Help:Style

Introduction to Style Guide

Basics

Attribution

The summary field for edits should be used to attribute contributions whenever possible.

Categorization

This section is a placeholder. This means it is incomplete and in need of further elaboration.

We will update this as time permits.

Disclaimer

Pages displaying content from The Family should use a disclaimer. Please see the template section below for the approptiate template to use.

Templates

Templates exist Under "Templates:Foo". They are invoked in articles using the following syntax: {{foo}} which then displays the content of the template in the article at the position of the tag. Editors should document any templates they create below:

• Template:Construction - {{construction}} - For use in articles which do not need outside content contributions.
• Template:Stub - {{stub}} - For use in incomplete articles for which we are accepting outside content contributions.
• Template:Sectionstub - {{sectionstub}} - For use in incomplete article sections for which we are accepting outside content contributions.
• Template:Placeholder - {{placeholder}} - For use in "placeholder" sections within an article.
• Template:Disclaimer-family - {{disclaimer-family}} - For use in articles from The Family which may contain offensive content.
• Template:Disclaimer-article - {{disclaimer-article}} - For use in articles reproduced herein "as is".
• Template:Disclaimer-article-inaccurate - {{disclaimer-article-inaccurate}} - For use in articles reproduced herein "as is" when known to contain inaccuracies.
• Template:Privacy-edited - {{privacy-edited}} - For use in articles where a name has been removed.
• Template:Public-Domain - {{Public-Domain}} - For use in editor's personal profiles should they wish to multi-liscense their contributions.
• Template:FairUse - {{Template:FairUse}} - For use where fair use rights are invoked.

Code Snippets

Quoting

If you include excerpts from or the entire contents of documents, please place them within a blockquote. If there are quotes within the document, please also place them within a blockquote.

The following is an example of how this is done:

<div style="padding: 1em; margin: 10px; border: 2px dotted green;">
<small><font color=green>1</font></small> The Devil hates...
</div>

This would result in a border like this:

1 The Devil hates...

Article Talk Pages

Please follow these guidelines when using the article talk pages ("discussion" tab).

Threads are demarcated by nested lists. For example

• This is the first part of a thread. --Craven de Kere 14:13, 10 Jun 2005 (CDT)
  • This is the response. --Craven de Kere 14:13, 10 Jun 2005 (CDT)
    • This is yet another response. --Craven de Kere 14:13, 10 Jun 2005 (CDT)

Comments should be signed. Using the following code automatically inserts a signature: --~~~~

New threads should be placed above the older ones on an article talk page. In some cases, the forum is a more appropriate place for discussion.

Tools

Bible Online

When linking to Bible verses use the following script. It will be updated to use a functional online reference resource should the current resource cease to function. Using this script allows us to easily update all Bible references in such a scenario.

The script is located at: http://www.xfamily.org/xscripts/bible/

You should add GET variables to the URL to redirect to a particular passage. See the example below.

http://www.xfamily.org/xscripts/bible/?book=Matthew&chapter=9&verse=17

Ranges are allowed. Please see the example below:

http://www.xfamily.org/xscripts/bible/?book=Matthew&chapter=9&verse=17-20

When a space exists in one of the variables you should use "%20" (no quotation marks) to represent the space. This is necessary with books like I John. Please see the example below:

http://www.xfamily.org/xscripts/bible/?book=I%20John&chapter=1&verse=1

Sandbox

The sandbox is a place to experiment with this wiki. You can find it here: Sandbox