Wiki Information: Page Standards

Here on the **Dead End Wiki**, we make sure every article follows the same format and similar information that is considered necessary. If a user is lost on how the pages are meant to be formatted, please redirect them to this page.

## General

### Stubs

**Stubs** are templates used on articles that may not have enough information or are generally short and barren. If you see the template on a page, it means that page needs more information in the necessary places.

### Spoilers

The **Spoiler** template is used on pages that contain information for either season of the series, and often times include either details that are extremely important to the story and plot or details from the second season.

Please be sure to ***NOT READ*** pages that contain the spoiler notice if you do not want to be spoiled. If you already know said information or do not care about spoilers, then you could proceed if needed.

### References

A **Reference** *(or a **Citation**)*, is the act of citing a source at the end of a sentence or paragraph. This helps show a source that officially verifies an important piece of information.

To add a reference, click or tap on the open book icon in the *visual editor*. Once clicked or pressed, a menu will drop down. This wiki so far only uses **Basic** references, so you would need to click or press on that. Once you do, you need to paste your linked source into the box that appears. Then, a small number with brackets surrounding it will appear, like ***this***.

### Quotations

Be aware that *most* punctuation should be placed *inside* of **quotations (").** This is the correct way to punctuate when there is quotations in a paragraph. However, colons (**:**), semicolons (**;**) and question marks (**?**) are **supposed** to go on the **outside** of the quotations. If the question mark is apart of a quote from a character, then it remains on the inside.

### NAV Icons

**NAVIGATION Icons**, otherwise referred to as **NAV Icons**, are special to this wiki, as they help users navigate pages easily. Currently, the only pages with these icons are **characters with gallery/design/quote pages.** These icons are typically placed under a character’s **quote**, and go in the order of; **Gallery** / **Designs** / **Quotes**. They also remove the need for the *Gallery* section inside of pages, but some characters will still have it.

There will be more added to this section in the future.

## Characters

### What characters should have pages?

Any character who is considered at most a **minor character** should have a page. Despite this, if a minor character appears in a single episode for a short period of time or a few panels, they will only get passing mentions on certain pages, such as species pages, biography sections…etc.

An example of this is **Timmy**, one of the demons that only appears in a single episode for less than a minute, on a screen no less. This would make it unnecessary for there to be a page created just for him.

### Infoboxes

**EVERY CHARACTER SHOULD USE THE "DEPP CHARACTER" INFOBOX. REGARDLESS IF THEY ARE FROM DEADENDIA OR DEAD END: PARANORMAL PARK.** If you see any character article use any other infobox, you may change it to the correct infobox. This is necessary as it makes sure every page is streamlined and consistent. It also includes specific information that the normal "character" infobox does not.

**EXCLUSIVE TO DEADENDIA CHARACTERS:** Characters from the *DeadEndia* graphic novels must have their full names typed out in an infobox. This is so the "(Graphic Novels)" portion will not show up in the title of the ‘box.

#### Images in Infoboxes

The **image** in an infobox shows a visual representation of what that character, location, or object may look like. If a character, location, or object has *changed since their debut*, you may place a gallery inside of the ‘box (see **Courtney’s** page as an example.)

In terms of characters in the infobox, the image quality itself will vary between the graphic novels and the show, due to things such as different medium formats, lack of official artwork, etc. For characters from the *DeadEndia* series, they may most likely have comic panels as their image, but please be sure that *if it is available*, the panel should be from a **digital copy**, not a physical copy. This keeps everything looking cleaner and professional.

For characters from *Dead End: Paranormal Park*, you may use screenshots if **THE FOLLOWING HAS HAPPENED;**

* There is no image currently in the infobox.
* There is a low quality screenshot inside of it.
* There is a screenshot captured via a camera inside of it.
* There is a low quality/poorly done cutout inside of it.

If none of these apply, then the image may remain untouched. Currently, the only characters that you **CANNOT** change the images for are;

* Barney Guttman
* Norma Khan
* Pugsley Guttman
* Courtney
* Alternate Courtney
* Courtney Cahatel (Graphic Novels)
* Logan Nguyen
* Badyah Hassan
* Zagan
* Asmodeus

You may message **PilotHedge** via message wall if you wish to have permission to change these pages’ images.

#### Episodes/Chapter Links in Infoboxes

Under the **Appears In** and **Debut** section of an infobox, the proper information must be included.

In the **Appears In** section, you need to include every single appearance that character has made in that universe. Please be aware that the show and graphic novels are seperate universes, and as such, Barney from the *show* does not appear in "*The Broken Halo*" and so on and so forth. Continuing on, for characters from *Dead End: Paranormal Park*, each seasons worth of episodes is included in a scroll-box format ***IF*** they appear in enough episodes to justify that *(ex. main characters)*. A character’s debut episode needs to have a mention of it being a debut, and everything should be listed in the bullet point format with everything being properly spelt when linked. The same thing goes for characters from the *DeadEndia* novels, minus the scrollbox. Until we include the individual chapters from *DeadEndia: The Original Run*, all graphic novel iterations will either have one of the books linked, or both depending on if they appear in both.

