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Article Organization is vital to creating, developing and refining quality content here at the Imperial Encyclopedia.

Description (Specifications)

All of the wiki organizational layouts are based on the below four-part AAB Standard Library Data Entry Layout.

AAB Standard Library Data Entry Layout

A basic quality level AAB Library Data articles includes the following features:

1. Synopsis Blurb
2. Description (Specifications) 2-POINT HEADER
2a. Descriptive specifications blurb. See Specifications.
3. History & Background (Dossier) 2-POINT HEADER
3a. Dossier blurb. See Dossier.
4. See also (Optional)
4a. Optional Referral Tree menu. See Referral Tree.
5. References & Contributors (Sources) 2-POINT HEADER
5a. Optional Metadata, Conflict, Secret, or other wiki mechanics.
5b. Citations & Contributors. See Sources.
5c. Organization (Category) Tags
5d. Library Template Tags

NOTES: This article format has been adopted throughout the wiki and written into previous storyline, which suggested it. It is an expansion of previous ideas that were never previously carried out or fully realized in print. [1]

History & Background (Dossier)

One of the many ideas that floated around various Traveller gaming and writing groups over many years was the idea of developing a standard AAB Library Data format. As electronic systems grew more advanced by the 1990s, discussion on BBS and various Internet chat groups (...what Classic Traveller later called the Datanet)... and even later on social media chat groups ...was this idea. This topic (article organization) came up several times over the years at TML. [2]

Traveller has always had a substantial percentage of its members authors, referees, players, etc.) with former military service (oddly mirroring the character creation processes of the LBBs). Many of them had experience with staff and intelligence work. The system here at the wiki was inspired by the real-world files of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the Military Intelligence, Section 5 (MI5), KGB, CIA, and the Mossad. [3]

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
  1. Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
  2. Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
  3. Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak