Unturned Wiki:Style guide

The Manual of Style (abbreviated as MoS) documents the set of standards for all wiki articles. The goal is to make the Unturned Wiki easier and more intuitive to use by promoting clarity and consistent language. The formatting described here is a guideline and can be overridden with common sense where circumstances warrant it.

Pages

Titles

The page title is displayed as a level one heading (H1) above the article's content, and is based on the article's page name and URL. Some templates or magic words may alter an article title, such as {{Italic title}}. The first time the article title is written on the page, it should be in boldface. This will usually occur within the first sentence of the article. If an abbreviation (or similar) of the title is also written out in the lead, this should be in boldface as well.

Sections

All articles begin with an introductory section directly below the page title, often called the "lead section". Aside from serving as an introduction, many templates are also placed in this area. Such as infoboxes, article message boxes (e.g., {{Stub}}), or hatnotes. Due to how these templates are formatted: hatnotes should always appear first, followed by any article message boxes, and then the infobox.

Once an article has at least four section headings, a table of contents is automatically added below the lead section. The __NOTOC__ and __TOC__ magic words can be used to forcefully hide or show the table of contents. For more information about how the table of contents functions, refer to Manual:Table of contents.

In order to promote consistent in how information is presented, most articles regarding game content should use similar—if not the same—sections as other similar articles.s.

Headings

Headings should be written in sentence case. Punctuation may appear in headings when appropriate, but hyperlinks should be avoided.

Abbreviations

This section covers the use of abbreviations—including acronyms and initialisms, contractions, and other shortenings—on the Unturned Wiki.

• When abbreviating "non applicable", use "n/a". When nearby text is fully capitalized, "N/A" may also be acceptable.

Boldface and italic style

The first appearance of the article title in the lead section should have boldface markup. This markup should not be repeated for future appearances, nor should information be compromised in order to achieve this standard.

Italics should rarely be used for emphasis. Instead, its primary purpose should be to properly handle the titles of works (such as books, films, television series, named exhibitions, computer games, music albums, and paintings). Italic style is not to be used for the names of game development studios (such as Smartly Dressed Games), nor other software (such as digital distribution platforms), nor awards and achievements.

Links

Generally, a hyperlink should only appear once in an article. Repeats and duplicates should be avoided unless contextually relevant. Templates are exempt from this standard.

On a disambiguation page, only the articles receiving disambiguation should be linked.

Categorization

The Unturned Wiki category is the highest-level category on the SDG Wiki. While it contains pages relevant to the core of the site, it also holds all top-level categories.

Formatting

• Preferably, space textual content out from list markup, header markup, pipes, and exclamation mark notation.
• Information should be given without bias.

Language

• Language should be formal, not colloquial. Slang should be avoided.
• Language should be encyclopedic, clear, and unambiguous. Contractions should be avoided.
• Gender-neutral language should be used when referencing the player character.
• North American English is the preferred variety of the English language that should be used for articles.
• The possessive form of words that end with an "s" should only be appended with a single apostrophe.