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## General

### Language

For the purpose of maintaining consistency, and because the subject of this wiki originates from America , words on this wiki should conform to the spelling and grammar used in American English. Therefore, "color" should NOT be spelled as "colour," dates should be written in month/day/year order, and punctuation should go inside quotations. If you come across an article written in another regional spelling, please change it to the American spelling. American English rules apply site wide, though leniency is given for talk and user pages.

The articles on this wiki are formal writing, and thus:

* Write out numerals below 101 (ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred, 101, 102, etc.)
* Avoid personal pronouns. Do not use "I" or "you" unless the article demands it.
* Do not use abbreviations. Dr. should be written out as Doctor, TV as television.

This does not apply to quotes or transcripts. In these cases you should write whatever is said word-for-word.

### Articles

Avoid making articles which duplicate pre-existing articles. Please make sure the article name for a subject is its official name. For character names, use the character's first name, and last name if known. If their first name is not known, use the name given in the credits.

If there are alternative names for pages, then these should be listed as well. As an example: '''Goodbye''' (also known as '''The Goodbye''')

Articles must be written to an acceptable proficiency:

* No slang, bar direct quotes.
* Punctuation and grammar used correctly:
	+ Capitalization of the first letter and section headers.
	+ Full stops are to be used to end every sentence, and correct usage for commas and semicolons.
	+ Quotation marks used on correct sides of other punctuation.
* Correct spellings (American English style, which is similar to British English).

### POV

All pages (bar user pages) are to be written in the third person (as in, don't write the character page as if the writer is the character in question, or the episode as if you were involved). Episode pages and any sections relating to history should also be written in the past tense.

### Formatting

Character articles should have the following components:

* Quote (optional)
* Basic\_Info (template)
* Introductory statement (name in bold, alternate names, minor/major character, first appearance)
* Physical Appearance (age (only put if given), clothing, facial features, stature, etc.)
* Personality (career, accent, demeanor, etc.)
* Character history (small timeline of the character)
* Appearances list
* Trivia (any cultural references, etc.)

Episode articles should have the following components:

* {{Spoiler}}, {{Stub}}, {{AmericanExclusive}}/{{USAUS Exclusive}}
* Infobox-Episode Credits (template)
* Introductory statement (name (in bold), episode number, series)
* Synopsis
* Episode recap (describe the events of an episode)
* Characters (list characters, see below)
* Trivia (cultural references, continuity notes, etc.)
* Errors (link to list of Errors)

### Linking

Linking is usually limited to the first occurrence of the word or phrase in each article, not counting links inside infoboxes. This is because spamming too many wiki links makes articles difficult to read. Adding multiple links for the same term might be acceptable in very long articles, where linked instances of the term are very far apart. Another exception to this is if multiple links lead to different sections on the same page.

## Layout in articles

### Character list

Note: All character names must link to their character pages.

Put the characters in the following order: 1. Characters who speak, in the order in which they speak—this includes any noise made with the mouth. 2. Characters who appear on screen but do not speak, in the order they appear. 3. Characters who are only mentioned in dialogue. 4. Characters who only appear in art or photos.

Then, tag characters. After their name, put the following:

* *(does not speak)* for characters with no lines, but who interact with the speaking cast or story.
* *(cameo)* for all other non-speaking characters.
* *(mentioned)* for characters who are only mentioned in dialogue.
* *(pictured)* for characters who appear in art or photos. Characters who are both mentioned and pictured should be tagged *(mentioned, pictured)*.

Finally: Bold the main character/s of the episode. Move them to the top of the character list. If you feel that one of the main characters was significantly more important than the other, move the more important one to the top.

For examples of this, look at Goodbye.

### Scripts

Episode scripts are the full run down of what happens in an episode, movements detailed and character interactions noted; where detail is essential.

### End of article

#### Episodes

At the end of each episode, three categories are shown:

* [[Category:A to Z]]
* [[Category:Episodes]]
* [[Category:Season 1/2/3]] (dependent on season)

### Galleries

In galleries, there is to always to be two things at the very top of each location:

* {{TabGallery}}
* [[File:Gallery.png|center|400px]]

If the gallery in question is for a mini-gallery (on a character page, compared to an episode gallery page), then these first two steps are not needed. After this ==Screenshots== is placed; this is where screenshots are placed. Screenshots are to be named appropriately (do NOT use a random name for each screenshot, this so that screenshots can be added easily to other articles), and to an acceptable quality. Screenshots should also be labelled if referring to different episodes and characters (both using hyperlinks).

