Hello everyone! In this guide, you shall find everything you need from the very basics, to creating your character, devil fruit, crews, and a lot more.
Note that this guide's info includes and to be used with Reputation Points, Manual of Style, and Rules. So be sure to read them and have them saved somewhere to be used when needed! But in case you felt lazy and didn't wanna navigate through different pages, you will find each template under each section, just in case.
Creating an Article[]
To create an article on any wiki, you will need to follow a few simple steps as shown in the images bellow.
What you see in these images is a simple task, where the first step you're gonna take is hover your cursor over the three dots at the upper right corner of the page, then select "Add a Page". Another tab will pop up where you will be able to put the name of your article in, before you continue to that page by clicking "Next".
Now, there are many types of "Articles" that you will be creating on this wiki. There are "Character Pages", "Devil Fruit Pages", "Crew Pages", "Race Pages", "Tribe Pages", "Items Pages", and even "Fighting Style Pages". Each of these pages includes a specific formatting that helps keep the pages clean and organized! This link right over here includes all the templates/codes that you need, and all you have to do is simply copying the blank templates, then fill them with your info!
In any article, you will need to upload a lot of images and sometimes even audio clips. To do that, you simply need to click on the icon showed in the image bellow, click on "Select Files", then simply select the images you want to upload.
Then simply click "Upload All" to upload all the selected images to the wiki.
Creating a Character[]
After you've click on the "Next" button on the popup in the images above, you will be sent to a blank page. And as you will see in the next image, you will need to make sure your editor is set to "Basic Source Editor/Visual Source Mode".
At this point, you're work is going to get simpler. As all you need to do is go to this link, scroll down to the character section and copy the blank one as shown in the image below.
Once you've pasted the template for your character, all you now need to do is fill in your character's information after the "=" of each line.
Scrolling down past the infobox template (the lines in purple), you will find sections starting from "Appearance" and down to "References".
Yet, before you start filling these sections, there is a small space between the infobox template (purple lines) and the first section which is "Appearance". That small space is for your character's intro, which should be highlights of your character's life, including "Name, Origins, Occupations, Affiliations, Family" and much more.
Most of these section are self explanatory, as you will need to fill your character's physical appearance under the "Appearance" section, their personality under "Personality" section, and so on.
All except three sections on the page that you will need to pick one from that suits your character's occupation, which are "Bounty", "Accolades", and "Emblems". Each of these sections belong to a specific category of characters, with criminals like pirates, revolutionaries, or any type of characters that are into criminal activities, you will need to remove both "Accolades" and "Emblems", while leaving "Bounty".
While "Accolades" is for marines of all ranks, weither your character is a seamen or an admiral. Yet, do keep in mind to check this for the rules of the wiki, and this for a list of everything that you can purchase with "Reputation Points" along with their prices. As ranks up to Vice Admiral are free, yet Admiral is a paid rank! Lastly, "Emblems" are for those working indirectly under the World Government such as Cipher Pol agents.
Yet, now you would ask, how do you format these sections? Formatting these sections is an easy task as we will be following our manual of style and fill them one step at a time, starting with the bounty. Looking at the example provided below, you will see that navigating and then modifying the code itself is quite simple, as you only need to fill out certain parts with your own information. Starting with your wanted poster, which only should be your most recent bounty poster, since all the other posters could go under the appearance sections. Placing the poster's link in the right spot will result in it appearing to the left side of the bounty box on the page, which you should keep at a size of "140px" as it's the most ideal size.
Moving on to the next spot, which you can also find in the provided image above is the epithet and name of your character. This one is quite simple too as you will only need to add your character's epithet and name in the right spot as shown in the image and it will appear at the top of the bounty box on the page. Then lastly, the most important part is the bounties themselves, which you will need to fill in a bullet point format. Starting with your first bounty, the amount of bounty, then a short summary of how the character acquired that bounty. You can take this one step further and reference the newspaper which the bounty poster was released in as well! And once you reach the second bounty, you just start a new bullet point line and follow the same example as you used writing the first bounty!
