Forum:Updating policies, guidelines and the wiki/Gallery

This Gallery project page provides guidance on the proper style and layout that should be used for the "gallery" namespace. This guide page should not be confused or associated with the Gallery section, of which is covered under the Layout guide.

Styles

The proper styling convention that should be used for the "gallery" namespace would follow the standards laid out by the Manual of Style. The following is an overview:

• Spelling: unless written as such, the spelling that is preferred in Halopedia is American English.
• Italics: titles of any media and ships in the Halo universe should always be italicized (i.e. Halo 3, The Art of Halo, Halo: Landfall, UNSC Forward Unto Dawn, Truth and Reconciliation). An exception to this would be those for citation purposes.
• Bolded: in any article introduction, the article name must be bolded.
• Measurement: unless presented as such, always use the US customary units over metric system as the primary measurement. Make sure to present metric system in brackets after the US customary units (i.e. (286 lbs (130 kg), 7'2" (2.18 meters)).

The following is an exclusive addition to the style for "gallery" namespace.

• Image/file description: should be limited to one short sentence.
• Size: should be in its default size. Please refer to Layout section.

Layout

• The "gallery" namespace will fully utilise the gallery tag (<gallery>) extensively. The layout this utility would be limited to its default form, that is without any additional or modified fields.

Templates/Tags

• It will be necessary to link the "gallery" namespace of a subject to its main namespace. This will be performed through Gallery template. This template should be placed under the Trivia section or the List of Appearances section, whichever being the most suitable.

Miscellanea

• It shall be noted that every image in the "gallery" namespace must have some form of licensing information.
• Unless obvious, information of the file must be provided using Information template. This is especially true for images/files that are no longer made available to the public or from a closed source.