Style Guide

*Last Updated: 20/11/2020*

Welcome! This style guide outlines correct formatting for articles in the Animal Jam Play Wild Sapphire Worth Wiki. This guide is contributed to and written by community members like you! If you have an idea to improve our style guide, please let a staff member know to write it in! It is strongly encouraged that all users of the wiki read and obey the entirety of this guide in order to maintain article consistency with our lovely wiki pages.

**Notice: However, there may be exceptions to this guide in rare and special circumstances.**

**Notice: This guide does not have to be followed for threads, comments, or blog posts (i.e. non-content pages).**

**Notice: This guide is not complete.**

Sections marked with a \* like "Creation\*" are important, and sections nested inside of them are also important.

## Creation\*

When creating a page, follow these directions from the article How to make a page, and if help is needed visit this article. Review to ensure the directions have been followed correctly.

### Titling

Articles about items should be titled the same way as the item is spelled and capitalized in Animal Jam, with no regard to errors. Normally, articles about items would use title case such as Jamaaliday Wings. Occasionally, there may be circumstances where it seems to be "wrong" to capitalize an article like this: Discontinued Snowflake boots; however, "Snowflake boots" are the way the item is named in the game, and therefore override the title "Snowflake Boots."

### "Last Updated:" Note

At the beginning of the page, there should be a "Last Updated:" note. This should be formatted preferably in British form, as many pages have informally adopted this form. The purpose of the note is to inform viewers when the page was last modified. The note should only be adjusted on the:

* Creation of the page
* Modification of a worth (regardless of the size of the change), or on the
* Major alteration of the page

### Introduction

Immediately following the "Last Updated:" note, there should be a brief introduction. The introduction should mention the name of the item in **bold** near the beginning of the introduction, the origin of the item, its release notes, and other relevant information that the viewer should know. Here is an example of an introduction from the Animal Jam Box Items page:

"The **Animal Jam Box Items** are items that were released every season with the Animal Jam Box as codes. However, they are no longer available as they went out of business. These items can only be received by trading them, buying them with the My Shop feature or by buying the box."

It checks all of the boxes that were mentioned above. The introduction is brief, it mentions the items in bold at the beginning of the introduction, tells the viewer the origin of the items (Animal Jam Box as codes) and its release notes (every season), and includes only other relevant information (They are no longer available as [the store] went out of business; how the items can be obtained).

### Notes and Notices

Notes and Notices accompany the introduction. The purpose of these are to notify the reader of things they should keep in mind about the item.

There is a difference between notes and notices. The former tell the reader of something that should be known but is not necessarily important, such as that the white variant of the Rare Bowtie can be referred to as "WB." The latter notify the reader of important information. An example of this is seen on the Rare Furry Arm Cuffs page. A notice tells the reader that the worths are rough estimates. Because notices are more important for the reader to understand and be informed of, notices should precede notes.

Some pages have different variants of notices and notes, such as a note to tell readers that an item has earned/received/been given a **“Rare!”** tag. For example, here are some different notices from different pages:

* “It earned a **“Rare!”** tag...”
* “This item received a **“Rare!”** tag...”
* “This item was given a **“Rare!”** tag...”

and that is fine; it all depends on the context of the article. While on the point of **“Rare!”** tag notes, it is important that it is known that all notes about **“Rare!”** tags are bolded, to maintain consistency.

The Rare DJ Headset page offers a magnificent example of notices and notes:

"**Notice: The worths stated are rough estimates and may go for more or less than stated. The worth of Rare DJ Headset is currently unstable.**

**Notice: AJHQ has rewarded the Brown DJ Headset as a prize for the top leaderboard Pack Champions and for their Llama Looks contest, therefore lowering its value.**

**Notice: The Unique DJ Headset variant was rewarded to winners of the #AJBattleOfTheBands contest and their band members, and the winners of the #AJJamaalidaysinJuly; therefore decreasing its value.**

**Notice: All variants of the DJ Headset have been confirmed to be rewarded to the winners of AJHQ's #AJJamaalidaysinJuly and #AJLearningDen contest, which decreases its value.**

**Note:** **DJ Headsets are commonly referred to as "DJ" or "Rare DJ" by many Jammers as an abbreviation.**"

The notices precede the note, and all the notices give important information about the headset — specifically, the first one advises the reader that the worth of the variants of the Rare DJ Headset is unstable and are rough estimates, and the latter three notify the viewer why the worth of Rare DJ Headset has dropped.

