Editing Guidelines

*The Bottled Up Wiki was created with the intent to collect and catalog information by the fandom, for the fandom. The following page details important information for contributing to articles and what is allowed on the wiki. If you have any interest in helping the wiki grow/improve, **please read through this page thoroughly** before contributing.*

*Please do not continuously bother the author by directly asking for help adding to the wiki. Focus on known information instead.*

***—Admin.***

## **Preface**

Please note the formatting and sectioning of pages on the wiki differ from topic to topic. When creating or editing a new page, it is important to look at similar pages for reference. Reading articles in the same category (which you can find listed in small text above every page) will give you a basic understanding of how to format and edit a particular article.

When examining pre-existing articles, keep the following questions in mind:

* *What information is included in the article?*
* *What information is left excluded?*
* *Is the type of information consistent with other articles you’ve looked at?*
* *How/does the type of information apply to the page you’re creating/editing?*

These four points will help you edit/recreate articles in a similar style to the rest of the wiki.

For any further questions, suggestions, or help, please contact the admin.

## **What is Canon?**

For all and intents and purposes of this wiki, canon is anything that occurs within the comic onscreen, or otherwise stated by character(s) within the story or by word of god. This definition encompasses comic page descriptions, official art, and written statements reiterated by the author more than once.

All information must be public and easily accessible. The following are either considered unverifiable, outdated, or in violation of the TOS and is **not allowed on the wiki**:

* *Screenshots of deleted art or comments.*
* *Unreleased* *Patreon content.*
* *References of Cafe Cardamari Tales, Random doom, or other series beyond trivia.*
* *Anecdotes from live streams/stream recordings.*
* *Offhand comments with no further acknowledgment from the author.*

## **Image Policy**

The only images of characters, places, and items allowed on the wiki are cropped screenshots taken from pages of the comic itself, with few exceptions. Textless images or images with partial speech bubbles are preferred. All and any text must be removed from speech bubbles before uploading. Re-uploading unedited official art or comic covers is not allowed. Please use screenshots of the DeviantArt gallery of the appropriate chapter instead.

Please make use of image captions to credit what chapter(s)/page(s) the image originates from when able.

## **Links**

When editing, it is essential to include relevant and helpful links. If you mention a person, place, item, or chapter, make sure to include an *internal link*. This is done by highlighting the text and pressing Ctrl + K on your keyboard (or the button at the top of the editor) and selecting or typing out the title of the appropriate article.

If done correctly, the highlighted text should appear yellow. The text appearing red instead means you have linked an article that does not exist on the wiki. This means it was misspelled, or no one has made a page for that specific subject yet. Make sure to double-check.

External links are added the same way and will also appear blue, with a small arrow to the right indicating it is an external link. An orange link means you have tried to link it as an internal link by mistake. These types of links are used primarily for sources in main articles or the trivia section.

## **Opening/Main Paragraph(s)**

Every article on the wiki begins with an opening paragraph containing a basic overview. Depending on available information, this opening paragraph will be proceeded by more detailed information relevant to the world/plot of *Bottled Up*. A single image should be included (if available) at the top right-hand side of the page. For individual characters and chapters add an info box instead by clicking insert, infobox and navigating to the appropriate infobox.

A table of contents will follow, appearing just below the main paragraph(s) (as seen at the top of this page). These small boxes are added before the first header of each article automatically and are only visible while editing with the classic editor.

## **Trivia**

A majority of articles contain trivia sections located at the bottom of the page just above the gallery. This section is for interesting information or “fun facts” that are not relevant to the subject at large. Examples of such information include the origins of a character, the meaning behind their names, and minor personality quirks or hobbies.

Certain trivia must be sourced with an external link. A lack of source included with the listed bullet point will be removed until a link is provided.