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==Page Formatting== | ==Page Formatting== | ||
===Page Title=== | ===Page Title=== | ||
| + | A page title should be a specific reference to the page topic. | ||
| + | ex. ''Iteron V'' not ''Largest industrial ship'' | ||
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| + | The title should be as concise and descriptive as possible. | ||
| + | ex. "Moon Mining" not "How to obtain T2 Materials" | ||
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| + | The title should be a noun, gerund or noun-like adjective. | ||
| + | ex. "Jita", "Can Tipping", "Red" | ||
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| + | If a page topic shares a commonly used title with another topic, a disambiguation descriptor in parenthesis should append the title. | ||
| + | ex. "Market (window)" and "Market (system)" | ||
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| + | If a page shares a number of commonly used names, multiple pages should be created and redirected to a main page. | ||
| + | ex. "0.0 (space)", "Null Sec", and "Null Security" should redirect to "Null Security Space" | ||
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===Sections=== | ===Sections=== | ||
| + | Major sections should represent the various interaction points for the subject. | ||
| + | ex. under "Wormhole Space" sections include "Exploration" "Combat" "Industry" "Culture" "Fiction" "History" | ||
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===Sub Headings=== | ===Sub Headings=== | ||
==Paragraph Formatting== | ==Paragraph Formatting== | ||
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===External Links=== | ===External Links=== | ||
==Images== | ==Images== | ||
| + | ===Size=== | ||
| + | ===Placement=== | ||
==Misc.== | ==Misc.== | ||
=Writing Style= | =Writing Style= | ||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
==Voice== | ==Voice== | ||
Revision as of 23:26, 2 August 2010
UNOFFICIAL EVELOPEDIA STYLE GUIDE
This is an unofficial style guide for the pages within the EVELOPEDIA website. At this time, an official guide does not exist.
Guide to page and text formatting as well as writing style
Contents
Purpose
The intention of this guide is to encourage: Clarity - Promotes reader comprehension. Consistency - Accelerates the reader experience Accessibility - Increase reader adoption Stability - Discourages unnecessary changes Contemporaneity - Increases content accuracy
Format
Page Formatting
Page Title
A page title should be a specific reference to the page topic. ex. Iteron V not Largest industrial ship
The title should be as concise and descriptive as possible. ex. "Moon Mining" not "How to obtain T2 Materials"
The title should be a noun, gerund or noun-like adjective. ex. "Jita", "Can Tipping", "Red"
If a page topic shares a commonly used title with another topic, a disambiguation descriptor in parenthesis should append the title. ex. "Market (window)" and "Market (system)"
If a page shares a number of commonly used names, multiple pages should be created and redirected to a main page. ex. "0.0 (space)", "Null Sec", and "Null Security" should redirect to "Null Security Space"
Sections
Major sections should represent the various interaction points for the subject. ex. under "Wormhole Space" sections include "Exploration" "Combat" "Industry" "Culture" "Fiction" "History"