Puffles Wiki:Manual of Style

The Manual of Style is a writing guide for articles written on the. The purpose of the Writer's Guide is to assist in meeting 's goal (to have the highest quality and most comprehensive knowledge base pertaining to puffles). The guide provides a starting point to write and edit articles to keep them organized, high-quality, and consistent with one another. We've tried to keep this as simple and organized as possible for easy readability.

Titling the Article
Titles should be the most accurate and grammatically correct title for the article. This means that they should follow the following order priority, from 1 being the most important:
 * 1)  Exactly match the official Club Penguin name and spelling.
 * 2)  Be grammatically correct.
 * 3)  Be the simplest.

Capitalization
Source
 * Always capitalize the first and last word of a title.
 * Capitalize every word except articles, coordinate conjunctions and prepositions (particles).
 * These include a, an, and, at, but, by, else, for, from, if, in, nor, of, off, on, or, out, over, the, then, to, up, with, and when.
 * Capitalize prepositions that are used as part of a verb. These include Make Out, Put Off, Get Over, Prepare For, Go From, Get Along With, Be Without, Act As, etc.
 * Prepositions for the above rule also include by, for, from, in, into, of, off, on, onto, out, over, up, with,' and without.

Templates
Templates are standard text and/or code that can be placed on pages. They're added to the very beginning of the article before all content, including text. For example, adding stub will render the stub notice box that explains the article is short and could use more detail and information. A list can be found in Category:Article management templates  category. If a template relates to a specific section of an article, add it to that section only.
 * Note: Only administrators and content moderators are allowed to remove or add the demoted and unreviewed templates, and they should be done via the "EDIT" button dropdown. More information about the quality review system can be found at Puffles Wiki:Quality Review.

Introduction
The introduction of an article is where a reader begins to learn about a topic. "What are Red Puffles? Where was it found?" The intro should only cover the key points of the article. The ideal intro is about five sentences, but no more than six. Specific information can be elaborated in the rest of the article.
 * The first few words should contain the bolded title in it, such as "The Puffle Shop is...".

History
The history section should contain any release dates and events pertaining to the topic of the article. Rumors should also be covered in this section, usually before the release date is mentioned.

Puffle Handbook Description
Provide the sentence(s) from the left side of the Puffle Handbook page. Right below, list the points from the right side of the page.

Trivia
Provide minor and unimportant information in the Trivia section. For example (these are made up): If the information is contained in another section of the article, do not add it to the Trivia section.
 * Happy77 called Orange Puffles her favorite puffle color.
 * This was the second puffle to have white teeth.
 * They built a ramp to X once.

Famous X Puffles (e.g. Famous Red Puffles)
This usually only applies to colored puffles like red, purple, green, yellow, etc. For example, Alien Puffle wouldn't have this section. Format:
 * Puffle 1
 * Puffle 2 (optional summary if unclear, keep it simple—few words maximum)
 * Puffle 3

Gallery
A gallery is a collection of images. Place general images in a gallery under the Gallery header and more specific photos under the subheaders. Please license the image you upload.

In-Game
In-game images: The actual puffle/item, player cards, puffle interface.

Artwork
Artwork: Puffle's listing in a book, postcard, drawings and illustrations of puffles.

Videos
Official Club Penguin-produced video(s) that relate to the article. If not available, high-quality, non-promotional third-party videos are acceptable.

Names in Other Languages
The official name of the thing in other languages in a table. For example, Red Puffle:

SWFs
Add SWFs as external links. puffleswf also exists, just copy the code from the matching clubpenguinwiki.info article at the bottom of the page.

Categorizing the Page
Categorize the page to at least one category. Try to narrow it down to the lowest subcategory in the category tree. If two categories are applicable, then add two. For more information, see the Category Policy.

Important Notes

 * We don't have "See also" or "Related Articles" lists. This functionality is already built into Fandom, and displays as "Read more" under the article.


 * Write in a tone as if Club Penguin is closed. The exact day of closure is March 30, 2017. Don't blank articles or write how Club Penguin shut down.
 * Weave internal links where relevant, don't weave the bolded title in the intro. Only weave the same link once, and weave the first instance of the word, from intro to end.
 * Capitalize proper Proper Nouns (e.g. Dragon Puffle), but don't capitalize "puffle" when it's by itself. Titles are an exception.
 * No personal pronouns—I, me, we... Wikis are collaborative and don't only have one author. Factual information, no personal opinions. An exception to this are quotes.
 * Contractions (like it's) are okay, but content should be grammatically correct and use of contractions should be consistent (for example, don't use "It's" and "It is" in the same article unless to retain a quote).
 * Capitalize proper nouns such as "Coins" and "Red Puffle".