User:Baltro/manual of style

The users of Zeldapedia like things to be uniform, so this Manual of Style is here to set things straight. For information on the most basic writing techniques and styles, which are used here, see Wikipedia's Manual of Style.

Below are some basic Zeldapedia formatting "dos" and "don'ts".

Characters, items, and places
Characters, items, and places of the Legend of Zelda series should have their own page unless it is not big enough (a stub article). In that case, it should be merged into a relevant article, most likely a list article of minor topics.

Images
Images should be presented in most articles; images that don't belong to the article will be removed. Upload an image and place the formatting for it into an article to add it in. When uploading new images, try to find categories for them and do not forget to add the image's copyright information.

Do not upload images with watermarks.

Dungeons
Dungeon pages must have:
 * An infobox
 * Section on role in the story
 * Info on the dungeon itself. Location, architecture and themes.
 * Enemy info
 * Boss and mini-boss info
 * Item info

Point of view
All articles should have an in-universe, third-person point of view. For example,


 * "Link defeated Ganondorf on Hyrule Field."

is better than...


 * "The player defeated Ganondorf on Hyrule Field."

and should never say,


 * "You defeated Ganondorf on Hyrule Field."

Verb tense
Unless referring to a historical event of the Legend of Zelda series, articles should also be in present tense. For example,


 * "Link travels through the Water Temple."

is better than...


 * "Link traveled through the Water Temple."