All Wiki Categories
Below you see all page types ("categories") used at Games for Music wiki. Clicking ∈ will list top wiki pages in that category (ordered by lenght). This might be useful for you, if you'd like to edit more than text and use advanced functions of the Wikidot engine.
| name | description | Scheme setup (*) | |
| activity | ∈ | playable; adaptable rulesets; additional creative input may be needed | example media ID (hosting platform passed by tags) |
| app | ∈ | category for scripts and code | |
| book | ∈ | book reviews and sources | |
| cue | ∈ | single gaming cues, usually from playable items, text or graphic | scheme not working — only content{1}, for easy integration |
| data | ∈ | envelopes with additional info added to every item from game | scheme not working — data template |
| ep | ∈ | serialized contents of non-playable kind | |
| event | ∈ | links to music gaming events — add yours! | scheme not working — data template |
| game | ∈ | playable; tested, well-defined and preferably without a facilitator | example media ID (hosting platform passed by tags) |
| glossary | ∈ | first paragraph — definition of a term, then more and more technical info on the topic | example media ID (hosting platform passed by tags) |
| good | ∈ | short descriptions of musical paradigms | |
| hub | ∈ | for grouping and accessing items of the same category | content{3} of the hub describes content{3} of its elements, used to display right here in this column |
| inc | ∈ | snippets of code used at different pages | scheme not working — backend usage |
| people | ∈ | articles about people, both about users and historical figures | URL of a page for described person/group |
| ∈ | experimental; collections of other items in printer-friendly form | ||
| quote | ∈ | quotes used in other content | addition to the source link to add to quote's parent page; most often a page number, where parent page is a book |
| set | ∈ | thematically collects diverse items tagged as _set:name | |
| sub | ∈ | playable, sub-activities are used as parts of other texts | additional info — displayed only when the page is viewed directly |
| system | ∈ | essential tools for contributors | |
| tag | ∈ | explanations for a curated set of tags | |
| template | ∈ | initial content for new entries in some categories | |
| wiki | ∈ | articles (other than books and people) |
Additionally:
- categories nav (top and left navigation areas), forum and deleted are native to wikidot and don't have a hub;
- categories other, rename and hyde are deprecated and soon may be removed.
(*) Scheme setup
Most of the categories use the template scheme, and the section (3) of the template can have different meanings — if it's used it is explained in the last column of the table. Other constant parts of the scheme are: main site content (1), graphical thumbnail (2) and a description for set view (4).
Longest entries in the category Hub:
- Glossary (hub:glossary)
- Bibliography (hub:book)
- People (hub:people)
- Wiki contributions (hub:system)
- Articles (hub:wiki)
- Games library (hub:game)
- Events (hub:event)
- All Tags and Their Meaning (hub:tag)
- All Wiki Categories (hub:hub)
- All Templates (hub:template)
page revision: 78, last edited: 12 Feb 2022 19:53