Now, if your character happens to be a marine or a World Government agent instead of a pirate or a criminal, then you will be using the "Accolades" and/or "Emblems" section instead. Where for marines you would use accolades, and for world government agents like Cipher Pol you would use emblems. Though, regarding their format and code template, they are both the same! But don't worry, it is just as simple as filling the bounty section, which as you can see in the provided image below, follows the same pattern as everything else. You will only need to fill the spots in the code that is already provided for you, which you can find it down below in the templates section. For this, I will be using the "Accolades" box, but you can use this same process for both accolades and emblems!
As you can see, each element in the accolades box is numbered in the image to help you navigate and learn which part contains which element in the code and in the accolades box. Where from numbers "1" to "4" you don't need to alter or change anything, these are the main aspects of the accolades box that you will be filling under. So learn what they are, but don't mess with them! Now, let's get to the first spot that you will be filling with your own character's achievements/accolades, which you will be given after you achieve feats in roleplays and apply for them through our main page!
Starting with number "5", you can first see the final result provided in the image above, then navigate to the code template side that is also numbered "5". Here you will be placing the name of your accolade, which will be provided for you, so don't worry about that! Then moving to number "6", you will be placing the icon link for your specified accolade, sizing it at "150px" for the best results. Next, you move to number "7", where you will be including the extra privileges that come with this specific accolade, which usually you will be able to find on the Accolades page or the Emblems page! Lastly, reaching number "8", here you will provide a short line that states the event and your marine's part in it that landed them this accolade.
This covered your first accolade, now in the case of multiple accolades, you would simply need to start a new line that contains the new info of the new accolade, which is as provided in the image blow. Where the only new thing that you would need to learn about is the "Line" that can be used in any box template to start a new line, which can be used by adding this sign "|-" then replicating the data from the first line but filled with new information.
As you finish the base part of your character's page, with the most basic information. Your journey as a Role-Player begins, and the more Role-Plays your character participates in, the more information you will gain to add on their page. Which comes naturally with character development and story telling during any Role-play, and before you know it, your character's page is gonna get massive.
Once that step is done, and your character's page is filled. You will need to make sure that this page appears to people when they search through the categories of characters, and this is how you do it. You scroll down to the end of the page, create a small space underneath the last section, which is "References". And include categories that matches with your character and their occupations, roles, and any other info with a category that exists.
And now, we get to the last part of a character's creation, which is "References". References are information that you placed on the page of your character, that are directly taken from a role-play or another source. Which could be added to scenes in your "History" sections, your bounties either in the infobox or in "Bounty" section. You can even add them on your "Epithet" or "Alias" if it was mentioned in a role-play, to reference the scene it was mentioned in.
Referencing is easy, yet it could take some time and practice to get used to it. But don't you worry, because our admin DamonDraco got your back! You just need to follow this link, where you will find the simplest way to add references to your pages.
Character Template[]
{{Property|}}
{{Char Box
| backcolor =
| textcolor =
| image =
| name =
| jname =
| rname =
| ename =
| first =
| affiliation =
| species =
| age =
| height =
| weight =
| occupation =
| birth =
| status =
| residence =
| alias =
| bounty =
| medals =
| marinecode =
| emblems =
| epithet =
| jva =
| Funi eva =
| theme =
| faceclaim =
| dfname =
| dfename =
| dfmeaning =
| dftype =
}}
== Appearance ==
===Gallery===
== Personality ==
== Relationships ==
== Powers and Abilities ==
=== Physical Abilities ===
=== Fighting Style ===
=== Devil Fruit ===
=== Haki ===
==History==
== Bounty ==
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!valign="top" style="text-align: left;border: 1px solid #9a9381; background-color: #d5cebc;"|
{|width="100%" style="background-color: #d5cebc;"
|bgcolor="#f1e8d0"|
|-
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|}
|}
==Accolades==
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|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
! class="unsortable" style="text-align: center; width: 20%;"| <font color="#000080">Insignia</font>
! class="unsortable" style="text-align: center; width: 20%;"| <font color="#000080">Name</font>
! class="unsortable" style="text-align: center; width: 30%;"| <font color="#000080">Feat</font>
! class="unsortable" style="text-align: center; width: 30%;"| <font color="#000080">Privileges</font>
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: center;"|
|}
==Emblems==
{| class="unsortable" border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;" width="100%"
|- bgcolor="#000937"
! class="unsortable" style="text-align: center; width: 20%;"| <font color="#FFFFFF">Insignia</font>
! class="unsortable" style="text-align: center; width: 20%;"| <font color="#FFFFFF">Name</font>
! class="unsortable" style="text-align: center; width: 30%;"| <font color="#FFFFFF">Feat</font>
! class="unsortable" style="text-align: center; width: 30%;"| <font color="#FFFFFF">Privileges</font>
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: center;"|
|}
==Major Battles==
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== Trivia ==
== References ==
{{Scroll box
|content=<references/>
}}
Creating a Devil Fruit[]
Now that your character's page is ready, you will need a devil fruit for him. In order to create a devil fruit, you will first need basic knowledge of Devil Fruits in general. As you know, devil fruits are categorized in three separate types, "Paramecia", "Logia", and "Zoan". With Paramecia being the most free type where all you need is a well thought of theme, a legit process of how and why the ability works the way you want it to, and making sure that the theme fits in the world of One Piece.