### Item Information

Succeeding the notices is the item information itself! The variants, photos, worths, and if necessary, the type of variant (Lowest, Low, Decent, Good, High (occasionally used), and Best/Highest (the latter is usually used)). This information is almost always in a table as that is an excellent way to organize the information.

#### Creating Item Information Tables

This should follow the notes and notices. To begin creating, click the "Insert" button with an arrow pointing down and click "Table." The following default table should appear:

Caption
 Cell
 Cell

In source editor, this can be done by typing the following code:

{| class="article-table"

!Cell

!Cell

!Cell

!Cell

Ensure the table, when in source mode, **does not** look like or similar to this (causes the table to have no row or column dividers); it should be exactly like the one above:

{| class="wikitable"

! scope="col"|Cell

! scope="col"|Cell

! scope="col"|Cell

! scope="col"|Cell

! scope="col"|Cell

! scope="col"|Cell

! scope="col"|Cell

! scope="col"|Cell

! scope="col"|Cell

! scope="col"|Cell

! scope="col"|Cell

! scope="col"|Cell

! scope="col"|Cell

! scope="col"|Cell

! scope="col"|Cell

! scope="col"|Cell

Click on the table and tap "Properties." The first two options for the table should be enabled. Normally, for a general page such as the Cleverclaw's Dresser, the only option that should be selected is the second "Styled wikitable" option. The table should now look like this:

 Cell
 Cell

You can now begin to add information to the table!

The first row of the table of item information should list the variants of the item. It is preferred to use British spelling for colors such as "Grey" because most articles have already implemented this. The succeeding row should contain photos. Upload photos and place them in the correct order. This step is usually skipped at first as most users do not have their photos already uploaded or ready. The worths row follow the images. The Play Wild Worth Wiki is involved in this step. Locate the worth of the variants of the item and convert those to Sapphires. The last row, if necessary, includes the type of variant. This is not used if all the variants have the same worth or there is only one version of the item, such as the page about Cami's Frog. Voila! The information table is complete!

### Categories

The last component of the article is the categories section, which help organize the wiki. These are essential; they are part of every single wiki. These can be added in visual editor ("Settings" button > "Categories") or in source editor ([[Category:Name Of The Category]]). They also can be added at the bottom of the article, by clicking the "Add Category" button. When adding categories, please only add relevant categories.

## Maintenance and Modification

After the creation of the page, pages are modified mostly to update worths or for minor edits. Occasionally, a page needs to be fixed for vandalism, spam, etc., that should be reported to the staff and fixed.

## Further Comprehensive Editing

This section outlines additional meticulous details for editing, including seemingly minor topics.

### Grammar

The Grammar section talks about how to capitalize, spell, and etc.

#### Capitalization

This section talks about the capitalization of titles and sentences.

##### Sentences

Sentences follow normal sentence case. The first letter of the first word of a sentence should be capitalized, the way that this sentence has been. Here are examples of incorrectly capitalized and correctly capitalized sentences:

* THIS SENTENCE IS INCORRECT.
* This Sentence Is Also Incorrect.
* This sentence is correct.

#### Punctuation

This section is about the correct use of punctuation.

##### Periods

As mentioned in The Punctuation Guide, the "period is perhaps the easiest punctuation mark to master." The period concludes a statement. Periods cannot be used with other punctuation marks such as "?." or "!." and vice versa.

##### Question Marks and Exclamation Marks

Question Marks and Exclamation Marks are rarely used on the wiki. This wiki's pages are intended to be an information center, not a place where questions are asked that require the use of question marks nor a place to express opinions with exclamation marks. Therefore, there will not be information describing their use at the moment.

##### Commas\*

Commas can be confusing and mean the opposite of what was intended if they are used inappropriately. Example:

* Stop bullying, Misterpiggie. (Telling Misterpiggie to stop bullying others)
* Stop bullying Misterpiggie. (Telling people to stop bullying Misterpiggie)

The two sentences mean different things, so it is imperative that editors on the wiki know the correct way to use commas. Commas are used on this wiki for multiple reasons. For one, sapphire worths that are greater than 1,000 Sapphires require commas. They are also used for lists, as seen in the Rare Raccoon Tail page, when a note notifies the reader of some commonly referred ways that the Rare Raccoon Tail is referred to. Lastly, commas may be used for sentence structure on our wiki pages. Here are some examples of commas being used on our wiki pages:

