elanthipedia:Manual of Style

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Manual of Style

This will eventually be a complete guide to style information used here at Elanthipedia to keep things looking nice and universal.

Article Titles for NPCs

Generally, the title for an article about an NPC uses just the first name. For example, Prince Sirolarn Tirof-Sorvendig's page is titled Sirolarn. For most NPCs, this is straightforward and no problem.

For some NPCs, however, this scheme does not work:

In the case of Emperors and other nobility, where a number is typically appended to the end of the name to denote which individual is meant, the solution is straightforward. Just include the roman numeral to the end of the name, as is done for Ponthilas I, Ponthilas II, Ponthilas III, and Ponthilas IV.

For a rare few NPCs, a name gets reused (overall, the GMs appear to avoid this). For example, there have been at least three characters named Penelope in DR. In this case, use the original name as a disambiguation page with links to the individual characters with those names. In the case of Penelope, this was solved by adding a last name to one of the Penelopes, Penelope Fraie and using a common alternate name for another Lady P. For more complicated cases, a style similar to that used for Reaver can be employed.

If you are ever not sure how to chose an appropriate article name, be bold and just use your best judgment while adding a note in the discussion section of the article soliciting advice from other editors.

Creating a Category

When you create a new category, please be sure to include a note about what does and does not belong in a category. Because of the variety and great number of things in DR to be documented, the criteria for inclusion or exclusion can become unclear for even the most straightforward of categories.