Yo-kai Watch Anime:Manual of Style

Every article should adhere to the Manual of Style; please read it and contact an administrator whenever you have any questions.

## General Guidelines

* Never use double spaces when writing on any page or subpage.
* Do not put spaces on either side of slashes (/ or \).
* All pages must have proper spelling and grammar.
* Do not put empty paragraphs or sections on any page or subpage.
* No decision had been made on whether the wiki will use a specific variety of English.
* Article titles and headings should have the first word capitalized, along with every other word that isn't an article (e.g.: "the", "a/an", "and"), save for policy articles. The same applies to categories and subpages.
* Episode titles are written in *Italic*, for instance; "Jibanyan first appeared in *EP001*".
* Galleries must have at least three images in them, anything less than that will be deleted.
* Every character and Yo-kai article must have at least 800 words within it.
* Do not use external linking for a page within the wiki itself.
* Every Yo-kai based on Jibanyan's design should go under the category "Nyans".

## Articles

#### Lead section

* The lead section must tell the English, Japanese and Romanized names for the article, (e.g.: "The **Gera Gera Po Song** (Japanese: **ゲラゲラポーのうた** *Gerageraō no Uta*, literally meaning "The Hahaha Song") is the first opening song of the Yo-kai Watch anime series."
* The lead section of every article should start with the title of the article in bold and a short sentence related to it (e.g.: "**Tomnyan** is a Merikan Yo-kai of the Charming tribe who made his debut in EP130.")
* Episode articles must tell when the episode aired in both Japan and America.
* Segment articles must tell which episode the segment starts and ends along with main character(s) in it.
* Song articles must include the the band that sang or produce the song.

## Ordering Sections

### Character and Yo-kai Articles

Character and Yo-kai articles should be ordered in the following manner:

* **Appearance**

* **Personality**

* **History**

* **Powers and Abilities** - Includes inspirit and any additional abilities they have, like enhanced strength or good at playing an instrument

* **Appearances**

* **Naming and Translations** - Where applicable.

* **Etymology** - Where applicable.

* **Trivia** - The trivia section should have curiosities regarding the article (e.g.: "This episode reveals that Cadin is a fan of NyanKB") and not pointless information regarding random events.

Make sure you use the YokaiBox template for the Yo-kai article. If a Yo-kai has more than one medal, for instance, Jibanyan, add their current medal into the infobox and then add a gallery under the "Appearance" section showing all their previous, oldest medal on the left and the newer ones on the right.

### Episode Articles

Episode articles should be ordered in the following manner:

* **Summary**

* **Plot** - In the order of the episode (i.e. Komasan's Segement, Nate Segment, Inaho Segment)

* **Noteworthy Events** - where applicable.

* **Humans and Yo-kai** - under "Characters".

* **Quotes** - Try to find memorable or meaningful quotes and only use quotes from the English dub.

* **Naming and Translations** - Where applicable

* **Allusions** - References the episode made, where applicable.
* **Errors** - Where applicable and accompanied by pictures if possible.

* **Trivia** - Trivial information that does not properly fit in the other sections, where applicable.

### Segment Articles

Segment articles refers to the many segments in the Yo-ka Watch anime. It should be ordered in the following order:

* **Plot**
* **Characters** - Seperated into humans and Yo-kai.
* **List of Episodes** - Similar to the appearance segments in Yo-kai articles, but the episode names are replaced with the Segment's title.
* **Running Gags/Recurring Moments** - Use where applicable. If a moment seems like it wasn't made for comedic effect but is used recurringly in the Segment, put it under "Recurring Moments", else, put it under "Running Gags".
* **Allusions** - References referring to the entire Segment, and not particular episodes.
* **Trivia**

### Song Articles

Song articles must be ordered in the following order:

* **English lyrics** - Where applicable.
* **Japanese lyrics**
* **Characters** - Divided into "humans" and "Yo-kai".
* **Trivia**

### Item/Food Articles

Item/Food articles should be ordered in the following manner

* **Appearance**

* **History**

* **Uses**

* **Users**

* **Appearances**

* **Naming and Translations** - Where applicable.

* **Trivia**

Additionally, only make Food and Item articles for food and items that are used prominently in the series, i.e. Chocobars and Yo-kai Pad. Do not make articles for minor props like Nate's backpack.

### Noteworthy Events

Noteworthy events include but are not limited to: a new character or Yo-kai being introduced, the first time a Yo-kai has been summoned, etc.

### References

The references section should have links to any external references made on the page. Add the {{Reflist}} template to the section with <ref>\*link\*</ref> tags to the page where references are made.

### See Also

The "See Also" section should be present in every article and should have links to other articles that are relevant to it. For example, the Yo-kai Watch article's "See Also" section should contain links to, among other articles, "Yo-kai Medals".

## Linking

### Links

Links should be to the main article itself, rather than to a redirect page.

### Overlinking

Links to any specific page should only appear once per section.

### Italicizing

Links to episode and movie articles should be *italicized*. Movie links should be ***Italicized and Bolded***. All other links shouldn't have any sort of emphasis.

## Galleries

### Content

#### Categories

Galleries should only have gallery-related categories (e.g.: "Gallery", "Episode Galleries") and not categories belonging to the main article (e.g.: "Characters", "Yo-kai").

#### Text

Galleries should not have any text whatsoever, except in the form of captions and sections.

## User Pages

### Templates

User pages should not have templates that automatically add non-user categories to them. They will be removed when found.

### Categories

All user pages must have the category "Users" added to them and, if necessary, additional categories regarding that user's position, with the only exception being Wikia staff.