Gallowpedia:Manual of Style: Difference between revisions

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Articles should generally be structured in this way, from top to bottom:

** Use the {{t|for}} or {{t|about}} templates. This helps users find their way to similarly named articles. Leave out if not applicable.

** A floating box with all the essential information about the article subject.

** See the [[:Category:Infobox templates|Infobox templates]] category for a list of currently available infobox templates.

** Use the {{t|Q}} template. This should be a quote from or about the subject of the article.

**A paragraph (or several) giving a quick overview of the subject matter.  

**This section generally does not require citations; they can be provided in the appropriate sections of the article instead.  

**The first sentence of the first paragraph should begin with the title of the article in '''bold letters'''.

**This part will differ depending on what the article is about. However, articles covering similar subject matter should generally follow the same structure. For example, [[Sir Daniel Fortesque]] and [[Zarok]] are both characters, so their articles should generally use the same headings.

And, near the end of the article:

**A sampling of images about the subject matter.  

**If the subject has their own image category, a link to it can be provided here using {{t|Main article}}.  

**Galleries may be separated out into a subpage if they are too big (more than 10 images).

**This section is for information that generally does not fit into any other section of the article, but is still notable enough to be worth mentioning.  

**It is ideal to '''not''' have a trivia section at all, instead finding a place for all information within other sections.

** Use this section to link to articles on the Wiki that are closely related to the subject matter of this article. For example, the [[Zombie]] article is closely related to the [[Headless Zombie]] article.

**The inclusion of this section is not always necessary; only use it if you cannot incorporate related articles into the main body of the article.

** Use the {{t|Notelist}} template here. This will produce a list of all notes in the article. To make a note, use the {{t|Note}} template.

** Notes can be used to explain editorial decisions made in the article or to go into more detail about specific issues relating to the article where it would be inappropriate to do so within the main sections.

** Use the {{t|Reflist}} template here. This will produce a list of all citations within the article. For more information on sourcing, see the [[MEW:SOURCE|Sources]] section below.

** You may link to websites about the subject matter other than the ''MediEvil Wiki'' here.

** Place an appropriate navbox (or several) under this heading. For a list of all currently available navboxes, see the [[:Category:Navigational templates|Navigational templates]] category.