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Below you see all page types ("categories") used at Games for Music wiki. 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
cite references in Chicago author-date format
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 the main place to find our musical activities 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
link links to games on external pages scheme not working — data template
music
people articles about people, both about users and historical figures URL of a page for described person/group
print 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 tags are used for games, the curated set is explained here
template initial content for new entries in some categories
time
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.


Stats by category

activity

31

4 drafts

game

42

6 drafts

sub

384

229 non-games

wiki

65

30 drafts

glossary

96

48 drafts

book

36

9 drafts

people

69

37 drafts


Wikidot-native list of all categories

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activity

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admin

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deleted

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event

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forum

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glossary

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legal

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music

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other

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people

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print

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quote

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rename

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search

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system

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template

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