Wookieepedia:Layout Guide/Out-of-universe

This out-of-universe Layout Guide is an official guide as to how an out-of-universe article should be structured. Feel free to discuss the Layout Guide on the talk page.

Title tag
Example:
 * Used to alter the appearance of the article's title at the top of a page.
 * Main uses include to italicize the name of novel or other work.
 * Do not use this to alter the actual title (ex: Only displaying "Title" instead of "Title (disambiguation)")

Eras tag
Example:
 * This tag inserts symbols in the title bar of the article. "real" should always be used.
 * For works such as novels, comics, etc, in-universe tags should be used to indicate in which era the work's events take place.
 * Symbols may also indicate if the article is a Featured, Good, or Comprehensive article, or if it was in the past.
 * For usage instructions, see Template:Eras.

Otheruses or Youmay tags
Example:

Another example:
 * Generally used when it is possible that a user has found one article when they were actually looking for another of a similar or same name.
 * See Template messages/Redirects and Category:Disambiguation and redirection templates

Maintenance templates
Example:
 * A series of tags used when the article is in need of some sort of maintenance.
 * See Category:Maintenance templates

Header templates
Example:
 * These tags are used to indicate an article's level of canonicity, or if an article is a about a cancelled or future source.
 * See Category:Header templates.

Spoiler tag
Example:
 * Spoiler tags on an article alerts a user to any major plot spoilers that come from new sources that are less than a month old
 * See Template:Majorspoiler

Infobox
Example (for an article about a comic):


 * Used to present vital statistics of subject. Various infoboxes can be accessed by using the standard preloads just below the "Save page" button.
 * See Template messages/Infoboxes and Category:Infobox templates

Opening quote
Example: "This choral piece, which has to do with the sword fight and comes at the end of the film, is a result of my thinking that something ritualistic and/or pagan and antique might be very effective."

- John Williams
 * An opening quote is welcome for almost any type of article.
 * Quotes can be said by the article's subject (in the case of real-world people), or said by someone else about the article's subject.
 * Do not use links within a quote, unless it is the only mention in the article of a certain subject.

Article body
Example (for an article about a real-world person): Peter Cushing was... (insert introductory sentence or paragraph)

Early life
... ... ...

Early career
...

Return to England
...
 * headings and subheadings are usually not required for very small articles.

Images
Example:
 * Images should be placed where they are most relevant and should not interrupt the flow or the aesthetics of the article.
 * Placing them immediately underneath a heading or subheading usually works quite well.
 * Images should typically alternate from the right-side to the left-side. If there is a long infobox at the start, multiple images can be left aligned until the infobox ends.

Quotes
Example: "I remember that iron bikini I wore in Episode VI: what supermodels will eventually wear in the seventh ring of hell."

- Carrie Fisher
 * In addition to the introductory quote, further quotes may be used throughout an article.
 * Although quotes may be placed in the body of the article, a maximum of one quote is allowed only at the beginning of each section.
 * Quotes are included "as-is", with the original spelling and formatting found in the source of the quote. In the case of a typo or other error, [sic] may be included to indicate that the error is from the original source and not the article.

Spoiler sections
Example:

... ...


 * Articles can contain new spoiler information, provided that it is clearly marked with the above tags.
 * See Category:Advisory templates

Stub
Example (for a stub about a real-world person):
 * used at the bottom of the article body when the article is too vague or brief, AND when there is clearly more information that can be added
 * See Template messages/Stubs and Category:Stub templates

Notes and references

 * List of sources for information in the "Behind the scenes" section.
 * Items are added to the list by placing after the information tidbit in question.
 * To get the references to show up in this section, use the Reflist template.
 * References will only use periods at the end of the citation if the citation is a complete sentence. References that are not complete sentences will not use periods.
 * → See Mofferences/February 12, 2012

Interwiki links

 * Links to Star Wars wikis in other languages
 * Interwiki links should be listed in the Interlang template placed before an article's categories. The "xxFA=" operator will indicate that an article has reached "featured" or equivalent status on its host wiki.

Category

 * Every article must have all applicable categories
 * → See Forum:CT Archive/Layout Guide change for categories


 * Categories should be listed in alphabetical order
 * An update to MediaWiki allows use of DEFAULTSORT to eliminate unnecessary coding while still achieving the desired result of categorizing articles by last name (ie, one need not use ; use the below method)


 * Articles beginning with an article ("a," "an," or "the") should be categorized by the first significant word; for example,.
 * Articles placed in categories should not also be placed in that category's master category; for example, articles in Category:Novels should not also be placed in Category:Books (real-world).