Steven Universe Wiki:Manual of Style/Organization

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The Steven Universe Wiki has a specific set of guidelines regarding the organization in articles and the site. It is recommended to be consistent with such to keep the wiki neat and easy to navigate.

Page Structure

Before the Lead Section

{{DISPLAYTITLE:title}} (Why hatnotes exist)
Delete / MoveContent templates
Hatnotes (Like Youmay)
Quote template (surrounded with <center>)
Infoboxes

Body

Lead section (Introduction)
Content (See below in Ordering Sections/Tables)

Bottom Matter

Transcript template
Gallery template
References template
Navbox template (Episodenav, Characternav, etc.)
interlanguage links (alphabetized)
Categories (alphabetized; easily done with the category module in Special:Preferences)

Spacing

Spacing in the source code is a minor thing but is applied to the wiki for design purposes and readability.

Bad

Good

*Bullet
**Point
***List

#Numbered
##List

==Header 2==
===Header 3===
====Header 4====

{{Template with named parameters
|a=a
|ab=b|abc=c
|abcd=d}}


{{Template with numbered parameters|
A|B|C|D}}

;Bolded
:Indent

* Bullet
** Point
*** List

# Numbered
## List

== Header 2 ==
=== Header 3 ===
==== Header 4 ====

{{Template with named parameters
|a    = a
|ab   = b
|abc  = c
|abcd = d
}}

{{Template with numbered parameters|A|B|C|D}}

; Bolded
: Indent

It also must be noted that there is no vertical spacing between any element between two sections except at the bottom (excluding templates where there are no vertical newspaces at all). Template:Quote is also the only template that has named parameters styled the same as templates with numbered parameters.

== Characters ==
=== Steven Universe ===
: This article is about the character. You may be looking for the television series.
Steven Quartz Universe is the titular main protagonist.

=== Appearance ===

Ordering Sections

The sections on the page are to be laid out with self-explanatory section titles as presented here.

Note: Sections with dot points under them mean "dot points only."

Character Articles

Note: The character's history page is only one type of section, that being "Season #".

== Appearance ==
== Personality ==
== History ==
== Abilities == (if the character is a gem)
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== Episode Appearances ==
== Relationships ==
== Trivia ==
* 
== Gemology == (if the character is a gem)
* 
== Gemstone == (if the character is a gem)
== Gallery ==
== References == (via {{Reflist}})

Advertisements / Promos

== Schedule ==
* Date: "Episode" (Time EST)
== Promotional Images ==
== Promotional Videos ==
== References == (via {{Reflist}})

Episode

Note: Features in the episode should be listed top to bottom in the chronological order they appear in the episode. An exception to this is when a featured character or object is, in this order, either a cameo appearance, is only mentioned, or has a non-speaking role.

== Official Synopsis ==
== Plot ==
== Features ==
=== Characters ===
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=== Objects ===
* 
=== Locations ===
* 
=== Music ===
* 
==== Songs ====
* 
==== Instrumental ====
* 
== Trivia ==
* 
=== Cultural References ===
* 
=== Continuity Errors === (accompanied by pictures preferred)
* 
== Transcript == (via {{Transcript}})
== Gallery == (via {{Gallery}}
== Video ==
== References == (via {{Reflist}})

Locations

== Description ==
== Episode ==
== Appearances ==
== Trivia ==
* 
== Gallery ==
== References == (via {{Reflist}})

Objects

== Appearance ==
== History == (where applicable)
== Gallery ==
== Videos ==
== References == (via {{Reflist}})

Songs and Instrumental Songs

== Lyrics == (With Template:Lyrics)
== A Word from the Composers ==
== Track Information ==
* 
== Trivia ==
* 
== Videos ==
== References == (via {{Reflist}})

Products (like books)

== Official Description (reference inside equal signs) ==
== Product Details (reference inside equal signs) ==
* 
== Plot (if available) (otherwise detail the characters, areas and achievements) ==
== Trivia ==
* 
== References == (via {{Reflist}})

Crewniverse

== Career ==
== Episodes Written and Storyboarded ==
* 
== Trivia ==
* 
== External Links ==
== References == (via {{Reflist}})

Ordering Tables

The tables of the wiki are as follows:

Episode Guide

Note: Not to be confused with the page; requires Template:ep

Overall episode number in series → Title card → Episode title → Airdate → Production code

If there are multiple airdates that signal the release of an episode before its release on television, order them chronologically their source in brackets with one word.

(e.g. (app) / (online) / (TV) / etc.)

The result should look like this:

Shorts

The above style applies, but the title card and production code requirements are removed, the length of the short is added in between the title and release date, and if available, a link to the video on an official YouTube channel or other official platforms (iTunes) is added at the end.

Character / Object List

Image/Name → Gemstone (if available) → Appearance → Other information

Template Parameters

This section requires the user to use the source editor.

Templates are essential as the compressed set of code that helps a page have its design and functionality. To use a template can prove to be difficult to some users, so each template will need its own documentation, with such pages being suffixed with /doc.

The template parameters displayed in the source code should be in order with what is displayed visually on the page when adding the template, so the documentation should outline this. The reordering of the parameters creates no visual difference.