Info for wiki-ers

• Author Opt Ins
• Conventions
• General Conventions
• Tags: character-trait
• Tags: genre
• Tags: relationship
• Tags: setting-trait
• Wiki Page Templates
• About [Template]
• [Character Name (Character Screenname)]
• [Peal Name]
• [Thread Title]
• Wiki Wishlist
• Main Page
• Main Page/Featured
• Using templates and wikitext

Author Opt Ins

This is a list of authors who've opted in to having their content included on the wiki, who have declined to have their content included, or who have more complicated preferences than a flat "opt in / opt out". Each author's own words are in the last column and are what count; the other columns summarise them, and say unconfirmed until the author has checked them. When you edit a page about an author's characters or threads, the editor shows their preferences here as a reminder.

To add yourself or change your entry, edit this page (see Template:Author opt-in for the fields).

Author	Public threads	Logged-in only	Access-listed / locked	NSFW	Co-authors	In their words
Adelene (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	fine	fine	fine	—	“no restrictions”
Aestrix (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	—	ask first	—	—	“anything public is fine without asking, anything on an access list, please ask before wiki'ing”
Alicorn (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	—	—	—	—	—
AndaisQ (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine, but notify	fine, but notify	fine, but notify	fine, but notify	—	“prefer to be notified but don't have to ask”
Anya (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	fine	ask first	ask first	—	“just ask before wiki'ing nsfw or access listed content”
apprenticebard (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	—	—	—	—	“public stuff is ok”
argona (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine, but notify	fine, but notify	fine, but notify	fine, but notify	—	“just let me know please”
Blazing Darkness / Blazer (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	—	—	—	—	—
ChaosMagic (glowfic) unconfirmed	ask first	ask first	ask first	ask first	co-authors needn't ask	“ask me first; co-authors don't need to ask for public sfw threads they're in; do not have to ask to add my stuff to lists, recommendations, etc - "ask first" only applies to things like character pages where I might be already working on them, mostly as a coordination step”
Decima (glowfic) unconfirmed	ask first	ask first	ask first	ask first	co-authors needn't ask	“ask me first; same preferences as ChaosMagic”
Diaeresis (glowfic) unconfirmed	ask first	ask first	ask first	ask first	some co-authors needn't ask	“has given permission to some coauthors; presumably ask first for rest”
Diagrapher unconfirmed	fine	fine	fine	fine	—	“no restrictions”
eusocia (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	fine	fine	fine	—	“no restrictions; everything encouraged”
Evenstar (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	no	no	—	—	“Public only”
Faceless/Curious Discoverer unconfirmed	fine	—	—	—	—	“anything that is public is fine”
Grace / sphinx (glowfic) unconfirmed	ask first	ask first	ask first	ask first	—	“but ask first please”
hearts (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	fine	fine	fine	—	“anyone can wiki my threads and is in fact encouraged to”
Iarwain (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	—	—	—	—	—
Jarnvidr (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	—	—	—	—	—
Jirachi unconfirmed	fine	no	no	—	—	“Public only”
Jisk unconfirmed	fine	—	—	—	—	—
Kappa (glowfic) unconfirmed	ask first	ask first	ask first	ask first	—	“ask first please”
Kaylin (glowfic) unconfirmed	ask first	ask first	ask first	ask first	co-authors needn't ask	“ask first except for threads where you're a coauthor”
lintamande (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	fine	fine	fine	—	“anyone I haven't blocked is welcome to add any of my content”
Lotus (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	fine	fine	fine	—	“go wild”
MaggieoftheOwls (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	ask first	—	—	—	“anything public is fine, anything constellation-only ask first”
Marri (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	—	—	—	co-authors must agree	“anything public assuming coauthor is also okay with it”
miniBIll unconfirmed	fine	ask first	ask first	ask first	—	“anything public, ask for rest”
Nika unconfirmed	fine	fine	ask first	—	—	“anything public or constellation-locked is fine; ask about full-account-locked or access-list ones”
Neva (glowfic) unconfirmed	ask first	ask first	ask first	ask first	—	“at the moment ask first”
NormalAnomaly (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	—	—	—	—	“anything that's public is fine”
Nymtheriel (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	fine	fine	fine	—	“if you can see it you can wiki it”
Red (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	—	—	—	—	—
root unconfirmed	fine	fine	ask first	—	—	“ask first for threads with an access list of <10 people; anything else is fine”
Rotifer (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	—	—	—	—	“anything that's public is fine”
Sage/Nemesis (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	—	—	—	co-authors must agree	“just check my co-authors' preferences for any restrictions”
square/strictlyquadrilateral (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	—	—	—	—	“anything that's public is fine”
st753m (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	fine	fine	fine	—	“anything is fine”
swimmer (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	—	—	—	co-authors must agree	“ok with public stuff being added if coauthors also are”
þeremin unconfirmed	fine	ask first	ask first	—	—	“any public stuff is fine, constellation-usered or access-listed stuff you should ask”
Tregiah (glowfic) unconfirmed	ask first	ask first	ask first	ask first	—	“ask first - if it's public, it's likely to be a yes, but I'd still like to be aware”
Unbitwise unconfirmed	fine	—	—	—	—	“please do not duplicate Constellation info such as setting descriptions, but all indexing/cataloging/cross-referencing is fine”
westwind (glowfic) unconfirmed	ask first	ask first	ask first	ask first	—	“ask first please”
WolffyLuna (glowfic) unconfirmed	fine	—	—	—	co-authors must agree	“if the thread is public and the other author is okay with it”

