Hello, this is the administrator of the Prince of Persia Wiki speaking. Since as early as 2013, I've been trying to get this Wiki, that was established by Jaro7788 as far back as 2005 or earlier, up and running on its feet. Long story short, the place was a mess and full of fanon concerning Kaileena's relationship or things the Prince had actually done in either game trilogy.
I've been working slowly solo for good time, however, I've recently gained a lot of help from my co-admin, JayAaerow, who's been aiding in reorganizing and redecorating the Wiki as a whole. However, with so much left overs from the older establishment, it's going to take a little more than just two people with bureaucrat rights to get the place straight.
Series-specific Templates
Each Prince of Persia series has its own personalized character and navigation template. This is simply to create a visual difference between the three trilogies spawned from the franchise.
It goes without saying, that if you're editing an article pertaining to the Sands of Time video game canon use the following template:
Character Box (SOT Trilogy) If you're editing a character page for the 2008 Prince of Persia game, use the following template:
Character Box (2008_game) If you're editing a character page for the original Prince of Persia games, use the following template:
Character Box (Original_Trilogy) If you're editing a character page for the Sands of Time film, use the following template:
Character Box (Film) and Character Box Enemies (Film) If you're editing a enemy page for any of the Prince of Persia games, use the follow template: Character Box Enemies
For navigation templates for specific pages (Character, Series, Weapons, Enemies, Gameplay, Actors, Powers, etc.), see the category:
Category:Navigation Templates
Objects and Weapons in Prince of Persia are extremely different from one another. Therefore, weapons that have been organized as "Objects", using the Template:Infobox_Object template, need to be reorganized with the template, Infobox_Weapons, which contains expanded details on weaponry stats and damage.
Deleting Categories
The Prince of Persia Wiki is presently bogged down with a lot of useless categories, all of which have been listed in the the Category:Candidates for deletion. On top of that, given that Categories cannot be renamed and merely redirect to the new name, deleting Categories is imperative.
Categories needing to be renamed
Sand Enemies = Sand Creatures (restricted to enemies from The Sands of Time, Warrior Within, and The Two Thrones). Enemies from the Forgotten Sands will be categorized under the Category "Sand Army Enemies" or "Haoma Enemies"
Articles needing Citation
From this point onward, no article can be published without proper citation and canonical content connected to the subject of the article. If you cannot find said information that will verify content of the article, please use the following template: {{Unsourced Material}}. For articles that require clean up use the {{Cleanup}} template.
When you create references use the following template and page break format: ==References==
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References will appear at the bottom of the page. Unsure how to reference? Check out Help:References.
Article Tabs
With regard to Character Articles, major character articles are sectioned up into sub pages using the {{Tab}} template. This template will allow article viewers to access easily all available subpages for each character article they are given to.
With particular regard to abilities sub pages, the articles themselves should not be written or formatted in a manner similar to the DC and Marvel Wikias. Instead the ability subpages should be written and formatted not unlike the Gameplay or Characteristics sub pages. so long as there is a "cleanup" template on the said sub pages and abilities and powers are still listed in bullet point format, the page will need to be reformated.
Canon resources
Canonized information on Prince of Persia is and has always been rather thin as far as the internet is concerned. Enemy names, locations and characters has either been misspelled or incorrect as a result. However, the biggest source of canon information besides the games themselves are the game's walkthrough guides by Bradley Games and Prima. If you own or happen to know where an accessible (and legal) copies of:
Prince of Persia: Prima Official Game Guide (Prima Official Game Guides)
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Prima Official Game Guide)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Official Strategy Guide (Signature Series)
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands: Prima Official Strategy Guide
And Prince of Persia: Warrior Within Official Strategy Guide (Signature Series)
Please use whatever canonical information you have at the ready to improve articles where improvement is needed. The more incorrect information is removed from the Wiki, the better chances it can be a reliable source for PoP fans and causal browsers.
Walkthroughs
Prince of Persia has amassed a goodly amount of walkthrough created by users and official sources over the last ten plus years since 2003. The games debuted back when things like YouTube.com and Video Walkthroughs weren't either a): extremely popular or a means of revenue or b): didn't exist. However, the Prince of Persia Wiki would like to formally request that users who are adept at creating walkthroughs for Gaming Wikia help us create a solid walkthrough for every iteration of Prince of Persia. The task, much like the organization of the Wiki itself is daunting, and I wouldn't begrudge you for wanting to avoid it, however, as this is a gaming wiki aiming to provide concrete information on a video game series that relies heavily on strategy or combat, we'd like to at least try to create solid walkthroughs exclusive to the Wiki. Or, if you've created a Written and Visual Walkthrough before, are not against your sharing it with the Wiki, so long as it is your walkthrough or you've been given permission to do so.
