Guidelines

Note: These guidelines are still work in progress. Feel free to discuss them in the talkpage.

Before editing a page, please keep the following guidelines in mind

Usage of spoiler tags

• The inline spoiler tag should only be used when spoilering one word or part of a sentence. It should only be used when no alternative would allow a spoiler alert to be displayed in a convenient way.
• For paragraphs or pages, use Template:Spoilers instead. This will display a boxed spoiler alert relative to the whole page/section
• Pages or section relative to a specific chapter/episode do not need an alert. If people read the page about Episode 12, they might figure out that the ending is likely to be revealed. Adding a warning in the introduction is acceptable though.

Scanlations, fansubs and copyrighted material

• Please do not provide links to episodes subs, manga scanlations and other borderline legal content. This is a wiki, not a rapidshare server.
• Uploading of official art, screenshots or specific scanlated pages is acceptable if they serve a specific purpose (illustrating an article, showing something, etc.). Obviously you won't start uploading a whole book just for the heck of it.
• When uploading a fanwork, please states its source (if available) as file description.

Page structure

Image galleries

• The galleries should be split up into the following three categories when applicable: "Official Art," "Screenshots," and "Fanart." When a page doesn't have any images that can fit into one of the galleries, that gallery will be omitted: for example, the Episode 12 page will only have the "Screenshots" and "Fanart" galleries, whereas the Madoka Kaname page will have all three.
  • "Official Art" contains concept art, promotional images, Ume Aoki's doujinshi and illustrations, manga images, and so on.
  • "Screenshots" includes screenshots. Please try to keep the screenshots as relevant as possible to the page.
  • "Fanart" contains illustrations, comics, and anything else that was generated by fans. Please identify your source prior to uploading; if you can't find out who made it, don't upload it!
  • "Miscellaneous" contains macros, analysis images, and other visuals that don't fit into the above categories. These tend to contain official screenshots and illustrate certain observations or theories. Do not abuse this category! Think carefully about which of the three categories above your image may fall into, and always remember to keep it relevant.
• Do not forget that this wiki also provides an image pack. If you found a great image, but it doesn't really belong on the page (i.e. it's not clearly related to any page), don't hesitate to append it to the image pack instead.
  • Speaking of which, the relevant part of the image pack (if any) should also be linked from the "galleries" sections.

Character pages

• Character pages may be adapted depending on the needs, but should somehow respect the following layout:
  • Personality
  • History (or "Backstory")
  • Power, weapons and abilities
  • Trivia
  • Speculation
  • Galleries
• When setting up a gallery, do not forget to observe the guidelines above
• Do not forget to properly tag the speculations (see below)
• Do not forget that character pages have a talkpage, so discussion shouldn't occur on the page itself

Episode pages

• The usual layout is:
  • Summary
  • Runes
  • Observations
  • Speculation
  • Images
  • See also/external links
• You may add additional section/subsections, but try to keep the general structure clear
• Do not forget to split the image galleries as explained above
• The "speculation" section should only be used to explain theories, their variation(s), and what makes them right/wrong. Please do not use this section as a talkpage.
  • Also, please tag the theories properly: a "confirmed" theory must have at least one element from the franchise that goes in the same direction; a "debunked" theory must have at least one contradiction with canon; all other theories are "unknown".