Conventions

General Conventions

This is a list of conventions about organizing the wiki. These are subject to change, of course, and they're not absolutes - content can be organized other ways.

Tagging

Most content should ideally be tagged. The emerging convention is for the tag to be a category, e.g. "author", and the tag value to be a specific instance of that category, e.g. "Alicorn". Authors, continuities, settings, and threads should be tagged with the authors involved. Everything can have multiple tags, including multiple tags from the same category.

Some tags have specific pages on them, listing conventions and some common values. These are also in the 'Conventions' chapter.

A list of all top-level tags currently being used is here, though note it doesn't currently give values used for those tags. (And of course some of these might be mis-tags or typos at any given moment.)

Important note: Tags applied to a continuity should be usually applied to the top-level book for the continuity, not its subpages, so that what comes up when people search the tag is the continuity name. We don't want the search results for relationship=het to be twelve different pages all named "Reference"!

Suggested tags include:

• author (value: author name)
• template (value: template name - author) (author should be noted in case of template name collisions)
• group (value: group name) (generally for grouped templates or grouped minor characters)
• character (value: character name (screenname))
• facecast (value: actor name)
• circumstance alt (value: canon character name)
• category (value: continuity, thread, setting, etc)
• setting (value: setting name)
• setting-type [on setting pages only]
• character-trait [on character/template pages only]
• relationship
• genre

Author Shelf

The convention for Authors is for each Author to have their own book. An Author may or may not have category-less pages like 'About X'. Common Author chapters are templates, with instances as alts within that template. ('Minor Characters' should probably be its own chapter). Other suggested Author chapters and category-less pages:

• Related solo works by this author
• List of settings this author writes
• Recommended threads and continuities

Note that page content can be mirrored between pages (https://www.bookstackapp.com/docs/user/reusing-page-content/). Typically, things like "threads" and "settings" go on other shelves, but major examples could reasonably be mirrored (with the base example in the proper shelf).

Information about a template as a whole, such as history, clusters, and attractors, can go in a "About (Template)" page within the template's chapter. One can also add a short (2-3 items) list of good introductory reading material for that template, suitable for getting to know what the template is like.

Continuity Shelf

The convention for Continuities and threads is for each major Continuity to have its own book, with subcontinuities in chapters and notable threads as pages. Subcontinuities might also have a summary page, a notable characters page, a related reading page, etc. We have not figured out a set convention for notable Sandboxes yet. 

