Halopedia:Layout guide/Character
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This subpage provides guidance on articles covering "characters". For quick examples, refer to John-117 and Thel 'Vadam.
General
At the start of the article, the relevant infobox should be added along with relevant fields filled in. The introductory paragraph should include the character's full name. A brief background overview of the character should be included as well, though it is not necessary to list out events/details/tidbits the character is known for.
The introductory sentence should include in bold the character's full name and their last-known rank or title (ie, Sergeant Major Avery Junior Johnson).
- Relevant template(s)
Layout
Canon-specific
The following is a list of relevant sections that should be added after the introductory paragraph:
==Biography== ===Early childhood/career=== ===<EVENT PARTICIPATED IN>=== ===<OTHER RELEVANT EVENTS>=== ==Personality and traits== ==Equipment==
The "Biography" section should present the background of the character in chronological order.
Information regarding the character's personality and physical appearance should be detailed in a "Personality and traits" section. Information under this section should only be of canon source; any real-world information should be relocated to "Production notes". Information about a character's preferred armor, weapons, and so forth may be placed in an "Equipment" section.
Biography sub-sections may be altered if there is not enough information to properly fill them out. For example, certain characters would not have sufficient information on their early childhood for a "Early childhood" subsection while some do not have sufficient information on their early career for a "Early career" subsection. It might be appropriate to create a one-in-all subsection that could sufficiently cover these information. That said, editors are to exercise their own personal judgment when creating these subsection.
Real-world content
==In-game information== ==Production notes== ==Trivia==
In-game information is reserved for information about the character or unit in the Halo games. These may be brief overviews, if the section links to a dedicated gameplay page. Production notes" is reserved for behind-the-scenes information. It should be noted that there might be an occasion where there is little information for a "Production notes" section.
In some cases, it might be appropriate to dedicate a section on the character's appearance, specifically the graphical changes over the course of the franchise. This section should be titled as "Appearance". A good example of this would be John-117's changes from Halo 3 to Halo 4. This section should not be confused with "List of appearances" section.