Notoriety Wikia:Manual of Style

On the Notoriety Wiki, there are certain policies that apply when editing articles. These policies ensure that articles remain consistent across the entire wiki, and that readers know where to look when searching for specific pieces of content. All editors are required to follow these policies.

Bolded text
The article's name must be bolded wherever mentioned, unless reasonable evidence advises against such action. With the source editor, this is done by typing three apostrophes (') on both sides of the text, as in the example: Example text

This appears as: Example text

Using the VisualEditor requires selecting a piece of text and clicking the toolbar's 'B', or pressing CTRL+B.

Headers
Headers, also called "sections", are ways to divide the article into pieces to help the reader stay interested. Articles are to use a level 2 header when separating sections. Do not use level 1, as this is reserved for the page title.

For sub-headers, use levels 3, 4, 5 and then 6.

Level 2:

Level 2 header
Level 3:

Level 3 header
Level 4:

Level 4 header
Level 5:

Level 5 header
Level 6:

Section placement
Sections are to be placed in descending order from most to least useful. Be sure not to add empty sections. For heist articles, this is as follows: For weapon articles, use the following: Not all possible sections are listed here. For non-listed sections, consult with other editors on which placement works best.
 * 1) Overview
 * 2) Stealth Approach
 * 3) Loud Approach
 * 4) Simplified Steps
 * 5) Stealth
 * 6) Loud
 * 7) Badges
 * 8) Tips
 * 9) Bugs
 * 10) Trivia
 * 11) History
 * 1) Overview
 * 2) Tips
 * 3) Attachments
 * 4) Silencers
 * 5) Sights
 * 6) Conclusion
 * 7) Trivia
 * 8) Skins

Language
The wiki's primary language is English. All articles are to be written in this language.

Spelling differences
This wiki uses both British and American English. This means spelling preferences, such as "armour" and "armor", are interchangeable.

This policy does not apply to in-game names, such as those applied to heists and weapons.

Date formatting
All dates are to be posted in the internationally accepted day-month-year format where possible. An example of this is as follows: 29 January 2010

The following is an example of an all-numeric date format. Note that the zero-padded day and month values can be made unpadded: 29/01/2010

Linking
Wikilinks are internal links to other pages on the wiki. They are a key element to wiki organisation.

Internal links are created by typing  and   on both sides of the page's name.

Piped links
Piped links are links with text different to the page's title. These can prove useful for wording sentences. Piped links are creating by typing the following: Link

This appears as: Link

Style
For plurals and other derived names, it is advised to attach suffixes to the end of the link, shortening the code and making the wikitext easier to read.

Instead of this: ATMs

...use this: ATMs

Interwiki links
Interwiki links are links to other wikis or their pages. They are created by typing the following: name as appears on current article

Note: Interwiki links do not check for red links. Unless you are confident the page exists, don't forget to check your link before creating it.

Categories
Categories help readers find similar pages. They are added to a page by using the page's 'Add category' button, using the category module in the source editor or by adding the following to the page's source code:

Categories should only be applied to a page if it is absolutely necessary. An example of an unnecessary category is  on a heist article, as all heists are essential to the core gameplay. For these types of articles, please instead use.

See this page for a list of all categories.

Using templates
Templates are pages that contain text, which can then be transcluded to other pages. Templates are located under their own namespace. Templates are to have a documentation detailing their usage, which are viewable under its template page, inside a  tag.

With the source editor
To add a template to a page using the source editor, input the following on the page:

The first letter of a template's name is not case-sensitive. All other letters after that are case-sensitive.

To add parameters (also called "fields"), type a vertical line, the parameter name (example: "cost") and then the value. Example:

Parameter names are case-sensitive. Depending on the template, the value may also be case-sensitive, although this is more common in advanced templates that use parser functions, as well as letters instead of numbers.

Transcluding from Community Central
Templates can be transcluded from Community Central, although this isn't recommended due to the increase in server load.

Importing a template is done like so:

Parameter names and values are unaffected as if the template were hosted locally.

With the VisualEditor
To add a template to a page using the VisualEditor, do the following:
 * 1) Click "Insert"
 * 2) Select template type
 * 3) Choose template
 * 4) OPTIONAL: Input parameters (also called "fields")
 * 5) OPTIONAL: Apply changes

Available templates
There are many templates available for use on this wiki. Examples include infobox templates for infoboxes, notice templates to inform both the reader and fellow editors of the article's status, infoicon templates for creating small icons, data templates for displaying data on pages and design templates for style purposes.

Some of the wiki's most frequently-used templates are listed below:
 * 1) Template:Colour
 * 2) Template:Quote
 * 3) Template:Dlist
 * 4) Template:Money
 * 5) Template:Calculator
 * 6) Template:Stub
 * 7) Template:Improve
 * 8) Template:C
 * 9) Template:Verify
 * 10) Template:Clarify