Help:Wiki Editing

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Basics

Click the pencil icon at the top right of any page to open the editor. A dropdown shows the editing options available for that page.

Creating a page

To create a new page, navigate to its URL. Replace the last path segment with the new page name. Example: a new page named "Foo Bar" lives at https://armsofgod.wiki.spellsandguns.com//Foo_Bar.

The page will show "There is currently no text in this page." Click "create this page" to begin editing.

Page-name limitations apply (trailing spaces are trimmed, etc.). See MediaWiki: PAGENAMEE encoding for the full rules.

Editing a page

Visual Edit — an experimental WYSIWYG editor. For the most part the rendered content matches the live page. Has limited use on Template / Module / Data pages.

Edit Source — opens a wikitext editor with syntax highlighting. "Show preview" lets you see the effects before saving. If you enter an empty-looking page, try Edit Source — there's likely content hidden inside <includeonly> tags.

Uploading an image

Special:Upload — single-image upload. The destination filename determines what the file is called on the wiki.

Special:BatchUpload — multi-image upload. Uploaded files use their source filenames automatically. Conflicting names overwrite existing files; be careful.

Broken file links appear as grey File:missing_example.png-style links. Clicking them opens the upload page with the destination filename pre-filled.

Conventions

Most pages on this wiki are bot-published from the game's data. Modules, Templates, Data: pages, and per-instance detail pages are regenerated on a schedule (typically after game patches).

Safe-to-edit rules:

- Detail pages (one per item / character / etc.) — edits persist. First-write-only publish: once a detail page exists, the bot preserves any edits you make. Your prose, screenshots, and trivia survive every re-publish. - Module / Template / Data: pages — edits don't persist. These get overwritten on every scheduled re-publish. Cosmetic edits (formatting, comments) won't break anything but won't survive either. What gets re-emitted is the data-bound variable names, parameter lists, and JSON keys — so don't rename those, even temporarily. See the bot-published content catalog for the full list.

MediaWiki

This wiki runs on MediaWiki software. See Special:Version for installed extensions, skins, libraries, and version info.

This wiki's framework pages (Modules, Templates, JSON Data pages, per-instance detail pages) are bot-published from the game's data. Below is the catalog of what Arms of God has + how to edit each kind safely.

Editing rule of thumb: you can edit any bot-published page. The bot overwrites the framework layer (Modules / Templates / Data) on every scheduled re-publish, so your improvements to prose, comments, formatting, and added documentation survive only on Detail pages (first-write-only). On framework pages, what gets clobbered are the data-bound keys, variable names, and table shapes — Modules read specific field names from Data: JSON, so renaming `name` to `title` will break the renderer on the next re-publish. Cosmetic edits (formatting tweaks, added comments, reformatted whitespace) are fine — they just won't persist.

Data pages

JSON-content pages consumed by the Modules. The field names + nested shapes are the contract — Modules look up specific keys. Editing values is safe; renaming keys or restructuring objects breaks rendering until the next re-publish regenerates them.

