Halopedia:Manual of Style

For more general information, see the Wikipedia Manual of Style.

Template:Guideline Template:Shortcut This Manual of Style for Halopedia is a guide for editors on how to properly format Halopedia articles.

General

1. Please categorize articles and insert navigational templates appropriately to ensure that Halopedia is a more orderly compendium of Halo knowledge.
2. Please do not insert a heading, such as ==Summary==, if there is only a single heading within the article. Just don't put a heading until you feel the need to insert two, and then you may create two.
3. Whenever inserting pictures in "thumb" format, such as [[Image:Random.jpg|thumb|left]], be sure to add a caption like [[Image:Random.jpg|thumb|left|Caption goes here.]].
4. Refer to the Halo universe from an out-of-universe perspective. Always use third-person writing.
5. List all references at the end articles. It should not be: "SPARTAN-117 said, and I quote this from Halo 2, "I need a weapon"." Instead, use the reference tag if necessary, or else, write: "I need a weapon". (Halo 2, Cairo Station)
6. Refrain from using slashes whenever possible. Instead, work the word "or" into the sentence, or figure out some other way of stating it.

Characters

1. Please name all character articles by their full known name, not their title/rank as well. Sergeant Major Johnson's article is titled Avery J. Johnson, not Sergeant Major Avery J. Johnson.

Starships

1. Use the {{title}} template on ship articles to italicize the name. For example, on the page for the fictional ship 1010, at the top of the page, insert {{title|''1010''}}. This italicizes the article's name.
2. Start any ship classification article with: The XYZ-class (destroyer, frigate, cruiser, etc...) was a warship in the (UNSC/Covenant) fleet.
3. Start any specific ship article with: The ABC was a/an DEF-class (destroyer, frigate, etc...) in the (UNSC/Covenant) fleet.