RealLife Wiki:Manual of Style

This page will act as a basic style guide for editing and creating articles. Aside from special cases, all the requirements and rules found on this page must be followed. As such, users will need to read and familiarize themselves with the following in order to contribute to articles.

If followed correctly, this manual will act as guidelines to maintain and organize articles in a way that would harmonize the basic layout of each page and eliminate dispute between users regarding the content. The information below should not be added to or altered without proper consensus. Any questions, suggestions or complaints regarding these rules can be placed in the Talk Page.

* Must be involved in the storyline. If the character did not interact with anyone or say anything (including events in the past, future or alternate dimension), they do not deserve their own page.
* Has been referred to by name. Characters who were featured, but not given names belong in the Unnamed Characters section.
* Has appeared in the story for a significant amount of time. In the case of manga, a character who's only appeared or mentioned in a few panels and is not relevant to the current plot, is more than likely not permitted. Characters such as this go in the Minor Characters section. This of course may change if the character is mentioned or brought back again in a later part of the story.

**Regarding Off-series Characters:**
This includes any characters featured in Baxter Ewers's other works not related to Real Life. These characters may have their own pages if:
* They are one of the main protagonists/antagonists of their story.
* They are a fictional character. In other words, characters like the ones not related to Real Life do not apply.

 **Locations** | Any Location may have it's own page as long as it has:
* A name that was stated at some point in the series
* Enough information in it regarding it's layout and relevance to the story.

 **Other** | **These are other pages that can be created:*** Arcs
* Parts
* Chapters
* Games
* Movies
* Fighting Styles
* Groups (Must have canonical name)
* Items that serve a purpose in the series and are related to the series

 **Quotes** | * Quotes can be placed at the start of a character's page, given they have something unique to say.
 **Speculation &****Spoilers** | * In general, do not add speculation or ambiguous information to the article pages. Predictions of future events or theories should be avoided, though are allowed in forum, blog or user pages. While certain types of information may be permitted given enough evidence, any that instigate some form of controversy that can not be resolved are not.
	+ In addition, do not add content to article pages that would be labeled as misinformation. Japanese titles or Nihongo should not be added to characters or pages that have a tentative, unofficial name. A tentative article name may be given (in English) to an important page and/or character until one is officially given. Said tentative article name must be agreed upon through discussion.
* Spoilers constitute any information unconfirmed by an official source.
	+ Spoilers of unreleased chapters should be avoided until they are officially released.
	+ Spoilers of unreleased arcs (including Opening and Ending songs) should be avoided until they are officially released. Currently, this is the Friday of every week. (8:30 PDT)
 **Canon** | * For the most part, only the game and works written by Baxter Ewers established in the storyline are considered canon. Examples of canon information include the games, art books, interviews, or one-shots.
* Non-canon information includes games, and movies.
* Non-canon information can be posted on articles, however, it must be labeled as non-canon and separated from canon information..
	+ Errors in statistics and dates are prevalent in the series, so decisions are based on most recent, but also consistent information. (Creating a difference between retcons and one-time inaccuracies.)

* Group Names
* Chapter Names
* Video Game Names
* Location Names
* Attacks
* Generally any proper noun

**Specific Words**:
* Real Life
* Ki Energy
* Abilities
 **Paragraph Structure** | * There is only one format to be used on the site, which a simple paragraph format. The formats of other styles including tiered or numbered styles are too complex and prone to disorder and are not supported here.
* Please refrain from adding ambiguous content to the articles. While there is possibly more reason to believe where the information is going to lead, until confirmed it is not supported. In other words while we as users may have a reason to logically believe where a story is going or what someone in the story will do, we in fact do not know until it has happened.

 **Videos** | Videos uploaded and added to articles should be relevant and help highlight concepts pertaining to the article. Videos should only be uploaded to articles written in Real-World Perspective, including:
* Video Game Articles
* Movie Articles
* Music Articles
* Merchandise Articles
* Generally anything in the Media section of the Navigation bar above