Nookipedia:Manual of Style

This Manual of Style outlines the acceptable practices governing article construction on Nookipedia, ensuring consistent language, layout and formatting. As it assumes some prior knowledge of basic Wikicode, beginners should consult the Intro to Wikicode or Help:Wikitext for more information.

This page covers standard practices relating to basic article organization and language use. For guidance on non-stylistic topics please check the relevant links at the bottom of this page or browse Help:Contents.

Article titles, headings, and sections

All articles and headings should use sentence case, where only the initial letter of the first word and proper nouns are capitalized (for more information refer to the capitalization section). Please make note of the following rules and exceptions:

• Article titles and headings should only begin with a noun or noun phrase. (Blue Series not The Blue Series, exception: The Roost)
• The final character should not be punctuation unless it is part of a name. (e.g. DJ K.K. or Go K.K. Rider!)

Section organization

An article should begin with a concise summary of the article. The article title should appear in the first sentence of the introduction in bold. The only elements which may precede the introduction are disambiguation hatnotes, headers (e.g. Template:Villager Header), and infoboxes. Infoboxes, images, and related content in the lead section must be right-aligned. The remainder of the article is typically divided into sections.

If the topic of a section is covered in more detail in a dedicated article (see Wikipedia:Summary style), insert {{main|Article name}} immediately under the section heading. Optional appendix and footer sections may appear after the body of the article, in the following order:

• Internal links to related Nookipedia articles (section heading "See also").
• Notes and references (section heading "References"; see Help:Citing Sources).
• Relevant websites that have not been used as sources (section heading "External links").
• Internal links organized into navigational boxes.
• Categories.

Section headings

Use equals signs around a section heading: ==Title== for a primary section, ===Title=== for a subsection, and so on to ======Title======, with no level skipped. =Title= is never used. Spaces around the title are optional and ignored, e.g. == Title ==.

Section headings should:

• Be unique within a page, so that section links lead to the right place.
• Not contain links, especially where only part of a heading is linked.
• Not contain images or icons.
• Not contain citations or footnotes.
• Not redundantly refer back to the subject of the article, e.g. Preferences not Peanut's preferences.
• Not be numbered or lettered as an outline.
• Not be phrased as a question.

Invisible comments should be placed below the heading, not on the same line.

Capitalization

All articles and headings should use sentence case, where only the initial letter of the first word and proper nouns are capitalized (exception: amiibo). All item names and series, themes, sets and furniture categories in the Animal Crossing series are considered proper nouns and should be capitalized accordingly (e.g. Blue Chair, Lovely Series, Western Theme, Sea Bass).

The English-language titles of compositions (books, songs, films, paintings etc.) are given in title case, in which every word is given an initial capital except for certain less important words (e.g. articles or prepositions). The first and last words in an English-language title are always capitalized.

Months, days of the week, and holidays start with a capital letter (June, Monday; the Fourth of July). Seasons are in lower case (e.g. last summer, winter solstice), except in proper names. Do not capitalize directions such as north, nor their related forms (e.g. northern).

Italics

Nookipedia uses italics when referencing all Animal Crossing works (exception: acronyms like WW, CF, NL etc.). There are several link templates which make this process easier, for more information see:Help:Templates. Italics should also be used:

• For emphasis, rather than boldface or capitals.
• For the titles of works (e.g. books, films, games, music albums, and paintings).
• When referring to a word or character or a string of words (e.g. the term panning is derived from panorama).
• For phrases in other languages and for isolated foreign words that are not common in everyday English.
• For the scientific names of plants, animals, and all other organisms.

Dates and time

The term "current" should be avoided. What is current today may not be tomorrow; situations change over time. Instead, use date- and time-specific text (e.g. As of June 2016...).

• Twelve-hour clock times are written in one of two forms: 11:15 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., or 11:15 am and 2:30 pm. Include a non-breaking space ( ).
• Full dates are formatted 10 June 1921 or June 10, 1921; or where the year is omitted, use 10 June or June 10.
  • The dates in the text of any one article should all have the same format (day-first or month-first).
• For month and year, write June 1921, with no comma.
• Abbreviations for months, such as Feb, are used only where space is extremely limited. Such abbreviations should use three letters only, and should not be followed by a period (full point) except at the end of a sentence.

See also

• Help:Categories
• Help:Citing Sources
• Help:Images
• Help:Tables