Article Guidelines (Wiki Info)

The **Article Guidelines** contains guides to structure an article and some overall rules which should be followed by editors to ensure the consistency between articles.

The guide will also refer to some wikitexts, see Help:Editing to know how to use them.

## Layout

### *General*

* An article should start with an **infobox** where the template is available. *See: Category:Infobox Templates*.
* A **Quote template** should be inserted regarding the Character's quote / item or object description.
* The **Opening paragraph** will be used for an introduction to the character/class/chapter... The profile or summary can also go here if there isn't enough info for a separate section. The beginning should briefly start in this order: The Article title (Bold), Japanese kanji and romanji translations (Italics), Alliteration name or title (Bold).
* The **Profile** section is used for characters / locations that elaborate a backstory.
* The **Game Appearance** section is used for that character's appearance in the respective game / anime.
* The **Likes and Dislikes** section is used for the character's personal interests.
* The **Appearance** section is used to describe his / her physical appearance.
* The **Personality** section is used to describe the character's traits.
* The **EVERSTAR Dragoma Banner Titles** are used for the character's title and description.
* The **Quotes** section (optional) is used to list the character's quotes.
* The **Merchandise** section is to record the character's appearance in various forms of merch.
* The **Etymology** section explains the origins and meanings behind the character's name.
* The **Shifter Based Inspiration** section elaborates the character's inspiration from a real person. A gallery of images from that said person including his / her page is optional.
* The **Trivia** section details keypoints and undiscovered facts about the character.
* The **Gallery** section containing images and/or videos uses the `<gallery></gallery>` markup.
* **Navigations** provide the corresponding Navigation Templates.

### *Template Guideline*

See *Special:AllTemplates* for more information.

#### *Infobox*

* Anime Episode
* Book
* Bot Builders
* DATA Tamer
* Draconic Group
* Draconic Kami
* Draconic Nation
* Dragoma Anime
* Draguz
* Episode
* Event
* Evoclass Skill
* Final Strike
* Infernolab Stamp
* Interviews
* Item
* K-9 profile
* Manga chapter
* Movie infobox
* Merchandise
* Pet Companion
* Ragnavatar Guardian (Summon)
* Shifter infobox
* Skater infobox
* Skater Team
* Transportation
* Trinity / Saint Dragon
* Weapon

#### *Navbox*

* Abandoned Locations
* Advent Soldiers
* Dragoma Exivus
* Dragoma Rise Above
* Dragoma Skills
* Dragoma Items
* Dragoma Exivus Items
* Dragoma Inferno Items
* Dragoma Awakening Items
* Infernolab
* Navbox Dragoma
* Navbox Dragoma Dimensions
* Ragnavatar Navbox

#### *Notice banners*

* CharacterArticle/doc
* Cool Robots permission
* Infernolab permission
* LocationArticle/doc
* Spoiler Alert
* Under Construction
* Featured Article
* Preplanned Merch
* Cancelled

### *Specific*

These are additional sections for specific types of page which can be varied depending on the content.

### *Character / Unit*

* **Quote** (following the infobox) should provide insight to the character, use the Quote template.
* The **Profile** section *(semi-optional, see above)*.
* The **Personality** section *(optional)*.
* The **In-Game** section:
	+ Game (Dragoma: ABC/Dragoma: XYZ)
		- Recruitment
		- Base Stats: use character base stat templates. *See: Category:Character Templates*.
		- Growth Rates: use character growth rate templates. *See: Category:Character Templates*.
		- Supports *(optional)*
		- Promotions *(optional)*
		- Overall *(optional)*
* The **Quotes** section.
* The **Ending** section.

### *Class*

* **Quote** (following the infobox) provides an in-game description of the class.
* The **History in the Series** section *(optional)*.
* The **In-Game** section:
	+ Combat
	+ Promotions
* The **Stats** section: use the Classstat templates.
	+ Base
	+ Maximum
	+ Growth rates
* The **Notable \_\_** section:
	+ Game
		- Characters

### *Chapters*

* **Quote** (following the infobox): usually the Opening Narration of the chapter or quotes from the characters which depicts the chapter best.
* The **Story** section *(optional)*
* The **Initial enemy** section *(if available)*
* The **Reinforcements** section *(if available)*
* The **Items** section *(if available)*
* The **Shops** section *(if available)*
* The **Strategy** section *(optional)*

## Rules

### *Infobox Image*

* The image in a **character infobox** should be their official artwork, with the following order of priority to place in the infobox: *Main series > Artbook > Spin-off > DLC/Spotpass > Other materials (TCG, manga, comic etc.)*.
	+ If a character has artworks from more than one book in the **main series**, tabber may be used to display all incarnations. If a game contains more than one official artworks, only one which is more plot-important or has a neutral stance may be used.

* The image in a **class infobox** should be the generic portrait of the class from the most recent game. If no portrait is available, the next choice would be a crop from a TCG card, and if failing that, an in-game screenshot can be used instead.

* The image in an **item/weapon infobox** is the official artwork or concept art from the most recent game it has appeared in. If no official artwork is available, the next choice would be a crop from a TCG card, and if failing that, a screenshot of the item/weapon being used in game.
	+ An exception to this being the Ragnarok, where a tabber was used to display all incarnations of the sword in the infobox, as all of which hold essential roles in the plot.
	+ Use of an item/weapon cropped from a character artwork must be avoided.

### *Gallery Order*

Keep the gallery organized. The preferred order for types of images on the Knights vs Dragons Wiki is as follows:

1. Concept art
2. Official artwork
3. Promotional and special artwork
4. TCG cards
5. Appearances in cutscenes
6. Portraits
7. Sprites and models (for 2D and 3D games, respectively)

Note: All types of images should also be sorted by game and ordered by release. And image in the infobox should not present in the gallery.