Roger Rabbit Wiki:Manual of Style: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 22:26, 24 November 2023

This is Roger Rabbit Wiki's Manual of Style. All users are required to follow these guidelines on how text is written.

Key:
- Correct
- Incorrect

Writing

Language

Because Who Framed Roger Rabbit is an American film, all text is required to be written in American English. Examples of how text is required to be written are below.

Roger Rabbit has cartoonish behavior.
Roger Rabbit has cartoonish behaviour.

Benny the Cab is yellow in color.
Benny the Cab is yellow in colour.

This rule does not apply to blog posts, comments, Discussions posts, messages, message wall greetings, sandboxes, and user pages.

Date and time

The date and time can be written in all sorts of ways, but what Roger Rabbit Wiki strongly recommends is either 00:00, June 22, 1988 or June 22, 1988, 00:00. Like with the language rules, this does not apply to blog posts, comments, Discussions posts, messages, message wall greetings, sandboxes, and user pages.

WikiText

All WikiText is required to be written like this for pages:

[[Toon Patrol]]

and this for external links:

Fandom: [[w:c:wikiname:pagename|pagename]]
- Example: [[w:c:rogerrabbit:Jessica Rabbit|Jessica Rabbit]]
Non-Fandom:
- Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:pagename|pagename]]
  - Example: [[Wikipedia:Who Framed Roger Rabbit|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]
- Non-Wikipedia: [link pagename]
  - Example: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096438/ Who Framed Roger Rabbit]

File names

All files that are uploaded here are required to have a proper name. When uploading files, always remember to appropriately name them. Videos are automatically named when uploaded.

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-This is {{SITENAME}}'s '''Manual of Style'''. All users should follow these guidelines on how text is written.
+This is [[Roger Rabbit Wiki]]'s '''Manual of Style'''. All users are required to follow these guidelines on how text is written.
 *'''Key:'''
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 === <u>Language</u> ===
-All text should be written in American English. Examples of how text should be written are below.
+Because ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit (film)|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' is an American film, all text is required to be written in American English. Examples of how text is required to be written are below.
 * <span style="color: green">Roger Rabbit has cartoonish behavior.</span>
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 * <span style="color: red">Benny the Cab is yellow in colour.</span>
-Despite this, however, this rule does not apply to user pages, message wall threads, comments, and blog and discussion posts.
+This rule does not apply to blog posts, comments, Discussions posts, messages, message wall greetings, sandboxes, and user pages.
-=== <u>Date and Time</u> ===
+=== <u>Date and time</u> ===
-The date and time can be written in all sorts of ways, but what Roger Rabbit Wiki strongly recommends is either '''00:00, June 22, 1988''' or '''June 22, 1988, 00:00'''. Like the language rules, this does not apply to user pages, message wall threads, comments, and blog and discussion posts.
+The date and time can be written in all sorts of ways, but what {{SITENAME}} strongly recommends is either '''00:00, June 22, 1988''' or '''June 22, 1988, 00:00'''. Like with the [[#Language|language rules]], this does not apply to blog posts, comments, Discussions posts, messages, message wall greetings, sandboxes, and user pages.
 == WikiText ==
-All WikiText should be written like this for pages:
+All WikiText is required to be written like this for pages:
 * <nowiki>[[Toon Patrol]]</nowiki>
 and this for external links:
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 == File names ==
-All files that are uploaded here should have a proper name. When uploading files, always remember to appropriately name them.
+All files that are uploaded here are required to have a proper name. When uploading files, always remember to appropriately name them. Videos are automatically named when uploaded.
 [[Category:{{SITENAME}}]]
 [[Category:Policy]]