Page Construction Guide

This guide is used solely to give a basis as to what kind of information is expected of the articles you write, as well as ideas of what kind of extra information could be added to flesh out the description. Not sure how to organize your page? Here's the place to start.

## Character Pages

When you first create a character page, the first thing you are going to want to set up is their infobox. This is the easiest part of the page, as it only requires a few words in each category, and no specific descriptions.

We have our own custom infobox just for these pages.

To add an infobox:

When you first open up the page editor, click the "Insert" drop-down menu, below the header format drop-down menu (it is set to "Paragraph" when you first open the editor).

In the drop-down menu you opened, select "Infobox".

To use our custom character page infobox, click the first option, "Base Character Infobox Template".

Now you should have an infobox pasted into your editor! Now, here's the kind of information you should add to your infobox.

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#### Infobox Contents Guide

When the infobox is added, it will bring up several blank spaces for you to fill in. It should look like this:

    Here's a general description of what these segments are asking for (REQUIRED FIELDS ARE MARKED WITH A \* ).

* "title1" - **Leave this box empty.** The infobox already naturally adds the title, which would be your character's name, to the top of the infobox. Adding it again into this box will cause it to be repeated twice, and is redundant.
* "image1" - This is where you can add a picture of your character to the infobox. Please use art that is either your own, or was custom made for you. Do not use material that is copyrighted by somebody else and claim it to be your character. While this is not required, it is preferred that we have some idea of what your character looks like! If you do not have art available, consider adding an "Appearance" heading to the main body of the page, which will be explained later.
* "caption1" - Provide a caption for the image you used for the infobox. If you only have one picture added, using this box is discouraged.
* "Position"\* - Your character's current job or occupation. If your character does not have one, "None" is acceptable.
* "Birthday" - Your character's birthday. Birth year can also be added if desired.
* "Birthplace"\*
* "Spoken Languages"\* - Any languages your character is fluent in.
* "Status"\* - Typically, just use this box to indicate whether your character is alive or deceased. If your character is undead in any way, you can specify that here as well.
* "Orientation" - Sexual and/or romantic orientation, if applicable.
* "Relatives"\* - List family members here.
* "Species"\*
* "Age"\* - If your character is undead, you can add both the age at which they died and their actual age.
* "Gender"\*
* "Height"\*
* "Weight"
* "Abilities"\*

#### Main Body of Page Layout

Next, here is what is expected of the main body of the page. Without any text added under each category, your page formatting should start off looking something like this:

    These are all the REQUIRED fields. Fill them out to the best of your ability. It's okay if you are still working on developing your character and have to temporarily leave parts unfinished or empty! Just be sure to fill them in later.

A few pointers for filling out these sections:

* Avoid one-liners when possible.
* When writing the "Relationships" section, don't forget that this isn't just for describing familial ties. You should try to describe your character's relationship with others that they have had significant interactions with! Give some background history on their history together.
* In the "Ability Overview" section, try to focus on how your character in particular uses their ability, since all specifics of the ability itself will be written out in full in the Ability Database.
* Use the Trivia section for bits of information that you don't feel fit well in any other category.
* You can add an optional "Appearance" section if you'd like, whether this is because you have not added an image, or if you feel the image isn't enough (especially if you only have one image while your character has multiple appearances, either through frequently changed clothing or shapeshifting).
* If you have several art pieces for your character but don't feel that they fit well for the infobox or off to the side for any other section, create a "Concept Art" or other appropriately named section at the very bottom of the page body and add it there.

## Location Pages

Locations pages are much more lenient, with only a few required sections while the rest is entirely left up to your discretion based on what you think is necessary information.

Required fields, in this order:

* "Location, History, and Overview" - Give a description for the approximate area where this location. The rest is just a general description and history, and will be where most of your information goes.
* "Inhabitants" - Can be in bullet-point list form. Typically gives current inhabitants, but you can add former inhabitants if relevant.
* "Trivia" - Any information that doesn't fit the other categories.

As long as these fields exist (with the exception of the Trivia section, if all of your information happens to fit in other categories), you are welcome to add extra sections that you feel are necessary.

## Ability Pages

Similar to the location pages, ability pages are rather lenient, though extra sections should be added as sub-headers under the "Description" section.

* "Description" - Just about everything goes here. Create sub-headers to make separate sections and add extra information within this section of the article.
* "Drawbacks" - Describe any and all limitations and/or drawbacks of this ability.
* "Users" - List, preferably in bullet-point form, of all characters known to have this ability.