Wikipedia:WikiProject Warcraft/Manual of style

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The following is a style guide for Warcraft related articles. For general article guidelines, see Manual of Style.

The following is a style guide for editors who contribute to Warcraft-related articles and identify themselves as part of WikiProject Warcraft. Please remember, this is simply a guide, and may change depending on Wikipolicy or participant consensus.

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WPW Style

Participants may quote this style guide by using the numerical system in effect (eg. 3.1.7)

  Please consult the style guide's talk page before making any changes below, and develop a good participant consensus.


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[edit] Article naming

Please refer to the official style guide for article naming.

[edit] General

  1. If possible, make the title the subject of the first sentence of the article (as opposed to putting it in the predicate). In any case, the title should appear as early as possible in the article — preferably in the first sentence.
  2. The first time the title is mentioned in the article, put it in bold using three apostrophes. Here's an example: '''article title''' produces article title. Do not put links in the title.
  3. Do not capitalize second and subsequent words unless the title is a proper noun (such as a name) or is otherwise almost always capitalized.
  4. Except in titles of works or in official names, avoid the definite ("the") and indefinite ("a"/"an") articles at the beginning of a page name. This applies even if the subject of the page is usually preceded by the definite article "the" in speech or writing: Thus, for example, City of Stormwind is preferred over The City of the Stormwind.

[edit] Character profiles

  1. Each character profile page uses a template specific to the title the character appears in. For a full list of titles, see WPW Templates.

[edit] Lists

  1. A list article's title should be descriptive of the article's content.
    1. Lists should be named "List of...". (eg. List of Warcraft characters)

[edit] Article introduction

  1. In every article there should be a leading paragraph where gives a brief description of what the subject of the article is, or what the article is about, before elaborating.
  2. The first mention of the subject of the article should be in bold, and italicized thereafter.
  3. The first sentence should include the subject of the article and describe what the article is in a bare-bones way so a user can easily understand whether they have found the right article or not.
  4. The first paragraph does not include any spoilers.

[edit] General rules

  1. Always consider notability (general importance) of a piece of information before adding it to an article. As a general-purpose encyclopedia, Wikipedia is not the ideal place to include any possible information that could be considered useful.
  2. Always italicise any Warcraft title mentioned in the game, or the name Warcraft itself.
  3. Album titles should placed in italics.
  4. Song titles should be placed in "double quotes".
  5. Character names, production staff or other names should not be italicised unless used to highlight them.
  6. A wikilink only needs to appear in the article once - at the first mention. (eg. if Draenei is linked early on, it does not need to be linked anywhere else in the article)
    1. The only exception to this rule is when using the following templates: {{details}}, {{main}}, {{further}} and {{see also}}.
  7. In general, abbreviations or other shorthand should be avoided
    1. When referring to Warcraft III, spell out the full title of the game, and do not abbreviate it as W3 or WC3.
  8. Articles should be categorized in the correct subcategory of Category:Warcraft. Remember, categories are inherited.
    1. When you upload a Warcraft image or music sample, you should place it in Category:Warcraft media.

[edit] Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia

Therefore, articles should be encyclopaedic.

  1. When referring to the player of a game, use the player instead of you. A person may read the article with no intention of ever playing the game in his life.
  2. Wikipedia is not GameFAQs:
    1. For example, Paladin (World of Warcraft) should not include stats, weapon guide or how one should play it.
    2. For example, we should not include how to achieve the Paladin mount as a level 40 quest.
  3. Articles should not be a collection of quotes, cheats, or external links.

[edit] Fair use rationale

This is intended as a quick and simple guide to upholding the claims of fair use of media in our project articles. Please correct any errors and omissions, and update to reflect current wikipedia policy.

[edit] Images

  1. If slightly modified (cropping, brightness adjustment) but still not damaging the original art, fair use may still be claimed.
  2. You can't change seriously a copyrighted image without the author's permission and then, again, you have rights only on the modifications themselves, not on the image as a whole.
  3. No more than 5 fair use illustrations or photographs from the same artist can be used in a work.
  4. They must be low resolution (image size) and at 72 pixels/inch, to be certain that someone could not use them as piracy.
    1. For example, an image exactly the same resolution as, say, an original movie poster could easily be used for piracy .
  5. Most images must be accompanied by a commentary:
    1. Cover art - Cover art from various items, for identification and critical commentary (not for identification without critical commentary).
    2. Team and corporate logos - for identification. See Wikipedia:Logos
    3. Other promotional material - such as posters, programs, billboards, ads, for critical commentary.
    4. Film and television stills - for critical commentary and discussion of cinematic and televisual history.
    5. Screen shots from software products - for critical commentary.
    6. Paintings and other works of visual art - for critical commentary, including images illustrative of a particular technique or school.
    7. Publicity photos - for identification. See Wikipedia:Publicity photos

[edit] Audio

  1. Audio samples should be at most 30 seconds or 10% of the original, whichever is least.
  2. For an album, the same rule applies and 30 seconds should not be exceeded for the whole album.
  3. The sample should preserve the same value as the original, not adding your own material or modyfing it in a way that its not recognizable.
  4. A sample should not contain the heart of the work, such as a famous guitar solo in a song.


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