As for the **Debut** section, it is there to show where that character first appeared in-universe of course! Remember; ***THE INFORMATION IN THE "DEBUT” SECTION SHOULD NOT BE LINKED OR PLACED IN QUOTATIONS.*** This is due to the fact that the episode or book is *already linked* in the "Appears In" section.

### Page Format

Every character page follows the same format. Each sub-heading down below will describe what information should be contained under these sections.

#### Biography

A biography should describe the character’s life, and the most important events that had happened. It is suggested to include information such as the character’s *early life* (before the events of the show take place), and then proceed by explaining what happens throughout the series, the struggles the character deals with and overcomes, etc.

If a biography is long enough, it will be moved to a separate page. This avoids clutter on the main page of the character.

#### Appearance

The appearance section is necessary as you describe what the character looks like without needing visuals, and being able to interpret what they *do* look like from the description given. Every character’s appearance section should, at the minimum, be **two paragraphs long**. The first paragraph would describe the character’s general appearance, and the second describing their attire (clothing). Extra paragraphs can be added however, such as the younger/older version of the character, outfits they may wear in specific episodes and instances, etc.

#### Personality

It is important to know what a character’s personality is like. Is their mindset logical? Are they more cowardly, are they loyal? There is no minimum paragraph requirement for this, but it is suggested that if you are capable of describing a character’s personality, that you should also add to pages that already have the Personality section filled out, or add a whole new paragraph to ones that do not have information.

#### Gallery

Galleries are only visibly included on the page itself if **the page is a Stub** or **the page is for a minor character**. They should go in an order of; **Concept Art** / **Artwork** / **Cutouts** / **Screenshots**. The reason for this order is to keep the pages with galleries nice and consistent.

## Character Galleries

**Character galleries** are sub-pages to a character’s page, and are created for those with large enough pages *(ex. see Courtney).* These galleries are meant to visually show the character through multiple images, and are structured similarly to pages with galleries already included. *(**Concept Art / Artwork / Cutouts / Screenshots**).* Down below will explain what is allowed/necessary in each section.

### Concept Art

**Concept art** is the first section in a character gallery, and shows off early sketches of a character or early line-work for an episode/comic issue. This can also include character turnarounds, expression sheets, pose exploration, or profile shots. These assets are generally created for animation or character reference, so the people creating the project know what something may look like.

### Artwork

**Artwork** is the second section in a character gallery, and shows off **official** artwork of a character. This can include character posters, promotional artwork, etc. It can also include artwork done by people who have worked on the show, or even artwork by Hamish himself.

### Cutouts

**Cutouts** *(otherwise referred to as **Renders**)* are either official art that is cut out of a background, a screenshot from an episode cut out, or a panel cut out. This is the third section in a character gallery, and cutouts are often used for infobox images, but outside of the wiki are commonly used for video thumbnails, icons/profile images, etc.

Please be aware that fanmade cutouts **are accepted as infobox images IF it is high quality**. We will not accept a low-quality/poorly done cutout as an image for an infobox.

### Screenshots

**Screenshots** are images that are screen grabbed, or captured from something. In the case of the wiki, screenshots are from episodes of both seasons of *Dead End: Paranormal Park*, and can be cropped if the user uploading the image wants it to be. Be careful about using **screenshots edited with filters** or **fan-edited screenshots**. These images may be in the list of the wiki’s files, but will not be added into any of the galleries.

### Panels

**Panels** are exclusive to comics, and is the section that should be placed inside of *DeadEndia* character galleries instead of the screenshot section. Again, be careful of using **fan-edited works**, such as recolored, edited, filtered panels, etc.

To ensure images have the best quality on the wiki, it is suggested that all panels should be from a **digital copy** and not a **physical copy**. The only exception to this would be "*The Broken Halo*", as it is currently only available physically.

## Songs

**Songs** appear in *Dead End: Paranormal Park*, and every musical number that appears gets a page. Down below will describe some important things to keep in mind when creating or editing a song page.

### Song Titles

The **title of a song** is usually shown in the episode’s credits, but if an official name is never given, you can create your own name for a song. If a song is described on a page, the title should be **bolded** and have *italics* *(Ex: see **My Frankenstein**.)*

### Lyrics

**Lyrics** are the words to a song, and are separated into verses. On a page, the lyrics section **must** make use of the **poem** template.

*(Ex:)*

I mean we’d have fun,

It’s not like he is the one!

Sure, he’s adorably shy,

But he’s just some guy!

—Just Some Guy

## See Also

* **Wiki Information: Page Standards**
* Wiki Information: Discussions Rules and Guidelines

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Spoiler
3. ↑ https://community.fandom.com/wiki/Help:Cite
4. ↑ Gord
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation\_mark
6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept\_art