Data page	Shape	Size
Data:Achievements.json	category envelope ({category, aggregation_mode, record_count, records[]}) loaded by Module:Achievements	34 KiB
Data:Blessings.json	category envelope ({category, aggregation_mode, record_count, records[]}) loaded by Module:Blessings	63 KiB
Data:Characters.json	category envelope ({category, aggregation_mode, record_count, records[]}) loaded by Module:Characters	12 KiB
Data:Codex.json	category envelope ({category, aggregation_mode, record_count, records[]}) loaded by Module:Codex	75 KiB
Data:Compare_Characters.json	category envelope ({category, aggregation_mode, record_count, records[]}) loaded by Module:Compare_Characters	4 KiB
Data:Compare_Enemies.json	category envelope ({category, aggregation_mode, record_count, records[]}) loaded by Module:Compare_Enemies	12 KiB
Data:Compare_Weapons_Melee.json	category envelope ({category, aggregation_mode, record_count, records[]}) loaded by Module:Compare_Weapons_Melee	12 KiB
Data:Compare_Weapons_Ranged.json	category envelope ({category, aggregation_mode, record_count, records[]}) loaded by Module:Compare_Weapons_Ranged	37 KiB
Data:Crux.json	category envelope ({category, aggregation_mode, record_count, records[]}) loaded by Module:Crux	15 KiB
Data:Enemies.json	category envelope ({category, aggregation_mode, record_count, records[]}) loaded by Module:Enemies	24 KiB
Data:Icons.json	category envelope ({category, aggregation_mode, record_count, records[]}) loaded by Module:Icons	137 KiB
Data:Navbox_Blessings.json	navbox envelope ({title, rows[]}) loaded by Module:LinkGrid for Blessings	14 KiB
Data:Navbox_Characters.json	navbox envelope ({title, rows[]}) loaded by Module:LinkGrid for Characters	1 KiB
Data:Navbox_Codex.json	navbox envelope ({title, rows[]}) loaded by Module:LinkGrid for Codex	12 KiB
Data:Navbox_Crux.json	navbox envelope ({title, rows[]}) loaded by Module:LinkGrid for Crux	5 KiB
Data:Navbox_Enemies.json	navbox envelope ({title, rows[]}) loaded by Module:LinkGrid for Enemies	3 KiB
Data:Navbox_Passives.json	navbox envelope ({title, rows[]}) loaded by Module:LinkGrid for Passives	8 KiB
Data:Navbox_Upgrades.json	navbox envelope ({title, rows[]}) loaded by Module:LinkGrid for Upgrades	13 KiB
Data:Navbox_Weapons.json	navbox envelope ({title, rows[]}) loaded by Module:LinkGrid for Weapons	9 KiB
Data:Passives.json	category envelope ({category, aggregation_mode, record_count, records[]}) loaded by Module:Passives	32 KiB
Data:Tags.json	category envelope ({category, aggregation_mode, record_count, records[]}) loaded by Module:Tags	77 KiB
Data:Upgrades.json	category envelope ({category, aggregation_mode, record_count, records[]}) loaded by Module:Upgrades	57 KiB
Data:Weapons.json	category envelope ({category, aggregation_mode, record_count, records[]}) loaded by Module:Weapons	83 KiB

Shared Modules (used across every category)

Module	Purpose	Edit policy
Module:CrossRef	Renders forward + reverse cross-references between entities	Editable; field-name changes get overwritten on re-publish
Module:Index	Renders sortable category index tables	Editable; field-name changes get overwritten on re-publish
Module:LinkGrid	Renders icon+link grids (used by all Navbox templates + the "Possible drops" / "Related Achievements" body sections)	Editable; field-name changes get overwritten on re-publish

Per-category Modules

One per first-class category. Edits persist until the next scheduled re-publish regenerates them — so changes to the rendering logic that don't touch the data-binding field names are fine for short-lived experiments.

Module	Category	Records
Module:Achievements	Achievements	100
Module:Blessings	Blessings	94
Module:Characters	Characters	10
Module:Codex	Codex	90
Module:Compare	Compare	?
Module:Crux	Crux	34
Module:Enemies	Enemies	27
Module:Iconbox	Iconbox	?
Module:Passives	Passives	55
Module:Tags	Tags	84
Module:Upgrades	Upgrades	88
Module:Weapons	Weapons	65

Per-category Templates

Infobox templates (one per category) + navbox templates (one per navbox-enabled category). Same overwrite rule: re-publishes regenerate the parameter list + Pattern-B rows; cosmetic prose (e.g. an added intro paragraph above the infobox call) won't persist.

