Conventions governing how this wiki is structured, written, and maintained.
Scope
This wiki covers the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle — the 60-work Canon — based on all 9 texts in raw/:
| File | Work | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
pg244.txt | A Study in Scarlet | Novel | 1887 |
pg2097.txt | The Sign of the Four | Novel | 1890 |
pg1661.txt | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Short story collection (12) | 1892 |
pg834.txt | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Short story collection (12) | 1893 |
pg2852.txt | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Novel | 1902 |
pg108.txt | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Short story collection (13) | 1905 |
3289.txt.utf-8 | The Valley of Fear | Novel | 1915 |
pg2350.txt | His Last Bow | Short story collection (7) | 1917 |
pg69700.txt | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | Short story collection (12) | 1927 |
Page types
- source — one page per ingested raw file; lists all stories/chapters and key takeaways
- entity — a specific character, organisation, or named object
- concept — a recurring theme, method, setting, or analytical lens
- query — filed answers to research questions worth preserving
- overview — cross-source synthesis (
overview.md)
Naming conventions
- Files: lowercase, hyphen-separated (
sherlock-holmes.md,deductive-method.md) - Folders:
sources/,entities/,concepts/,queries/ - Wikilinks:
[[Page Title]]— link to the page title as written in itstitle:frontmatter
Story citation format
Cite individual stories using the standard 4-letter BSJA code where it exists, otherwise by short title:
The Adventure of the Speckled Band (SPEC) — source
Tags in use
| Tag | Meaning |
|---|---|
character | Named individual |
location | Place (London, Dartmoor, 221B, etc.) |
method | Holmes’s investigative techniques |
theme | Recurring narrative/thematic element |
novel | One of the 4 novels |
short-story | One of the 56 short stories |
canon | Part of the 60-work Doyle canon |
villain | Antagonist of a story or the series |
recurring | Character appearing in multiple works |
meta | Wiki infrastructure |
Frontmatter fields
---
title: Page Title
type: concept | entity | source | query | overview
tags: [tag1, tag2]
created: YYYY-MM-DD
updated: YYYY-MM-DD
sources: [raw/filename.txt]
---