While the second type is "Logia" which is simple, as Logia types are elements that naturally exists in the world. "Zoan" type, which is the third type of devil fruits, is both simple and complicated at the same time. As there are three subcategories of Zoan type devil fruits, being "Ancient Zoan", "Mythical Zoan", and normal "Zoan".
Creating the page follows the same process as creating any article, except this time when the name tab pop up, you will include the name of your fruit and not character. The name of the fruit should always be included as "Nam Name no Mi", with no Japanese characters. Then you will be sent to a blank page again, this time you will be using a different template. So head over to Manual of Style page again, and scroll down to "Fruit", as shown in the image below.
Once you've copied this code, you can go back to your now blank fruit page and paste the code there. And as always, don't forget to place your username in the property code. Once you've done that, you now will be ready to fill the rest of your fruit's information.
Making a devil fruit is a fun process, and as with any other article, you will start this process by filling the infobox. And if you've paid enough attention to the Manual of Style, you should be able to fill the infobox with no problems.
Once you've filled the infobox, you will start with the intro of your devil fruit. And while you have the freedom to write whatever you want, there are certain formats for an intro that make it clean, organized, and straight to the point. This is an example of how each type of fruits' intros would be written, and for the purpose of this guide, I will be using the name "Guide" instead of an actual name for each fruit.
For paramecia type devil fruits, the process is simple. As paramecia devil fruits in most cases either allows the user to use a specific power, or changes the user's body's properties into a specific theme.
While for Zoan type devil fruits, it could get a bit more tricky, as each devil fruit belongs to a specific family. For example, spider zoans would start with "Kumo Kumo no Mi" followed by the model's name, so a black widow spider zoan would be "Kumo Kumo no Mi, Model: BlackWidow". To find all of the families and types of zoans, simply pay a visit to this page Zoan.
And for Logia type devil fruits, I would say this is the simplest among all three types. As you wouldn't need to include a lot of text in the intro.
Now once you're done with the intro, you will start filling the rest of the page. And even though the Manual of Style includes guides on what to fill in each section, I will give a brief explanation as well.
When you look at the now half filled page, right under the intro part, you will see "Etymology". This section can be filled using bullet points, which can be done by simply adding a star "*" at the beginning of a line. This section is solely made to include the source, meaning, and translation of the Japanese words used in the rest of the page.
Right after that section, you will find "Appearance", this section will only include the physical appearance of the fruit. The shape, color, swirls pattern, and any other physical trait.
"Strengths and Weaknesses" is also self explanatory, as you will just need to write a paragraph explaining the main power of the fruit, and any weaknesses that could affect this power. And as we all know, there is no devil fruit without a weakness.
Now, the "Usage" section and its "Techniques" subsection are both to explain how the character uses the fruit in general, and the techniques they came up with for their devil fruit.
For the "History" section, you need to include some lore or backstory for your devil fruit. Yet, this is entirely optional, as you can just leave it blank until you're more engaged into the world itself and be able to come up with actual lore.
In the "Gallery" section you can include the images of the physical fruit, images of the powers being used. And in case of it being a zoan, you can even include images of the transformations.
Lastly, the "Trivia" section, which is basic information about the fruit. Like the concept and its source, how long did it take you to come up with it, how it evolved, and even when was the page itself made.
