One page per element on the wiki?
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Thank you! I've added the infobox to the Element:HYGN page, so we can now start converging to the final design for the element page.
To make the mindless work of creating element pages easier, I can write a script to extract the data from elementdata.c and parse it in the wiki template format. I'll post that on Pastebin sometime today.
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For hydrogen's picture, shouldn't it be taken in fire display mode? I think all pictures should show what the element normally looks like in the default mode, and also show what it can do and look like (CLNE would be shown cloning, FILT would have a heat gradient shown, etc.).
Another thing is that it says "colour". Should that be changed to "color"? I think Wikipedia uses American spelling, because there are more Americans and people that spell it "color" than "colour"
I will update the hydrogen element when I get home, fixing some fusion info and maybe adding some example saves, and what it's properties do. -
powdertoy.co.uk, so I assume British spelling is preferred. (Our wiki uses the same software as Wikipedia, but isn't part of Wikipedia.)
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As jacksonmj said, I agree that British spelling should be used on a .co.uk domain.
Fire display mode is a good idea for infobox images, especially with gasses and explosives. I've added a new image for Hydrogen and tweaked the infobox a bit to display the HYGN menu icon above the screenshot in a separate image.
The page is looking good so far. Although, an introduction of some sort (with no header) should probably be placed at the top of the page, much like Wikipedia's page for Hydrogen. Basically, someone could write a summary of the article with a mention of the version added and possibly the name of the user who proposed the idea or developed the source code. If needed, we could compare the properties of the Powder Toy element to the real-life element and mention any notable differences in the introduction.
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Is there a way to link to saves from the wiki? I was trying to make an example section, but the saves don't work like on the forums. Also, I finished fixing up the info on hydrogen. And I guess I just prefer color, it's shorter. The creator of the game is british, I just doubt most players of the game are.
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Sometime today I'll whip up an Examples section template so we can organize the links into a table or something. From the template, you'll be able to paste the save ID (e.g. 673260) and it will parse it as a link: [https://powdertoy.co.uk/Browse/View.html?ID=673260 673260]
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Ok, I meant kind of like this though: , but that will work too
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The forum uses javascript to fetch some JSON for each thumbnail (e.g. https://powdertoy.co.uk/Browse/View.json?ID=2158) and fills in the information from that, so I guess it could be done client side for the wiki too. That's probably a job for Simon though.