Template	Kind	Used by
Template:Achievements_infobox	Infobox	Every Achievements detail page
Template:Blessings_Tags	Section delegator	Per-instance detail pages (delegated_template render mode)
Template:Blessings_infobox	Infobox	Every Blessings detail page
Template:Characters_Tags	Section delegator	Per-instance detail pages (delegated_template render mode)
Template:Characters_infobox	Infobox	Every Characters detail page
Template:Codex_infobox	Infobox	Every Codex detail page
Template:Crux_infobox	Infobox	Every Crux detail page
Template:Enemies_infobox	Infobox	Every Enemies detail page
Template:Iconbox	Section delegator	Per-instance detail pages (delegated_template render mode)
Template:Navbox_Blessings	Navbox	Every Blessings detail page (bottom)
Template:Navbox_Characters	Navbox	Every Characters detail page (bottom)
Template:Navbox_Codex	Navbox	Every Codex detail page (bottom)
Template:Navbox_Crux	Navbox	Every Crux detail page (bottom)
Template:Navbox_Enemies	Navbox	Every Enemies detail page (bottom)
Template:Navbox_Passives	Navbox	Every Passives detail page (bottom)
Template:Navbox_Upgrades	Navbox	Every Upgrades detail page (bottom)
Template:Navbox_Weapons	Navbox	Every Weapons detail page (bottom)
Template:Passives_Tags	Section delegator	Per-instance detail pages (delegated_template render mode)
Template:Passives_infobox	Infobox	Every Passives detail page
Template:Tags_infobox	Infobox	Every Tags detail page
Template:Upgrades_Tags	Section delegator	Per-instance detail pages (delegated_template render mode)
Template:Upgrades_infobox	Infobox	Every Upgrades detail page
Template:Weapons_Tags	Section delegator	Per-instance detail pages (delegated_template render mode)
Template:Weapons_infobox	Infobox	Every Weapons detail page

Universal Templates

Generic templates shipped on every wiki by the bot. These are also overwritten on re-publish, but their bodies don't change between games — durable improvements go upstream in the template library.

Template	Purpose
Template:Tip	Highlighted tip / callout box
Template:Transclude	Transclude a page or labeled section: {{Transclude|PageName#Section}}. Requires Extension:LabeledSectionTransclusion (ships with MediaWiki core).
Template:Iconbox	Atomic icon + caption + link cell (for inline lists / galleries)
Template:Stub	Banner marker for short pages (auto-categorizes)
Template:NeedsImage	Banner marker for pages with no icon
Template:Disambig	Disambiguation pages
Template:Quote	Block quotation
Template:GameVersion	Inline version stamp ("As of v1.2.3")
Template:Spoiler	Collapsible spoiler block
Template:Color	Colorize inline text: {{Color|#ff0000|red}}
Template:External	External link with icon
Template:Hover	Tooltip on hover
Template:Breadcrumb	Breadcrumb nav
Template:Anchor	Anchor target for in-page links
Template:Clear	<br clear="both"> shortcut (clear floats)
Template:Documentation	The Template documentation (viewed at Help:Wiki Editing; this section is hidden when the template is transcluded onto another page) No /doc subpage exists for this template. The template's <noinclude> block (visible here on the template's own view, hidden when transcluded) is the docs. convention for template docs

Detail pages

Per-instance pages (one per item, character, etc.). Fully editable + edits persist. First-write-only publish: once a detail page exists, the bot preserves any edits you make. Your prose, screenshots, and trivia survive every re-publish. The framework (Modules / Templates / Data) below them gets regenerated, so re-publishes refresh the data-driven sections automatically while preserving your prose.

This tab highlights MediaWiki's special pages most useful for working on this wiki.

• Special:SpecialPages — List of all special pages.
• Special:WantedPages — Pages linked-to but missing. After a scheduled re-publish, this should be near-zero (every bot-published link target exists). Non-zero usually means an editor-added link points at a non-existent page.
• Special:WantedTemplates — Templates called but missing. Should be exactly zero on this wiki.
• Special:WantedFiles — Image files referenced but never uploaded. Should be near-zero after a clean re-publish.
• Special:WhatLinksHere — Reverse-lookup: which pages link to a given page. Useful for "where is this template used?"
• Special:Categories — All categories on the wiki.
• Special:UncategorizedPages — Main-namespace pages without a tag. Should be near-zero — unexpected entries here are bot-publishing bugs worth reporting.
• Special:RecentChanges — Live feed of edits.
• MediaWiki:Sidebar — Edit the navigation sidebar. Regenerated on every scheduled re-publish; direct edits get clobbered.
• Special:Upload / Special:BatchUpload — Image upload (single + multi).
• Special:Version — Installed MediaWiki extensions, skins, libraries, and version info.