e621 uses a custom wiki engine with basic functionality. All formatting is done via "DText":/help/dtext.
To create an internal wiki link, wrap the title in two sets of square brackets: `Like this`. Style and Formatting: [#style]
The e621 wiki has no specific style guide, but here's some general advice for creating wiki pages for tags:
Use h4 for all headers, h6 for sub-headers (not needed for most simple wikis). Bundle any relevant links at the end under a "See also" section.
[quote]
This is a header
This is a sub-header
See also:
[/quote]
- For franchise/series tags, try to include a "Characters" section linking to their own wiki page, and provide a short description that would allow taggers to easily identify them.
- Avoid using external links (e.g., wikipedia.org), and never link them within the text. Artist galleries will usually be the most relevant here.
- Keep it short and concise. A sentence or two is usually more than enough to tag by.
- Don't link to the tags page with {{curly_brackets}}, use [[square_brackets]] to link to other wikis instead.
Gender-Neutral Wording: [#gender]
Avoid gender-specific wording. Even in cases where gender would otherwise apply (e.g., breasts, genitals), mentioning gender more than once is rarely necessary. Prefer them/their pronouns, "a character", or simply reword it instead.
For instance:
- A character [color=lightgray]
of any gender[/color] with blue hair. - ...between a [color=lightgray]
female[/color] character's breasts. - ...between [color=lightgray]
her[/color] their breasts. - [color=lightgray]
When the male/herm/dickgirl puts his/hirs penis in the female/herm/cuntboy's pussy after anal with her/hir.[/color] Vaginal penetration done immediately after anal.
Gender-specific wording on character wikis is an exception to this, including coined intersex/non-binary pronouns.
Anchors: [#anchors]
Anchors are a special DText function intended mainly for use on the forums and wiki. They allow you to create links to "jump" to a certain section of the page when clicked from the same or other pages.
Anchors can be created with a hash sign in square brackets `[#somename]` and linked with normal wiki links `#somename` for links on the same page, and `somewiki#somename` for linking from other pages. Example Template: [#template]
(taken from the plant wiki) [code]
Used for any type of plant.
Plant tags:
See also:
- flora_fauna - A broad tag for more animal-like plant creatures ("plant-animals")[/code]