Example Formatting (pronunciation guide slot for weird names)

Subtitle often used to denote context (gov. body of Torthuíl, God of Play, etc)

Greetings adventurer, and welcome to the world of Aketi! This is a help document to show you around how everything is laid out.  
Meta: These quote blocks are often used for some temporary meta information pertaining to the article, often when the article is unfinished or requires further context put in very plain language. For example, explaining that traditional racial languages are only a temporary placeholder for more developed cultural tongues.
    Typically you'll have some lore text in this section here, telling you all about what something is and how it fits into the world.   Mature Content
These clickable blocks contain notes that might not be viewable by audiences under 18, or have especially descriptive or topical text that may deal with gore, sex, etc. These are typically used when the information is a very small and mostly tangential addition to a larger article that is not focused on these topics - for example, the sexual interests of Tylidae. With articles that may have a larger overall discussion of dark, sensitive, or adult topics, a general warning may be located at the top or sidebar.
  Text that looks highlightable like this (Torthuíl) are links to existing lore pages, while text that looks like this (Joe Smith Bobson) are created links to pages that don't exist - that's often a sign that they'll be added in future, but aren't currently high enough priority to have quite made the cut yet.  

Interesting Heading

  Additional information about a deeper element of the lore bit in question will often go under subsequent headings as you scroll down the page - military chapters, governmental bodies, notable locations in a city, etc. Most things that are deemed important enough get their own page, but anything that seems to be more support information than otherwise gets added to under the main article.

More Headings!

  Another section for even more lore and faction content!

Related Heading

  Oftentimes there might be a small fact or tangentially related information that doesn't fit in the main article - this is where it tends to land.  

Content Warnings

If there is a content warning about the type of article and information contained, whether for gore, sex, etc, then it may be located here. They are not exhaustive nor applied to every conceivable topic as that would be a near-impossible task, but the main things that people may want to avoid will be marked as best I can.

Handy Info Section

  This area is used for several things that can usually be boiled down into 'stats'. You may find a city's population numbers and leaders, the followers and symbols of a deity, or a person's brief location and other info.   This is also where stats are kept for playable races! If it is an Aketi-specific playable race (such as the Kupiara), or rewritten stats for play in Aketi (such as the Kobolds), then their stats will show here! Can't find a race you're looking for? Shoot me a message and I'll see if their stat sheets are hiding around somewhere!

Further Info

  Not as often used, but still has some info oftentimes.
At the very bottom here is a middle page link that will bring you back to the category or main article that this article falls under. To the sides are often secondary links that go forward or back in the 'page cycle'. Theoretically they should be all linked together in smooth fashion so you can keep spiraling deeper and deeper into lore - in practice, it's a lot easier just to click the name links typically embedded in the article itself like so (Conomel). Otherwise dead ends and circles tend to happen currently, sorry!


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