Article structure and Guidelines

LastyGhost Wiki has a way to structure its articles. It is encouraged to read this page to have a better understanding of them and help at the time of contributing while making sure it abides to the Wiki's policy.

## Character articles

Most developed character articles have the **Tabs** template at the beginning, with the two must-haves being **Overview** (main article) and **Gallery** (sub-page), listed atop the article's Source editor.

* **Infobox:** The infobox ALWAYS comes in the Source Editor's paragraphs after the Tabs (or the first paragraphs if the character is not developed enough to have tabs on the article). The template **LastyGhost character** is used.
	+ **Production Information:** Specifies character type ( Choonieverse,  CRiTORA, or  Fandom), project/fandom the character belongs to, character creation year, character designer, and design tags. The design tags are written in singular in the infobox and in plural in the article's categories.
	+ **Physical information:** Height, weight, age, and color palette of the character. Colors use the **Colorbox** template and should be spaced out to prevent cluttering the area. The color palette is divided into the character's **Body, Eyes, Hair,** and **Attire**. Only those that apply are added to the infobox.
	+ **Biography:** The character's full name, nicknames (if any), species, home, residence, occupation, alignment, and affiliation. The following four parameters use **Assets** and correspond to the character's personal aspects:
		- **Gender:** The character's gender. Pronouns are written beneath the gender icon, and additional parameters include biological sex (if the character does not identify as  Male,  Female.  Trans Male, or  Trans Female and belongs to a proper oviparous/viviparous species) or, if the character is composed of more than one entity, the gender of the additional entity/entities.
		- **Identity:** The character's sexual orientation, romantic orientation (if it doesn't match the sexual orientation), and special conditions (if any). Assets: Category: Pride Flags and Category:Neurodiversity Flags.
		- **Element:** The character's Elements, determined by the character's abilities and sometimes aspect. A character may have one or two elements. Assets: Category:Element Icons.
		- **Class:** The character's Class, which determines the character's specialty in combat. Assets: Category:Class Icons.
	+ **Traits:** The character's skills, weaponry, strengths, weaknesses, likes, and dislikes.
	+ **Relationships:** The family, alliances, and rivals the character has.
* **Resume** **(no header):** An introduction to the character, introducing such by full name, a known nickname (if any), and the project the character belongs to. If the character has a known story thanks to major involvement in a project, a brief resume of it will be provided. If the character was not designed by LastyGhost, the character's designer will also be included in the resume.
* **Description:** A description of the character, including brief aspects of backstory, personality, abilities, and goals. It must be written in italics and between double commas. CRiTORA characters have the distinction of their type being described and written in bold before the character's description on itself is provided.
* **Character:** Information related with the character.
	+ **Physical appearance:** A description about the character's aspect. The character's default outfit frequently has a segment of its own and might include alternate outfits the character has been shown with. This is useful especially to people with visual impairments or using screen-reader programs, as it gives them an idea of how the character looks like.
	+ **Personality:** A detailed approach to the character's personality.
	+ **Powers, abilities, and weaponry:** The character's skills and weaponry -if any.
* **Story:** The character's story, including background and role (if any) in the project the character belongs to. **IMPORTANT NOTE:** If the character's story is too long or detailed, it's encouraged to make a sub-article for it and include it on the character's Tabs.
* **Relationships:** The character's thoughts about other characters. For characters inside projects/fandoms, the headers utilized are for the character's relationships *inside* and *outside* the project. Relationships are organized into tables featuring:
	+ The character's icon linking to the respective article.
	+ An emoji. See Category:Emojis.
	+ The articled character's thoughts about the linked character.
* **Development:** The character's development as such, including creation (no header), design, and name. **IMPORTANT NOTE:** If the character's development section is too long, it's encouraged to put it in a subpage. If the character existed under another identity, a subpage must be created, as information may not match the character's current iteration.
* **Trivia:** Additional facts about the character. These are kept as short as possible, as most information is described through the character's article.

## Creature articles

*Work in progress*

Creature articles have a like structure with character articles with some notable differences.

* Creatures may only be classified as either Choonieverse creatures or Fandom creatures.