Location article guide

***Spoiler warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.*

## Location articles

Location articles cover landmarks and places of interest, often marked in the maps present in the *Warriors* books. Locations are places such as Sunningrocks, a Thunderpath, or a Twolegplace.

By the nature of the books, some of these articles will be long and detailed if the location in question is a place of frequency or important to the plot. Due to this, location articles have different requirements for their page formatting, based on these details.

## Formatting

### Page introduction

Using Carrionplace as an example, all pages should have the following:

* **Spoiler template** - this is either {{Startspoiler}} which is the general template warning of spoilers. Or, there is {{BookSpoiler}} where newly released book titles can be placed into if the page in question has content pertaining to that book's release.
* **Main quote** - in most instances, location articles **should** have a main quote. However, this depends on the location's frequency or importance in the books. Pages such as Beech copse don't have a main quote due to its limited appearance.
* **Location infobox** - {{Location}} should be placed on all location articles.
* **Article introduction** - generally one to two sentences that introduce a reader to the location without any major spoilers. This should include the location's place of origin and generally what the Clans use it for, if they do. *Example: **Carrionplace** is a location in ShadowClan's territory in the forest. There Twolegs dump their crow-food, and rats live amongst the heaps of crow-food and pose a threat to warriors.*

### Description

After the introduction and infobox, a **Description** section needs to be included. This should build upon the basics introduced in the article's introductory statement. A Description section can also include sub-sections, ordered alphabetically, such as the following:

* **Battles** - if the location is known to have battles that have taken place there, this section is applicable.
* **Location history** - this is used when a location is drastically changed, such as Sunningrocks being uncovered by a changing tide, or Bonehill being taken down following Tigerstar's death.
* **Known residents** - used on articles such as Barley's farm, where cats frequently live or use as a camp-like setting.
* **Significance** - can be used if a location is featured in a vision or omen, or if it holds some level of cultural or religous importance to the Clans. The Moonstone is a good example of the latter, as its a place where the Clans communicate with StarClan. Significance can also be used if cats journied to it; such as Sun-drown-place.

### Known deaths

If applicable, a **Known deaths** section can be applied to the article. Use {{Deaths}}, and list the deceased cats chronologically. If there quite a few, take into consideration of using {{Mclist}} to columnize the list. Citations are also a must here, to confirm that the character did in fact die at the appropriate location.

### History

Depending on the location, some history should be split onto a **detailed history** subpage, like character articles are done. This is done to reduce the size of the main article, however, location articles should only be split if they meet the following critera:

* Appear extensively, thus have long history sections.
* Are significant to current or past plot points.

Examples of pages that would meet the above critera include:

* Snakerocks, as it appears throughout *The Prophecies Begin* arc, and other books that take place in the forest territories.
* Sunningrocks and its importance during *Super Editions* and *The Prophecies Begin* arcs.
* The Moonpool and the current situation regarding *The Broken Code* arc.

Below is information pertaining to the **main article history** where the article isn't split, and **subpaged history** where an article has been split.

#### Non-split history

If a page isn't split into a detailed history section, the history needs to follow the character article formatting. However, alongside this, sections need to be **cited** appropriately, with mentions linked to pages or chapters. An example of this in *Rising Storm*, where Carrionplace is mentioned:

```
==History==
===In the ''[[The Prophecies Begin]]'' arc===
====''[[Rising Storm]]''====

```

#### Split-paged history

When an article is subpaged, there are two formats to be kept in mind for the history. On the main article, there should be a main History section with links to arcs where the location appeared majorly in. These sections need to be **cited** like the main article history above, but follow the following formatting:

```
==History==
{{Expanded|Sunningrocks/History}}
===''[[The Prophecies Begin]]''===
{{Quote

```

On the /History subpage, the formatting should match character articles and require no cites in the history. So the layout should be as follows:

```
{{Startspoiler}}
{{History|Sunningrocks}}

==History==
{{Shortened|Sunningrocks#History}}
===In ''[[The Prophecies Begin]]'' arc ===
====''[[Into the Wild]]'' ====

:A few days following, ThunderClan attempt to reclaim Sunningrocks. The patrol fights another RiverClan patrol. Oakheart and Redtail die in the battle, and Tigerclaw claims that he killed Oakheart to avenge ThunderClan's fallen deputy. [[Lionheart]] and Tigerclaw later show Firepaw around ThunderClan territory they identify Sunningrocks as the boundary with RiverClan.

```