This page serves as a basic styling guide for editing and creating articles.
Article Creation
General
- Article titles should be written singular form, unless referring to a group of people such as [[Yōkai Hunters]]. Redirects for the plural spelling of articles is recommended.
- Use official spellings of articles when possible.
- Example: The official spelling of Juli is commonly miswritten as Juri.
- The Japanese pronunciation of article titles is prioritized over the english translations.
- Eg: Sakurashinmachi > Sakurashin Town, Nangou > Seven Pillars, Yōkai > Demons
Character Pages
- When possible use official english spelling of names for articles.
- Profile images should be taken from the manga and Tatsunoko anime adaptation if possible.
- Try to keep other characters out of the image as much as possible.
- Unnamed characters belong in the Unnamed Characters page.
Location Pages
- Use official names when possible
- If a location does not have an official name such as [[Juli's Hospital]], article may be named in a similar manner.
Article Content
General
- Use Objective terminology when describing articles.
- Incorrect: When fallen, Zakuro was evil.
- Correct: When fallen, Zakuro was violent and possessive
- Incorrect: When fallen, Zakuro was evil.
- Do not write articles using storytelling mannerism
- Incorrect: Hifumi attacked the group, with her attacks growing louder and louder and LOUDER... until she had won.
- Correct: Hifumi attacked the group, with her subsequent attacks becoming louder before finally defeating them.
- Incorrect: Hifumi attacked the group, with her attacks growing louder and louder and LOUDER... until she had won.
- No personal pronouns such as I, we, or second person pronouns such as you.
- Articles synopsis/history should be written as if they are set in the Yozakura Quartet universe. Phrases such as "In XX episode" should be avoided.
- Avoid using contraction
- Example: Use was not instead of wasn't.
- Use present tense unless describing past events such as flashbacks.
- Wikify text where appropriate; i.e [[Tomoe]] will result in Tomoe.
- Not every word in an article needs to be wikified; it is acceptable to simply wikify the first mention of a word in that section of the article.
- Do not keep wikified text capitalized in the middle of a sentence unless it is a name or title.
- Do not leave any links in URL form.
- Do not post speculation.
Canon
- The manga take priority in the canon and the articles should reflect such.
- The Tatsunoko anime adaptation follows the manga with few notable changes
- Actions in the anime are not considered canon unless reflected in the manga as well
- Example: Eiji dodges Zakuro's attack in the manga while in the anime he uses an energy shield. The energy shield is not considered canon.
- The 2008 anime by Nomad is its own continuity and is not considered canon.
Character Pages
- Plot synopsis should focus of the character who is the subject of the article.
- Example: Chapter X - At Kohime's party Hime started eating eggs while Ao slept.
- For Ao's page: During Kohime's party, Ao slept.
- For Hime's page: During Kohime's party Hime drunkenly ate eggs while crying.
- Example: Chapter X - At Kohime's party Hime started eating eggs while Ao slept.
- Avoid using direct quotes in synopses, instead giving a summarized version of a characters speech.
Image/Video Uploads
- Upload using the Special:Upload page.
- No pornographic images or nudity.
- Filenames should be relevant to what the image depicts.
- Images to be used on articles should be from official source material.
- Images from the official Japanese release take precedence over those from the official english release
- In the event that original material is not available, edit out any fan-translated text.
- Do not upload fanart with the intent of using them in articles. They may be used in User pages and should cite the artist if possible.
- Fill out the summary field appropriately in the summary when uploading.
- .PNG file are preferred over .JPG files.
- Unused or superseded images will be deleted.
- Mark images with proper licence tag.
- Do not upload images with the same filenames with existing files unless you are uploading a high quality version of the same image.
- Add image to their appropriate image galleries.
- Do not upload videos containing full scenes from the anime.