Devil Fruit Template[]
{{Property|}}
{{Devil Fruit Box
|backcolor =
|textcolor = Hex code
|name = no Mi
|image =
|jname = の実
|rname = '' no Mi''
|ename = Fruit
|meaning =
|first =
|fruit =
|type =
|previous =
|user =
}}
''' no Mi'''
==Etymology==
==Appearance==
==Strengths and Weaknesses==
==Usage==
===Techniques===
==History==
===Past===
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
==References==
{{Scroll box
|content=<references/>
}}
Creating a Crew[]
Now that you've created your character and their devil fruit, it's time to find yourself a crew. You can always ask on the main discord server to find yourself a crew to join, but in the case that you want to start your own crew, this is exactly where you need to be. Now, before you start on creating your crew's page, there are a few things to keep in mind as you start working on your crew itself.
Most successful crews have a theme of their own, weither it be a type of business, a way of behavior, or even a visual trait that they are known for. And in most cases, this theme would fall on the captain, as the captain will be the one influencing the crew.
For example, Trafalgar D. Law was a doctor. So his crew were themed as medics, on a submarine that had an operation room built in. This was a theme influenced by the captain's occupation as a doctor, which set the theme for his crew. Known as the Heart Pirates, they had a theme that included and decided their crew's entire structure.
While if we look at Monkey D. Luffy, his trait was a visual one. Which was the Straw-hat, it became their trademark, and their name as well. Another case I noticed is where the captain himself has enough charisma that he's recognized as the trademark of the crew, which will usually have the crew be named after the captain. For example, Red-Haired Pirated and shanks. Or Roger Pirates and Gol D. Roger.
Now once you've decided on a theme to follow and a name for your crew, you will now need to create the page of your crew. Following the first part of this guide, you will be creating a new article page with the name of your crew as the title followed by "pirates".
Once you've done that, you will be sent to the blank page of your new article. And now you will need to navigate to the Manual of Style once more, scroll down to the "Crew" section, and copy the template. Go back to your article and paste the template there, so now you will be able to start filling the information of your crew.
Now that you have pasted the template in your article page, all you need is to fill out the information of your crew. Do keep in mind to fully read the crew format in Manual of Style, before you copy the easy blank one, to get a better idea of what to include in each section.
To start off with the infobox, most of its components are self explanatory. As you will need to add your username on the "Property" code, pick the colors by adding HTML color codes, add the JollyRoger image, input your crew's name, captain's name, and total bounty of the crew.
For the Japanese and Romanized names, you can always ask on the discord server for help from people who are adapt at translating the Japanese language, which we have many of them thankfully. And this goes for any Japanese translation you would need, be it a fruit's name, a character's name, or even a technique's name. So don't be shy and ask for translations when needed!
Now that you're done with the infobox, you will proceed to write a short introduction of your crew. Which should include highlights like the crew's name, the date the crew was formed on, the sea the crew was formed on, their statue in the world, and any other details that you would like people to see when they land on the page.
Following that is the "Jolly Roger" section, which should include a written explanation of the Jolly Roger and what it means or refers to. You are free to add an image there as well, but most people would prefer adding images under "Gallery" section to help maintain an organized page!
Reaching the "Crew Members" section, you will be faced with what's called a "Table". Which is a template that allows us to include images of the crew's members, their names, and even their roles or titles. And even though it would seem overwhelming at first, it's somewhat easy to navigate.
Since the table is already provided to you along the template, you will just need to fill it with the information of your crew members. Which as shown in the image below, you will start by replacing the "X" to your crew's name in the green line of code. Once that's done, you will now see two separate lines above each other, the upper one is used for the character's image. While the one below it is used for the character's name, while both of them are also used to link the character's page.
Here you see the table as it is once you've pasted it.
while here, you see it broken down to where you should fill each info.
and lastly, this should be the now filled table.
Yet! Your work doesn't end here, as in the case you recruited people into your crew, you will need to add their characters in the table. Which is simple, as you will only need to replicate what you did when you filled the two separate lines above each other. You will start a new code in each of the lines by using "!", then you will proceed to fill the lines with the image name, character name..etc While keeping in mind, that you will need to include all the images in the upper line, and all the names in the line below it.
Do keep in mind that the name that will be added in "link=" should be the exact name of the character's page, because this line will transfer people to that character's page when they click on the image or on the name. Now this should allow you to properly create a crew's page that is organized and clean. Yet, this is just to get you started, as the more you practice making pages, the more you will be able to do. You will be able to fully customize your tables, from their colors, sizes, split them into sections, and much more. But this guide is aimed to just help you get on your feet!
