Manual of Style

This is the **Manual of Style** for the **Blue Period Wiki**. It's purpose is to explain in detail the aspects that must be taken in consideration when adding content to this wiki. Following these guidelines is highly recommended as it will result in consistent articles of high quality, correct and organized.

Through detailing every step we hope to clarify every doubts you might have when making edits. Do not hesitate contacting any of the  staff team if anything is unclear or missing.

## Topics

The **Blue Period Wiki** is a website dedicated to the official *Blue Period* media and the world resolving around it.

With the exception of the series creator Tsubasa Yamaguchi, real life people, companies, or merchandise are topics that should not have a page dedicated but instead be properly linked and referenced to.

## New Pages

Needed pages are assessed by the staff team.

If you think there is a needed page that is not listed, you can contact a staff who will be in charge of analyzing if the article is needed, its proper title and any other relevant aspects.

## Writing

### Perspective

Articles in which the topics are part of Blue Period's world should be written using an in-universe wording. Phrases like "in Chapter 10" should be left out of sentences and used strictly in references.

### Writing Style

In this wiki, every article is expected to be using Standard American English, as the official translations of the manga are by Kodansha USA.

Kodansha manga translations are considered the official terms for this wiki. All world related names are to be updated by Kodansha translations.

       Note: Evidenced mistranslations can be used as long as Kodansha translations are also mentioned on the article. An example would be Tokyo University of the Arts, TUA, commonly referred as Geidai.

Articles are to be written in formal style, meaning any usage of contractions as "we've", "didn't", "she's", etc should be replaced for "we have", "did not", "she is" instead.

All sections should be written in the present tense, unless when referring to a character background or when the story occurred in the media through a flashback, which should be written in the past tense.

Wiki is consulted by many as a trustworthy source of information, therefore articles should only contain factual information, any opinion, bias or interpretation should be expressed on article comments or the forum(link!!!!).

### Presentation

Paragraphs should be short and concise, use references when applicable and may be attached an illustrative image.

The introductory information of a character should not contain any spoilering content, including the university each character gets into and their current status.

### Referencing

References should always be added when possible.
To add a reference the tag <ref> should be used.

## Layout Guides

There are pre-enstablished template-type of pages that users can copy and paste to new articles for a consistent layout.

Character Page

Character Gallery

Episode Page [under construction]

Chapter Page

Volume Page [under construction]

## Categorization

Every page and file should be categorized.

All categories can be consulted in Special:Categories.

### Characters

All characters should be categorized under the following categories:

**Mandatory Categories**

Characters: Category:Characters

Gender: Category:Male, Category:Female, Category:Non-binary

**Optional Categories**

Use all that apply.

Scholar situation: Category:Student, Category:Teacher, Category:Instructor

Departments: Category:Oil Painting Department, More to be added.

Affiliation: Category:High School, Category:Musashino Art University, Category:Tama Art University, Category:Tokyo Art Institute, Category:Tokyo University of the Arts

### Files

For File Uploading rules please visit,  Files Policy.

All files should be categorized under the following categories:

**Mandatory Categories**

Category:Files Licenses, these licenses are automatically added when the licensing template is added to the file page.

Gifs under Category:Gifs

Videos under Category:Videos

**Images Categories**

Category:Afternoon Magazine Images when an image is from Afternoon Magazine.

Category:Chapter Cover Images when an image is a chapter cover.

Category:Color Pages when it is a colored manga page (cover or story page).

Category:Illustrations when an image is an illustration from Tsubasa Yamaguchi social media.

Category with Chapter Number, from Category:Images by Chapter, when uploading a manga panel.

Category with Episode Number, from Category:Images by Episode, when uploading an episode screenshot.

Category with Volume Number, from Category:Images by Volume, when uploading a volume image. Manga panels do not apply as they will be in Images by Chapter.

Category with Character Name, from Category:Images by Character, when uploading an image with characters. Add categories from all characters present in an image.

Category:Profile Images when the image is from a character profile.

Category:Promotional Material when the uploaded image was used for promotional purposes.

Category:Sketches when the image is a sketch.

Category:Theme Images when a image is used for this wiki design.

Category:Volume Cover Images when the image is a volume cover.

## Maintenance Notices

Complement an article with the following notices:

{{stub}} for articles with missing information.

{{delete}} for articles to be candidate for deletion.

{{MissingDoc}} for templates that do not have their documentation or documentation is unhelpful.