Koei Tecmo Wiki:Style

This page will give an idea of how to write articles so they are consistent with many of the similar articles.

General Article Guide

• Article title must follow the subject's official name, e.g. "Shu" instead of "Liu Bei's Forces". It must also be written in Singular instead of Plural, e.g. "Gun" instead of "Guns" - exceptions are only when the article is a List, e.g. "List of Dynasty Warriors 5 Weapons".
• The first sentence should be about the article's subject, and the subject has to be written in bold. It should also state what game the subject of the page is from.
• When writing the article content, game titles should be written in italics, e.g. Samurai Warriors.
• The definite article (the) and indefinite articles (a/an) should be avoided in article titles except if they are used as the official title.
• Please write in third person: use "the player" instead of "you".
• Please avoid writing abbreviations for game titles, e.g SW2:XL - it should be Samurai Warriors 2:Xtreme Legends. If you find one abbreviated please edit them and write in full.
• Follow the official game title and use roman numerals, it's Kessen III, NOT Kessen 3.
• Wikilinking is limited to the first occurrence of the word or phrase - i.e. don't link "Guan Yu" every time he comes up in the page.

What should an article have?

This depends on the page. Some things are meant for some pages.

For Games

Game articles, the highlights of this Wiki, should be divided to:

• The Infobox, which should be filled in appropriately. The images should be the games logo, otherwise a gamebox image.
• The descriptive Intro, describing the game in general.
• The Modes, divided into subsections on each mode in the game, explaining what they are.
• The Characters, listing who is playable - possibly dividing them into subsections of forces if possible.
• The Gameplay, not so much saying how the game is played, but more about various features such as gaining weapons, items, skills, etc.
• Allusions/Trivia, describing Internal and External Crossovers between the series as well as other series within popular culture.
• The Packaging artwork gallery for every localised version of the game.
• External links, preferably with links to every localised versions official site.

For Characters

Each character gets an article. Each page of a playable character should have:

• The Infobox designed for the game in which the character appears - this is only limited to Playable characters. The image used should be thier artwork from thiwer most recent game in their main series.
• Their Role in the plot, divided into subsections on each series they are involved (series not game).
• Character information, with subsections about their general appearance and thier fighting style.
• A Quotes section filled with quotes from anygame - state where they say it (i.e. After killing an officer in Dynasty Warriors 5).
• Gameplay, listing thier stages and thier moveset in every game they appear in except in cases where the changes are minute in which case merely state it.
• Development, describing behind the scenes work,
• A Weapons section stating their weapon, followed by weapon tables showing thier weapons from every game and then requirements and strategies for getting thier ultimate weapon.
• Historical Information stating what their actual role was in history and naming an significant points in thier life.
• A Gallery section full of as many images as you can find.
• A Trivia section, describing any popular culture references.

Try to write in the Active Voice

The active voice is much stronger than the passive voice. Here is an example of a sentence in the passive voice:

• Xiahou Dun was removed from his post of guarding his Lord by Cao Cao and replaced with Guan Yu.

Now, here is an example of that same sentence, except written in the active voice

• Cao Cao removed Xiahou Dun from his post as his bodyguard and replaced him with Guan Yu.

See how the Active Voice is much better? The person performing the action is the subject of the sentence, instead of the person or thing the action is performed on. Action is better than being!

Spelling

There have in the past been edit wars over the territorial spelling of a word (i.e. words spelled differently in between Europe and the United States). We're not arrogant and we have no intention on starting a territorial war over something stupid like spelling. If you come across a word spelled the way it is in another country (for example if you see "color" spelled as "colour" or vice versa), leave it as it is. I.e. the person who inserted the word initially will decide how it's spelled.

Point of view

On most Wikis, there is a policy to give a "Neutral Point of View" (NPOV). This is not the case here when writing story sections of specific articles. The point of view MUST reflect how the events unfold from the article's subject's perspective. On else, the article must maintain NPOV.

Categorizing

Each article must be categorized, and done so according to which category applies to it.

Working with Media Files

Adding Images

Image galleries should also be used with a caption to describe each of the images it contains. To create an image gallery, use the coding below; "perrow" enables one to set how many images on a row, the default and style recommends 4.

<gallery perrow="4"
Image:Example.jpg|Caption here
Image:Example.jpg|Caption here
Image:Example.jpg|Caption here
</gallery>

Embedding Video

When embedding a video from video hosting websites such as Youtube, it is encouraged to place them inside boxes. Place a caption and the caption box will be colored according to related header - follow force specific colors or the series color. Video alignment follows viewer discretion and suitability. The coding below is an example, with those in double brackets being which parameters editors can customize.

<div class="thumb t((left/right))" style="width:320px; background:((Caption Box Color)); border: 2px solid #A9A9A9;">
<div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: center;"><font color="((Caption Text Color))">((Caption Title))</font></div>
<youtube width="320" height="240">((11-character Youtube Link)</youtube>
</div>