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= Notability = This policy details Halopedia's stand on notability, which is loosely based off Wikipedia's notability policy. The focus of this policy is to provide a clear guideline for any form of content

Overview
In the dictionary, notable means "worthy of attention or notice." It is not synonymous with "fame" or "importance," and even content that editors personally believe are "important" or "famous" are only accepted as notable if they can be shown to have attracted notice (see Requirements). Like Wikipedia, Halopedia bases its decision about whether content is notable enough to justify a separate article on the verifiable evidence that the content has attracted.

Content recognised by the official parties of the Halo franchise are exempted from this criteria. Simple recognition is insufficient recognition: in other to be considered "recognised", the content must be included in an official Halo product.

Requirements
Keeping in mind that all articles must conform with the policy on verifiability to reliable sources, and mere description of the information by official sources are not sufficient toy establish notability; they may be notable based on meeting one of the following requirements:

General content
A content shall be deemed worthy of having its own article when it can be shown that it has all the necessary qualities of an article. It must be shown that:
 * it has significant coverage to the extent that it is more than a trivial mention; or
 * there is a foreseeable certainty that the information will see sufficient and future growth; and
 * the information has reliable and reputable sources that are independent of the subject.

If the content is not notable, it can be included in Halopedia by adding it into relevant articles if it has the appropriate level of detail and significance for that article such as Pre-Xbox Halo, or if it can be described in a relevant list such as List of food and drinks. If the information is essentially a copy of a wiki entry, a simple link to that wiki will suffice and that information should be kept in a form of a summary.

Fan content
The requirement under this section is loosely based off Wookieepedia's notability policy for fan content. Articles on fan content, such as websites, games or webcomics, are allowed on Halopedia as long as they are sufficiently notable. In order to show notability, an article on a fan content must pass at least one of the "recognition" requirements as well as the "content" requirement:


 * Recognition
 * Official recognition: A fan content which has received official recognition by official parties of the Halo franchise may be a suitable subject for an article.
 * Independent, third party recognition: A fan content which has reliable and reputable sources may have sufficient recognition, even if official recognition is absent or limited to brief mentions.
 * Fan recognition: A fan content which has not been mentioned in mainstream media or recognized by official sources may still be notable if it has widespread recognition within the Halo fan community. Note that this is the hardest form of recognition to substantiate, and the standards of evidence must be correspondingly high.


 * Content
 * A fan content must be non-trivial (i.e. completed and of substantial scale within its genre).

General sections
While certain articles may follow a particular layout, there are several general sections that can be inserted into an article. For example, an article covering an event may have a lengthy introduction. It would be better for such article to break down the introduction by moving the relevant parts into a section, or a  section.

If there is a substantial information in relation to the production or development information of the subject (such as behind-the-scenes information), users may find it fitting to include a or  section before the ending the article.

Article's end
Once all the essential content has been added to the wiki, users should consider concluding the article with the following sections (in such order):
 * Trivia
 * Gallery
 * List of appearances
 * Notes (applicable whenever reference notes are present: the wiki will highlight it for you)
 * Sources (compulsory for citing sources/references)
 * External links (applicable if there is a relevant external link)

It should be noted that each section should be its own section and not a sub-section. It should also be noted that the sections mentioned above are only necessary if they are applicable to the article.

Trivia section
The section is for noteworthy trivial information, such as little details that does not add much to the subject, could even be disregarded, but are fun to know. Pointless and irrelevant trivia will be removed however. It may have subsections such as a subsection on "Easter eggs", "Glitches", or even "References" to other media. It can even have a "Production notes" subsection if the information is noteworthy but not substantial enough as to having its own section. If there is only one trivia entry, no bullet point is needed.

While it may be a user habit to include an image alongside a trivia, it is recommended that users should avoid this as it may cause layout issues with the rest of the sections.

Gallery section
The section is the section for images/pictures. It is there to present images/pictures related to the subject, or having some relevance at the very least. The gallery section must accompanied by a gallery tag, expressed as such:.

