Boilerplate:Landmarks

This article is a navigation tool to help you create a new location article. There are multiple types of locations and those types are labeled below with their corresponding Boilerplates, which give you a clean copy of the formatted guideline to copy / paste when creating a new location.

Land

Lands of Middle-earth are viewed on the first layer of the Middle-earth map.

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Region

Regions of Middle-earth are viewed on the second layer of the Middle-earth map, found on the land maps.

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Area

Areas of Middle-earth are viewed on the third layer of the Middle-earth map, found on the region maps.

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Settlement

Settlements of Middle-earth, including but not restricted to the blue settlement icon, are viewed on either the third or fourth layer of the Middle-earth map; found on a region or area map (these are named places that may or may not have their own map).

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Landmark

Landmarks of Middle-earth, including but not restricted to the flag POI icon, are viewed on the Middle-earth map that represent buildings, structures, city sections, and other noteworthy locations that are of outstanding, historical, aesthetic, or cultural importance.

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Interior

Interiors of Middle-earth that require a character to step into an instance through a portal or interact with an NPC to be transported to. Examples include, but are not limited to, taverns, shops, homes, and rooms in a building and are inhabited by friendly NPCs in most cases.

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Dungeon

Dungeons of Middle-earth that require a character to step into an instance through a portal or interact with an NPC to be transported to. These include Crafting Instances, Quest Instances, and Public Dungeons and are usually populated by enemy mobs.

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Instance

Instances of Middle-earth that are separate from the world, sometimes duplicate copies of places, usually private and accessed through the Instance Finder, and are used for Epic Battles, Skirmishes, Raids, and World Instances.

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Notice:

The landmark-template is used for "official landmarks". For other significant points-of-interest or locations, see pointOfInterest under Additional Information below.

Clean Copy

{{Infobox Landmarks
|name   = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
|type   = 
|region = 
|area   = 
|map    = 
|NS     = 
|EW     = 
}}
[[File:{{subst:PAGENAME}}.jpg|400px|center]]<br clear="all"/>{{toc-right}}
== Location ==
'''{{subst:PAGENAME}}''' is a [point of interest / or] landmark within [[area]] in [[region]]. {{Tooltip Coords|||}}

Write a small description about what this area is about or what can be found here that is of interest.

== Deeds ==
The following [[:Category: <REGION> Deeds|deeds]] can be advanced by visiting this location:
* [[]]

== Quests ==
'''Starting:'''
* [] [[Quest:|]]

'''Involving:'''
* [] [[Quest:|]]

== NPCs ==
<when applicable>
* [[]]

== Creatures ==
The following [[Creatures|creatures]] are found within this area:
* [[]]

== Lore ==
: ''lore goes here (optional)''

== Gallery ==
 <!-- optional -->

<Gallery widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3" caption="Views of {{subst:PAGENAME}}.">
File:view-one.jpg|caption one
File:view-two.jpg|caption two 
File:view-three.jpg|caption three
</Gallery>

{{Region}}

[[Category:geography type]] <!-- optional -->

Commented Copy

{{Infobox Landmarks
|name   = <!-- name of landmark -->
|type   = <!-- one or two descriptive words, e.g. Ruins, Orc camp, Tar pit,... -->
|region = <!-- one of the 21 regions -->
|area   = <!-- as seen at the map, if tricky, ask -->
|map    = <!-- for coords, region unless a better-scale map exists -->
|NS     = <!-- e.g. 12.3S -->
|EW     = <!-- e.g. 4.56W -->
}}

Description of page Information

We try to keep landmark articles on a strict format so that regular visitors will quickly find the wanted information. Your compliance is warmly welcomed. (Scrollable)

Name: Exactly as spelled in game, see Help:Names.

Type: Optional. A description such as Tomb, Ruins, Goblin camp, Boulders, Hill, Wolf den, Pillars, etc. The text is displayed as-is and it is not added to any category or such. Omit this if the type is part the name, such as Combe North Gate.

Region: One of these 26 regions.

Area: Often read at the map for the bigger area where you are at. Some landmarks are trickier, then rather ask.

Settlement: Optional. Used for landmarks within settlements, such as within Bree.

File: The image on JPG format that is displayed topmost on the article. It is suggested that it is named exactly as the article, unless something hinders that.

pointOfInterest: Optional. Sparsely used for locations which are not official landmarks, see notes.

Map: The name of the best-scale map, often same as "region" but some areas have their own maps, e.g. Archet but often on the higher-level areas.

Coords: Values can be read from hovering over the red flag on the in-game map. However, for a stretched out landmark, such as a bridge or ruins, then use coords for the center of the area, but if it has just one "entrance" you may use values closer to the entrance. If it is a dungeon, use values for just outside the entrance (notice that some dungeons use the area template).

Location: Stick to the given pre-formatted lines. Then some facts or information that is useful in game. Lore goes to a section further down and is very much welcomed there.

Deeds and Quests: If there are deeds and/or quests, list them using the pre-formatted style. For longer lists of "starting quests" it is often possible to use transclusion from the quest-category: {{:Category:Landmarkname Quests}}. Notice that this depends on the quests and the category being updated for transclusion as well.

NPCs: If applicable. An NPC is possible to interact with, even if it ends in combat. Some are friendly scenery NPCs. The NPCs should have their "settlement" template parameter to read the name of the landmark (unless it is just one or two).

Mobs: If applicable. List creatures by name, e.g. "Snarling Wolf" but not just "Wolves", "Blue-crag Piercer" but not "Goblins".

Lore: Interesting snippets of historical or more lyric kind. Some information may be found reading quests and deeds. If quotes from external sites or books you must follow copyright rules and also add a link to the source or specify which book (but chapter and page is not asked for).

Gallery: Use only this section for other images than the header image. Use the suggested format, then images will flow themselves to fit the browser window size.

Geography type: Used if an apt category exists, see Category:Physical Geography and Category:Humanoid Geography. Erase if not applicable.

Regarding categories, remember that the landmark template adds the correct category for you, hence you rarely have to add more categories, other than "geography type".