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The basic principle

A wiki for the entire big family of Ryzom

To ensure the correct distribution of important information to be shared, each language wiki (DE, EN, ES, FR, RU) must have the same roots of categorization, of which there are four (Ryzom Commons has its own rules, but they are similar). Namely:

EncyclopAtys

This is the category associated with the encyclopedic wiki driven and managed (as much as possible in "role-playing" mode) by all players.

Wikipatys

This one is the category that gathers the maintenance tools of the wiki (templates, technical documents, archives, etc.), fed by all players having an advanced experience of Mediawiki and/or Wikipedia (bureaucrats, administrators, etc.).

Forge

This category hosts all the documentary and technical content on which the development of Ryzom is based.

Lore

This is the category that includes all the texts that reflect the background (historical, geographical, political, etc.) on which the role-playing game in Ryzom is based, texts officially transmitted (or endorsed a posteriori) by the "lorists".

An organization oriented for the casual reader

The main categories are associated with portals themselves pointed by navigation templates through Portals, and answer questions: About the game:

• What game is Ryzom?: the game universe ("'The Lore"'), and how to play it.
• What is the world I'll walk through?: the planet Atys, its fauna, flora, etc.
• Which races will I be able to embody?: Fyros, Matis, Tryker or Zoraï.
• What are the Divine (or assimilated) Powers of the planet, along with the great groups (apart from nations) which will inspire my acts?: Kamis, Karavan, Rangers, Marauders, Trytonists.

Then comes the "encyclopedia" co-managed by the players and animators:

• The Chronicles of Atys are the official texts used as references to describe the past;
• The Great Library contains all the player experiences that do not fit into one of the previous sections;
• X-Files provides information about the "backstage" of the wiki.

The following insert summarizes the various important information entry points. It is advisable to include this insert at the foot of all portals and sometimes at the top of certain key categories.

All thematic Portals of Encyclopatys (Ryzom Wiki)

Ryzom: The Lore • The Game ^OOC
Atys: Atys world • Flora • Fauna
Nations: Fyros • Matis • Tryker • Zoraï
Factions: Kami • Karavan • Marauders • Rangers • Trytonists
Encyclopedia: Atys Chronicles • The Great Library • Mysteries ^OOC

This gives the following organization for the Encyclopatys, the "heart" of the Ryzom wiki, as it contains all the disclosed knowledge of Atys.

Table of main categories

The objective is to manage the classification of all elements (except those of the "Forge"), directly or indirectly, in at least one category of the following table. It is not useful, not to say counterproductive, to define and freeze all categories that are lower level than those listed below. Players and contributors may create and manage any categories they wish, as long as they link them to those listed in this table, but they are asked to be careful not to create "root" categories. If such categories are created (no one is safe from error), they will be authoritatively integrated by the sysop where appropriate, to ensure some harmonization between the wikis of the five basic languages of Ryzom.

All missing template bricks should be written in English by default, which is our de facto Esperanto language. As this rule does not apply to the old bricks, which are already in place, it happens that two template bricks may coexist, one coded in English and one coded in the local language. The wisest thing to do is then to redirect the English brick to its local sister, since the English version is usually correctly interpreted by all five sub-wikis. Indeed, each of the other possible methods (writing a "universal", self-adapting template for each wiki or mass editing using regular expressions of the articles containing it) is either difficult or risky to implement.

Make sure the following copy of the main categories table is correct by consulting the reference table.