Below this ==Videos== is placed, which videos relating to each episode are placed:

* Do not post illegal rips of full videos from unofficial sources.
* The most accepted source for videos is YouTube, with only official channels accepted, such as:
* TV corporations (ABC, Disney, BBC etc.)
* TV channels (ABC Kids, Disney Junior etc.)

Videos which are only semi-relevant (such as only having 2.5 minutes of an episode shown), are not to be uploaded. Full episodes from the above sources are fully encouraged, and are to be placed correctly. Since video descriptions are shown automatically, no user-added description is needed.

Below this, ==Animated/Gifs== are to be placed. These clips are five seconds long at most and have no sound, do not confuse this with videos.==International== are placed last, which are for locations of non-English language videos (such as dubs of episode clips). Finally, add [[Category:Episode Galleries]] and {{Episode galleries}} to the end of each gallery page.

## Citations

Alkipedia, as the name suggests, is an online encyclopaedia of Alki knowledge. This means that knowledge is handed from users to others. As such, it is very important that said knowledge is reliable and factual. In order for this to happen, users should use a reference button to cite a source. A reliable source can be from an official agency (Ofcom, TVTonight), a relatively unbiased newspaper/TV channel (BBC, Reuters). Sources with statements that are not backed by facts are not reliable (such as stating a characters' age without reason). **The best source to use for Alkipedia is from the show itself.** In order to reference a website as a source, copy the web address, then go into the Alkipedia page you wish for and type<ref>, which will then allow you to enter your webpage. If you want to use a page on Alkipedia as a reference (which is often better than using external sources), type <ref> and type in [[(Episode Name for reference)]]. If there is a claim which has been stated on the website and you feel that it has not been given a reliable source, type {{cite}}, which will display a message asking for a citation.

## Page Protection

Content Moderators and above can **protect** and **unprotect** pages, including ones that do not exist. Protection of a page or image usually means that a regular user cannot modify it.

The majority of pages on this Wiki should remain publicly editable, and **not protected**. Pages may, however, be temporarily or permanently protected for legal reasons (for example, license texts should not be changed) or in cases of extreme vandalism or edit warring or abusive re-creation.

### Reasons

* Protecting highly vandalised pages, such as the Main Page on large wikis.
* Maintaining the integrity of the site's logo and favicon.
* Maintaining the integrity of key copyright and license pages.
* Preventing repeatedly created vandal or spam pages from creation. See Special:Protectedtitles
* Protecting the interface and system messages in the MediaWiki namespace (these are protected automatically)

A **temporary** protection is used for:

* Enforcing a "cool down" period to stop an "edit war", upon request.
* Protecting a page or image that has been a recent target of *persistent* vandalism or *persistent* edits by a banned user.

### Usage

All pages and sites on Alkipedia are protected so that only autoconfirmed users may edit, with some locations (such as Manual of Style and a small number of locations) editable to moderators and above, and only the most important pages (such as the wiki homepage), editable by administrators and bureaucrats only.

Pages can also be cascade protected, this will cause all images, pages, or templates transcluded onto the page to be fully protected, even if the main article is only semi-protected.

## Images

Images can be a great tool to help spruce up pages and serve as a visual and technical aide. Images uploaded to the wiki that do not conform to the manual of style may be deleted by a moderator.

**When uploading an image, please be descriptive and use a name that makes sense. Names which are not descriptive may be removed.**

* Titles such as "Vlcsnap-2020-04-02-18h36m18s677.png" don't help for having files organised in the wiki.

* Take a look at the other uploaded files and how they are named so you can get an idea of how to do it.

* Usually a good practice is to name them by the place/character that is being shown or info about what is depicted in the image.

Examples for naming systems would be Episode\_Title-Description\_of\_Image.

Captions are allowed but not required, these too should be descriptive and make sense. It is recommended that you caption every image uploaded to the wiki.

## Templates

Templates are important to Alkipedia, and provide better readability on pages. There are numerous types:

* Infoboxes=The type you will find at the start of a page, these can list if the page has spoilers, is a stub (incomplete), is exclusive to territories, and numerous others.
* Infoboxes=These list information about events, characters, people and many other things.

## Further Assistance

If you ever need any help in regards to any Alkipedia matter you can contact a moderator or above directly by going to their user profile, then message wall and type a request. Note that while this is the easier option, results may be less instant. We ask that minor issues (such as spelling, false referencing etc.) not be brought forward to a moderator, and the user edit this themselves if able.