STATION IDOL LATCH! Wiki Contribution Guideline

Welcome to the STATION IDOL LATCH! Wiki, a wiki dedicated to storing and maintaining all information about STATION IDOL LATCH! This page is here to help people who are unsure how they can help build this wiki.

There are multiple ways you can contribute including but not limited to:

* Creating an account
* Adding to articles
* Adding pictures
* Adding articles to a category
* Translating
* Formatting articles
* Tidying up articles

All of these methods are common to most anime wikis, but this page will create a guide for each of these.

## **Creating An Account**

Certain pages can only be edited by registered users, so creating an account is useful if you intend to stay on Fandom Wiki. This will also hide your IP address from public view. You can create an account by pressing the button on the top right hand corner or 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 make yourself a candidate for being part of the wiki's Staff. 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:

* Use English with proper grammar, excluding Japanese terms.
* Use Template:Nihongo for Japanese. However, Japanese terms requiring elaboration may just be linked from an outside source (e.g. Wikipedia).
* Obtain permission before using other people's works, including translations.
* Use appropriate Infobox templates when creating pages.
* Add appropriate categories to any page you might be creating.
* A page should only be linked once per article. For example, the first mention of Rion Shoji in an article should be linked while the second mention of Rion Shoji shouldn't be.
	+ Links in infoboxes and/or chronological sections are exempt from this rule and will not count as the first mention.

### **Romaji Guidelines**

#### Names

Character names should always follow the official romanizations in western order (given name – family name). For example, *Hazime Ichijo* instead of *Ichijou Hajime*, *Allen* instead of *Aren*, and so on.

Station names should follow the Railway Standard, which are the official romanizations used by both STATION IDOL LATCH! and JR. For example, *Yūrakuchō* instead of *Yurakucho* or *Yuurakuchou*, and *Shimbashi* instead of *Shinbashi*.

#### Lyrics

* **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. Use your best judgement.*

### **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. To avoid breaking templates or other code, using the Source Editor is recommended instead of the Visual Editor.

* Please Preview your edit before publishing to check that the page looks the way it should look.
* Check Show changes before publishing. Make sure that all changes are ones that you have intended.
* In the Summary field, type a brief description of what changes you made.

### **Creating Articles**

Know something about STATION IDOL LATCH! that is not on this wiki? Create a page for it! 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.

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.

### **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.

#### **Notes on Uploading/Adding Pictures**

* When uploading a picture, make sure it is named accordingly.
	+ The image file name should be as descriptive as possible. Do not enter a random name such as dgtjae0rtrka.jpg or hnf23o-efdgk.png.
	+ Once uploaded, you cannot rename the file, so it must be renamed before uploading it.
* STRICTLY NO FANART IN ARTICLES. Any fanart that violates this rule will be deleted from the wiki.

### **Adding Articles to a Category**

Categories make a wiki easier 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.

### **Translations**

If you have the knowledge or ability to transcribe the lyrics of any STATION IDOL LATCH! songs, please contribute them to us.

If you know Japanese and are willing to help translate drama episodes, side stories, song lyrics, or any other official content, please proceed to the relevant pages where you can either contribute entire translations or clean up existing ones.

Obtain permission before using other people's translations. Do not post machine translations.

### **Formatting Articles**

You can format articles with templates, headings and subheadings. You can add headings and subheadings while in 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.*

Before completely reformatting a page, please contact an admin.

#### **List of Official Formats**

These are formats that should always be followed on certain page types to ensure consistency across the wiki.

* Character pages - example of this formatting can be found here: Yuya Taketsune
* Units - example of this formatting can be found here: EQUATIONS
* Songs - example of this formatting can be found here: Ai for you
* EPs/Singles/Albums - example of this formatting can be found here: STATION IDOL LATCH! 01

### **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 spelled correctly.