Greetings, I have a question regarding setting up recap pages for a long-running series, exactly what would be the proper means of formatting it? I have an idea of what it would look like already, but lack the boilerplate knowledge and general familiarity with this particular wiki likely required to get the desired end result.
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The easiest way to format a new Recap page is to let the wiki do it for you. If the boilerplace for a Recap page isn't pre-loaded for you when you begin to edit the page, select "Recap subsection" from the drop-down menu of boilerplates at the top of the Create Page screen, then select the Load button. (Note that this will erase anything that is in the edit box.) The boilerplate that loads has instructions embedded in it.
EDIT: Please also note that a one-line summary is not a recap. Somebody who has never seen or read the series should be able to use the Recap to figure out at least the broad strokes of what happens in the episode.
I'm familiar enough with TVT to have an understanding of the general workings of how to create a specific kind of page, and I've perused the Style Manual and the like on here enough to know the important differences. I just wasn't sure if there was a recap boilerplate, let alone one that supported subsections for each episode and such.
Regardless, thank you for you answer. I was thinking of tackling the Recap section for a web series or two that I watch, and since I figured it'd be an arduous task I wanted to be fully aware of any way I could meaningfully save time on that.
Fair enough. Once you've seen the boilerplate, you could copy it to a text editor and work on pages offline, then paste your results into new pages. That would save a few seconds per page, in that you wouldn't need to load the boilerplate every time.