Blue Reflection Wiki Contribution Guidelines

Hi! Welcome to the **Blue Reflection Wiki**, a wiki dedicated to storing and maintaining all information about Blue Reflection and its various projects. This page will explain how you can help expand this wiki.

If you already have an account and some experience with editing wiki's, but are unsure what to add to this wiki, please begin looking at the following that require attention:
**Article Stubs
Wanted Pages**

There are multiple ways in which people can contribute including but not limited to:

* Creating an account
* Adding to articles
* Adding pictures
* Adding articles to a category
* Creating/editing templates
* Rollbacking and vandal busting
* Formatting articles
* Tidying up articles
* Translating songs
* Participate in article creation/editing discussion via Discord.

All of these methods are common to most wikis, and this page will explain how to do each of these. Before editing an article, please review the Wiki Fandom Terms of Use.

There will also be instances in which you are asked to consult with the Admins before creating edits, as noted in the guidelines below. Please reach out to 42GAMI for the following:

* Updating the RAY episode image gallery
* Editing/creating templates
* Reporting vandalism

Now, let's go over how to do all of the above, one by one.

## Creating An Account

This wiki can only be edited by registered users, so creating an account is necessary if you intend to contribute. As well, creating an account will hide your public IP address from being publicly shown. You can create an account by pressing the button on the top right-hand corner or by clicking this link: Sign Up.

By creating an account, you are eligible to join, request, and visit most of the Wiki Community features as well as making yourself a candidate for being one of the wiki's Officers. By registering, you will also be able to create your own wiki.

## Guidelines To Contribute

### General Editing Guidelines

Feel free to contribute to the wiki, just remember the following:

* This wiki displays the **Family Name First**. After the first mention of a character, their first name may be used by its own.
e.g. *Hanari Ruka is a new student at Tsukinomiya High. Ruka has long, black straight hair and deep blue eyes.*
* Don't forget to add appropriate categories to any page you might be creating.
* Remember to use Template:Ruby for Furigana to be displayed above Kanji names in an infobox. e.g. Xiao Meiqi is displayed as 瀟 美岐 (しゃお めいちー) by using the Ruby template:
```
{{ruby|瀟 美岐|しゃお めいちー}}
```
* Always use appropriate Infobox templates when creating pages:
	+ Character Infobox for the Character Pages
	+ Episode Infobox for the Episode Pages
	+ Seiyuu Infobox for the Seiyuu Pages. Staff Pages currently use Seiyuu Infobox until further notice.
* Obtain permission before using other people's works. This includes fanworks and translations
* A page can only be linked once per article, only the first mention should be linked to the respective page. For example, the first mention of Shirai Hinako in an article should be linked while the second mention of Shirai Hinako or Hinako shouldn't be
	+ Links from infoboxes are exempt from this rule. Links in infoboxes will not count as the first mention
* Do not use epithets in character page names
* Please use English with proper grammar, excluding Japanese terms.
* While adding information that will/may reveal spoilers, especially in ==Story== please include our spoiler template: {{Spoiler}} above the story/plotline
* If you see any article that does not have enough information, please put the template: {{Stub}} underneath the ==Profile== header, or at the bottom of the article if it is not a Character Page.
* ***Note:**Articles are **not** allowed to contain any personal/business advertisements. All personal/business advertisements must be posted under your own profile page, blog page, or forum page.*
* Please ensure you are including references where-ever possible. This wiki has been lax with references in the past, but we would like to change that. If you do not know how to properly cite, please read this.

### Adding To Articles

You can add to any article by clicking the "Edit" button next to the article's name. Once you do that, you will be brought to an edit page where you can add or remove information accordingly. We recommend using Source Editor instead of Visual Editor to avoid breaking templates.

Here are some examples of what you can do to add to an article:

* Write summaries for episodes
* Add information to character pages
* Add valid information to songs and other pages.

***WARNING:** Do not add false or inappropriate things (such as comparing body types between characters), or remove any valid information that already existed before. This will be considered an act of vandalism.*

### Creating Articles

Know something about Blue Reflection that is not on this wiki? Well, just create a page for it! But before creating a page, make sure that you want to add something that this wiki would benefit from. To create a page, click the drop-down "contribute" button to the top-right of the page and select "add a page". After doing this, a box will appear asking you to add a title and choose a format. Make sure the title is exactly what you want it to be as this will appear as the page name and it is case sensitive! For the format, normally, you should choose blank, as this wiki has its own formatting that we use for most types of pages. Below is a list of our official formats.

A useful way to learn how to build an article is to refer to another article in the same category, copy its formatting and then edit the relevant parts. Be careful not to break the formatting of the reference article though!

### Adding/Uploading Pictures

#### Adding a picture

To add a picture to an article, press the "Add a Picture" button on the bar at the top or the "Add Features" and "Media Box" while in edit mode. You can also press the "Add Photo" button at the bottom of a gallery.

If you are editing in Source Editor, simply type [[File:image-name-here.png]].