Settings Shelf

Generally, setting base pages should go over here, not in Author books, given that many settings have multiple authors involved. Fandom settings should get their own Book for the original fandom, with different takes (and common setting facts) in chapters. Settings or takes can be tagged with the involved authors.

It's suggested for minor original settings to go in the "Original Settings" book, possibly with chapters by author for simple solo settings (e.g. "Kappa's Settings (Chapter)") and a page for each setting. Individual original settings that are more complicated than a single page, but not as complicated as a full book, can also have their own chapters. Simple collaborative settings can go in a "Collaborative Settings" chapter if the authors wish.

Tags: character-trait

This is a list of conventions specific to the character-trait tag, including a list of in-use or suggested values. These tags should ONLY be used when tagging templates or characters. This page is a WIP.

In general, if a template is tagged with a trait, then characters within that template do not need to be also tagged with the trait (for example, Bells are tagged as worldfixing, so Demon Cams don't need also be tagged as that).

When adding values, please also link the search for that specific value.

Values (personality)

• murderfun
• worldfixing

Values (queer)

• nonbinary
• genderfluid
• trans
• asexual

Values (uncategorized)

• plural (for characters who are part of or represent a plural/ multiple system)
• nonhuman

Tags: genre

This is a list of conventions specific to the genre tag, including a list of in-use or suggested values. Most instance of genre should be attached to stories; see character-trait and setting-trait for categorization tags for characters and settings respectively. Many book genres like 'science fiction' are currently categorized as setting-traits.

When adding values, please also link the search for that specific value.

Values

Setting Interactions

• peal
• single-setting (for when a fic takes place entirely within a single setting that its characters are native to)
• cross-drop (for when a character is dropped, moved, or travels to another setting)

Plot Styles

• timetravel
• peggy sue (timetravel where a character travels back to their own past, landing in their own (or sometimes someone else's) body)

Other Genres

• angst
• romance
• gen (for works that aren't romance-genre; gen works can have no ships, or ships but a non-romance-centric focus)
• pre-ship (for when a fic ends or is abandoned before the main ship gets together)
• hurt/comfort
• hurt no comfort
• fluff

Tags: relationship

This is a list of conventions specific to the relationship tag, including a list of in-use or suggested values. The value of a 'relationship' tag can be either a specific relationship or a 'relationship type' (e.g. 'femslash) that's notably present.

Note: whether a thread/ continuity/ etc is romance-centric or gen should be tagged under genre.

When adding values, please also link the search for that specific value.

 

Values by Relationship Type

Guidelines:

• If one or more characters in a relationship is genderfluid, then use all applicable types (e.g. a female character dating a male/ female genderfluid character can be tagged all of 'femslash,' 'het,' and 'nbslash.')
• Polyamorous ships should be tagged with 'polyamory' and then whichever slash type fits the links in question (e.g., a male character dating a female and a male character can be tagged both 'het' and 'mascslash'). Characters involved do not all have to be dating each other.
• Tagging here should be by the characters' genders as actually instantiated in the thread, not by their template-norm gender.
• Nbslash can be tagged for any relationship where one or more characters is nonbinary

The values:

• femslash
• het
• mascslash
• nbslash
• polyamory

 

Values by Specific Relationship

Guidelines:

• The standard format is "relationship: Template A/ Template B"
• Tag characters by their template in alphabetical order. Only list them here if the standard tag doesn't follow "A/ B" in some way (out of alphabetical order, non-A/B ship name, etc).
• If a relationship has a ship name in a format other than "Template A/ Template B," the standard value is "ship name (Template A/ Template B)".
• Characters without templates can be tagged by just their character name.
• Authors of the characters in question don't need to be specified unless there's ambiguity.
• This can include tags for canon-character relationships which apply regardless of which authors are involved or if some characters are circumstance alts (e.g. "Wangxian"). Those tags can be listed here even if they're in the standard A/B format, since they're inherently unusual.
• Add ships to the list in alphabetical order within their category.

