Style Guide

This is the Style Guide for the Westworld Wiki. It lays out the way we create and edit articles here. 
Please use the comments below to discuss individual points from this document. One of us can make the agreed change in the document when we have an agreement.
== Names of TV Series, Films, Books etc. ==
Use italics to show that the word or phrase is the title of a TV programme, film or book; like this. Beyond Westworld.
In WikiText (source code mode or the rich text editor) that looks like this: Beyond Westworld or this Beyond Westworld
== Episode Names ==
Episode names should be in double quotes (speech marks), like this: "The Original".
Where it's a Westworld (TV Series) episode that's been mentioned, the name should be in double quotes as well as linked to the article for that episode, like this "The Original".
In WikiText (source code mode) that looks like this: "[[The Original]]"
== Character Names ==
The name of a character is the one given in the credits of Westworld. Where the character has a generic name such as "Second Guest" it should be in double quotes (speech marks).
== Linking Character Names, Episodes, Locations, Weapons etc. ==
The first use of a character's name, such as Logan in a section should always be linked back to the article for that character. After that, uses of that character's name needn't be linked unless there's a particular reason. For instance, in a long section it might be useful to link a character's name or a location more than once if the first use is no longer visible on the screen.
== Quotations ==
Use the quotes template when you use words that have been written or spoken by someone other than yourself. Like this:
In source code mode, or when using the rich text editor, it looks like this.
{{Quote
|Use the Quote template when you use words that have been written
or spoken by someone other than yourself.
|The [[Westworld (TV Series)|]] Style Guide
}}
== Article Format Examples ==
With all articles, make the most of the the builtin template {{PAGENAME}}. Never type the name of an article in the article itself, always use {{PAGENAME}} to make it easy to copy and re-use the article later. Infobox templates automatically look for the image {{PAGENAME}}.jpg to show as the main picture. So for the article "Anthony Hopkins", load an image file called Anthony Hopkins.jpg and you don't have to change the code in the example, it just works.
Please don't create very short (less than 300 words) articles or, in general, articles without pictures; short articles hurt our results in Google and Bing searches and articles without pictures are not read.
=== Episodes ===
Please use this example if you need to create an article for an episode.
"Example Episode"
=== Characters ===
Please use this example if you need to create an article for a character.
Example Character
==== Hosts Impersonating Other Characters ====
The goal to deal with the "impersonation problems" consistently, in a way that readers will be able to understand the first time they read an article - things like:
* Hosts impersonating humans (The Hale host body being used by Dolores)
* A host control unit, a pearl, being moved between host bodies because of damage or bodies being destroyed
* A host control unit being moved between host bodies (Dolores pearl moving from a Hale body to a Dolores body)
* Multiple copies of a host control unit in different host bodies (Dolores pearl in Hale, Connels, Musashi, etc.)
* Multiple copies of a host control unit in copies of the SAME host body (we haven't seen this yet, but the day is young)
Article follow this central guiding principle:
"Hosts Character articles will follow the actor, where possible - making it clear in the text what has happened."
So, when a Dolores pearl is impersonating Hale, that story is told in the Hale article, without creating multiple articles for characters which look identical. This character will be referred to as "Hale/Dolores".
I can see this breaking if we get, say, two Arnold pearls in two Arnold bodies - and these two started to diverge and develop as obviously separate characters. But we can deal with that if (when) needed.
=== Cast ===
Please use this example if you need to create an article for a cast member.
Example Cast Member
=== Weapons ===
Please use this example if you need to create a new weapon.
Example Weapon
== Language ==
=== Grammar & American Spelling vs British ===
Westworld is an American production. Always use American spelling of a word when quoting a character's lines from an American work. Other than direct quotations, either the British or American spelling of a word is ok.
Please be tolerant of people's use of English, and be polite. Remember that people from all over the world edit here and that many are writing in a language which is foreign to them. So, please don't convert American spellings to the British versions, or the other way around.
=== Bad Language & Profanity ===
No Bad Language or Profanity except when quoting from the TV Show. Please don't use Bad Language or Profanity unless you need to, use it as little as possible.
=== Racism & Sexism ===
No Racism or Sexism, none.
== Complaints ==
If you have a complaint about a user here or a copyright issue, please contact one of the administrators on this page ListAdmins.
Please get in touch if you are an actor, crew member, or involved in this production in any way and there's something here that's not right; we'll sort it out.
If your complaint is that someone changed an article and you disagree with the change, please discuss the issue with that user. Be polite, don't involve admins in editing discussions except as a last resort. An admin's opinion on an editing issue (whether a character is Alive or Unknown for instance) in general carries no more weight than a non admin with similar editing experience here. Please ask a person you both agree on, to decide for you if you really can't agree between yourselves. Please be polite.
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