To use the gallery tag, begin by adding, then add in your images/pictures in the subsequent line, and finally close the tag with. The following is an example:

For more information about gallery and images, see Help:Images.

List of appearances section
This wiki uses dedicated appearance lists to list the appearances of fictional subjects in real-world works. There are a number of standards to follow when utilizing these lists:

The definition of "appearance" as used here varies depending on the type of media. As a general rule, in visual media (games, comics, films, etc.), everything the viewer can see constitutes as an appearance. In literature, the subject must be specifically mentioned by name, or described in enough detail to discern what it is, in order to qualify as an appearance.

Deriving appearances of individual constituents from an appearance of a larger whole should be applied with discretion. Although there are exceptions, it is generally advised that the appearance or mention of an entity alone does not constitute as an appearance of all of its constituents. For example, in Halo: The Fall of Reach, there are instances in which all of the SPARTAN-IIs are gathered in the same space; however, only the Spartans who are explicitly named or described in the narrative are considered to "appear" in the novel. Similarly, while the quantum mirror is a component of MJOLNIR Mark VI armor and is thus fictionally present in all media in which the armor appears, it is only mentioned or seen in Halo: Ghosts of Onyx which is thus listed as its only appearance.

There are several templates which can be used to further detail specific types of appearances:
 * - used to identify a subject's first appearance in any work; if the subject is only mentioned for the first time, but does not appear as described above, use the "First mentioned" tag instead.
 * - used if the subject is mentioned in the source, but is not physically present in the narrative; in visual media, this means that the viewer cannot see the mentioned entity.
 * - when a previously-unseen or unmentioned subject is mentioned for the first time, use this in the place of "First appearance" and "Mentioned only".
 * - applies to instances in which the subject is not directly mentioned by name, but is being alluded to in an unambiguous manner.
 * - can be used to provide more specific, although brief, information on appearances that do not fit any of the aforementioned categories; this may include notes such as "Cameo appearance" or "Possible appearance" (used in very rare cases in which the possibility is highly likely or strongly implied, though uncertain).

"List of appearances" in in-universe articles
Articles written from an in-universe perspective feature a list of appearances to detail the works in which the article subject has appeared. All works the subject appears in should be listed in chronological order of release date, regardless of the type of media. Appearance lists must only contain official and canonical Halo titles. A list of official media in chronological release date order can be found here.

"Appearances" in articles for real-world media
Pages for real-world media (e.g. games) have lists for the in-universe entities that appear within that work. In these lists, the appearances are grouped into categories (characters, technology, etc.) and listed in alphabetical order within their respective categories. In order to prevent these lists from becoming too extensive, less significant appearances or mentioned-only subjects may not be included.

Templates
In addition to editing the articles according to this layout guide, it is a recommendation for users to consider adding templates to articles. The role of templates is to improve the presentation of an article (in terms of functionality, and not for "rule of cool"), providing readers ease of accessing other articles related to the subject within a few clicks rather than having to type in the search box.

The best of practice for adding templates is only to do so when it is necessary. Please note that while templates are intended to provide useful features and simplify the editing process, an excess usage of templates can lead to a cluttered and uncomfortable presentation. For more information on this, please see Wikipedia 's entry on "template creep".

Specific layout
This page only the general standards for layout. The following are specific layouts for specific articles covering specific group of subjects.


 * /Vehicle - Layout for articles focusing on vehicles
 * /Weapon - Layout for articles focusing on weapons
 * /Character - Layout for articles focusing on characters
 * /Campaign - Layout for articles focusing on the campaign mode
 * /Multiplayer - Layout for articles focusing on the multiplayer mode
 * /Ship - Layout for articles focusing on ships
 * /Music - Layout for articles focusing on music
 * /Media - Layout for articles focusing on media (i.e. games, books)
 * /Military - Layout for articles focusing on military-related subject
 * /Faction - Layout for articles focusing on factions
 * /Walkthrough - Layout for sub-articles on walkthroughs