Manual of Style

This article is the Manual of Style of the Antique Penguin Wiki. Before editing on this wiki, it is recommended that this article is fully read. Take note that changes in rules might happen.

## Grammar

* Antique Penguin should be written *Antique Penguin*.
* Avoid using slang or abbreviations in articles, unless the title of said article is already an abbreviation.
* Do not capitalize every word in a sentence. Prepositions, conjunctions and definite articles should be capitalized only if the game does so (as in an item name).
* External mentions in the game, such as game or TV show titles, should be *italicized*.
* Dates should be added in the following format: MM DD YYYY. Do not include ordinal indicators. Example: April 4, 2021.

## Titles

* Titles should be written in a singular form.
* Articles should use official names, not fan-made names.

## Amboxes

* If an article has amboxes (article message box), they should be located at the top.
* Amboxes can be used to label articles into their respective categories.
* If there is no infobox in the article, the ambox and the article text should be separated, putting each in a different line.

```
{{Ambox}}
```

## Infoboxes

* Infoboxes should come after the ambox, and before the article text.
* Every category must be filled. If there is not an answer, fill with N/A.
* List multiple answers in the same field with commas.
* Files should not be added before the image.

Infoboxes should be layed like this:

```
{{Ambox}}
{{ItemInfobox
}}
Article text goes here.
```

## Article Text

* Should come after the infoboxes.
* It’s common for the text to come before the navigation boxes as an introduction to the article.
* The article name should be bolded in the text, but only once.

Here is an example of text layout:

```
The '''Tour Guide Hat''' is a [[head item]] in ''[[Antique Penguin]]''. It is obtained for free by passing the Tour Guide test at [[Tour Booth]] at the [[Plaza]], after the player completes 45 days.
```

## Article Tables

* Article tables should use “wiki table” or “wiki sortable”.
* They should start as: {| class="wikitable sortable".
* Add a space between “{|” and “class”. Do not include | before or after any word, as it is a useless code.
* Since the exclamation point bolds the words, there is no reason to repeat it after them.

Here is an example of how the tables should be layed out:

```
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Image
!Item
!Location
```

## History

* The history section of the article should come after the article text.
* Item pages are required to have one.
* If the item is still available, there should be “Still available”, italicized with only the first word to bear the capital letter.

Here is an example of an article table:

```
==History==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Catalog
!Available from
!Available until
```

* If the item is available in a room, instead of “Catalog”, there should be “Location” (and filled with its location).
* If it is a party item, it should be filled as if above. However, before the “Location” section, there should be a “Party” section.

## Links

* Links are used to link one article to another. Do not link articles with a URL.
* Inside the brackets, there should not be punctuation.
* If the word is italicized, include " betwen the brackets, never inside. Same goes for plural.
* Do not link an article to its own page.

Example:

```
[[Antique Penguin]]
```

## Trivia

* This section should go below all previous ones, and before the gallery.
* Fun facts about the subject should be listed here, as well as similar items or items that go together.
* Do not add obvious facts. Example: the red shirt is red.

Here is an example of the trivia section:

```
*A similar item is [[The Claus]].
*It goes with the [[Chef Hat]].
```

## Gallery

* Should be placed below the trivia. They are usually the last part of the article.
* Images should be in .png files.
* Do not replace spaces with underscores in the file name.

Here is an example of the gallery section:

```
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Pink Letterman Jacket PC.png|On a [[Player Card]].
Pink Letterman Jacket IG.png|In-game.
</gallery>
```