This list is WIP, though (by intent) not all relationships will be listed on it.

Glowfic Characters/ Templates

• murder gfs (Ellie/ Fate)
• power couple (Lily/ 2B)

Canon Characters

• Wangxian

Tags: setting-trait

This page is WIP.

Currently, there aren't many setting-trait tags in use, but tags can be proposed.

 

• superheroes
• videogame (as in, based on one)

Wiki Page Templates

About [Template]

Template Name/Link

 

Personality

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Origin

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Notable/ original/ central members

 

Name Attractors

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Attractors

• Etiam tristique ipsum ac blandit mattis. Vestibulum quis tellus id turpis efficitur elementum. Nulla condimentum lorem lectus, ac ullamcorper mi suscipit non.

 

Clusters [optional]

Description about how clusters happen

The clusters are:

• [Name] cluster: Aenean placerat, lorem vitae efficitur sollicitudin, tortor lectus condimentum ante, sed viverra elit ex sed dui.
  • [Name] sub-cluster: Quisque suscipit feugiat elit nec tristique. Donec sit amet accumsan dolor, eu laoreet massa. Integer gravida suscipit venenatis.

 

Associated Characters

[Characters], by [Your Author Name]:

• [Template Name/Link]: (commentary)
•  

[Characters], by [Co-Author Name/Link]:

• [Template Name/Link]: (commentary)
  
•  

Others

• [Template Name/Link]: (commentary)
•  

 

Recommended Threads

• [Thread Title/Link]: commentary
  
  • Authors: [Name] and [Name]
  • Prerequisites: [If Any]
  • Warnings: [If Any]

[Character Name (Character Screenname)]

[suggested tags: category=character, author, character=(Character Name (Screenname)), circumstance alt, facecast, setting, template]

(related or characteristic quote)

 

(Character name [link to glowfic account]) is a glowfic character (in the [Template/link to constellation]; without a template) written by (author [link to constellation]). (Brief introduction. Suggested to include whether circumstance alt or original, plus appearance if notably different from icons)

(Character personality description)

(Template divergences description - what makes this character unique?)

 

Cluster: (cluster name)

Setting: (setting name/ notes [wiki link])

Other Names: (list of nicknames/ aliases with notes)

Facecast: (facecast)

Screenname Origin: (source of screenname)

Related Characters:

• (character with wiki/ glowfic link here. This is not for the character's relationships, but for different character accounts referencing the same base character - forks, child/ adult versions, timeline divergences, etc)

 

Development History

(What thread/ story the character was made for, what inspired them, any precursor characters. How the character's portrayal has changed over time.)

 

Backstory

(description of backstory goes here, including notes on whether this varies between continuities)

 

Narrative Arcs

(if the character has any strong attractors for certain narrative arcs or themes, that can go here)

 

Powers and Abilities

(any capability the character has goes here, with notes on when these capabilities are gained in different continuities if wanted)

 

Relationships

(notable relationships to other characters go here)

• (Character Name (Screenname) [link to constellation]): (optional commentary)
  • Wiki (link)
  • Author: (author name - link)
  • Relationship: (nature of relationship)
  • Notes:
    • (notes go here - does this relationship always exist? is it continuity dependent?)

 

Notable Appearances

(Threads/ continuities and non-thread fiction alike)

• (Non-glowfic fiction title [link]): (commentary/ summary)
  • Wiki (link if setting has a wiki page)
  • Author(s): (author list)
  • Prerequisites: (list)
  • Warnings:
    • (Warning 1)
    • ...
  • Notes:
    • ...
• (Thread/ continuity Title [constellation link]): (commentary/ summary)
  • Wiki (link if thread/ continuity has a wiki page)
  • Authors: (author list [links])
  • Prerequisites: (list)
  • Warnings:
    • (Warning 1)
    • ...
  • Notes:
    • (notes about the thread - like 'see X for reading order', additional commentary go here)

[Peal Name]

[Brief introduction]

[suggested tags: category=peal, author, template, setting, relationship]

 

Authors

[Author/link, Author/link, ...]

