Halopedia:Manual of Style

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 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  . 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.