Help:Style Guide

This page is a work in progress. Decisions about styling are still being made and refined as the base wiki content is developed, so anything written here should be treated as a temporary guideline until made definitive in the future. The nature of guidelines specific to La-Mulana 2 content (as opposed to general wiki style guidelines) are meant to be shaped and decided by the community consensus and are not meant to be enforced with or by any particular authority. However, due to the large amount of information and number of pages contained in the wiki, we humbly request that individual contributors refrain from making any wholesale edits to pages in ways that are inconsistent with the guidelines below; this will help to ensure a consistent level of clarity and accessibility across the wiki which is essential for a positive user experience. We welcome and encourage you to provide suggestions for revisions or additions to the style guide in the Discussion tab for this page.

Field Pages
Field pages contain many headings for organizing information, but because content can vary between field pages, it is important for the order and presentation to be consistent between them all. This section is meant to document the preferred order of all possible headings and sub-headings. If any particular field page can be pointed to as an example of this, it will be included here.

Because not all field pages have been finalized yet, the ideal order and presentation are still up for discussion. So far, the framework used for the other La-Mulana wikis has been kept, but this was largely unintentional and always meant to be changed later. Ideas for better ways to reorganize field page content, including radical departures from the current design, are welcome.

Map Reference
When referring to field rooms, please use the following general format: First, link to the field name. If referring to a room within the same field's page, provide the room name instead (these can be seen on their respective field's page within the Map section). Then, provide the room coordinates surrounded by parentheses. Example: Roots of Yggdrasil (D-4)

Sequel Terminology
Though La-Mulana 2 shares the vast majority of its mechanics, concepts and so on with its predecessors, a number of official terminology changes have been made for the sequel. While this may cause confusion for long-time players, it is important for the sake of consistency to only use newer terms found within the game (and official supplementary materials) throughout the wiki. In instances where an older term has been replaced with a newer one, the old term is indicated in parentheses wherever the new term is initially/predominantly defined to help newcomers to the wiki. A glossary is provided here for documentation and easier reference:

Mantras
To indicate the usage of a mantra, use the word incant (not chant, use, etc.) followed by a link to the mantra's respective heading on the Mantras page and the name of the mantra (not the first or second meaning).
 * Example: "Incant Iorð in front of the Bust of Mimir."

Since version 1.?.?.2, mantra names were updated to use Unicode glyphs (e.g. Iord became Iorð). Please use these updated names throughout the wiki.

Version Differences
The Version History page contains official patch notes detailing changes made with each update to the game. Information throughout the wiki should always be updated to reflect the latest version of the game, but there may be instances where documenting legacy information is still useful. For example, someone playing a newer version of the game after having played an older version may be surprised or confused by puzzle solutions or room layouts which have changed. Additionally, speedrunners may intentionally choose to play older versions of the game to take advantage of strategies or glitches only available in them, making the continued documentation of older information important.

When coming across information on the wiki which appears to be incorrect, please try your best to verify if the game content itself has been changed. While it is unreasonable to ask contributors to methodically play through older versions of the game, it is also important to ensure that content which still correctly applies to an older version of the game remains preserved and visible. If you suspect an error but are unable to verify it yourself, please indicate this on the page's Discussion tab rather than editing the page with "Needs verification" text; this allows others to discuss the topic without impacting the page, keeps a history of the discussion visible, and allows others to attempt verification themselves.

In cases where a game update necessitates a wiki update, the old information should be kept or rewritten as a sub-bullet below the latest information with the last applicable version number prepended to it. To-do: Provide an example

Console Version
The release of La-Mulana 2 on consoles has introduced some changes from the PC version, necessitating a way to differentiate between both on the same page. For now, this is only known to include shopkeeper NPC changes, but we are waiting for more information to become available before deciding on the best way to indicate these differences.