Glitchtale Wiki:Page organization

This policy outlines how the pages on the wiki should be organized.

General article organization
An article is a main namespace page explaining the content of, or closely related to Glitchtale. All main namespace pages are considered articles with the exception of the Main Page.

The first paragraph (introduction) of an article should be a short description of its topic, stating what it is. Empty sections are to be omitted from the article. The first mentioning of the article's topic is always bolded.

Article header
TITLE
 * Title is a template used to change the title that is displayed on the article from the actual article name.

For
 * For template is used for simple disambiguations. It should be put above infoboxes.

Quote
 * Quote is a template used to insert a quote related to the subject of the article from the show or some other medium related to Glitchtale.

Infoboxes
 * Infoboxes are templates used in articles to outline important information about a topic. They are put on the top of the article, below other templates and magic words, or on the top of an article section if the article also covers some sub-topics. Some infoboxes auto-add categories to articles.

Page body
Page body is the main content of the article, containing all the information about the topic. Sectioning of the body is done depending on the type of the page. More information can be found below.

Article footer
Trivia
 * Trivia sections are bullet-point lists located at the end of the main content of an article containing interesting, little-known facts that cannot be incorporated into an article effectively. Trivia takes the lowest priority, meaning any information should be attempted to be added to the main text before being placed in trivia. If several trivia points can be lumped into a category, do it. (ex: if Sans's trivia mentions there is a connection to Gaster 3 times, add a "Gaster" subsection in Relationships). Trivia must be true.

References
 * References and citations are placed at the end of an article, above navboxes but below Trivia.

Navboxes
 * Navboxes are templates used for navigation. They contain links to articles related to the article they are placed on. Navboxes are meant to be placed below all sections.

Translation links
 * Translation links are links to the same article translated into other languages. They are put below the navbox but above categories of the article.

Categories
 * Categories are displayed at the bottom bar on pages and are useful for grouping information as well as navigation. Note that some templates auto-add categories to an article, so additionally adding categories to an article is unnecessary. Adding irrelevant categories to articles is prohibited by the wiki policy.

Character pages
Character pages should use the Infobox character template as the Infobox, and right after should have the Quote template displaying a quote straight from the character. They all need to be in the characters category or in one of the subcategories of it.

Character page body should be divided in the following way:

- Introduction == Appearance == == Personality == == Abilities == == History == == Gallery ==

Introduction
"Quote directly from the character"

- Character

"Character is a character in the series. He first appeared in Episode."

Appearance
The physical characteristics of the character, including their clothes.

Personality
"Quote from an episode"

- Scene

Traits and qualities of a character, this may include their likes and interests.

Abilities
"Quote from an episode"

- Scene

The abilities of a character, such as magic and attacks

History
The history of a character.

Episode pages
Episode pages should use the Episode template as the Infobox. They all need to be in the episodes category or in one of the subcategories of it.

The episode page body should be divided the following way:

- Introduction == Plot == == Errors ==

Introduction
A quick summary/synopsis of the episode.

Plot
An in-depth layout of the episode.

Errors
Animation, spelling, continuity, or other such errors within the episode.

Staff pages
Staff pages should use the Staff template as the Infobox. They all need to be in the staff category.

The staff page body should be divided the following way:

- Introduction == Career == == Achievements == == External Links ==

Introduction
A quick summary of the staff member.

Career
Staff member's career.

Achievements
Staff member's achievements.

Battle pages
Battle pages should use the Infobox Battle template for the infobox. They all must be in the battle that had taken place

The battle page body should be divided the following way:

- Context == Battle ==

Context
A brief/semi-brief description of the battle's context.

Battle
A description of the battle itself.

Files
Files are visual/audio elements present in the wiki to make it user-friendly and attractive. Commonly, they are called audios, images, and videos. To use files within a wiki, it is necessary to upload them using the upload links, for images/audio, for video. If you want to upload images in bulk, normal users can upload 10 images at once using multiple uploads.

Templates
Templates are a pre-build collection of elements that can be used repeatedly in the wiki anywhere, even outside of wiki, within fandom boundaries. Templates can be created by adding 'template:Name_of_the_template' after "www.glitchtale.fandom.com/wiki/".

Wiki Templates
Wiki templates are independent to the wiki itself. It cannot be used outside of the wiki and can be treated as a local variable in coding. They can be implemented over a place by adding double opening and closing curly brackets, like, and if the name has space(s), we add an underscore instead, like.

Global templates
Global templates can be used anywhere within Fandom boundaries and must be created in Community Central. Once your template is created there, it can be used by adding w: before the name of the template, like.

Categories
Categories are a collection of things sharing a common attribute. Each category has a meaning and should be used according to it. Categories are added in four ways:
 * Outside of the article, while not editing.
 * Adding the categories using classic editor mode's sidebar.
 * Adding using visual editor by clicking on an ellipse > categories.
 * Using, in source code.