Peacock Wiki:Manual of Style

The Peacock Wiki aims to keep a consistent voice across all of its pages and so utilizes a **Manual of Style** to encourage this. It directs how to style articles in such a way that every page is stylistically the same and readers are met with coherent and concise language coupled with an easy-to-read interface.

## Layout

### General

For most articles, the following format should be used, though there are more specific examples below:

1. Infobox
2. Quote (if applicable)
3. Introduction
4. Main sections
5. Trivia
6. Behind the scenes
7. References
8. External links

### Episode

1. Infobox
2. Quote (if applicable)
3. Introduction addendums
4. Synopsis
5. Cast
6. Plot
7. Gallery
8. Production
9. Trivia
10. References
11. Season navbox

#### Episode cast sections

The cast sections of episode pages should be comprehensive, listing both those credited and those not credited.
Typically, the three sections to be included are "Starring", "Guest starring", and "Co-starring". However, this may vary by episode, depending on whether the latter two are included. Further sections may also be included, such as (but not limited to) "Special guest stars" or "Special appearance by", as applicable, as well as "Uncredited" for those that still appeared, but were not included in any of the credits.
In general, it is expected that the same credit is lumped into the same section; that is to say, for example, if someone is credited as a special guest star in the end credits, rather than the opening, they would be added to the end of the initial special guest stars section, not have their own section created at the end of the entire cast list. Furthermore, these section titles may vary depending on how the series has credited them; "Starring" is seen as the default for the core cast, but they may be otherwise credited as "Main cast", for example, and so the section should reflect this.
In regards to how characters are named, this will depend on how the actor is credited. Should they just be credited with the actor's name, then the character may be named however is most appropriate. However, if a character name is given alongside the actor's (such as in the co-starring bill), then this must be how they are listed in the cast section; though, any appropriate page links can still be integrated.

### Television/Web series

1. Infobox
2. Introduction
3. Cast
4. Synopsis
5. Gallery
	1. Logos
	2. Title cards
	3. Promotional images
	4. Videos
6. External links
7. References

## Naming articles

Naming articles, we aim for accuracy, but also conciseness. This helps to maintain a reliable and efficient encyclopedia for Peacock.

### General

Deciding how to title a page comes down to basic grammar. If the title itself does not include any proper nouns, then the words should all be in lowercase (bar the first one, as this is a database requirement). Similarly, if any of the words are proper nouns (for example the name of an episode, a person which has an uppercase title), they should be named as such in the title. Often it may be difficult to tell whether a page should have uppercase letters. If it is ambiguous, simply go with a lowercase. If this is erroneous and there is in fact a definite answer, another user will come along to fix the mistake.

### Specific page types

#### Media

Episodes should be titled exactly as they are officially released in press releases. While they might be given a shortened nickname, the full title should be used. In the event that another series shares the title, the two should be renamed to included parentheses after their titles with the respective show in each. On the rare occasion that a series shares multiple episodes with the same name, the series' title along with the season should be included in the parentheses.

## Spelling

While we understand that many users and readers of the Peacock Wiki may speak (and thus spell with) many different varieties of English, we prefer to use American English as a standard for spelling, grammar, punctuation and word usage. This is largely due to the fact that Peacock is an American network, and its primary written sources make use of this form of English, as well as the fact that many of our users hail from the United States of America. While you won't be reprimanded for spelling something with other forms of English, it will be discouraged that you change already Americanized spellings to others.

In the event that a convention used in an alternate form of English is used in a piece of media or an outside quote, it must be preserved as such. While this in theory goes against the American standardization, it is preferable to use a direct quotation rather than one that has been corrected, for accuracy's sake.

## Citation

While in many cases it is okay to not cite things, as they're second nature, smaller details are expected to be cited, be it from Peacock media or outside sources such as websites. To do this, the `<ref></ref>` tags are used. In order to repeat the citation on another piece of information, a name can be used within the first *ref* tag.

It is also important to note that future content should be cited. Things within Peacock are not always the same as those in the comics multiverse, so it is important that we are certain of facts.