Manual of Style

This Manual of Style is a guide to help all wiki contributors keep the Mon Bazou Wiki's pages clean, consistent, and easy-to-follow; as well as provide a baseline formatting guide to help settle disputes between editors, should two seemingly correct styles conflict with one another. While mostly comprehensive, this guide will never be truly perfect for every situation, and some artistic liberty may need to be taken on a per-article basis. Always assume an edit or addition was made in good faith, even if it does not follow these guidelines to the letter.

## Article Layout

### Titles

* Page names, section headings, and subheadings (from here referred to as, "page titles,") should be formatted using title case. That is, the first word in the title should always be capitalized, as well as all following words that are not articles or short prepositions, such as, "a," "an," "the," "of," "in," etc. As an example, "This is Properly Formatted Title Case."
* Page titles should reflect name of the in-game item they represent as closely as possible, down to the localization and accenting of special characters; see: Roger Pièces D'Autos. If needed, a colloquial redirect page may be made to aid in SEO and user navigation; see: Roger's Auto Parts
* Page titles should be made as short and concise as possible, given the item at hand. The title should not be used as an introductory line to the page, as that is reserved for the page's leading paragraph, explained below.

### Article Structure

* Articles will always begin with a short, introductory paragraph providing an overview of content presented in the page's main body. This paragraph should explain -at a glance- what the item is or does, where it is, and any important features it possesses. The information contained here should be short and concise, such that a user may gleam all relevant information about an item from it; finer detail may, and should, be written in the main body of the paragraph to expand upon the content presented here.
* Articles should strive to have at least one relevant image on the page. This image should be right justified at the top of the page, no larger than 364px in width. Additional images may be included elsewhere in the article, formatted in such a way as to not be confusing, distracting, or otherwise detrimental to the text surrounding them.
* Especially long articles should be broken into multiple paragraphs, each containing their own complete thought or topic of discussion.
* Links to other wiki pages should be included when possible, but only on the first instance of another item being mentioned in an article.

### Images

* Images of in-game content should not contain any elements of the game's user interface, unless the article is in direct reference to such. The UI may be hidden using the F2 key on Windows machines.
* Images should be framed in such a way as to properly display the article's titular item in a clear, concise way. Additional set pieces may be used to adorn the image, but the titular item must be the primary focus.
* Images may be edited to enhance the desired effect taken by the artist, but must not contain any watermarks, non-UI text, or signatures of any kind. All contributions to the Mon Bazou Wiki are considered to be released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0.
* All images are subject to being updated to the iteration present in the current game version, should the current image be deemed outdated or otherwise misleading, given the changes made in the update.

## Writing

### Style

* Articles should not contain any second-person language, when possible. Use, "the player," in place of "you," and "your," when referencing actions the reader may take or perform. An exception to this guideline exists for direct, bespoke tutorials written as such, where using such language would make the article's meaning unclear.
* Articles should be written with a neutral, formal tone, omitting personal opinion on specific game features and omitting colloquial slang when possible.
* Articles should be written using clear and unambiguous language. Avoid the use of idioms and overly verbose terminology.
* Articles should be written to contain only in-game verifiable content; user speculation on planned features, artistic intent, and artistic interpretation should be omitted from all articles.

### Language

* The Mon Bazou Wiki is written primarily in English, with a non-insignificant amount of Québécois French included when relevant. This is an intentional decision, as the game -in its many language localizations- follows this same stylistic choice.