Now, you should be done with the infobox, intro, jolly roger, and crew members, which will get us to the next section "Organization". In this section, you will need to write about the structure of your crew. Who's the captain, their name, powers, and some information about them. Who's the first member, what's their role in the crew, their powers, when did they join, and some more information about them. You will of course continue to do the same for every and each member, as well as any allied crews, when did they ally with your crew, and so on.
For the self explanatory section "Territories", all you need to add here is the list of territories that your crew owns or claimed weither it be by purchasing with Reputation Points or by actually claiming them during a Role-Play.
"Crew Strength" section will require you to fill it with everything that would be considered as "power" to your crew. You can add your crew's bounties, their influence over the world, their feats, haki, martial arts, and anything else that would include their power. This section can be filled with short paragraphs along with images, or just paragraphs. Some people create tables for it, some just go with text.
Following that is the "Ships" section, which is also self explanatory as you will just need to add the list of ships the crew own. Weither it's one ship or a whole fleet, you will need to add them under this section.
Reaching the "History" section, you will find that it already has a "Past" subsection. You can write the full detailed story of how the crew was formed there, then start adding subsections titled with each new arc the crew is portrayed in. Now, on this wiki we have a world wide Saga that is decided by the admins. Each Role-Play we start is an "Arc" in that saga, with each section in our Role-Play treated as an "Episode" or a "Part".
Even though this would add a sense of professionalism to your articles and make them organized and clean, some people don't feel motivated enough to fill this section with highlights and are simply satisfied with just adding the Arc/Role-Play names. So this would be up to you weither to fill them or just include the names of the Role-Plays.
Now, we reach the "Gallery" section, which should include all the images you wanna add on the page. Weither it be the Jolly Roger, group image of the crew member, separate images of crew members, bounty posters, territory images, and anything you wanna add. Though, to keep your "Gallery" section organized and clean, you should use the gallery wikitext code <gallery>your images' links here!</gallery> which will place all your images inside a literal gallery on the page.
And with that, you would have reached the last section that you would be filling. Which is "Trivia", the place that you will be using bullet points in again, using the star symbol before each line "*". Trivia should include random facts about the crew, the members, the jolly roger, and your comments as the author.
And with that, you should now have a proper crew page!
Crew Template[]
{{Property|}}
{{Crew Box
|backcolor =
|textcolor =
|jroger=
|jname=
|rname=
|ename=
|captain=
|ship=
|bounty=
}}
''' Pirates'''
==Jolly Roger==
==Crew Members==
{| style="margin:auto; background:#000000; color:; text-align:center;" border="1"
|-
| style="background:#000000;" colspan="5"| '''<big><font color=#FFFFFF>X Pirates</font></big>'''
|-
! [[File:NOPIC.png|130px|link=???]]
|-
! [[Character|<font color=#FFFF00>Character</font>]]
|}
==Organization==
==Territories==
==Crew Strength==
==Ships==
==History==
===Past===
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
==References==
{{Scroll box
|content=<references/>
}}
Creating an Item[]
Now that you've reached this part, this means that you not only have a character, but also a devil fruit and a crew. But what if your character uses a weapon, maybe a sword or a gun. Or maybe you want to create a page for the ship your crew is sailing on. In this section, you will learn how to create a page for an item, weither it's a sword, pistol, rifle, ship, or even some drugs...
As with any other article, you will create a new article, and place the name of your item in the popup before you click next. Which will send you to a blank page. I'm sure at this point, you already know where to go to get that template! But I will save you the trouble of scrolling all the way up, here, you should navigate to the Manual of Style and scroll down to the "Item" template. Or scroll down and copy it from this page.
Once you've copied the template, go and paste it in your blank page. As with all our prior pages, we now will start filling information. And since you've reached this part, filling this page should be an easy task to you.
Once you've filled the infobox with the information that are mentioned in front of each part, you will start on the intro. As with all the prior article, you will include some highlights in the intro. The item's name, type, who owns it, how did they acquire it, and any other highlights about the item itself.
