Help:Manual of Style

This Layout Guide is an official guide as to how an in-universe article should be structured. Generally this guide is to be used for character articles, but can be adapted to almost any in-universe article by leaving out sections that are impertinent. By adhering to this layout guide we will add more uniformity across all the pages. This will create a more professional look for Anne of Green Gables Wiki. In addition, if you are unsure of how to start an article use this guide to provide a starting point. If you have any questions or comments feel free to discuss the Layout Guide on the talk page. This layout guide was adapted from Harry Potter Wiki's Layout Guide, which was in turn adapted from Wookieepedia's Layout Guide.

Title tag
Example:


 * Used to alter the appearance of the article's title at the top of a page.

Infobox
Example:

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 * Images should fit the following guidelines as much as possible:
 * The image may not be larger than 250px
 * Images from Kevin Sullivan's film series are preferred, as they are the most famous adaptations of the books
 * If an image of a person, the person should be facing forwards (i.e. no profile shots, unless there is no other option)
 * Images should be as high quality as possible
 * The character in the image should either have a neutral expression or be smiling (not talking, frowning or crying)
 * For the first occurance of each information make it a link, e.g. link the year for the birthday/deathday and link all family members, jobs, etc.
 * Wherever there is more than one "answer," seperate them by a line break (
 * Do not put a line break after the last entry in that field
 * Leave unknown fields blank
 * See Category:Infobox templates

Opening quote
Example: "But what is your name, child?"

- Marilla to Anne


 * An opening quote is welcome for almost any type of article.
 * Quotes can be said by the article's subject, or said by someone else about the article's subject.
 * Do not use links within a quote, unless it is the only mention in the article of a certain subject.
 * If the speaker is another subject please include a link.
 * Please include a source
 * If the quote is not a simple quote but includes dialogue between multiple characters see Category:Quote and dialogue templates

Article body
Example (for an article about a Character): Anne Shirley was... (insert introductory sentence or paragraph)

Early life
... ... ...

Green Gables
...

Teaching school
...

Redmond College
...

Summerside High School
...

House of Dreams
...

Ingleside
...

World War I
...

After the war
....
 * Start headings at the second level ( == )
 * Headings and subheadings are usually not required for very small articles.

Images
Example:
 * Images should be placed where they are most relevant and should not interrupt the flow or the aesthetics of the article.
 * Images should have some sort of description.
 * Images should be placed before or after paragraphs or sections of text, not right in the middle of them.
 * Placing them immediately underneath a heading or subheading usually works quite well.

Quotes
Example: "Marilla, isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it?"

- Anne to Marilla


 * In addition to the introductory quote, further quotes may be used throughout an article.
 * Quotes are usually placed immediately underneath a heading or subheading, though they can also be used between paragraphs (albeit more sparingly).
 * See Category:Quote and dialogue templates

Physical appearance
Example:

Physical appearance
...
 * Used to describe what a character or creature, etc. looks like

Personality
Example:

Personality
...
 * Used for Character articles, if that type of information is available.
 * If the character has had many or strenuous relationships use the Relationships section below

Relationships
Example:

Relationships
...

Relationship 1
...

Relationship 2
...
 * Used to describe the relationships the character has had with others

Behind the scenes (notice the capitalisation)
Example:

Anne of Avonlea (1975)
====Akage no Anne (1979)

Anne of Green Gables (2013)

 * Origin of subject - subject's first appearance, who was responsible for creating and/or naming the subject, how the subject came about, was it based on anything, who did the concept art, etc.
 * If naming information is lengthy the Name etymology section below can be added
 * Contradictions - point out if one official source contradicts another, and which (if any) is accepted as canon
 * Differences between the books and films, in reference to that article
 * Speculation - only included if the speculation is WIDELY believed by fans, or any speculation made by authors
 * Filming - if it has a real world location, point out where it is and when it was filmed

Etymology
Example:

Etymology

 * Who was responsible for naming the subject, was it based on anything, etc.
 * What the root of the name means

Gallery
Example:

Appearances

 * Includes even the smallest mentions in dialogue, narration, or visual appearance
 * Should be divided into two colums, the first containing headings for books, short stories and other, and the second containing headings for films, TV series and stage productions (see the clean appearances below)
 * Should be sorted in order of publication/release. The only exception to this is the "Book appearances" section, which should be sorted in chronological order. Example:
 * Anne of Green Gables
 * Anne of Avonlea
 * Anne of the Island
 * Anne of Windy Poplars
 * Anne's House of Dreams
 * Anne of Ingleside
 * Rainbow Valley
 * Rilla of Ingleside
 * If a subject's appearance in a specific film/book/comic is only a brief mention, add the words "mentioned only" after in brackets, e.g. for Josie Pye:
 * Anne of Avonlea (mentioned only)
 * For appearances in films, TV series and stage productions, add the year of release or original run after in brackets.

Clean appearances
For characters that appear in many of the books/films/games its easier to copy "everything" from another article and add or subtract as necessary. Below is a comprehensive, though not necessary complete list of sources for a major character to currently be in: Example:

Book appearances

 * Anne of Green Gables
 * Anne of Avonlea
 * Anne of the Island
 * Anne of Windy Poplars
 * Anne's House of Dreams
 * Anne of Ingleside
 * Rainbow Valley
 * Rilla of Ingleside

Short story appearances

 * Chronicles of Avonlea
 * Further Chronicles of Avonlea
 * The Road to Yesterday
 * The Blythes Are Quoted

Other appearances

 * Before Green Gables

Film appearances

 * Anne of Green Gables (1919)
 * Anne of Green Gables (1934)
 * Anne of Windy Poplars (1940)
 * Anne of Green Gables (1956)
 * Anne of Green Gables (1985)
 * Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987)
 * Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000)
 * Anne: Journey to Green Gables (2005)
 * ' 'Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning ''(2008)

TV series appearances

 * Anne of Green Gables (1952)
 * Anne of Green Gables (1972)
 * Anne of Avonlea (1975)
 * Akage no Anne (1979)
 * Road to Avonlea (1990-1996)
 * Anne: The Animated Series (1999-2000)
 * Anne of Green Gables (2013)

Stage appearances

 * Anne of Green Gables – The Musical (1965)
 * Anne & Gilbert (2005)
 * Anne of Green Gables (2006)
 * The Nine Lives of L.M. Montgomery (2008)
 * Anne of Green Gables (2009)

Notes and references

 * List of sources for information in the "Behind the scenes" section
 * Items are added to the list by placing after the information tidbit in question.
 * These citations also need to be made outside of the punctuation (ie after the period and outside any quotation marks).
 * To get the references to show up in this section, insert the following code:

Stub
Example (for a stub about a character):


 * Used at the bottom of the article body when the article is too vague or brief, AND when there is clearly more information that can be added
 * See Category:Stub templates

Category
Example: {{DEFAULTSORT:Shirley, Anne]]


 * Every article should have at least one category
 * Articles beginning with an article ("a," "an," or "the") should be categorized by the first significant word; for example,.
 * Articles placed in categories should not also be placed in that category's parent category; for example, articles in Category:Green Gables residents should not also be placed in Category:Avonlea residents.

Notes and references
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