UNOFFICIAL EVELOPEDIA MANUAL OF STYLE

This is an unofficial style guide for the pages within the EVELOPEDIA website. At this time, an official guide does not exist.

This manual includes a series of suggestions It is based on the official wiki

Purpose

The intention of this guide is to encourage clarity, consistency, accessibility, stability, and identification. The quality of page content is supported through quality of style and structure.

Clarity promotes reader comprehension. Clear pages are easy to understand, easy to navigate, and easy to recall.
Consistency accelerates the reader experience. Consistent pages are easy to navigate, easy to understand, and are visually pleasing.
Accessibility increases reader adoption. Accessible pages require little previous knowledge and are contain content appropriate for all users.
Stability discourages unnecessary change. Stable pages promote user retention.
Identification increases content accuracy. Content source and date identification limits obsolescence.

Format

Page Formatting

The page format consists of a few features. Included in the formatting are the page title, section organization, subsection organization, picture integration, and template integration.

Page Title

A page title should be a specific reference to the page topic (Mining not Making money)
The title should be the most common name of the subject
If a topic shares a number of commonly used names, multiple pages should be created and redirected to a main page. (0.0 (space), Null Security Space, and Null Security should redirect to Null Sec)
The title should be as concise and descriptive as possible.
The title should be a noun, gerund or noun-like adjective (Jita, Can Tipping, or Red (standing) )
If a topic is ambiguous or could be confused with another, a descriptor in parenthesis should append the title. (Market (window) and Market (economy) )

Sections

Major page sections should represent the various user interaction types for the subject. Common sections include Exploration, Combat, , Culture, Fiction, History.

Sub Headings

Sub headings are designed to improve the navigation of large or otherwise unwieldy pages.

Please note: All sections, headings and subheadings will automatically generate an entry on the page's table of contents.

Paragraph Formatting

Indentation

paragraph indentation subparagraph indentation

Lists

list usage

Tables

table size table cell space table border table colors

Images

Image size Image placement Image border

Text Formatting

Text formatting includes all text modification

Capitalization

Text capitalization Proper names System names Ship names Character Names

Italics

Change of voice

Bold

Stress

Underline

Extreme Stress

Punctuation

parenthesis

Abbreviations

Not prefered. only if common syntax or proper name aka. COSMOS

Numbers

one - fifteen, 16-999999... when describing a unitless quantity. 1, 2, 3, 4 when combined with units 1isk, 2.2isk, 3LP.

Whitespace

Eliminate whitespace as much as possible. Single spaces between words, double space between sentences,

Page Links

Use the common name

External Links

Color

Avoid orange. Use blue for highlights.

Insert Templates

Please note: like this

Hint: and this

Misc.

Writing Style

Standard English Neutral Tone Neutral Voice

Grammar

No l33t speak other than refering to proper names or quotes.

Voice

Third person Reference everything to a character

User:Fridge Chesthair

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