Credits template procedure

This brief template produces a skeletal page that serves mostly to collect links to all works: pages that name its subject among its authors, artists, and other roles credited in its production. There are three parts to it.

• heading
• external_links
• works_links

Due to the limitations of the Backlinks plugin, there is just one list of works for each name. A way has not yet been found to separate “Author” credits from “Editor” credits or what have you.

The @!!PAGE@ pattern from DokuWiki napespace template syntax puts the pagename into the top-level header. As an example, we'll assume that a new page is being created by clicking a link to credits:joe_schmoe.

====== Joe Schmoe ====== FIXME

By convention, the pagename should be the person's name: any initials are followed by a period, and there is no space between consecutive initials.

The pagename is in its usual, first-name-first order in order to ease page creation from works: pages. However, the nspages plugin needs something to sort by last-name-first order in listings like that on the Main credits page, and it can use the first headers on pages. Unfortunately, the present editor has not found a way to make the DokuWiki template produce this result automatically.

The heading in new pages then needs to be edited in that way by moving the last name and inserting a comma after it.

====== Schmoe, Joe ======

Next are placeholder links to three external sites where the subject of this page may also be referenced. Often there are no such references, but it doesn't take too long to check. Edit the links as needed, preview the page, click, and see if anything comes up.

If a link does not give a hit, simply remove it.

The first link is to Wikipedia: it is the least likely to have a hit but worth it when it does. The present editor has found a fair degree of overlap between Hârn names and those of soccer, rugby, and cricket players, but no positive associations have yet been made.

[[wp>Joe_schmoe|Wikipedia]]

The template can get close to a good link, but some of the name parts come out lowercase. Capitalize them.

[[wp>Joe_Schmoe|Wikipedia]]

The second link is to https://rpggeek.com/. This has been the likeliest of the two RPG sites to have something. Unfortunately, the numeric code in the url leaves us with no good way to construct a near-link. Consequently, the link on the page simply points to N. Robin Crossby's page.

[[https://rpggeek.com/rpgdesigner/13650/n-robin-crossby|RPGGeek]]

When the new page is previewed, click on over and search for the subject of the page being created. If there's a hit, copy that url into the new page's link.

The third link on the new page, to RPGnet, is handled similarly to the Wikipedia link. It is not a link to a page about the person; rather, it executes a search on their name and shows a page of all works credited to them there.

However, the way has not yet been found to make DokuWiki form the name with the required %2B equivalents of a space character. So again, Mr. Crossby serves as a placeholder.

[[https://index.rpg.net/display-search.phtml?key=contributor&value=N.%2BRobin%2BCrossby&sort=system,systemversion|RPGNet]] FIXME

Replace the name with that of the new page subject, with %2B replacing each space character.

The last part forms a listing of pages in the works: namespace that link to the current page. In most cases, it shouldn't have to be changed.

===== Works =====
{{backlinks>.#works}}

However, if the new page to be created is that of a novel variant of the name of someone who already has a credits: page, an additional listing should be made to show the links for that name as well. This is done by replacing the . character with the pagename for which backlinks are desired.

In our current example, we'll say that there was already a page for “Joe G. Schmoe”. The bottom then should be changed to this. Note: the plugin requires absolute pagenames with the credits: namespace included.

===== Works =====

==== as Joe Schmoe ====
{{backlinks>.#works}}

==== as Joe G. Schmoe ====
{{backlinks>credits:joe_g._schmoe#works}}

A corresponding addition should then be made to the older page as well.

To be even more thorough, names with multiple forms are also tracked in the table on Ambiguous Names. Add a line there if this is the first variant or tack the new one on to an existing line if other variants are already present. Use the most common form in the first column.

Till now, this has been all that these pages hold. That doesn't mean that more cannot be added. If researching the people named is desired, then this could be a good place to jot biographic notes. Just be sure not to invade anyone's privacy or link to more personal sites of theirs without permission. If the person is you, add whatever you'd like that would be of interest to Hârniacs.

====== @!!PAGE@ ====== FIXME

[[wp>@!FILE@|Wikipedia]]
[[https://rpggeek.com/rpgdesigner/13650/n-robin-crossby|RPGGeek]]
[[https://index.rpg.net/display-search.phtml?key=contributor&value=N.%%2BRobin%%2BCrossby&sort=system,systemversion|RPGNet]] FIXME

===== Works =====
{{backlinks>.#works}}