SotAWiki:Manual of Style

The Manual of Style outlines a standard for the formatting of articles on SotAWiki. These guidelines promote clarity and cohesion across the wiki and should be followed whenever possible, though situations may arise where exceptions need to be made.

Article titles


Images


Non-article content
Article management tags, such as stub and disambig, should be included at the top of an article before the lead section.

Infoboxes
Infoboxes are right aligned boxes at the top of the page that summarize important information about an article. See Category:Infobox templates for infoboxes that can be used.

Lead section
The lead section contains introductory text for the article. This section should provide an overview of the article. This section does not use a section heading, such as ==Introduction==.

The page title should be the subject of the first sentence and be bolded by enclosing it with three single quotes article title. For example, "The Axe of Prosperity is a is a smelting mold for crafting items."

Table of Contents
The Table of Contents (TOC) is automatically added to an article after 4 sections are defined. The TOC can be manipulated by using the following methods:


 * Remove the TOC:
 * Left align the TOC:
 * Right align the TOC: tocright - This should only be done for long articles that have no infoboxes.

Article content
See for assistance with this section. The contents of this section can vary depending on the article. Specific layouts can be found below.


 * Item layout

Navigation templates
Navigation templates should be included at the bottom of an article. See Category:Navigation templates for templates that can be used.

Defaultsort
Defaultsort is used to change the sorting of an article within a category. For example, an article named The Caverns will sort within the "T" section of a category. Using the Defaultsort key, it can be sorted within the "C" section.

Categories
Categories should be added at the end of an article. A full list of categories can be found at Special:Categories.

Writing


Disambiguations
