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The '''Manual of Style''' | The '''Manual of Style''' ('''MOS''') provides a series of guidelines for users when creating articles. It serves the purpose of maintaining consistency throughout the ''[[MediEvil Wiki:About|MediEvil Wiki]]'' in order to ensure that its articles are easy to read and edit for all. Any questions regarding this manual may be directed at the [[Special:ListAdmins|administrators]] or posed in the [https://discord.com/invite/S7PSNrVNxt Wiki's Discord server]. | ||
If you are unfamiliar with Wiki-style editing, please review the MediaWiki Help pages] If you are inexperienced with Wiki formatting, you may play around with it in the [[MediEvil Wiki:Sandbox|Sandbox]]. | If you are unfamiliar with Wiki-style editing, please review the MediaWiki Help pages] If you are inexperienced with Wiki formatting, you may play around with it in the [[MediEvil Wiki:Sandbox|Sandbox]]. | ||
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==Article structure== | ==Article structure== | ||
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Articles should generally be structured in this way, from top to bottom: | Articles should generally be structured in this way, from top to bottom: | ||
* Disambiguation | * Disambiguation | ||
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==Multiple links== | ==Multiple links== | ||
Please make attempts to avoid making multiple links to the same article. For example, if you already have a link to the page [[The Desecrated Church]] in an article, please don't add another link to the same page later in the article. | Please make attempts to avoid making multiple links to the same article. For example, if you already have a link to the page [[The Desecrated Church]] in an article, please don't add another link to the same page later in the article. | ||
==Perspective | ==Perspective== | ||
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===In-universe=== | ===In-universe=== | ||
If something is '''in-universe''', or is described as such, it belongs to the ''MediEvil'' universe exclusively and not to the real world. Characters, for example, are in-universe, but the voice actors who portray them are out-of-universe. | If something is '''in-universe''', or is described as such, it belongs to the ''MediEvil'' universe exclusively and not to the real world. Characters, for example, are in-universe, but the voice actors who portray them are out-of-universe. | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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Under most circumstances, a source for a given article will be officially released media. For general information that the average user could obtain on their own, such as a game ending, no source needs to be cited. | Under most circumstances, a source for a given article will be officially released media. For general information that the average user could obtain on their own, such as a game ending, no source needs to be cited. | ||