Characters/Guidelines

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* Establish project operations.

The succeeding points are some general guidelines that are to be upheld when creating, writing, or merely editing articles in Project Characters.

# Articles

## General style

* Articles shall be written in English language, with U.S. spelling.
* Articles shall be encyclopedic in content, and shall written in present tense with a non-bias tone, mentioning all aspects of the topic while keeping opinions out of the article.
* Citations are **required** in order to be highly graded in several areas. They will be listed below where necessary.
	+ References shall be listed with the page number from any English printing of the books.
* Categories are to go with the character's alliances in which they achieved that category. (i.e. "The 100 characters" category would go with the name Wonkru while "Muil series characters" category would go with the name Muil.)
* Create links for any article names that appear in the article.
	+ Take caution to prevent double links in one article body.
* Names should be held with appropriate capitalization as they appear in the first U.S. edition. (i.e. Gathering, as opposed to gathering)
* On the **talk page** of every character article, place the {{Project-char}} template with the appropriate grade.

## Article layout

All character articles must follow a specific formula, as listed below.

See here for preliminary documentation on how to format pages with multiple tabs.

### Featured articles

If an article is currently featured, or was previously featured, the templates {{FA}} or {{FA/p}} will be used, respectively.

### Content warning tags

Content warning tags such as {{FamilyTree}}, {{SotC Only}}, and {{TSWarning}} should be added above {{Startspoiler}}.

### Startspoiler

Place the {{Startspoiler}} template in between the Featured Article template and Main quote. Alternatively if neither of these appear just put it above the character 3.

### Main Quote

This is optional, as not all character articles have quotes. However, if one or more are found, pick the best one and use the {{Main Quote}}. Please note that quotes with multiple speakers cannot be used.

### Character 3

Characters will use this template. These templates contain the affiliations, post-death affiliation, the education, immediate kin, and book appearances. The educations and post-death affiliation **must be cited**.

### Description

All character articles need a verified, spoiler-free description describing their looks and gender. Every piece of the description must be spoil-free and cited. If the author makes a mistake on the cat's appearance, use first appearance unless otherwise discussed.

### History

This makes up the bulk of every character article.

Under a level two heading titled "History", document, in present tense, the character's history. The series must go in this order:

* In the *Muil series*
* In the *2299:Fading trilogy*
* In *The 100 TV series*

Place these exact phrases in level three headings in this order. Then, place the books under their respective headings in order of release except the Super Edition Series. The book headings should be italicized and be linked to their articles. Write the character's history under each book title. When writing the history, do not include any bias opinions of the character. Keep a formal tone and make sure the history flows clearly and every appearance is included. Do not include quotes in the history. There is a separate section for quotes. Be careful not to write so much that focus is taken off of the subject of the article. Each paragraph should be indented with a colon (:) and there should be one empty line in between each paragraph. If a character does not appear at all in a book except the allegiances, use the {{Alleg}} template.

### Trivia

Under a level two heading titled "Trivia", list all interesting facts of the character. This includes Clan heritage, author mistakes regarding gender or appearance, information revealed in an author chat, or any other unique facts about the cat. These should be marked by bullet points. Do not add trivia unless a reliable reference can be added.

### Character pixels

A gallery of the character's pixels. This should not be edited by anyone other than a PCA lead unless there is a problem with the coding.

### Official art

A gallery of the character's official art. All images added should be in the official images category.

### Killed victims

A cat's killed victims would be listed here.

### Kin

This section lists all known relatives of the character, both immediate and distant. A level two section titled "Kin" should be added first.

* Kin should be listed by closeness in relativity. The member(s)'s relationship to the character should be listed in bold and followed by a colon. Under the relationship, the character(s) should be listed and indented by a colon. Immediately after the colon, a reference of this relationship must be placed. After the reference, one of the following must be placed:
	+ {{t|Status|Name of Relation}}
	+ Deceased, Verified
	+ Status Unknown
* If a character's status is known and has known kin, a template titled "Status|CHARACTERNAME" will be created. All this information should be placed under a level three heading titled "Members".
* After the members, a tree should be placed under a level three heading titled "tree". Place the tree of the closet relative if the character doesn't have a tree of their own. Here is a list of family trees. Please note that trees are only created for families with three or more verified members.

