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'' | <center>''For the writing style guide, see [[Destinypedia:Manual of Style]].''</center> | ||
The '''layout guide''' is an official guide to laying out a typical basic article. Complicated articles may be best modeled on the layout of an existing article of appropriate structure. Feel free to discuss the Layout Guide on the talk page. | |||
==General== | ==General== | ||
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*"Behind the scenes"/"Production notes" is reserved only for development information, such as design evolution, cut content, name change, etc. | *"Behind the scenes"/"Production notes" is reserved only for development information, such as design evolution, cut content, name change, etc. | ||
*"Trivia" is for trivial information, such as little details that does not add much to the subject, could even be disregarded, but are fun to know. Pointless and irrelevant [[Wikipedia:Trivia sections|trivia]] will be removed however. Subsections can be included under "Trivia", such as "Easter eggs", "Glitches", "References", and "Miscellaneous". If there is only one trivia entry, no bullet point is needed | *"Trivia" is for trivial information, such as little details that does not add much to the subject, could even be disregarded, but are fun to know. Pointless and irrelevant [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections|trivia]] will be removed however. Subsections can be included under "Trivia", such as "Easter eggs", "Glitches", "References", and "Miscellaneous". If there is only one trivia entry, no bullet point is needed. | ||
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===Eras Tag=== | ===Eras Tag=== | ||
The Era template should be included in all in-universe articles at the top of the article. The Era tag inserts symbols at the side of the title bar of the article, to indicate which era subject of the article exists in. They may be used to indicate if the article was a featured article in the past. | The Era template should be included in all in-universe articles at the top of the article. The Era tag inserts symbols at the side of the title bar of the article, to indicate which era subject of the article exists in. They may be used to indicate if the article was a featured article in the past. | ||
For usage instructions, see [[Template:Era]]. | For usage instructions, see [[Template:Era]]. | ||
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===Article introduction=== | ===Article introduction=== | ||
Like on any wiki, the article must feature a short introduction, starting by the article name in ''in bold''. A game title must be '''''in italics'''''. At least one relevant picture should be at the right side of the article (in the [[:Category: | Like on any wiki, the article must feature a short introduction, starting by the article name in ''in bold''. A game title must be '''''in italics'''''. At least one relevant picture should be at the right side of the article (in the [[:Category:Infobox templates|Infobox]] when there is one). | ||
===Article end=== | ===Article end=== | ||
After the main contents, the end of an article will include, in this order: | After the main contents, the end of an article will include, in this order (if applicable): | ||
*Trivia | *Trivia | ||
*Gallery | *Gallery | ||
*List of appearances | *List of appearances | ||
* | *References | ||
===Gallery=== | ===Gallery=== | ||
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*<code>[[:Template:C|C]]</code> - can be used to provide more specific, although brief, information on appearances that do not fit any of the aforementioned categories; this may include notes such as "Cameo appearance" or "Possible appearance" (used in very rare cases in which the possibility is highly likely or strongly implied, though uncertain). | *<code>[[:Template:C|C]]</code> - can be used to provide more specific, although brief, information on appearances that do not fit any of the aforementioned categories; this may include notes such as "Cameo appearance" or "Possible appearance" (used in very rare cases in which the possibility is highly likely or strongly implied, though uncertain). | ||
;"List of appearances" in in-universe articles | |||
Articles written from an in-universe perspective feature a list of appearances to detail the works in which the article subject has appeared. All works the subject appears in should be listed in chronological order of release date, regardless of the type of media. Appearance lists must only contain official and [[Destinypedia:Canon | Articles written from an in-universe perspective feature a list of appearances to detail the works in which the article subject has appeared. All works the subject appears in should be listed in chronological order of release date, regardless of the type of media. Appearance lists must only contain official and [[Destinypedia:Canon policy|canonical]] ''Destiny'' titles. This section must only contain official ''Destiny'' titles in '''release date order'''. | ||
Articles written from an out-of-universe perspective, such as Crucible maps, Story missions, walkthroughs and etc., should not have an appearance list. | |||
;"Appearances" in articles for real-world media | |||
Pages for real-world media (e.g. games) have lists for the in-universe entities that appear within that work. In these lists, the appearances are grouped into categories (characters, technology, etc.) and listed in alphabetical order within their respective categories. In order to prevent these lists from becoming too extensive, less significant appearances or mentioned-only subjects may not be included. | Pages for real-world media (e.g. games) have lists for the in-universe entities that appear within that work. In these lists, the appearances are grouped into categories (characters, technology, etc.) and listed in alphabetical order within their respective categories. In order to prevent these lists from becoming too extensive, less significant appearances or mentioned-only subjects may not be included. | ||
===References=== | |||
This section is reserved for citing sources in the article. For a guide on how to cite properly, please see [[Help:References]]. | |||
==Official layouts== | ==Official layouts== | ||
The purpose of standardizing all articles to an official format is to improve the quality and readability of all articles in Destinypedia. That said, all users must follow the official format. | The purpose of standardizing all articles to an official format is to improve the quality and readability of all articles in Destinypedia. That said, all users must follow the official format. | ||
*[[Destinypedia:Layout Guide/Character| | *[[Destinypedia:Layout Guide/Armor|Armor]] article standard | ||
*[[Destinypedia:Layout Guide/Action figure|Action figure]] article standard | |||
*[[Destinypedia:Layout Guide/Character|Character]] article standard | |||
*[[Destinypedia:Layout Guide/Faction|Faction]] article standard | |||
*[[Destinypedia:Layout Guide/Multiplayer|Multiplayer map]] article standard | |||
*[[Destinypedia:Layout Guide/Music|Music & song]] article standards | |||
*[[Destinypedia:Layout Guide/Story|Story Mission, Quest, Strike, and Raid]] article standard | |||
*[[Destinypedia:Layout Guide/Transcript|Transcript]] article standard | |||
*[[Destinypedia:Layout Guide/Vehicle|Vehicle]] article standard | |||
*[[Destinypedia:Layout Guide/Walkthrough|Walkthrough]] article standard | |||
*[[Destinypedia:Layout Guide/Weapon|Weapon]] article standard | *[[Destinypedia:Layout Guide/Weapon|Weapon]] article standard | ||
[[Category:Help]] | [[Category:Help]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Destinypedia]] | ||