 

Notable Templates

[note: this is primarily intended for the major overarching templates, not for secondary or follower templates]

[Template name/ constellation link (wiki)]

[Template 2 name/ constellation link (wiki)]

 

Goals

[the peal's goals go here, including changes over time]

 

History

[how the peal formed, evolution of peal norms]

Notable Events

[depeals, massive projects]

 

Resources

[summary of resources available to the peal, as well as comparative challenges + enemy resources, and misc resources not listed below]

Shareable Magic and Technology

[Magic 1]

• Origin setting: [where does the magic come from]
• Origin character(s): [who introduced it to the peal]
• Current users:
• Notable abilities:
• Notable weaknesses:
• Notable synergies:
• Sharing method:
• Time introduced:

[Technology 1]

• Origin setting: [where does the technology come from]
• Origin character(s): [who introduced it to the peal]
• Current users:
• Notable abilities:
• Notable weaknesses:
• Notable synergies:
• Sharing method:
• Time introduced:

Interworld Travel

[notes about how travel has changed over time]

[Travel Method 1]

• Origin setting:
• Origin character(s):
• Current users:
• Costs: [magical energy? blood sacrifice? needs infrastructure?]
• Strengths: [can take parameters, can be used instantaneously, has safety mechanisms, etc]
• Weaknesses: [is fully random, is dangerous, etc]
• Time introduced:

Resurrection

[resurrection methods go here]

Information Gathering

[information goes here]

Combat Power

[how much power the peal can realistically bring to bear goes here]

 

Meta Knowledge

[summary of the peal's awareness of meta or multiversal factors goes here, including 'organization of the multiverse.' are they aware of templates? clusters? narrative? do they know how universes relate to each other? if their multiverse has adjacency, do they know about it?]

 

Character List

[major and minor, organized by template]

 

Relationships

[major and minor, organized by templates involved]

 

Related Reading

[can be links to thread/ continuity wiki pages]

 

Trivia

• [behind the scenes]
• [origin of peal name]

[Thread Title]

[Brief summary]

[Suggested tags: setting, author, template, character, relationship, plot, genre, category (Value: thread). Exact setting/ etc can go in Tag Value]

 

Thread

[Thread title/link]

 

Authors

[Author/link, Author/link...]

 

Thread Description

[Thread description from the Constellation]

• Status: [Complete/WIP/Hiatus/Abandoned]
• Warnings:
  • [Warning #1]
  • [Warning #2, etc] 
• Spoilers: 
  • [Spoiler #1, e.g. "Will contain spoilers for the entire Harry Potter series." or "Will contain Silmaril spoilers."]

 

Prerequisites

• [Thread title/ link]: [summary/ commentary]
  • Wiki [Wiki link (optional)]
  • Warnings:
    • [Warning #1]
  • Spoilers:
    • [Spoiler #1]
• [Prerequisite canon]: [summary/ commentary]

 

Related Threads

• [Thread title/ link]: [summary/ commentary]
  • Wiki [Wiki link (optional)]
  • Warnings:
    • [Warning #1]
  • Spoilers:
    • [Spoiler #1]

[This includes sequels, forks, outtakes, threads inspired by this one, etc.]

 

Setting/s

• [Setting]
• [Setting]

 

Character Appearances

• [Character Name/Link] - [Template/ Link (optional)] ([Author (optional)])
• [Character Name/Link] - [Template/ Link (optional)] ([Author (optional)])
• -
• -

 

Plot

[This will contain spoilers]

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Important Events (optional)

[Events important to character development or continuities this thread is in]

Index (optional)

[Mostly for very long threads; important events/ sections can be listed in order with links to the replies where this section starts]

 

Trivia

• [Enter thread trivia here. example: where the title comes from]

Wiki Wishlist

For features people would like the wiki to have, either in terms of easy ("please create this page") or more difficult ("please add this feature"/ "change this CSS")

Please sign your suggestions in case they need clarification.