### Ceremonies

Using the {{Ceremony}}, quote every rank/name-changing ceremony that is **specifically quoted** in the books. If a ceremony is performed outside of a novel, it cannot be quoted, and therefore, cannot be placed in an article.

### Quotes

After the kin section comes the quotes. They are used to describe the character's personality, or to quote significant events, monologues, speeches, etc. There are two templates that can be used for quotes; {{Quote}} and {{Dialogue a-b}}. The first is to be used for quotes with one speaker, and the latter for quotes with multiple speakers. The most quotes that are necessary are usually 5-6, but always aim for quality over quantity.

### Endspoiler

Place the {{Endspoiler}} right before the References and Citations section.

### External links

A list of the character's appearances in articles from the *Warriors* official website.

### Notes and references

Under this section, place the {{Reflist}}, and nothing else. This will automatically create a list of references and citations that were placed throughout the article.

## Minor characters

The Minor characters pages are reserved for characters who appear in the books but are unnamed. These pages are categorized by arc and by book if necessary. While these characters are inherently background characters, they must have some *significance* to be listed. This includes:

1. They speak and it's clear who it is.
2. If they are apart of a small group, such as patrols that are of focus. (see File:Border.ASIR.png and File:Battle.ASIR.png)
3. If they perform a somewhat relevant action or contribute to the plot.
4. If 50% or more of their body is shown clearly, and not just a head or tail (for the graphic novels)

If a character can be deduced who it is, they should be their history moved to their main article.

# Project Operations

## Housekeeping

The following tasks are to be carried out regularly throughout the project.

### Concerns List

Any user who feels that an article has issues that should be publicized should add it to the concerns list located on the main project page. The characters on this list are sorted by Affiliation.

### Moving and Creating Pages

When a new book is released, it is almost guaranteed that new characters will be introduced and/or characters will go or have gone through name changes.

When a whole new character is introduced, create a new page for the character, including the appropriate sections.

When a character experiences a name change, the article should be moved to the appropriate title.

### Creating Disambiguation Pages

When multiple articles are known by the same name at any point in their lives or the novels, disambiguation pages must created to specify which articles are which. For example, two different Earths are introduced from two different series.

First, move or create pages as necessary so that each character has a different article name. (i.e. Earth (MS) vs. Earth (FDT)). Use abbreviations such as (MS) for Muil series, (FDT) for 2299:Fading trilogy, or (t100) for The 100 Tv series, distinguish the articles from each other. If the page that falls into this disambiguation is a former name of a article, (i.e. Jackson) create a redirect using the abbreviation.

Next, create a list containing every page that falls under this disambiguation. Include {{Disambig}}, and a brief, distinguishing description of each, character, like so: Earth.

### Creating Redirects

For the most part, redirects are created automatically when a page is moved, but there are times when redirects need to be created manually.

Create the page, and paste the following coding on the page:

 #REDIRECT [[ARTICLENAME]]

### Adding and Removing Members

When a request for a roster change is placed on the talk page, the leader, deputy, or a senior warrior should carry it out accordingly.

### Archiving the Talk Page

Certain sections of the talk page should be archived by a lead or an experienced member of the project.

* Nominations older than 3 weeks without being close to being put up for vote.
* Roster change requests older than 3 days.
* Any other outdated, cluttering sections of the talk page.

## Article Nominations

To nominate an article, create a new section on the talk page called "Character name - Silver/Gold nomination" and then state why you think it deserves that rank. People will comment on it saying what could be improved, and as nominator, you should check back regularly and try to fix any issues pointed out. This is not to say that no other people can help with a nomination made by someone else, but don't just nominate an article and leave and expect someone else to fix it, *please*.

There are several rules for nominating an article:

* A user may only have three first-time silver nominations running at a time.
* There is no established nomination limit for gold nominations of downgraded articles that have formerly attained silver status.
* A nomination may only consist of one article
* Nominations older than three weeks will be archived.
* Only silver and gold ranks receive nominations.

## User Nominations

From time to time, there are members of a project that shine above the others. These users are worthy joining the leads of PC as senior warriors.

If you believe we may have a member such as that, nominate them to become a senior warrior. Be sure to follow the instructions listed on the page when placing your nomination.