Mariopedia:Manual of Style: Difference between revisions

This is the '''Manual of Style''' for the Mario WikiMariopedia. This page gives users an idea of how to write articles so they are consistent with many of the similar articles.

===Adding a Quotequote===

It's encouraged to have at least one quote in every article. Use the {{tltem|Quote}} for one-liners (or {{tem|Quote2}} if you want to avoid the template automatically linking) and {{tltem|RQ2}} for conversations between two characters. It's best to write the quotations under each Section.

===ActiveVerb Voicetense===

The same applies to describing real world events. When talking about game development, releases and/or promotions, use a tense appropriate for the time period in which the event occurred eg "The Nintendo 64 '''was''' launched in 1996". When describing the product itself, use present tense, ege.g.: "''Super Mario 64'' '''gives''' Mario entirely different moves than in ''Super Mario World'' and other 2D ''Mario'' titles." Exceptions are for unreleased products that use future tense, and unfinished products that use past tense.

ThereOn haveother in the pastwikis, beenthere edit wars over the territorial spelling of a word (i.e. words spelled differently in between Europe and the United States). It used to be that we're not arrogant and we have no intention on starting a territorial war over something stupid like spelling, and if you had come across a word spelled the way it is in another country (for example if you see "color" spelled as "colour" or vice versa), you would have left it as it is. In I.e.other words, the person who inserted the word initially will decide how it's spelled. Mariopedia has decided that the "American English" spelling is the accepted language of the wiki.

On most Wikiswikis, there is a policy to give a "Neutral Point of View" (NPOV). This is not the case here when writing story sections of specific articles. The point of view MUST reflect how the events unfold from the article's subject's perspective. For everything else, the article must maintain NPOV.

===OMG Spoilers!===

Following our [[Mariopedia:Spoiler Policy|Spoiler Policy]], it's encouraged to place the {{tltem|Spoiler}} above content regarded as spoilers - this mostly being plot sections - and {{tltem|Endspoiler}} below it.

Each article must be categorized, and done so according to which category applies to it. Specific categories should be used whenever applicable. For example, instead of using [[:Category: Items]] to the [[♪ Block]] article, rather add a more specific category, such as [[:Category: Super Mario Bros. 3 Itemsitems]], which pertains to its in-game appearance.

Some game specific articles may contain information that can be compiled into a table or infobox. Each game has a certain color swatch code for its table headers and subheaders. Instead of inputting the hexadecimal code for each color (bgcolor="#000000"), type in the class code for each game (class="seriesaseriesA"). The colors that correspond to each class code are listed in [[MediaWiki:Common.css]], and are also provided further below for consultation. It is preferred that class codes are used.

{| borderclass="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2table" style="text-align:center;" width=":100%" class="table"

|- bgcolorstyle="background:whitesmoke"

!colspan=3| ''Main Series''series

|- bgcolorstyle="background:#CCCCCC"

! ''Game'' !! ''[[Super Mario (Seriesseries)|''Super Mario'' Seriesseries]]'' !! ''[[Super Mario Bros.|SMB]]''

|- bgcolorstyle="background:#DDDDDD"

| class="seriesbseriesB"|seriesbseriesB

==Working with Mediamedia Filesfiles==

===Adding Imagesimages===

The general practice would be to start Image placement on the right side by adding "right" in the image coding as in "<nowiki>[[ImageFile:Example.jpg</nowiki>'''<nowiki>|right]]</nowiki>'''". The next image would then be placed on the left - "<nowiki>[[ImageFile.Example.jpg</nowiki>'''<nowiki>|left]]</nowiki>'''", forming a sort-of zigzag pattern.

An image without white/transparent backgrounds should be thumbnailed by adding "thumb" in the image coding as in "<nowiki>[[ImageFile:Example.jpg</nowiki>'''<nowiki>|thumb]]</nowiki>'''". A caption should be added to thumbnailed images, a short description of what the image is by writing the caption at the end of the code as in "<nowiki>[[ImageFile.Example.jpg|right|</nowiki>'''Caption here'''<nowiki>]]</nowiki>'''".

===On Musicaudio and Soundfiles===

The {{tltem|Listen}} template is used to help readers listen to an audio sample. While we have no specific guideline, template placement should be aligned to "right" or "left" accordingly. Standard practice is to put those templates on the left-hand side. Seek out the [[Help:Audio|Audio help page]] for more information.

===Embedding Videoa video===

When embedding a video from video hosting websites such as YoutubeYouTube, it is encouraged to place them inside boxes. Place a caption and the caption box will be colored according to related header - follow game specific colors as above, or the series color if general. Video alignment follows viewer discretion and suitability. The coding below is an example, with those in double brackets being which parameters editors can customize.

<youtube width="320" height="240">((11-character YoutubeYouTube Linklink)</youtube>