From The Old Republic Wiki

This article covers information on proper style and formatting rules. For formatting of individual sections please see the links below.

Our aim is to document and organize the The Old Republic Wiki as effectively as possible in the form of a wiki. Everyone is welcome to contribute!

An important part of creating such an exhaustive source of information is ensuring that the content is delivered in a pleasing and consistent manner. In order to achieve this, the community should work together to produce some standards on the format of the wiki. As they currently stand these standards are not set in stone, but they are considered 'good policy' and are recommended guidelines. If you have any suggestions for improving the standards please discuss them on the talk page before implementing them.

[edit] Getting started

Articles can generally describe

• any information on the game from a reputable source
• general game concepts

All are welcome to update the wiki. But before you write your article, it's best to double check that an article does not already exist on the subject. You can do so by making use of the search bar on the left. If you are unsure, make use of the discussion link that appears at the top of every article, allowing you to discuss that article.

If you click on a red link you will be prompted with the choice to start writing a new article on the subject. You can also start a new article by clicking on the "edit" link at the top of an article with no content. For an understanding of the wiki code necessary to format a page please read the editing guide.

[edit] Unknown information

In some cases, you won't have all the information at hand. If this is the case, please do not fill in information with guesses or approximations. No information at all is better than inaccurate information! This is especially true for numerical details, but might not always apply to descriptions. If you can only remember an approximate description then in most cases this may suffice, but please use your discretion.

[edit] Format and style

The following sections are brief summaries of some common formatting and styling issues.

[edit] Linking

When writing an article, linking to the current article from itself will embolden the text within the link. For example [[Style and formatting]] in any other article will produce a link, but in this article it will appear bolded like this: Style and formatting.

When making links to other articles, it's best to only link the first instance of a word for each section or portion of the article. So if you are talking about skills, then don't link to that page every time you repeat the word 'skills'. Only repeat the link in a different section that's considerably further down the page from the initial link. This also applies when making 'recursive' links, or links from the current article to the current article, as in the above example.

[edit] Upper and lower case

When in doubt, use lower case. This includes in article headings, article titles, and category names.

[edit] Structure and organization

The following sections provides general guidelines on the structure and organization of an article.

[edit] Introductory text

Articles should not begin with a subsection containing general descriptions. Such introductory text should be in "section 0" of the article, that is, the top of the article before any section headings. Such text will be displayed at the top of an article, before the table of contents (if there is one). Articles should generally not begin with sections.

[edit] Categorization

Category links should be placed at the end of an article. Since actual category links appear at the bottom of a page, it is more logical for the category links to be located at the bottom. Consult each of the separate guidelines pages for more guidelines regarding categorization. Having the category links at the top of an article has the side effect of causing unnecessary white spaces (i.e. blanks) when spaced incorrectly.