RoPets Wiki:Manual of Style

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General Guidelines

Choosing a title

Articles on the RoPets Wiki should be named such that they are easily identifiable. Titles of articles should relate to or match the in-game items they document, unless for special cases.

• In case an article shares the same name as another article, the title of the article can have a pair of parentheses at its end signifying the exact usage.
  • Both the articles should be interlinked using {{About}} or {{For}} to avoid any confusion. If four or more articles share exactly the same title, a disambiguation page may be created.
  • Disambiguation pages should be titled in the following format, such as: "Unicorn (disambiguation)", "Dragon (disambiguation)", rather than "Mouse (Disambiguation)".
• Titles should utilize title case. For instance, "Halloween Event" is preferable over "Halloween event".

Introducing an article

The introduction of an article should contain the most relevant information relating to an asset and should support ideas conveyed by the infobox. The first occurrence of the subject of the article must be bolded and any mentions of the game, RoPets should be italicized.

Pronouns

Pronouns must be displayed accurately on articles for they reflect a person's gender identity.

• Pronouns for human NPCs should always be He/Him or She/Her, unless stated otherwise.
  • For NPCs that are not human, "It" should be utilized unless stated otherwise.
• Pronouns for players must always be They/Them, as they refer to all players that play RoPets.
• For non-living items such as pets, "It" should be utilized, while They/Them should be used for the plural forms of common nouns.

Language

The RoPets Wiki undoubtedly supports members from all races, religions, sexualities, and genders. However, the RoPets Wiki, being a site for information about the Roblox game, RoPets must hold on to certain policies in order to keep consistency within the wiki.

All articles on the RoPets Wiki are expected to be written in the American English language. This language convention has been adopted to match the language used in RoPets, that is American English, as well as to keep consistency within articles. This also includes certain terms, such as the usage of "Hood" (American term) over "Bonnet" (British term).

Common differences between American and British English include the following:

• American: Color; British: Colour
• American: Organization; British: Organisation

In-game terms, regardless of whether in American or British English, must be documented according to their names in the game without any modifications.

Date Formatting

Dates on the RoPets Wiki must be published in the MM/DD/YYYY or Day-Month-Year format. Numeric date formats such as 29-5-2021 should not be used on articles.

Examples of correct formats:

• May 29, 2021

Examples of incorrect formats:

• 29 May, 2021
• 29-5-2021
• 29/5/2021
• 29.5.2021
• 9th of May, 2021

Currency

Currencies on articles should be briefed through using their respective infoicon templates. Any currencies not related to RoPets (excluding Robux), such as real-life currency, should adhere to the following guidelines:

• While denoting a real-life currency, such as the United States Dollar (USD), it should be formatted in the "Name, Symbol, Value" format.
  • For example, 10 United States Dollars should be denoted as "US$10". Similarly, 1,000 Indian Rupees would be denoted as "IN₹1,000".

Adding Links

While adding links to articles, users must consider judicious usage of links as to not spam the article with external or internal links. Generally, users should only link the first occurrence of a certain item in a single paragraph to its respective page. This, however, is not a concrete guideline. Users should always use common sense while adding links to articles.

External Links & Citations

Editors may add external links to articles wherever necessary, for citational or other purposes.

A few trusted and credible websites that may be used include:

• Discord (RoPets' official server only);
• Instagram (RoPets' official account only);
• MediaWiki
• Roblox (including other websites owned or operated by the Roblox Corporation, such as Guilded)
• Roblox Wiki (concrete articles including references only)
• Supersolid
• Twitter
• Wikipedia
• YouTube

Citations to websites blocked in major countries or otherwise requiring sign-ups or subscriptions should be avoided. (For example, TikTok and Bloomberg respectively for the aforementioned reasons)

Formatting Guidelines

It is highly recommended to follow these Formatting Guidelines to ensure that the wiki maintains a proper and professional state. These guidelines highlight the proper layout to follow while formatting or creating an article, starting from the top most point of the article and descending down to the end-point.

These guidelines are divided into two parts:

• Article Layout
• Templates

Article Layout

Articles should be formatted in a neat way to make sure consistency is maintained across all pages on the wiki. Articles should be formatted in the following manner:

• Hatnote templates ({{incomplete}}, {{stub}}, {{about}}, {{for}}, etc.);
• Infobox;
• Main content and introduction;
  • Additional sections appropriate to the content of an article may be added (for example: Fashion Mall);
• Appearance (for pages related to pets, evolved pets, shiny pets, and petlings only);
• Evolution section denoting the evolution cycle of a pet;
• Interaction (for pages related to NPCs only);
  • Appropriate bullet points based on the interaction, should be formatted like a movie script;
• Layout (for pages related to houses only);
  • A gallery involving the different rooms and images of the interior of a pre-built house;
• Trivia;
  • Should be followed up with the addition of {{Trivia section}} under the "Trivia" section's heading;
• Gallery;
  • Galleries have their own image priorities, i.e., which images should come first and which should last. Images of the pet in-game and other relevant images should precede other images such as images of the pet in a player's inventory;
• External links, See also, etc. sections;
• Miscellaneous (citations, references, notes, etc.);
• Categories.

Templates

Templates are used to stylize and format the wiki in a desirable format. Though, they should be used judiciously as some of them, especially those containing images or expensive parser functions, may increase the page's loading time.

• Infobox templates provide the most valuable and searched for information in a box-like structure towards the right side of the page. They should be used quite judiciously, and an article should never suffer with infobox spam, i.e., overloaded with infobox templates to the brim.
• Notice templates are generally only visible on the mobile view, excluding a few important ones such as {{Trivia section}} and {{Main}}. They show the status of an article and should be placed either at the top or the bottom of the page.
• Infoicon templates, excluding the currency templates, should generally only be used in the infoboxes as to give them a neat design. In the main text part of the article, it is generally recommended to either use standard text or links wherever appropriate. Using standard text rather than in-text images also highly improves the mobile experience for readers.