Animation Wiki:Manual of Style

This page documents an official Animation Wiki policy.

It is a widely accepted standard that should normally be followed by all editors.

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This is the Manual of Style for the Animation Wiki.

Article titles

Main page: Animation Wiki:Article titles

Capitalization

The following should only be capitalized:

• Titles of works (i.e. SpongeBob SquarePants, The Lion King, South Park)
• Names of characters (i.e. Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny)
• Names of people (i.e. Walt Disney)

Sections and headings

• Capitalize the first letter of the first word and any proper nouns in headings, but leave the rest in lower case. (Saiyan-Tuffle war instead of Saiyan-Tuffle War.)
• Section names should not explicitly refer to the subject of the article, or to higher-level headings, unless doing so is shorter or clearer. For example, Early life is preferable to His early life when His means the subject of the article; headings can be assumed to be about the subject unless otherwise indicated.
• Headings provide an overview in the article's table of contents and should be nested appropriately. The article title is automatically H1, all other headings should be nested inside of it. (==H2==, followed by ===H3===, ====H4==== and so on.)

Subpages

Main page: Animation Wiki:Subpages

Perspective

Further information: Animation Wiki:Neutral point of view

All articles are written in an out-of-universe perspective, and in a neutral point of view. This means that all fictional entities must be treated as fictional per se.

Spelling

See also: Animation Wiki:Manual of Style/English

Layout

Main page: Animation Wiki:Layout guide

Formatting

Bold

When a text is in bold, it appears like this. It can be accomplished by typing three single quotes (') on both ends of a word or phrase.

• The name of the subject of the article must be bolded in its first mention.
• Alternate names for the subject of the article must be bolded in their first mention. This includes names of titles that redirect to said article.

Italics

When a text is in italics, it appears like this. It can be accomplished by typing two single quotes (') on both ends of a word or phrase. Using double quotes will not make the word or phrase italicized.

• Italics must be used for the titles of works of art and literature, such as films, short films, television series, episodes and comics.
• The proper names for a vehicle must be written in italics (e.g. Lemurian Star, Maribel del Mar).

Quotes

Quotation marks should be used around the names of television episode titles (i.e. "The Hand That Rocks the Mable", "Beck's Beginning", etc. However, when using quotes on an episode name in bold, do not type the quotation marks in bold. Quotes can also be used to quote a source (movie, episode, character line, interview) or songs in exact words.