Wishlist suggestions:

• meta page displaying all tags that've been used, automatically updating (sorted by tags and tag values?)
  • https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/pull/1354 I can bring this feature in if this solves your issue - Asterisms
  • Update: That PR is *not* sufficient, /tags exists but needs more work. - Asterisms
• A way to grab existing metadata on threads and characters (Setting, character lists, nicknames...) from the constellation, maybe by entering the relevant url, rather than needing to hand reenter it.
  • Would it be sufficient to have this as a separate webpage rather than integrating it into this interface? - Asterisms
• A way to edit just the tags on a page.
  • This is underspecified, what does this do that Edit Page doesn't? - Asterisms
    • I meant like... a quick-edit button for tags? without leaving the actual page. It's definitely not a must-have, though. -Manya
• A way to tag many things at once.
  • Would something like "do an exact text search on all pages and add tag:value if string is found" be sufficient here? - Asterisms
    • hm, I was mostly thinking of like... "tag all pages in this book/chapter with tag:value", but that might work - Manya
• a pop up when activating a template for a page that warns you it'll overwrite anything already typed into the draft
• A template for Table of Contents or other fic-navigation stuff. (-Cakoluchiam)
  • Example ToC
  • Include in template:
    • Source of the ToC (e.g., glowfic.com thread list, or fan-made)
    • List of contributors
    • Open text field (e.g. for describing the rationale behind the ToC)
    • At least 3–4 levels of hierarchy: (names customizable)
      1. Continuity/Series/Book (could be relegated to the title/header of the wiki page maybe?)
      2. Volume/Thread/Book (in the sense that in print it would be one bound volume, like a novel, ~50,000–150,000 words)
      3. Act/Section/Book (in the sense that a physical book often has multiple "Books" denoting thematic or temporal shifts, ~10,000–50,000 words)
      4. Chapter/Scene (in the sense of an easily-digestible/narratively-contained chunk one could read in a sitting, ~1,000–8,000 words)
    • Author(s) for each entry
    • Alts/templates (I don't know if this should be per entry or at the top of each page? Maybe spoilered? -Cakoluchiam)
    • Word count for each entry
    • Spoilered summary for each entry
    • Non-spoilered summary/indication of where the section ends, to assist read-alongs
    • Standard icon/indicator/format for tag permalink on glowfic[dot]com
    • Standard icons/format for permalinks to external sites (e.g., projectlawful[dot]com)
• if the total content of a Page is less than some reasonable amount (idk, 250 words?) display it in its entirety on the Book view so that they're more readable as single multipart documents? -Nym

Wishlist suggestions considered completed:

• Add Another Page button from an existing page
  • New Page button added below Edit. - Asterisms 14.01.2021

Main Page

The Glowfic Wiki is a reference for glowfic, the collaborative fiction written post by post on glowfic.com. It collects the continuities, settings, characters and authors behind the threads, so you can find out who someone is, catch up on how a setting works, or see where a story fits.

Anyone in the community can help. New to editing? Start with the editing conventions, and check the author opt-in list before writing about someone else's characters.

Main Page/Featured

Effulgence characters — 389 character pages from the old Effulgence Fandom wiki now live here, along with the Effulgence and Incandescence world pages. Many are stubs: if you know a character, help fill them in.

Using templates and wikitext

This page explains the two ways to write pages on this wiki, how templates work, and how to pull live information from glowfic.com into a page. See also the editing conventions.

Choosing an editor

Every page can be written in one of two editors. You can switch at any time from the Editing Page menu at the top of the editor.

• WYSIWYG (the default): edit the page as it looks, with a toolbar for formatting, links, images and tables.
• Wikitext: write MediaWiki-style markup, like on Wikipedia or Fandom. Choose Switch to Wikitext Editor. A live preview is shown beside the text.

