User talk:Megadardery/Writing Guidelines

=Quotes= Quotes are ex-supages given to games pages that feature enough meaningful and/or notable quotes to warrant a separate page. If the game got few quotes which can be included in the game's article without creating an excessively long quotes section, a separate page is unnecessary. This policy page outlines standards that must be followed when creating a quotes sub-page.

Organizing
Quotes will be out in a list (use ), quotes are put between quotation marks, and are italic.

Games
The Name of each quote page would be "List of quotes by [game]". Each quote page will have a standardized header: " " (see here)

Sections should be made for each character, organized by the alphabetical order. Quotes should be put under each section, the most stereotypical quotes will be put at the top (i.e. "Mama Mia" for Mario, "Help me, Mario!" for Peach, etc.). Screams ("ahhh"), nonsense and other stuff that sheds absolutely no light on the character ("hi", "okay", etc.) should not be included; when in doubt, or when there's disagreement, discuss on the talk page.

Characters
These pages would only be for recurring characters, as one-shot characters (mostly RPG characters) already have complete quote lists on their parent games' pages. Discretion should also be used when determining what recurring characters should get quotes pages. If a character is major in one game, but only has a few lines in another game or two, there is no point giving them a quote page either: A quotes section with to the major appearance quotes page in the character page, as well as some choice quotes from that and all the quotes from the minor appearance is better.

The name of each quote page would be "List of quotes by [character]". Each quote page will have a standardized header: " "

The first section should be "General", and it will list quotes that appear in more than one appearance; if they only occur a couple times, the appearances can be listed at the bottom of the section, but otherwise, just leave them. The most stereotypical quotes will be put at the top (i.e. "Mama Mia" for Mario, "Help me, Mario!" for Peach, etc.). Generic quotes are allowed here - not things like screams ("ahhh"), nonsense and other stuff that sheds absolutely no light on the character ("hi", "okay", etc.); when in doubt, or when there's disagreement, discuss on the talk page. After that section, go by genre/media type:
 * 1) Platformers
 * 2) Sports
 * 3) Spinoffs
 * 4) RPGs
 * 5) Non-game appearances
 * 6) Misc for commercials ("Mario, Mario, Mario ja nai!" - Peach, NSLU), websites, etc.

Specific series and specific games are given headers, if they produce a large amount of quotes (mostly RPGs); otherwise, the game's name for each quote should be listed following it. All sections should follow the chronological order. For the non-game appearances, sections can be given for the different shows, movies, publications, etc., or just list them in the chronological order like the games/series with few quotes.

=Image Maps= Image Maps are images where different parts of the image link to different pages (as opposed to the entire image being a link to a single destination). For example, Template:Bowsermap is a map of Bowser's body from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, in which every area of the body links to the article corresponding to that area. Similarly, Template:SMRPGmap links to the areas that are visited in Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars, all of which are pictured on the map. The purpose of Image Maps are to allow for easier navigation between areas in a game, as they are visual, rather than name-based. This policy page outlines standards that must be followed when creating a Image Maps template.

Choosing an image
The Map Images must be a sprite from the game (i.e this), screenshot (i.e this), or an official map artwork (i.e this). A fan-made or any artworks that didn't come from official sources aren't allowed in any case.

Things to consider before making the template

 * Templates must only be made for real articles.
 * Creating Image Maps with less than 8 links is discouraged and not allowed.
 * While specifying size for the Map, 2 things must be considered:
 * The Image Map's height or width in article must never exceed 400 pixels.
 * The Image Map's width in the template must never exceed 300 pixels.
 * If the map isn't going to be put into the Worldbox template, then the map should be classed as a thumbnail and aligned to the right. However, If the map is only going to be put in the Worldbox template, it must never be classed as a thumbnail and it must be aligned in the center.
 * Otherwise a variable must be declared; so if it is set to ,it would be aligned in the center and it wouldn't be classed as a thumbnail. And if it is not set, it would be classed as a thumbnail and it would be aligned to the right.

Where to put the template

 * The template must only be put where it links to (i.e If the template only links to and, it must never be put on )
 * If the article is about a subject that only exists in the Image Map's game, the template should be put under the info-box. Otherwise the template should be put as the first line in the game's section on the article.
 * For the Platformer games: in the Worlds pages, the template should be put in the  parameter of the  template (using the code  )

Creating an Image Map

 * 1) First thing is specify the image, upload one if none exists.
 * 2) Specify the name of the template that will contain the Image Map, The name should contain the name (or a shorten form) of the game plus additional 'map' at the end.
 * 3) Start creating the template, If you cannot specify the coordinates, you could use online tools such as this.
 * 4) Once Done, preview the template and check it appear correctly, and that links works (press CTRL while clicking on the map, to open on another window, and to keep the current page).
 * 5) If every things works correctly save the template, and start adding it to articles.

=Upcoming Proposals=

A writing guideline for the Quote pages

 * see here for the draft.

This Writing Guideline is meant to clear thing of when and how a quote page should be created. Everything of what was written in the draft are rules which are already known. It will be created under the name Quotes. Use the comments section below for comments and suggestions.

Proposer:  & Deadline: MONTH +14, 2013 23:59 GMT