Spyro Wiki:Manual of Style

The Manual of Style (abbreviated as MoS or MOS) is the style guide for all articles on Spyro Wiki. This page covers general formatting and grammar rules to be used on the wiki. Additional policies and pages, which are cross-referenced here, provide specific guidance on specific topics such as image and media use. The goal and purpose of the Manual of Style is to make using Spyro Wiki easier and more intuitive. It promotes clarity and cohesion and helps editors write articles with a consistent and precise language, layout, and format.

Spyro Wiki uses American English as the language for its articles, as a majority of users are from America. Therefore, editors are expected to make grammar and punctuation follow American English conventions.

If you wish to make changes to the Manual of Style, discuss it on the talk page.

General

Titles

• Use standard capitalization rules for article titles. Capitalize any and all proper nouns and any words officially capitalized in the games or other official canon.
• New articles should be named according to the subject's official name.
• Use the most recently localized name of a subject as the title, and add any additional or earlier names as redirects to the original name.
• Articles (a, an, the) should be avoided in article titles except if they are used in an official title/name.
• Do not use abbreviations.

Content

• The first sentence in the introduction should briefly define the subject of the article, and the subject has to be written in bold. Use the definite article and refer to the subject as a singular entity, except as appropriate for certain cases.
• Avoid using the second person pronoun (you) in articles.
• It is proper grammar that a possessive term should drop the final "s" if it is plural. The “S” should not be dropped solely because the word already ends with S.
• All game titles should be italicized.
• Linking to other articles is generally limited to the first occurrence of the word or phrase in the article, or the first best use of the term. However, an article can be linked to more than once in the same article if the additional links link to individual sections of the article, rather than the article alone.
• If an article has an interwiki link, it cannot be deleted unless one of the following occurs:
  • The interwiki links to a broken or nonexistent page.
  • The current link is being replaced by another link, either after the renaming of a page, or to prevent redirection

Trivia

Content qualifies as trivia if it is information that is not significant or vital to either the game or gameplay, does not fit in other places of the article, and is of interest to note. Examples include seemingly unintentional recurrences, real-world references, or seemingly unintentional but marked similarities between two subjects. As with the whole article, the trivia must have true and verified information; opinion-based conjectures do not count as trivia. Trivia should be inserted as the final section in an article, before "References” and “External links”.

• Do not insert redundant information into the trivia section, particularly when the information is already contained within the main article body.

References

Placed at the very last of the article before the footer templates and categories. If there are any references in the articles, simple put "<references />" under the References header.

Character pages

Concept and character development

Describe the character's creation. References are recommended for this section to allow users to see where the information from the developers is from.

Physical appearance

Describe the appearance of the character in paragraph form.

Personality

Describe the personality of the character featured in whatever game and media they appear in.

Abilities

Describe the powers and abilities of the character.

Story

Detailed paragraph(s) about character during the events of the game(s) they appear in. If the character appeared in more than one game, this section should be divided into other section for each game. The Story section on Spyro's article is divided into several sections, each section from a game in the series.

Other game appearances

Much like the Biography section, describe the character's involvement in the games that are outside the main Spyro games.

Character relationships

Add each character name as a section the subject has known interactions with.

Profiles

If any, add profile description(s) of the characters from official game manuals, strategy guides, websites, etc.

Portrayals

Add a list of voice actors who voiced the character.

Names in other languages

Add a list of the character's name in different languages.

Gallery

If the character has more than ten related images, add {{main-gallery}} under this section. Under {{main-gallery}}, you can add a gallery with one or two images of the character.

External links

Links to official websites about the character.

Level pages

These articles start with descriptions about the level it's about, a brief summary on who lives in this realm and what the level's story is about.

Statistics

Here is where you add info about the level's objectives through wiki-made tables. If you are having trouble with the tables, simple copy and paste from other tables from other level articles and edit them to include the information for the level of the page you're editing.

Gallery

If the character has more than ten related images, add {{main-gallery}} under this section. Under {{main-gallery}}, you can add a gallery with one or two images of the character.

Names in other languages

Add a list of the level's name in different languages.

Species pages

Concept and character development

Describe the species's creation. References are recommended for this section to allow users to see where the information from the developers is from.

Charactertistics

Describe the appearance of the species in paragraph form.

Abilities

Describe the powers and abilities of the character.

Story

Detailed paragraph(s) about character during the events of the game(s) they appear in. If the character appeared in more than one game, this section should be divided into other section for each game. The Biography section on Spyro's article is divided into several sections, each section from a game in the series.

Other appearances

Much like the Story section, describe the involvement of the species in the games that are outside the main games.

Profiles

If any, add profile description(s) of the species from official game manuals, strategy guides, websites, etc.

Names in other languages

Add a list of the character's name in different languages.

Gallery

If the featured species has more than ten related images, add {{main-gallery}} under this section. Under {{main-gallery}}, you can add a gallery with one or two images of the character.

External links

Links to official websites about the species.

Item pages

Article starts with descriptions about the item and what purpose they serve.

Role

Include a description on what role the item plays in the game(s).

Locations

If the item is a collectible, add in a table/list with details on where the item is found in each game and realm.