Switching converts the page; nothing is lost, though complicated formatting may come out slightly differently.

Wikitext basics

You type	You get
''italic''	italic
'''bold'''	bold
== Heading ==	a section heading (also listed in the page's Contents)
[[Isabella Cullen]]	Isabella Cullen
[[Isabella Cullen|Golden]]	Golden
[https://glowfic.com glowfic]	glowfic
* item / # item	a bulleted / numbered list
[[Category:Witches]]	adds the page to Category:Witches (shown at the bottom of the page)
#REDIRECT [[Isabella Cullen]]	(as the whole page) sends readers on to another page
Text.<ref>Source.</ref>	a footnote, listed at the end of the page

Links

[[Title]] finds the page with that title anywhere on the wiki, or a book, chapter or shelf with that name. If several pages share a title, readers get a list to choose from; if a title matches character names (like Bella) the wiki lists those characters automatically. Links to pages that don't exist yet show in red — follow one to create the page.

Templates

A template is a reusable piece of a page, like an infobox. Templates live in the Templates book; each template's page shows its parameters, an example and where it's used. Use one by writing its name in double braces, with parameters separated by |:

{{Character Infobox | full_name = Isabella Marie Swan Cullen | known_as = Bella | world = [[Aurum]]}}

Changing a template updates every page that uses it. To write your own, create a page in the Templates book and use {{{name}}} where a parameter goes ({{{name|default}}} for a default). Notes for other editors go on a page called Template name/doc.

Templates also work in the WYSIWYG editor: type the call (like {{Stub}}) as ordinary text and it is filled in when the page is shown. In WYSIWYG pages you can also include another page with {{@123}} (its id), and pass it parameters: {{@123|name=Bella}} fills {{{name}}} in the included page.

Live information from glowfic.com

These blocks fetch information from glowfic.com and refresh it daily. In the WYSIWYG editor, use the Glowfic button on the toolbar; in wikitext, type them directly.

A continuity's threads

{{#glowfic:board|38|limit=5}} — the number is the one in the continuity's glowfic.com address (glowfic.com/boards/38). Every continuity book on this wiki has a Threads page built this way.

A character

{{#glowfic:character|luminous_regnant|limit=3}} — by screenname or id. Shows their icon, aliases and threads they appear in. {{#glowfic:icon|luminous_regnant}} gives just the icon, handy in infoboxes.

An author

{{#glowfic:user|Alicorn|limit=3}} — by username or id: moiety, character templates and recent threads.

A single thread

{{#glowfic:thread|219}} gives applied theology — Silmaril · with Alicorn, lintamande · Complete (rss · epub)

Lists that keep themselves up to date

Information written into templates can be queried. For example, every character whose Character Infobox says template = Zevi:

{{#query: Character Infobox | where = template=Zevi | fields = known_as, world, wb | labels = Goes by, World, Writer}}

Page	Goes by	World	Writer
Savannah Sanders (Feathers)	Savannah	Medallion	Aestrix
Savannah Sanders (Limitless)	Savannah	Limitless	Aestrix
Savannah Sanders (Rush)	Savannah	Gemini	Aestrix
Zane Sanders (Lucy)	Zane	Inferno	Aestrix
Zane Sanders (Starshine)	Zane	Starshine	Aestrix
Zevaia Sarbror	Vai	Treasury	Aestrix
Zeviana Nimah	Zeviana	Chamomile	Aestrix
Zeviana Sorelas (Fossil)	Zeviana	Epilogue	Aestrix
Zeviana Sorelas (Kool-Aid)	Zeviana	Ravel	Aestrix
Zeviana Sorelas (Lizard Pants)	Zeviana	Lizard Pants	Aestrix
Zevros Cartalian	Zevros	Hex	Aestrix

Conditions: field=value, field!=value, field~=part, combined with ;. Other options: format = list, links or count; order = field (add desc to reverse); limit; exclude = current to leave out the page you're on.