Thiorosan: Rebuild as a hub: three-projects gateways + behind-the-scenes

2026-07-15T13:24:29Z

Rebuild as a hub: three-projects gateways + behind-the-scenes

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	<div style="font-size:~~190~~%; font-weight:bold~~; color:#2a4b6b~~; line-height:1.2;">~~About this wiki~~</div>		<div style="border:1px solid #a2a9b1; background:#2a4b6b; color:#ffffff; padding:1.4em 1.2em; text-align:center;">
	<div style="font-~~style~~:~~italic~~; ~~font~~-~~size~~:~~105%~~;">~~the project~~ wiki ~~of Yezur~~</div>		<div style="font-size:200%; font-weight:bold; line-height:1.1;">Yezur Wiki</div>
			<div style="font-size:108%; color:#dbe6f2; margin-top:0.4em;">about this wiki, and how it is put together</div>
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	This is the project wiki for '''Yezur''', a self-hosted, single-mapper worldbuilding project set on a fictional planet. ~~The wiki~~ is '''public to read''' and '''private to edit'''. ~~Unlike the encyclopedia proper, these~~ ''Yezur Wiki'' pages are written '''out of character''': ~~they may speak plainly~~ about the ~~project~~, its software, and its parallels to Earth.		<div style="margin:1.1em 0;">
			This is the project wiki for '''Yezur''', a self-hosted, single-mapper worldbuilding project set on a fictional planet. It is '''public to read''' and '''private to edit'''. These ''Yezur Wiki'' pages — unlike the encyclopedia proper — are written '''out of character''': plain talk about the work, its software, and its parallels to Earth.
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			== Three projects, on Yezur ==
			The wiki openly recreates three familiar reference works, transplanted to Yezur. The resemblance is deliberate, not hidden.
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	== ~~Three projects~~ in ~~one ==~~		<div style="flex:1 1 15em; border:1px solid #c8d4e0; border-top:3px solid #2a4b6b; background:#f8f9fa; padding:0.8em 1em;">
	~~The wiki deliberately recreates three familiar reference works, set on Yezur. The resemblance is intentional and openly acknowledged:~~		'''[[Main Page\|Main]]''' — after Wikipedia<br>
			<span style="font-size:94%;">Articles on everything: lands, peoples, history, languages. Written '''in character'''.</span>
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	~~{\| class~~="~~wikitable"~~		<div style="flex:1 1 15em; border:1px solid #c8d4e0; border-top:3px solid #2a4b6b; background:#f8f9fa; padding:0.8em 1em;">
	~~! On this wiki !! Modelled on !! Holds~~		'''[[Dictionary:Main Page\|Dictionary]]''' — after Wiktionary<br>
	\|-		<span style="font-size:94%;">An interlingual dictionary of Yezur's many tongues. Written '''in character'''.</span>
	~~\| '''[[Main Page\|Main]]''' — the encyclopedia \|\| Wikipedia \|\| Articles on everything~~: ~~lands, peoples, history, languages~~.		</div>
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	\| '''[[Dictionary:Main Page\|Dictionary]]''' \|\| Wiktionary \|\| An interlingual dictionary of Yezur's many ~~languages~~.
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	\| '''~~[[Map:Main Page\|Map]]~~''' ~~\|\| the OpenStreetMap wiki \|\| Documentation of the map stack and how articles link to it~~.
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	~~Main and the Dictionary are written~~ '''~~in character~~'''~~, as though Yezur were real~~; the ~~Map documents the mapping system itself~~.		<div style="flex:1 1 15em; border:1px solid #c8d4e0; border-top:3px solid #2a4b6b; background:#f8f9fa; padding:0.8em 1em;">
			'''[[Map:Main Page\|Map]]''' — after the OpenStreetMap wiki<br>
			<span style="font-size:94%;">Documentation of the map stack and how articles link into it.</span>
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	== Behind the scenes ==		== Behind the scenes ==

Thiorosan: Create Yezur Wiki landing page (out-of-character about-this-wiki overview)

2026-07-15T12:02:35Z

Create Yezur Wiki landing page (out-of-character about-this-wiki overview)

New page

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<div style="font-size:190%; font-weight:bold; color:#2a4b6b; line-height:1.2;">About this wiki</div>
<div style="font-style:italic; font-size:105%;">the project wiki of Yezur</div>
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This is the project wiki for '''Yezur''', a self-hosted, single-mapper worldbuilding project set on a fictional planet. The wiki is '''public to read''' and '''private to edit'''. Unlike the encyclopedia proper, these ''Yezur Wiki'' pages are written '''out of character''': they may speak plainly about the project, its software, and its parallels to Earth.

== Three projects in one ==
The wiki deliberately recreates three familiar reference works, set on Yezur. The resemblance is intentional and openly acknowledged:

{| class="wikitable"
! On this wiki !! Modelled on !! Holds
|-
| '''[[Main Page|Main]]''' — the encyclopedia || Wikipedia || Articles on everything: lands, peoples, history, languages.
|-
| '''[[Dictionary:Main Page|Dictionary]]''' || Wiktionary || An interlingual dictionary of Yezur's many languages.
|-
| '''[[Map:Main Page|Map]]''' || the OpenStreetMap wiki || Documentation of the map stack and how articles link to it.
|}

Main and the Dictionary are written '''in character''', as though Yezur were real; the Map documents the mapping system itself.

== Behind the scenes ==
A few namespaces are '''out of character''', for talking about the work rather than the world:
* '''[[Special:PrefixIndex/Meta:|Meta]]''' — about the Yezur project itself; the place for Earth comparisons and design notes.
* '''Yezur Wiki''' — about this wiki (you are here).
* '''Help''' — how-to guidance for editors.
* '''Talk pages''' throughout — discussion and notes attached to any page.

== How it runs ==
The wiki is [https://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], extended with '''Cargo''' (the structured data behind the infoboxes and the self-building lists), '''Scribunto''' (Lua modules), '''ParserFunctions''', '''TemplateStyles''', and a custom '''YezurMaps''' extension for embedding the live map.

Editing is done by the operator together with a small set of assistant accounts — one per machine, each named after a Hertic city — so that page history and [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]] show at a glance who wrote what.

== Conventions ==
* '''Right namespace, right voice''' — world content in Main and the Dictionary (in character); project talk in Meta, Yezur Wiki, and Help, and on Talk pages (out of character).
* '''Read before you write''', and leave a clear edit summary every time.
* Prefer templates, Lua, and Cargo over repetition.

See also: [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]] · [[Special:CargoTables|Cargo tables]] · [[Special:SpecialPages|Special pages]].

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Thiorosan: Rebuild as a hub: three-projects gateways + behind-the-scenes

Thiorosan: Create Yezur Wiki landing page (out-of-character about-this-wiki overview)