Style Guide

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Parts of the article may be incomplete.

The style guide is still under construction, and the content included here may not be the current proper style. This tag will be removed and updated once it is complete and up-to-date.

This is a style guide to keep pages consistent and organized. Please check it occasionally, and if you create a new standard, it's your job to go back and update old pages that need to use it. Please make sure to check in with the moderators and community *before* setting a new standard. All page formats should be listed here, though if there is a format missing, please add it here matching the other format set-ups or let an admin know.

## Content

When adding content to the wiki, please make sure to go through these questions first:

* Is addition a theory or opinion?
* Are there any doubts to the added content?
* Does the information have no official source?
* Is the addition related to a mod or fan interpretations?

If any of these questions result in a "no," the content likely should not be on the wiki due to wiki pages being a source of mainly canonical knowledge. Due to this, theories may be taken as fact without proper disclaimers. Some pages, such as ones for characters, may include connections or ties implied in the game itself; despite this, strong, definitive ties should be avoided due to how content is revealed in the games themselves. However, implied or likely connections may be added in trivia sections or marked as being speculative.

### Mods

When adding or documenting content, mods that visually change the game should not be used.

### Usernames

Screenshots that include the player's in-game name should display the name [USER]. A 100% file with this set-up can be provided on request by one of the wiki mods for documentation purposes.

### Tools

If you need to make gifs out of the game files, Ezgif can be a helpful source to do so. Most gifs in the files are left as individual frames, and thus need to be put together if they are to be added as a gif to the wiki.

### Files

This section still needs to be fully set up, but non-canonical images or files may be used on the wiki for example, discussion, personal pages, or wiki decoration; other use should be avoided.

## Categories

Put pages (but not redirect pages) in all applicable categories. Use a fairly loose definition of what categories apply; for example, FLIST goes in both Software and Hypnospace Pages because different people might interpret it as either.

When a page goes in two categories that have different standards, try to include whatever sections from both that seem relevant.

Here is a list of what types of pages typically require what categories

* Hypnospace Page
	+ Hypnospace pages
	+ zone
	+ badge(s)
	+ affiliation

# Hypnospace Content

This section will cover how to set up content for the Hypnospace section of the wiki. Dreamsettler and Slayers X may have different formats, so please make sure to check the format needed for the proper game.

## Sleeptime Central

* Nov. 05
* Nov. 26
* Dec. 31

~DYLANSPAGE.hsp on Nov. 5 (taken from PC version)

~DYLANSPAGE.hsp on Nov. 26 (taken from PC version)

~DYLANSPAGE.hsp on Dec. 31 (taken from PC version)

## Page Information

### Tags

>wiki >hypnospace

This section will cover how to set up Hypnospace pages. Please review the infobox to the right for proper infobox formatting.

### Page Title

Hypnospace page titles should be preceded by a tilde sign and dot, have the page location (last browser URL) in all caps, and ".hsp" at the end. As an example, "~.HYPNOSPACEPAGE.hsp" would be the page title for the page HYPNOSPACEPAGE.

### Summary

Should include a brief page bio with its URL, shown title, and creator(s). Each section lower than the main sections should have a bullet list with links if needed. Unused sections may be deleted or shortened to only "page/links do not exist."

```
==Nov 5, 1999==
===Files===
===Violations===
===Linked From===
===Links To===

==Nov 26, 1999==
===Files===
===Violations===
===Linked From===
===Links To===

==Dec 31, 1999==
===Files===
===Violations===
===Linked From===
===Links To===

==Gallery==
==Trivia==
==References List==

```

## Redirects and disambiguations

Create redirects for character's full name, username, and other names that seem necessary as well- things like "Freezer" and "Fre3zer," for example. Don't category-tag redirects.

For different things with the same or similar names, please say what the page specifically is for in its name, for example, "Mindcrash (Event)," "Mindcrash (Virus)," and "Mindcrash (Page)."

## Events, timeline, plot progression

Events that happen "onscreen" are referred to by date, such as, "Dylan bans the Enforcer on November 26." "December 31" can also be "New Years' Eve", "New Years' Y2K", etc. The final part of the game is referred to as "the present day."

Events that happen between times that the player is active are referred to as between two dates, such as, "The Stand With Gooper movement forms between November 5 and November 26." Events that happen over a long period of time can be "during the game," "during the events of the game," or "over the course of the game," such as, "The Stand With Gooper movement evolves and grows over the course of the game."

There are eventually going to be pages such as "November 5" and "Present Day" that summarize what happens during those parts of the game, so create those redlinks.

Use present tense as much as possible, but past tense is alright when talking about multiple events in sequence. Try to keep events in the past vs. the present consistent within an individual article.

## User Information

### Username

DM\_NO1ZPUSH3R
80085 (on M1nx)

## Background

### Relationships

Adrian Merchant (brother)
Roddy Wall (best friend)
Samantha Clausson (co-worker)

### Nicknames

80085 (himself)
DM\_No1zpush3r (himself)
Rich Boy (re3koning)
Cool Boss (Samantha)

Name the page the character's full name and include a brief bio at the top of the page. Make use of the infobox user as seen to the right.

```
==Pages==
==Projects==
===Project 1===
===Project 2===
===Project 3===
==FLIST==
==Discography==
==Personal Life==
===Personality===
===Relationships===
====Relationship 1====
====Relationship 2====
====Relationship 3====
==Trivia==
==Gallery==
==References List==

```

## Zones

Zones exist as pages with a description of the zone. Pages in the category include users with pages in that zone, as well as other things that show up in that zone. For example, Gumshoe Gooper is in Goodtime Valley because he is talked about all the time there.

Due to zone pages existing as regular pages simultaneously, the zone should page should be named after the typical name of the zone, while the page itself should follow page title formatting. The zone page should focus on the zone and users within, while the zone page should focus on the page itself. Include a "Members and Pages" where you list the home pages and members on the zone. Name the zone's Community Leader in the first few sentences of the page. If necessary, a "history" or "trivia" section may be added.

### M1NX and The Freelands

M1NX and The Freelands are not zone, but they works similarly due to being a community of users. The M1NX category page should include its members and any projects discussed in M1NX, such as Beefbrain, Counselor Ronnie, and so on. It does not need to include every single page by M1NX members, though. Re3koning's leakypiping page would be a good addition, while Dylan Merchant's homepage isn't necessary. With this in mind, include a page if it relates directly to something discussed in M1NX- therefore, The Dumpster should probably be included. Classification here is rather fuzzy, though, and page inclusion may be discussed.

## Software

Software pages have a "Design and function" section that describes what the software does and how to use it, and a "How to access" section that describes how the player can find the software. Otherwise they can have any other section that seems necessary.

```
==Design and Function==
==How to Access==

```

## Badges

All badges should be listed on the Category:Badges page (it's a work in progress right now.) Each individual badge page is its own category. Badge pages have a picture of the badge, a brief description, and a list of users with the badge and how they relate to the badge's theme. Make a redirect from the badge name's regular page to the category page.

Badges should be listed in the infoboxes of pages and users.