The item's pages will vary depending on what the item actually is, but most of them share the same format. Yet, you can change the names of section, add new sections, or remove sections to have the formatting of the page suits your item. As an example, drugs and such items would need sections added like "Effects" and "Side Effects". While Ships would need other sections like "Ship Rooms" or "Locations". You will need to use reasonable logic to add or remove sections as you see fit!
And with this, you now should be ready to begin your journey on this site! Along the way, you will learn and grow, which will allow you to have your own style, weither it be regarding writing, appearances, and even customizing your pages. But this should have gotten you on your feet, so good luck!
Item Template[]
{{Property|}}
{{Under Construction}}
{{Weapon Box
| backcolor =
| textcolor =
| jname = Japanese name
| rname = ''Romanized name''
| image = image of the item
| ename = English name
| meaning = meaning of the name
| price = item's price in the world
| owner = owner of the item
| grade = this is for Meito graded swords
| type = the type of the item
| first = name of the debut
}}
'''Item Name''' Intro here
==Appearance==
physical appearance of the item.
==Abilities==
main abilities of the item.
=== Techniques ===
techniques developed by the user of this item.
==History==
==Trivia==
== References ==
{{References}}
Creating a Role-Play[]
A Roleplay on this site is a collaborated story that is written in real time, post after post, by multiple users. And while the rules regarding Roleplays differ based on the users involved, almost all of them follow a few basic rules. One of these rules is that a Roleplay can never be in the future, meaning that you are able to Roleplay at any point in the past up until the current year of the universe. Other rules can be found on our Rules page, aside from a few basic rule that will be mentioned here. A Roleplay's events will take place in our shared universe, this means that the events of the Roleplay should be scaled properly. As well as a few permissions needing to be asked for, especially when you're planning to Roleplay on a specific island that is owned by another user.
Now, to create and start your own Roleplay, and similar to how you create any other article, you simply hover over the same three dots on the wiki banner above or below any page, or simply click on "Create a new page" existing on the shortcuts banner if you have it activated. Then similar to any other article, you will fill the name of the Roleplay in the popup window, and click on "Next". Once that part is done, you will be taken to an empty page with the name of your Roleplay above. And that's when you will need to copy the Role-Play Header Template bellow and paste it at the top of your page so it can be the first thing to appear on your Roleplay's page.
As with any infobox you've dealt with so far, you will now need to fill this Role-Play header in the same manner. Where you will be entering the info of your roleplay in front of each section of the infobox. Starting with the date the Roleplay began in real life, which would consists of the full date, the day, month and year of which the Roleplay started on. Then the date of which the Roleplay ended on in real life, which you will be typing "Ongoing." in until the Roleplay ends, and only then you will update it with the proper date. Moving on, you then will need to fill the list of users involved, by linking their profiles. Afterwards, you will be filling the "Setting" section, which is simple. All you need to enter here is the island, location, or the sea of which the events of the Roleplay are taking place. Time in Universe is also self explanatory, where you will be entering the date of which the events of the Roleplay took place at, whether it be in the past or present.
After you've done with that, you will now need to fill the list of characters involved and making appearances in the Roleplay. By linking the page of each character, they will appear in the infobox as links, where users can simply click on them to check the pages of each character. Right after that, you will be entering the names of character who were mentioned by other character during the Roleplay, yet didn't make an official appearance. And lastly, the NPCs and Antagonists section, here you will simply be entering the names of NPCs and Antagonists of this Roleplay. In the case of them having pages, you will be linking them similar to character and users, and in the case of them not having pages, typing their names is enough.
Now that you're done with your infobox and are ready to begin writing your Roleplay's events with the other users who are involved, you will be needing sections. Making sections for a Roleplay is simple and easy, as all you need is to think of a good, funny, or even lame name for your section. In a Roleplay manner, every Roleplay is considered to be an "Arc", with every section is considered to be a "Chapter/Episode". Starting your first Section as with any other section on any other article, you will be writing it in a similar manner to this. "== Section Title==" Where you will be writing your post directly underneath that section title, followed by another user's post, then another and so on. Do note that posting on Roleplays requires coordinating among the users involved to come up with a posting order that is fair for everyone involved, and while some people do randomly post, others prefer turn based posting.
