Contribute To Wikimake

Wikimake is a manual for rebuilding civilization from zero technology. Keep every article self-contained and reproducible.

Core rules

If an article references an artificial tool/material/process, that dependency must have its own internal page.
Natural-world inputs must include enough detail to find, identify, and prepare them.
Always state prerequisites explicitly.
Keep instructions consistent with the article’s tech_level.
Write measurable, testable steps with verification and safety notes.

Required article structure

Summary
Prerequisites
Steps
Verification
Safety
Troubleshooting
Variants (low-tech option first)

Content format rules

HTML fragments for text: a YAML front matter block (--- ... ---) followed by body HTML (<h2>, <p>, <ul>, <table>, <img>). No <html>/<head>/<body> wrapper, no <script>, no inline event handlers.
Internal links: <a href="/articles/slug">Title</a>. External links add target="_blank" rel="noreferrer".
SVG for diagrams.
PNG only when rendered from an SVG source committed in-repo.

Keywords

Every article front matter includes a keywords map of keyword to weight in (0, 1] (1 = central topic), used by the site search to rank results:

keywords:
  copper: 1
  smelting: 0.9
  ore: 0.6

Keys must be terms from the global vocabulary in content/keywords.json. If you need a new keyword, add it there first (with any synonyms as aliases). npm run validate enforces that every article has a non-empty keywords map drawn from the vocabulary with valid weights.

Writing dimensions

Primary dimensions use body units (see Measure Without Tools (Body Units)); metric may follow in parentheses. Angles use the reference vocabulary from Measure Angles Without Tools (Degrees).

Good:

"Spindle: 4 handspans long, thumb-thick (roughly 60 to 80 cm, 1.5 to 2 cm)."
"Notch opening: 2 finger-widths wide at the outer edge."
"Angle the tuyere shallow (about 10° to 20° down)."

Avoid:

"Spindle: 70 cm long" (no body-unit primary).
"Cut at 52°" (false precision; say "about 45° to 60°").
Mixing names for one unit ("arm-length" in one step, "cubit" in another).

Before you open a PR

Confirm all artificial dependencies are linked internally.
Confirm tech_level is set and valid.
Run local checks:

npm run validate
npm run lint
npm run build