Project Cats/Article Guide

Below is an organized guide on how to write character articles.

## Beginning Templates

Every character page should have the {{Startspoiler}} and {{MainQuote}} templates. The Startspoiler template lets the reader know that there are spoilers ahead. The MainQuote template will be the first quote on a character’s page, and will look a bit different from the regular quote template.
### How to use MainQuote

The main quote source code looks like this:

```
{{MainQuote
}}
```

The quote section is where the quote goes; make sure to put a " on either side of it. The speaker section is where the speaker of the quote goes, and the ref section is where you list the book and page number of the book that the quote is from. It will look like this:

After the beginning templates will be the Charcat template.
## Charcat Template

The Charcat template is where information about a character’s affiliations, names, kin, apprentices/mentors, and books they appear in is displayed. It looks something like this:

## Kin

### Son:

Sonpelt

The character’s name and charart are the first things displayed here, followed by their affiliations, names, kin, apprentices/mentors, and finally, book appearances. Directly below the charcat will be the character’s name in bold, followed by a brief description of who they are. Ex:
**Lakepaw** is a white-and-ocean-blue she-cat with green eyes. She is an apprentice of OceanClan under Twigstar's leadership, and was born to Goldheart and Juniperfrost along with Blackberrypaw.

After this comes the history.
## History

The history should be organized by book, with each heading italicized and linked. If possible, a quote should come after the heading and before the written history. For example:
### *Path of Shadows*

"*Hi there Mr. Fox!*"
―Bluekit *Path of Shadows*, page 420

Bluekit is born in DawnClan to Bramblethorn and Cinderflame alongside Yewkit and Fleckkit. After her and her siblings have opened their eyes, they go on an adventure outside of camp, and encounter a fox. They are saved by Flamestar and Squirrelheart.
After the history comes the charart gallery.
## Charart gallery

*Coming Soon*
Following the charart gallery will be the PR section.
## Personality and Relationships

The PR section contains a character’s personality and relationships with other characters. The first heading should be their personality, detailing the cat’s behavior, tendencies, likes/dislikes, etc. A quote can be added here if possible.
Underneath the personality section will be the relationships sections; you are allowed to add as many as are needed. Each heading should link to a character that this cat has a definitive relationship with, and underneath each heading will be the details of their relationship, wether they be friends, mates or enemies. Quotes can be added here as well. Cites are not required; rather, an admin or contend mod will undo any edit to this section that they believe is false or unnecessary.
Example of a PR section:
## Personality

"*Wow! Flamestar is so noble and courageous!*"
―Aldercloud *Path of Shadows*, page 42

Flamestar is a courageous and noble tom who leads his Clan well.
## Relationships

### Squirrelheart

"*I love you, Flamestar.*"
―Squirrelheart to Flamestar *Path of Shadows*, page 89

Squirrelheart is Flamestar’s mate.
Following the personality section will be the Kin section.
## Kin

In this section, every cat biologically related to this character will be listed. Adopted or fostered cats will be included as well. The fist thing listed in the Kin section is direct family members, and should look like this:
### Members

```
'''Mother:'''
:[[Cinderflame]]:{{cite}} {{Status|Cinderflame}}

'''Father:'''
:[[Bramblethorn]]:{{cite}} {{Status|Bramblethorn}}

'''Brothers:'''
:[[Yewkit]]:{{cite}} {{Status|Yewkit}}
:[[Fleckkit]]:{{cite}} {{Status|Fleckkit}}
```

Mates and offspring will be included as well, and should go above a cat’s parents and siblings. Females first (mother should be listed before father, daughter before son, sister before brother etc). Cousins, grandparents, nieces, and other more distant relations should go under a See More tab.
After the members section, there is a Family Tree section.
## Tree

*Coming Soon*
Following the family sections will be the trivia section.
## Trivia

Trivia is where interesting bits of information about the character will be listed. For example:
### Interesting Facts

* Flamestar is the first tom to become leader of DawnClan.

**Each statement must be cited properly.**
Following the trivia section is the quotes section.
## Quotes

Here is where a characters’s significant quotes are listed, if they have any. Following the quotes section is the notes and references section.
## Notes and references

This section lists all the cites and notes used in the article. It should be preceded by the {{Endspoiler}} template, which notifies the reader that the spoilers are over. This section is very simple to fill out; simply add the {{reflist}} template and you’re done!
And that’s all of what will be listed on a character’s page. Thank you for taking the time to read this guide, and happy editing!
Sincerely,
—Sleekfang*The* *future* *is* *ours* *to* *decide*(),
User:Doestrike/Sig3,
**~Coralflame**Starlight shimmers on the lake,
-Yuna stan 불을 지펴라 ()

## Notes and references

1. ↑ Revealed in *Path of Shadows*, allegiances
2. ↑ Revealed in *Path of Shadows*, page 66