To constrain image width: [[File:image-name-here.png|270px]]

To constrain image height: [[File:image-name-here.png|x500px]]

#### Notes on Uploading/Adding Pictures

* When uploading a picture, please select the appropriate license that applies to the image. (e.g. artwork by Kishida Mel uses Mel Fairuse Template, images from BRSUN use Sun Fairuse Template in the *License* dropdown list.)
* When uploading a picture, please make sure it is appropriately named according to what it is a picture of. Do not enter a randomized name.
	+ The image file name should be as descriptive as possible. Do not write a random name such as dgtjae0rtrka.jpg or hnf23o-efdgk.png
	+ Once uploaded, you cannot rename the file, so the file must be renamed **BEFORE** uploading it.
* Please only upload pictures that will be used in articles where appropriate, or on your own pages. Inappropriately named or unused images can and will be either renamed or deleted without warning
* An episode's Image Gallery is limited to Admins and approved users for edits. **If an editor wants to request their uploaded pictures to be put inside the Gallery, please contact an Administrator by giving the file links**
* **STRICTLY NO FANART IN ARTICLES**. Any fanart that violates this rule will be deleted from the wiki.

### Adding Articles to a Category

Categories are important to the wiki by making it easy to navigate around. To add an article to a category, simply head to the Categories bar at the bottom of a page, and add in the category it belongs to. You can find a list of categories here: Special:Categories

***Note:** When adding a category make sure you type it exactly the same as the category name. Remember, it is case sensitive!*

### Editing/Creating Templates

This is for people who know how to code templates. A list of templates can be found on this page. To create a template, just make a page named `Template:<template name>`.
**If you make a template for public use, please document it and ask for approval before posting.** **Before editing any existing templates, please ask an admin.**

*For more detailed information and regulation about Template, please refer to this rule page about templates.*
### Rollbacks and Vandal Busting

If you see any acts of vandalism, go to the edit details section on the edit and press the undo button next to the user's name. This will bring you to the undo edit page. Check that no useful information is being undone. Then, publish the edit. **Next, message an Admin listed at the top of this article to inform them of the vandalism.** *This is temporary and a proper method will be established.*

## Formatting Articles

You can format articles with templates, headings and subheadings. Below is a guide on the minimums expected within reason.
You can add headings and subheadings while in Source Edit mode like this:

```
==Level 2 Headings==
===Level 3 Headings===
====Level 4 Headings====
=====Level 5 Headings=====
======Level 6 Headings======

```

***Note:** Level 1 Heading is used in pages as the page title, so it is not included here.*

### Formatting Character Pages

#### Character Infoboxes

* Each character page must use the **new** portable infobox template, which is being implemented as a separate infobox template for each character.
* Examples can be found here. If you are unsure how to create this, please ask for help from a Mod or Admin.
* Information in character infoboxes may contain information from multiple series, i.e.: Hirahara Hiori has information from both series she is featured in.

#### Character Page Layout

Character Pages should *typically* be formatted in the following manner:

```
{{Hinako Infobox}}
==Profile==
{{Stub}} <only if needed>
===Appearance===
===Personality===
==Story==
{{Spoiler}}
==Etymology==
==Trivia==
==Gallery==
==References==
<small><references /></small>
[[Category:]]

```

#### Formatting Character Pages in Multiple Series

If a character is in multiple series, e.g. Kasuga Shiho, please format ==Story== and ==Gallery== in the following manner:

```
{{Character Infobox}}
==Profile==
{{Stub}} <only if needed>
===Appearance===
===Personality===
==Story==
{{Spoiler}}
===Blue Reflection Tie===
===Blue Reflection Sun===
==Etymology==
==Trivia==
==Gallery==
===Blue Reflection Tie===
===Blue Reflection Sun===
==References==
<small><references /></small>
[[Category:]]

```

**Before adding a template, please contact the Admins listed at the top of this article** for consultation first, especially since your template will affect this wiki globally. This also applies to the reformatting of a page.

#### List of Official Formats

Official formats are formats that should be followed on certain page types.

* Character pages - example of this formatting can be found here: Shirai Hinako
* Episodes - example of this formatting can be found here: The Undying Light
* Songs - example of this formatting can be found here: Reflect.

### Tidying Up Articles

You can do this by making sure every sentence makes sense, has proper grammar, and is where it is supposed to be. Make sure everything is linked and everything is spelled right. We prefer to use the past tense for the episode summaries while we prefer to use the present tense for describing things and/or characters.

## Song Lyrics

If any of you have the knowledge or ability to transcribe the lyrics of any Blue Reflection songs, either from the games or anime, please contribute them to us.

Also, if you know Japanese and are willing to help translate song lyrics, please proceed to the song pages where you can either contribute entire translations or clean up existing ones.

### Official Romaji Guideline

If you have a passion for translating Blue Reflection music, please refer to these.

* **English vs. Romaji**
	+ If Original lyrics is:
		- **English** → *English word with first letter capitalized*
		- **More than one English word** → *Only capitalize the first word unless original lyrics are stylized specifically*
		- **In Katakana** → *Romaji (all lowercase)*
			* **Exception:** Words that look confusing in Romaji (e.g. ライン).

*This is just a general guide. Any rule can be broken provided the Romaji looks strange enough.*
## Discussions on Discord

For faster and easier discussion between our active editors, we use Discord. If you would like to be part of the conversation, please join us here and ask a Moderator about joining the wiki team.

The core of these guidelines are credited to LoveLive! Wiki.