Guide:Making A Role Page
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How To Make A Role
This is a detailed help page for those who are a bit too shy to create a page or those who need help in making one. It will try to tackle the quickest and easiest ways to create a new page for a new role idea! Even if the explanation seems longer than it should be, the process of making a new page is fairly quick and simple. All it requires is a few pieces of code knowledge. You'll be given a running example of page creation using a pretend role and all the need to know will be given to you during. There are slight differences in making Innocent, Neutral and Evil roles, but most of these come down to the Categories that they fall under.
Getting Started
If you haven't signed up to the Werewiki, do so now. In the very top right of any Werewiki page is an option to sign an account up. It takes no time and means you can edit pages and roles freely.
The first thing that you will need to do is copy the Role Template code. This cuts down on typing up a whole new page as well as editing certain details. This guide will use a pretend role called the Crazy Person, who dreams people to see if they like carrots. It has nothing to do with Werewolf, but it is pretend after all.
To get the code, go to the Role Template page and click the 'edit' button at the top of the screen, above the title, which allows you to bring up the code for that page as well as edit it. You must do this to change a page or add info to an empty one (although you must be signed in to do this). Select everything within the text box and copy it. Go back to the previous page and get ready to make your new page.
Notice the URL. For the Dreamer it will be: http://randomness.talonz.com/werewiki/index.php/Dreamer
You want to change this so that your role's name replaces the Dreamer's; like this: http://randomness.talonz.com/werewiki/index.php/Crazy_Person
Going to this URL now will show you a blank page that requires some much needed attention. Notice the underscore _ between the two words. This must be there and represents the space in the role's name. Without it, the title of the page would be CrazyPerson, which just does not sit. But now that you've gotten to your new page, click the same 'edit' button at the top of the page and copy the code from the other page that you copied. The Crazy Person's page would look exactly like the Dreamer's if it were saved now.
From now, we'll be going through all the subheadings of a WereWiki role page one by one. So onto the beginning.
Crazy Person
This is a simple heading and requires no text. Remember to change the name, otherwise Crazy Person might end up with the wrong name. It's worth noting that all the other headings have three equal signs before their names (e.g. ===Role Description===) whereas the name heading has two (==Crazy Person==). This makes the three-signed headings subheadings of the two-signed heading.
Role Description
In this section you will provide a brief description of your role and its powers. A worthy note is that the descriptions always seem to start the same way:
The Crazy Person is an innocent who dreams of others to determine whether they enjoy eating carrots and occasionally poisons a tomato.
The italics are achieved by using two apostrophes on either side:
The ''Crazy Person'' is an innocent who etc, etc.
There's not much to do in there except getting a summary down.
Role Powers
This section provides a list of powers that the role will use. It's simple enough. To create a list, put an asterisk * before the sentence and it will gain a bullet point. To create an indented bullet point, use two asterisks **. Further indents can be made by adding asterisks, but it's rarely required.
Crazy Person's Role Powers would look like this:
- The Crazy Person dreams of players to see if they like carrots or not
- The Crazy Person has one day kill
- This day kill cannot hurt someone holding a vegetable
Which is done by:
* The Crazy Person dreams of players to see if they like carrots or not * The Crazy Person has one day kill ** This day kill cannot hurt someone holding a vegetable
Alternatives
This section is nigh identical to the last, except that it lists possible changes that are commonly used. The only trouble you may have is finding Alternatives to put in here! The Crazy Person's looks like this:
- The day kill may be able to kill people holding fruit
- The Crazy Person may dream for people who like cucumber instead of carrots
The asterisks work the same as before.
Also Known As
This section covers other names that the role may be commonly known under. A simple list using bullet points is done as before:
- Mental Guy
- Insane Dude
However, the names mentioned in the A.K.A. section must be redirected here. As explained above, create these pages using the URL change. E.g.:
http://randomness.talonz.com/werewiki/index.php/Mental_Guy
As dictated at the bottom of this help page, I would edit in the following to the page to make it redirect to the Crazy Person:
#redirect[[Crazy Person]]
Do this for all the names in the A.K.A. section and that's it for this bit.
Similar Roles
This section highlights which roles are similar to this one. The Crazy Person is directly similar to two roles, so using bullet points and link code, it would look like this:
The link is achieved with a simple code. By putting two square brackets on either side of a word [[Meow]] will link you to the page between the words, e.g.:
[[Vigilante]]
This will give you this: Vigilante
Linking a page that doesn't exist will make the text of the link go really red like this and will send you to the blank page. If you want to link a word to a page, you have to do the following:
[[Dreamer|dream]]
This would give you: dream. The straight line that is in the middle is found on the right side of a QWERTY keyboard, usually above the Enter button somewhere. This linking is more useful in other sections and for having to describe powers, but it's worth mentioning here. If you're trying to link to a category, innocent roles, let's say, you need to link an extra colon in front of the link otherwise it will just categorize the page (see bottom). Example:
[[:Category:Innocent]]
Will link you right to Category:Innocent. Note the colon before 'Category'.
