User:Raelic/ManualofStyle

This manual of style (or manual) is meant to act as a set of instructions for article creation. Editors of Warriors Wiki (from hereon referred to as the Wiki)  come from all over the world and from all sorts of of backgrounds, so these instructions allow its articles to appear consistent and legible to our readers. Editors, new and old, are encouraged to look over the manual before beginning their projects, as articles written according to the manual are more likely to be accepted by the community.

This manual will go over conventions in style adopted by the Wiki in linking, titling, categorizing, and writing. These guidelines attempt to be broad and objective, but disagreements and special cases occur. Additionally, not everything needing an article has the same requirements for the successful transition of knowledge. In these cases, it is often up the Projects to create guidelines specific to their articles, but occasionally these cases lie out of the scope of the projects and are decided by community consensus and precedent.

The goal of the Wiki is to be an exhaustive encyclopedia of the Warriors universe and the phenomena surrounding it. For that reason, content comes before any style guidelines, which should be adapted to meet its goal.

Referencing and Citing
Perhaps the next most important part of writing an article is to make sure it is verifiable by the community. To do this, the Wiki uses cites and references to link all information back to the books or online phenomena.

All cites shall use either the template or the command. The cites shall follow the information provided, and never precede or interrupt it. If the information provided ends at the end of a sentence, the cite will follow the period of that sentence. At the end of the article, will be inserted to display and link to the cited content.

Cites
Books: Citations from books shall use any English language edition of the books. The template shall be used for all published Warriors books. The template and the complete list of book identifiers can be found here. Websites: Accepted websites, such as Kate Cary's blog, shall use the.