Supreme GDPS:Style of Writing

The Supreme GDPS Wiki must be written and authored in such a way that it is easy to understand. This essay will explain what and what not to put in an article. If a user breaks these guidelines, their edits will be reverted or pages will be deleted.

## Page Creation

### Notability

#### Articles

An article is considered notable if it has one or more of the following conditions in it. A non-notable article will be removed.

* The article is of or relating to a moderator, administrator or owner/co-owner in the past at Supreme GDPS
* The article is of or relating to a person who has caused great influence in the community(which is accurately proven in the article)
* The article is of or relates to a controversy in the community involving 3 or more members
* The article is of or relating to an event
* The article is of or relating to a bot
* The article is a description of relevant information in the community
* The article is of or relating to a community with five or more people

#### Information

Information in a page is only notable if it relates to the topic or Supreme GDPS community. Unrelated trivia and random information is not allowed.

### Autobiographies

People may not write autobiographies, or pages about themselves. These **must** be provided by another user. The exceptions to these are owners, elder mods, co-owners and administrators in the Supreme GDPS community. They, however, may only create the page and may not add anything that is not elementary information.

Users are also not allowed to write about themselves in articles about an event they were involved in, though they are allowed to add information about other users.

## Writing Policies

### Titles

Titles of pages and referring of other users must be named after their **current username**(EG., it is Optimal, not Scatman7), however it is necessary to add their former or other usernames in their biography page.

Titles in general should usually should only be the actual name of the thing that the article is talking about. Abbreviations, "the" and other things should not be included unless if it is the actual name of the article. The exception to this is if it is excessively long.

### Introduction

An article does not need a specific heading for the first few sentences of an article, especially if it has the same name as the article itself. They typically do not need citations and are a brief overview of the subject of the article.

#### Bolding and italicizing

The subject of the article should always be mentioned in the introduction of the article and should be **bolded**. Other pieces of information should generally not be bolded or italicized unless if there is a specific reason for it.

### Citations

Any information inputted in the Wiki may be(but is not required) cited in any way through the following:

* An interview in their DMs or in a private server/chat with the interviewed person giving explicit permission to screenshot, which must be captured in that screenshot.
* If the information is **publicly available**(eg., through the Supreme GDPS Discord that is available to anyone and any link that is publicly available), then that may be cited with no permission required.

### Point of View, Advertisement and Biased Information

Writing in articles must be written in third-person and may not include a person's feelings unless publicly stated and a notable opinion. Advertisement for a particular subcommunity or Discord server is not allowed. In writing, stay unbiased and tell the story from an outside perspective. Avoid using words such as "Greatest", "Best", "Most Important", etc. unless it is a generally agreed-on fact, in which it will generally need a citation.

### Grammar and Spelling

Normal grammar rules **must** be applied to an article, including spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, etc. Oxford commas are excluded to pages unless if the exclusion of an oxford comma creates confusion. Spelling in an article must be in **European-English**(EG., colour, not color) unless it is a biography about a user who is of a different country, in which case you use the spelling of the country that they are from.

### Encyclopedic Tone

**Tone** in the Supreme GDPS Wiki must be in an encyclopedic tone. Avoid using sentences like "it all begin with" or "that's the day that".

If possible, use more specified words such as "numerous" instead of "a lot"

Avoid using contractions such as "isn't" and instead use "is not".