And again, as with any other article, whenever you want to post on a Roleplay, you simply hover over the three dots at the right top corner of the page and click on "Edit". Then you will simply be writing your post at the bottom of the page, yet before the categories tags, as the categories should always be at the bottom of the page for better organization. With this, you now should be ready to start your own Roleplay, or join other users' Roleplays with no issues. Yet, keep in mind that these are only the basics, and that you will be learning new things as you practice. Always keep an open mind, and don't be afraid of making mistakes, as long as you learn from them and fix them as you go.
Another thing to note, once your Roleplay has more than three sections/chapters, a new element will appear on the page known as "Contents Box". This box will show the titles of each section, to make it easier for you to scroll down to each specific section. This box appears automatically, it can't be added or removed to a page.
RolePlay Template[]
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Creating a Metrics Page[]
And now that you have been a part of a Role-Play, or even started your own, starring other users and their characters. It's sure you have noticed how long these Role-Plays can be, varying from (20,000 Bytes) and goes up to literal millions of bytes. And while some users are passionate enough to read up on all of that, many others aren't, yet are still interested in knowing the highlights of the Role-Play and the events of which took place during this Role-Play.
For that, you will need to make a Metrics page, and as you have noticed, it comes along with the template provided above. So all you need to do is simply clicking on the "Metrics" button, create the page and fill it with the information that will be provided next. Once you create the page itself, which again is done by simply clicking on the "Metrics" button then following the general instructions of creating any article page. You will now be face with the empty article page that is now your Role-Play's metrics page, where you will be copying the template down below, pasting it on that empty page, then filling your own information in it.
The first thing you will need to fill is the "Plot Summary" which will be split into sections, depending on how many sections you have in your Role-Play. This will be filled in a similar manner to how the "History" section on your character page will be filled, but writing a shorter version of the events, highlights, and any details you feel should be focused on. Right after that, you will now need to fill the "Post Events" section, which is similar to the first section but with one simple difference. In this section, you will be writing about the events that happened as a result of this Role-Play's events, which could have happened after the Role-Play and not actually mentioned into the Role-Play itself. A few examples for this would be the updated bounty posters, imprisonments of characters, recruiting of characters, or and anything of the sort.
Now that you're done with the hardest part, now comes the easy part. In this section, which is named "Characters" you simply will be linking each character's page in a bullet point manner, so people can access the pages as easy as possible. Now I know, this might seem like a waste of time since the characters involved in the Role-Play will be linked into the Role-Play infobox anyway, but this will still contribute to a more organized and well written metrics page. You could also expand on it and include each character's role in the Role-Play, this is entirely up to you on how far you expand or how little you do.
Now, the "Major Fights", and as its name suggests will be filled with bullet points again. Each bullet point will be for one of the major fights that took place in the Role-Play, who did the fight happen between, and who ended up winning. Just like with every other section here, you have the freedom to expand on this, just as much as you have the freedom not to expand at all. After you're done with this, you will now reach the final section of a metrics page, which is the "General Information", which really has one section underneath it, that is "Byte Count". Now you might be asking yourself, what are "Bytes" to begin with. Don't worry, you will know exactly what bytes are and how to calculate them in this next paragraph.
Bytes are the count of letters you have contributed into any wiki/fandom article, and since we use a coins system that is based on the amount of bytes contributed on each article, it's important to know exactly how much you contributed. To do that, all you need to do is hover towards the "View History" option that appears at the right corner of each article and click on it. This will send you to the history page of your Role-Play, which includes every contribution made to the Role-Play and by which user. This part of the process can be time draining, as you will have to run your calculator and add the numbers up for each user manually.
After you're done calculating each user's contribution, all you now need is to go back to your metrics page and add them under the "Byte Count" section in a bullet point manner. With the name of each user, followed by the amount contributed by them on the roleplay. As you can see in the screenshot provided though, there are two numbers in front of each contribution made by each user. The largest one, which is highlighted in the screenshot with a blue line underneath it is the overall bytes contributed by all users on the entire Role-Play. While the smaller number that start with a plus sign, which are highlighted with red lines underneath them are the actual contribution made by each user every time they edited the page. And with that, your metrics page is now all done, but do note that this is the simplest template for a metrics page, and that once you're more experienced, you will be able to come up with your own templates.
Metrics Page Template[]
== Plot Summary == == Post Events == == Characters == == Major Fights == == General Information == === Byte Count === == Trivia == [[Category:Role-play Metrics]]