Writing guidelines: Settlements

In addition to the general Writing Guidelines, articles on settlements (such as cities, towns and villages) should be in the following format—note that some subjects will not require every section.

The Settlement infobox should be used for all settlement articles, with as many values filled in as possible. The infobox should include the settlement’s name, and whenever possible, should feature the heraldic device of the settlement. The introductory sentence should include both the settlement's common and full name, as well as general location (Pomarj, Keoland, etc).

Description

A general overview of the settlement should be provided. Which realm the settlement is located within, if subject to overarching government of a realm, should be detailed here.

Geography

The settlement's precise location within a realm or nation, surroundings, major geographical features (rivers, forests, mountain ranges, etc), and climate should be listed here. Its location might be identified as "30 miles west of ..." or "within the [X] Forest..." or "along the road between ...".

Include borders or bordering countries.

Notable locations

Notable locations (not including geographical features) found within the settlement, or in its nearby environs. This may include civic buildings, military sites, religious sites, and other notable sites and some inns, taverns, or businesses, if they are notable.

This section should not become a list of minor locations such as every inn, tavern, temple, stable, general goods supplier, smithy, and other merchants or shops, (even if they are named) unless they are significant to a plot in some way.

History

This section should contain a historical overview of the settlement. Dates should be given in a [[### CY]] format to include wikilinks to a page for that year—e.g., in [[585 CY]] produces "in 585 CY".

People

An overview of the settlement's population should be noted in this section.

Population

The settlement's numeric population with a CY date, if applicable, should be listed here. Dates should be given in a [[### CY]] format to include wikilinks to a page for that year—e.g., (in [[576 CY]]) produces "(in 576 CY)".

Religion

The known major religions practiced in the settlement, official and unofficial, should be noted here.

Languages

The settlement's major languages appear under this heading.

Notable individuals

Any significant named NPCs who live or have lived in or inhabited the settlement should be listed here.

This section should not become a list of minor NPCs such as barkeeps, inn owners, merchants, and guardsmen, (even if they are named) unless they are significant to a plot in some way.

Government

The settlement's general type of local governance (local ruler, town council, mayor, etc) appears here. Also, if any law-making body, courts, judges, arbitrators are present, include them here.

Heraldry

A description of the settlement's heraldry, if there is any, appears in this section.

Economy

General information on the settlement's economy appears under this heading.

Resources

The settlement's most important resources are listed here, such as raw material, refined goods, trade goods, domestic and foreign trade, land, wealth, manufactured goods, services (though specific businesses are listed in "Notable locations"), and other assets. Examples might include agriculture, fishing, mining, logging, trade routes, If an unusual amount of information exists about these, individual significant resources can be broken into their own subheading.

Some services including personnel may be listed here as part of the economy (such as mercenaries), but establishments or proprietors should be listed in Notable locations, People, or Organizations.

Any form of tourism is also listed here.

Currency

Include this section for distinct currency specific to the settlement, if the settlement mints its own currency which differs from the normal local or national coinage, or uses some other form of scrips, notes, or other currency for trade. Include names and values of the settlement's currencies in use in this section.

This is also the section to discuss banking practices, especially if the settlement's economy works on systems like barter, time banking, local exchange trading, or service exchange.

Organizations

Very prominent local, national, or international groups found in or active in the settlement, such as guilds, trade consortiums, educational or magical training centers,

Transportation

Information on infrastructure like roads and navigable waterways appears here.

Military

Information on the settlement's land and naval forces falls under this section. Any organizations like knightly orders commonly found in the settlement should be included here.

In Legends of Greyhawk

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See general Writing Guidelines: Legends of Greyhawk for usage.

In Living Greyhawk

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See general Writing Guidelines: Living Greyhawk for usage.

Creative origins

See general Writing Guidelines: Creative origins for usage.

Publishing history

See general Writing Guidelines: Publishing history for usage.

See also

See general Writing Guidelines: See also for usage.

Gallery

All images should follow the Image use policy and should never be high-resolution or large-dimension images. They should only be large enough to identify easily.

See general Writing Guidelines: Gallery for usage.

Maps

Maps of the location appear as a subheading of a Gallery, in the following format: (note the lack of [[brackets]])

== Gallery ==
=== Maps ===
<gallery>
Filename1.jpg|Caption 1
Filename2.jpg|Caption 2
</gallery>

References

For information on how to include, citations, references, or write a Bibliography entry, see the general Writing Guidelines: References.

A list of sources used in the article and further reading on the settlement appear here. Use the following format, at the end of the article:

== References ==
=== Notes ===
<references group="note" />
=== Citations ===
<references />
=== Bibliography ===
* <!-- (Place bibliographical entry here) -->
{{index}}

[[Category: <!-- Place category name here -->]]