This is where new HXFG content gets drafted. If you're here, you have a contributor account - thanks for being interested.
You get a folder. Your sandbox lives at /sandbox/your-name/. Your name is your display name, lowercased, spaces replaced with hyphens. If your account name is "Jane Achebe," your folder is /sandbox/jane-achebe/.
You write in your folder. Create pages inside your folder for whatever you're working on. Species drafts, supplementary material, terminology proposals, whatever. Name them however you want - sandbox/jane-achebe/species-42-draft, sandbox/jane-achebe/weird-fish-notes, doesn't matter at this stage.
You can only edit your own folder. You can read everything on the wiki, but you can only create and edit pages inside your own sandbox space. This isn't a trust issue - it just keeps people from accidentally stepping on each other's work.
Editors review sandbox content. Right now that's just me (Reach). I read through sandbox drafts periodically. If something looks promising, I'll reach out to you, we'll work on it together, and when it's ready, I'll publish it to the main wiki. Your name goes on the entry as a contributor.
Published content is canon. Once something leaves the sandbox and goes live on the main wiki, it's part of the HXFG. It might get revised later, but it's real.
The HXFG is a specific thing with a specific voice. Before you start writing, read:
Your sandbox drafts don't need to be perfectly formatted - that's what the editing pass is for. But if you want to use the HXFG styling blocks, here's the quick reference:
<!-- Entry header -->
<div class="hxfg-entry-header">
<span class="hxfg-entry-number">SPECIES REGISTRY - NO. XXX</span>
<h1>Species Name</h1>
<span class="hxfg-entry-subtitle">Binomial - "Common Name"</span>
</div>
<!-- Classification data -->
<div class="hxfg-classification">
<span class="hxfg-classification-label">Classification</span>
Federation Registry: #XXX<br>
...
</div>
<!-- Quick reference box -->
<div class="hxfg-quickref">
<span class="hxfg-quickref-label">Quick Reference</span>
<p>Your 30-second summary here.</p>
</div>
<!-- Warning/advisory -->
<div class="hxfg-warning">
<strong>Practical Note:</strong> Your advisory here.
</div>
<!-- Editorial note -->
<div class="hxfg-editorial">
<strong>[Ed.]</strong> Your editorial note here.
</div>
Section headings use standard markdown: # for major sections (BIOLOGY, HOW THEY THINK), ## for subsections, ### for sub-subsections.
Contributor notes use blockquotes with attribution:
> Your field observation here.
>
> - **Your Name**, your field, your institution, Year XX PR
Don't stress about getting this perfect. A well-written draft in plain markdown is better than a badly-written draft with all the right CSS classes.
If you're not sure about something - whether a species concept fits, how a piece of lore interacts with existing canon, whether your draft is going in the right direction - just ask. Better to check early than to write 10,000 words in a direction that doesn't work. Feel free to reach out to me @bstdev while we're still working on more centralized infrastructure.