Yezur Wiki:Main Page
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:
| On this wiki | Modelled on | Holds |
|---|---|---|
| Main — the encyclopedia | Wikipedia | Articles on everything: lands, peoples, history, languages. |
| Dictionary | Wiktionary | An interlingual dictionary of Yezur's many languages. |
| 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:
- 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 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 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: Recent changes · Cargo tables · Special pages.