Kill Method
As you may notice, this heading was not in the Dreamer's role page, but it is in all baddie and vigilante roles. Since the Crazy Person has a kill, this is inserted. You may also notice that this heading is a link. It will redirect you to the Kill Method list, which is separated into Innocent, Neutral and Evil kill methods. Once you have put the method into this slot, you must enter it into the list of kills.
The Crazy Person's kill method will be (not forgetting the bullet point):
- Poisoned by a tomato
Now that the method is decided, go to this link (http://randomness.talonz.com/werewiki/index.php/Killing_Methods) or click on the Kill Method heading. The lists are sorted into the three alignments, so Crazy Person would go under innocent. These are then placed in alphabetical order, so Crazy Person would come under Beloved Prince.
Go to the 'edit' button up the top or next to the Innocents' section and you'll find the bulky, but necessary code. Copy the ENTIRE line of the role above where yours will be. The Beloved Prince's has been copied since the Crazy Person will go under that:
</tr><tr><td align=left>* '''[[Beloved Prince]]'''</td><td align=left>Killer commits suicide<br/></td>
Copy this so that it fits into its alphabetical place. It then needs to be changed to suit the Crazy Person. All that needs to be changed is the role name and the description of the kill.
</tr><tr><td align=left>* '''[[Crazy Person]]'''</td><td align=left>Poisoned by a tomato<br/></td>
Save the page and it will look like this:
</tr><tr><td align=left>* '''[[Beloved Prince]]'''</td><td align=left>Killer commits suicide<br/></td> </tr><td><td align=left>* '''[[Crazy Person]]'''</td><td align=left>Poisoned by a tomato<br/></td> </tr><tr><td align=left>* '''[[Day Time Bodyguard]]'''</td><td align=left>Gunshot<br/></td>
Notes
This is rarely used in roles, which is why it is not present in the Dreamer page. This section is used to describe any quirks or odd anythings that the role may have. It is most often used for roles that are easily unbalanced if a host changes too much or doesn't match shields properly. It is often used to help with small things that can arise in the use of the role. It is most used to warn a host that the role may be tricky to the player who uses it and requires an experienced player to handle, or that certain steps should be taken to make sure it doesn't win the game automatically. An example of this can be found in the Voodoo Doll's page, because it is a very difficult role that requires effort and experience.
Sample Role
This is where a very simple, very brief role is used to demonstrate the powers and layout of the role. Here is the code for the Dreamer's role:
<table border="1" cellspacing="0"><tr><td> <big><big><big>Dreamer</big></big></big> <br>Alignment: Innocent <br>Win Condition: All Evil players defeated '''Dream:''' Each night you can dream of another player to find out if they are evil, or innocent. Send a list of 5 players you'd like to dream, you will dream of the topmost living player on the list and will receive the results after night. You have a __% shield </td></tr></table>
As you can see, there is a fair amount of table work and such. Do NOT fiddle with this, because it will stuff up the entire table if you do. There are only a few things that need changing. In the second line the role name can be found and this should be changed. The alignment should be the same since you copied a similar role, which means the Win Conditions likely will as well. If they do differ, change them. The powers themselves will almost always change. You may notice the three asterisks on either side of the title of the power and this bolds the text, much like two asterisks on either side makes the text italic. Putting all the changes in, Crazy Person's role looks like this:
|
Crazy Person
Dream: Each night you can dream of another player to find out if they like carrots or not. Send a list of 5 players and the topmost living player will be dreamt, giving you the results. Tomato: Once during the game you can poison a tomato and give it to someone to eat, thus killing them. Send a player's name and they will be killed during the day. You have a __% shield |
The only thing missing from this example is the option of Teammates. Take a look at the Sample Role in the Werewolves' page and you will see an example of the style there. No code is required to put that in other than a <br> at the beginning of the sentence to create a return.
Although it does not directly relate to the Sample Role, in the Sample Role field is the Category links for the page. By putting these links into the page, it makes the role name appear in every Category page that you've named. The Dreamer has this under its Sample Role:
[[Category:Role]][[Category:Innocent]][[Category:Alignment-finding Roles]]
This puts it in the Role, Innocent and Alignment-finding Roles categories. The Crazy Person is in all of these, but it also comes under the Vigilante category. As such, its line would look like this:
[[Category:Role]][[Category:Innocent]][[Category:Alignment-finding Roles]][[Category:Vigilante Roles]]
The result won't be shown here due to it adding onto the list, but it adds the Vigilante Roles category onto the end.
Baddies and Neutrals have different categories. Most Neutrals look like this:
[[Category:Role]][[Category:Neutral]]
Baddies are almost always one of two options:
[[Category:Role]][[Category:Evil]][[Category:Baddie Team]]
Or
[[Category:Role]][[Category:Evil]][[Category:OMT]]
All Categories can be found in the Special:Categories page.
Finished
More help can be found from a certain other wiki that obviously isn't as popular as ours.
Anything else? No? That's it! You're done! Look back over your role, make sure there's nothing more to add or edit. Correct mistakes and ensure things are linked right. Then click the 'Save page' button in the bottom left. Congratulations, your page is complete. You may now bask in your own awesome glow.
