiple categories, and each category needs it's own bracketed command.
For example, Sofya la Rus is Category:Hillian (Heraldshill), Category:Russian, Category:Herald, etc.
The same code is use to create category trees. So the page Category:Vatavian would have the code for Category:Vatavia at the bottom (along with the code for Category:People). Then the Category:Vatavia, would have the code for its parent, Category:Branches. In turn, Category:Branches would have the code for its parent, Category:Groups .