Wiki guidelines

This page contains all the knowledge you'll need to know in order to create a great ULTRAFANON wiki article.

Keep in mind, that this page contains ALL the guidelines, some of which will be unnecessary for whatever you want to accomplish. Treat it more like a guide, than a set of laws. You can use a table of contents, or your browser's search function (Ctrl + F) to find specific topics you might be wondering about.

## General guidelines

### Spelling of ULTRAKILL's title

Whenever you refer to the game's title, please use all uppercase letters, like the Steam page.

### Linking levels

At some point, the ULTRAKILL wiki's links to levels became stylized with bold font and brackets, like this: **[ 0-1: INTO THE FIRE ]**. It is not sure when, where or why this stylization was decided, but it looks cool.

To achieve this effect, copy and paste the level's name onto the desired line, add a square bracket *[ ]* before and after the title, put a space between bracket and the characters, select the text and bolden it (Ctrl + B) and then add the link to the level's name (Ctrl + K).

### Theorizing

This article is about having fun and creating whatever you want! Theories about your own, and other articles are accepted. (For this, look into the Theory Template.)

### Jokes on the wiki

Jokes can be placed everywhere as long as they stay within Fandom Guidelines of quality control and

There are serious and joke articles, specify when the article is a joke at the top of the page, otherwise it will be assumed to be serious.

## Creating articles

### Group articles together

Some items have few variations about them (Skull as an example) where it is unnecessary to create a separate article for each version of the item. If you want to make an article about a *green skull*, instead of creating a new page, edit the skull page and include the information there. This helps the wiki being easier to navigate and stops it from being bloated with pages.

### Keep consistency

Some subjects have a consistent theme going on throughout the whole wiki. For example, all weapon pages use the same layout, with infoboxes, pictures and information segregated in the exact same way across all weapons. If the article you create fits a specific category (such as levels, weapons, or enemies) make sure to follow the structure of other pages.

If the article you create does not have a structure in place and does not fit a category, follow these steps: Put a brief description at the top, put the adequate infobox in the top right, add a heading with description of the item titled "Description" (Ctrl + 2), add more headings for necessary information, and put a heading called "Trivia" and "Gallery" at the sheer bottom of the page.

### Adding categories

Categories are a way of dividing out pages into groups based on similar or relevant content. Adding categories to pages improves navigation across the wiki, making links to the relevant category pages appear at the top of the page. In source editing mode, categories are traditionally added to the bottom of the page, with their order determining the order of links. To add a category, write "*Category:X*" in between double brackets (replacing X with a relevant category name).

Keep in mind that some templates, particularly the various notices, are designed to automatically add their own categories to the beginning of the list. Please avoid adding or creating unnecessary/irrelevant categories to pages, as it hurts wiki navigation and organization.

For Levels, the order of categories typically goes as follows:

* Automatic notice category if applicable ("To-Do", "Spoiler", "Upcoming", etc.)
* "Levels"
* "Secret Mission" / "Prime Sanctum" (if applicable)
* Layer name ("Overture", "Lust", "Heresy", etc.)
* Act ("Prelude", "Act I", "Act II", "Act III", "Act IV", "Act V", etc,.)

Enemies are a little messier, but generally go as-follows. Currently the "Prime Enemies" category replaces both type and tier, though this may change with the release of P-2 and P-3.

* Automatic notice category
* "Enemies"
* Type ("Husks", "Demons", "Machines", "Angels", etc.)
* Tier ("Lesser Enemies", "Greater Enemies", "Supreme Enemies")
* "Bosses" / "Unique Bosses"

And Weapons:

* Automatic notice category
* "Weapons"
* Type ("Arms", "Revolvers", "Shotguns", "Nailguns", etc.)
* Variant ("Blue", "Green", "Red" or "Alternate")

## Editing articles

### Collaborative

Collaborative work doesn't require permission to edit.

### Removing someone's work

The work of other users should not be removed without a reason. Whenever you remove or replace someone's text, make sure to justify your reasoning for doing so in the "describe what you changed" space at the bottom of the editing page before saving your changes.

### Don't be afraid to ask for help

If you feel like some part of the article might be inappropriate, but you do not have the knowledge required to edit it yourself, use the comment section and point out your concerns. Other users will be able to help you and fix the article.

### Minor edits

There is no requirement to mark edits as minor or not. If you decide to mark your edits as such, a minor edit is generally a one which does not convey any new information. Fixing typos, for example.

## Edits breaking the guidelines

We take great care to keep the wiki as clean and as understandable as possible. Even though we allow jokes in our articles, clarity and consistency is still our top priority. Some articles/edits break these norms, and contain things such as:

* Offensive/discriminatory text or imagery.
* Jokes in inappropriate places.
* Harassment targeted at other users of the wiki.

Entries that do not abide by the wiki's quality standards might get edited or removed.

Repeatedly removing or otherwise vandalizing the wiki's pages will result in disciplinary action being taken, which can include being blocked from editing the wiki for a period of time (or permanently).

## FAQ

If you are not sure of something, feel free to ask your questions in this article's comment section. We'll be sure to answer them and include some of the better questions on this page.