* In a compound sentence: "It has not returned since then, and it earned a **"Rare!"** tag on 03 June 2020," from the Rare Art Easel page. The comma is used to separate the independent clause "It has not returned since then" and the other independent clause "it earned a **"Rare!"** tag on 03 June 2020."
* In a complex sentence: "Released 30 July 2020 as the Monthly Reward gift for logging in for thirty days during the month of July, the **Circling Phantoms** is a clothing item worn on the head that was released alongside the **Perfect Attendance Trophy,**" from the Circling Phantoms page. The comma separates the dependent clause, "Released 30 July 2020 as the Monthly Reward gift for logging in for thirty days during the month of July" from the independent clause "the **Circling Phantoms** is a clothing item worn on the head that was released alongside the **Perfect Attendance Trophy**.**"**

##### Other

There are other advanced punctuation marks that can be used—semicolons (;), colons (:), hyphens (-), en dashes (–), em dashes (—), and more—but this will not be included in this Style Guide at the moment, as they are not as commonly used in worth pages.

#### Spelling

The Animal Jam Play Wild Sapphire Worth Wiki does not have any preference at the moment for spelling words (American vs. British).

#### Abbreviations and Slang Terms\*

Abbreviations cannot be used unless the unshortened form is mentioned first. The Rare Item Mondays page is an example of this: "**Rare Item Mondays** (RIMs)." Slang terms should never, or rarely, be used. We are creating a formal worth wiki and it is informal to use slang terms such as "lit."

### Dates and Number Formatting

The British date format (dd/mm/yyyy) has been informally adopted by the Animal Jam Play Wild Sapphire Worth Wiki. The majority of the wiki's pages use this format. Numbers are formatted with commas if the number are greater than 1,000 and with dots or periods for decimal numbers.

* 1,000.00

Not Preferred Formats:

* 1.000,00
* 1000.00
* 1000,00
* 1 000.00
* 1 000,00

### Photos\*

Photos are crucial to this wiki; every worth/item page needs at least one.

#### Naming

The title that is given to photos is important to our wiki's SEO (Search Engine Optimization).

We want a good title for our photos; a good title for a photo would have the three following parts:

1. The variant name, if the photo depicts one variant of an item.
2. The name of the item, following the variant name and without the word "Rare," (unless there is a salesman counterpart, released in that form, is a Treasure Hunt Item, etc.) if applicable.
3. A file format, which is normally ".jpg" or ".png"

Example:

This photo to the right needs to be named:

The item is Rare Icicle Earrings. The Rare Icicle Earrings have variants, so we need to figure out which variant it is. The earrings are white, and white is a variant of the earrings. Depending on which device the photo is taken on, the file format will be different, but it should be either ".jpg" or ".png." Combining all three aspects, the final photo title should be something like "White Icicle Earrings.jpg."

Random computer-generated titles are the default for photos, but we do not want those titles. When they are used, Google cannot connect the image to the wiki, so the photo is unlikely to be seen on search engines, and the wiki page does not rise in SEO rank. Additionally, it does not look good to have random text in our wiki pages.

#### Uploading

There are many different ways to upload a photo.

The first option is to locate the three dots at the top right of your page. Hover over the dots and three options will pop up. Click the option that says "Add New Image," which will take the user to Special:Upload. This also can be simplified by going directly to the page itself. Click "Choose file" and locate the file to upload; the file should follow the guidelines in the section above. In the "Destination filename" under "File description," make sure the file's name is correct and fix any errors. Include the file format. Then, write a brief description of the photo. Normally, there is no licensing that needs to be selected, so that is usually not modified. Click "Upload file" to upload the photo.

The second option is by going to the page the photo needs to be inserted on and uploading it there. Click "Edit," locate and click this button (to the right):

and the user will be taken to the "Search" tab by default. Switch to the "Upload" tab and select a file. Ensure you follow the policy and click the checkbox if the image follows it. Click upload and title the picture **without the ending as done in the first option, or the title will have a repeat of the file format**. Write a brief description and click "Save."

The third option is similar to option two, but it allows the upload of more than one photo at a time. Follow the first step from option 2 and then click this button:

Select all the photos you want to upload, and click upload. **You will not be able to rename the photo after you upload or write a description, unless you go to the file's page and move if you want to rename.**

#### Inserting

There are two different ways to insert a photo.

After completing option 2 or 3 of uploading a file, you can click "Insert" and add a caption or click "Insert all," respectively.

They can also be inserted without a previous upload. Click the "Media Icon" (to the right)

and search for a photo. Click on the photo, then "Use this image," and add a caption and alternative text if needed, and then click "Insert" to complete the process.

For consistency and to ensure problem-free viewing and visual editing, please make sure that images in tables of worth pages have a "thumb" parameter and a "180px" parameter following the "thumb" parameter. This way, images that are large, such as 900px, don't fill up the whole screen and are controlled.

1. ↑ https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/period.html