Eddsworld AU Wiki:Manual of Style

The purpose of this manual is to create guidelines to help uniform content across articles in the Eddsworld AU Wiki. Reading this is recommended to make the editing process efficient, as it would save the editors a lot of corrections. If you have any questions or suggestions please contact administration. Thank you.

Language

 * Eddsworld is a webtoon that is in English, thus most of this wiki will be in English.
 * "Epilogue", "Monologue", "Dialogue" etc. should be preferred over "Epilog", "Monolog", "Dialog"
 * When making possessive forms of singular and proper nouns ending with s, append  '  at the end.
 * Present tense should be used whenever possible.

Article Content

 * Verifiable: Most, if not all, content from this Wiki should be verifiable. This means that the reader should be able to confirm if the content is accurate, should doubts arise.
 * See Eddsworld AU Wiki:Manual of Style
 * Relevant: Articles must contain information closely related to the topic in question, without digressing or going into tangents.
 * Neutral POV: situations must be discussed in a disinterested tone, giving no bias or preferences and avoiding giving unimportant issues undue weight. Avoid the use of imperative form and second person (you) when writing articles unless there is a reason to do so.
 * Formal Language: Not colloquial. Avoid the usage of slang and conversational or casual undertones unless there is a reason to do so.
 * Encyclopedic Language: Language must be clear and unambiguous. This Wiki should use simple language and sentence structure for the sake of all readers. Language should not be too vague.

Preferred Terminology
This wiki uses the term "AU (Alternate Universe)" in favor of "AT (Alternate Timeline)" and other versions of this. This is because terms like ATs, on this Wiki, are considered to be a subset of AUs. You may mention on the page of an AU that it is referred to as an AT or other such term by the creator, however for the sake of consistency the it shall be called an AU.

Images
Images with no animation are preferred to be in .png format, with lossless compression.

Links
There are several rules to follow when adding links to articles.
 * 1) There shouldn't exist multiple links to the same page in a single article. Exceptions are:
 * 2) * when two or more links are linking to a different section of the same page.
 * 3) * when one of the links is in the infobox/parent tab and the other in the actual content.
 * 4) There should not be links in the section headers. Instead, Main should be used for internal links.
 * 5) Pages that can be linked internally must be linked as such. Further help on how to internally link pages check Help:Links and Help:Interwiki link.

Reference and Citing
As this wiki grows, so do rumors. All content in this wiki should be verifiable, and any information must be cited with quotes, explanations in footnotes and/or reliable sources.

Plagiarism
Do not claim to have created, contributed, or otherwise had involvement in an AU if you have not when citing sources. Only those who have had involvement with the making of the AU should be considered a reliable source.

Examples of reliable sources
If at any point the content is proven to be false, a source falsified, or otherwise deemed inappropriate for this Wiki, it will be deleted immediately.
 * Content from an AU's story
 * Content from an AU creator's media account (DeviantArt, Tumblr, Twitter, etc...)

How to cite
Inline citations are placed immediately after the text it applies to. Any punctuation, excluding dashes and parentheses, is placed before the citation.

Do
 * Eddsworld was created on June 6, 2003.[1]
 * Eddsworld (created on June 6, 2003[1]) is a webtoon originally made by Edd Gould.[2]
 * Eddsworld —a webtoon originally made by Edd Gould[1]— was created on June 6, 2003.[2]

Do not
 * Eddsworld (created on June 6, 2003)[1] is a webtoon originally made by Edd Gould[2].

Citation needed
In the case of finding questionable content not properly cited, don't delete it. Instead add the Citation needed template. Before adding the template, it is recommended to try to find a source first.

When not to use Citation needed If your work is tagged or deleted for lack of citation, provide a proper citation.
 * Obvious nonsense/trolling/vandalism. In such cases just delete it.
 * When the content is plausible but still very doubtful, search for a source instead, or delete it. If deleted, provide an adequate summary (ex: "Very doubtful – please do not revert without giving a citation").
 * To digress, to "pay back" another editor, or because of personal feelings related to the content.

Visual editor
On the top bar, click Insert and choose Reference. Type in the text of the citation or footnote desired. For items sharing the same reference, click the "Use an existing reference" button, or copy and paste the brackets directly. At the end of an article, in a section titled References, insert a references list.

Should one desire to add a template to a reference, the use of the Source Editor is recommended; disregarding this advice might cause the Visual Editor to crash and the edit to be lost.

Source editor
Use the following code Templates and links go inside the ref tags For items sharing a same reference, add an identifier  to the first reference, then use use a terminated ref tag   to the next ones. The identifier is arbitrary. This is a thing. By adding an identifier to the ref tag, using another tag with the identifier will use the same reference for multiple inline citations. Only the text in the first tag is used. .