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This is a section of the Manual of Style meant to make sure every page is consistent with other pages similar to them or of the same category.

General Rules

Opening Sentences

It is imperative that all pages that describe something within some world make sure to specify which world, campaign, and or AU it takes place in within the first few sentences.

For example, this is not acceptable because it is unclear to the reader what the content of the page is about:

Lucia was a city in Electricia.

Readers with no knowledge of what world has an "Electricia" will not receive enough information to determine if they've reached a relevant page or not. Here's how it can be reformatted:

Lucia was a city in Weathia. It was located in the nation of Electricia...

The reason why this must be strict is also to prevent the possibility of two worlds having the same name for a person, location, or object. If this was the "Weathia Wiki", the first sentence would be appropriate, and no issues would be present. Sorry if this requires most pages to be changed.

Content Order

The order of the content on each page should be consistent throughout most pages of the same type.

Headings

Many different pages may have different headings, but the final headings will always be in this order.

The Gallery section
The Trivia section
The References section

Below the reference section is (usually) a navigation box.

Character Pages

The formatting of these pages is dependent on world and whether they're a PC or NPC. Please see this page on more information on how to format character pages.

Session Pages

The formatting of session pages is dependent on the campaign. However, some things remain the same. Please put the Template:SessionInfobox template at the top, then place everything else after. Keep the headers in the given order, but feel free to omit headers that have no applicable content. Make sure to also alphabetize the "NPC Appearance" list.

Please see this page on more information on how to format location pages.

Location Pages

The formatting of location pages is dependent on the world. Please see this page on more information on how to format location pages.

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-This section is to make sure every page is consistent with other pages similar to them or of the same category. This section may become its own separate page as this page expands.
+{{MoSNavBox}}
-=== Character Pages ===
+This is a section of the Manual of Style meant to make sure every page is consistent with other pages similar to them or of the same category.
-The formatting of character pages is dependent on world and whether they're a PC or NPC.
+== General Rules==
-==== Weathia PCs ====
+=== Opening Sentences ===
-==== Weathia NPCs ====
+It is imperative that all pages that describe '''something''' within '''some world''' make sure to specify which world, campaign, and or AU it takes place in within the first few sentences.
-==== Spireloft PCs ====
-==== Spireloft NPCs ====
-For now, all I have to say about these pages is that they use [[Template:NPCInfobox]], but in this specific way:
-<syntaxhighlight>
-{{NPC
-|campaign=Spireloft
-|image=[File:Placeholder.png]
-|created by=CStatic
-|othernames=
-|first appearance=
-|age=
-|species=
-|nationality=
-|occupation=
-}}
-</syntaxhighlight>
-Any unavailable information will be automatically omitted from the infobox, so don't worry about that. But please do not add more data than this, because I do not want their latest appearance to be listed so high on their page. Age ranges are also preferred over specific ages.
+For example, this is not acceptable because it is unclear to the reader what the content of the page is about:
-==== Renova PCs ====
+:: '''''Lucia''' was a city in '''Electricia'''.''
-==== Renova NPCs ====
+Readers with no knowledge of what world has an "Electricia" will not receive enough information to determine if they've reached a relevant page or not. Here's how it can be reformatted:
-=== Session Pages ===
+:: '''''Lucia''' was a city in '''Weathia'''. It was located in the nation of '''Electricia'''...''
+The reason why this must be strict is also to prevent the possibility of two worlds having the same name for a person, location, or object. If this was the "Weathia Wiki", the first sentence would be appropriate, and no issues would be present. Sorry if this requires most pages to be changed.
+=== Content Order ===
+The order of the content on each page should be consistent throughout most pages of the same type.
+==== Headings ====
+Many different pages may have different headings, but the final headings will always be in this order.
+* The '''Gallery''' section
+* The '''Trivia''' section
+* The '''References''' section
+Below the reference section is (usually) a navigation box.
+== Character Pages ==
+The formatting of these pages is dependent on world and whether they're a PC or NPC. Please see [[{{SITENAME}}:Manual_of_Style/Page_Formatting/Characters|this page]] on more information on how to format character pages.
+== Session Pages ==
 The formatting of session pages is dependent on the campaign. However, some things remain the same. Please put the [[Template:SessionInfobox]] template at the top, then place everything else after. Keep the headers in the given order, but feel free to omit headers that have no applicable content. Make sure to also alphabetize the "NPC Appearance" list.
-==== Weathia: Resurrection ====
-Please refer to [[The Blacklight Archive]] for the general format of session pages for this campaign. Please do not change the format of this page for now, but feel free to fill in the missing information.
+Please see [[{{SITENAME}}:Manual_of_Style/Page_Formatting/Sessions|this page]] on more information on how to format location pages.
-==== Weathia: Final Crisis ====
+== Location Pages ==
-Please refer to [[The Fifth Leader]] for the general format of session pages for this campaign.
+The formatting of location pages is dependent on the world. Please see [[{{SITENAME}}:Manual_of_Style/Page_Formatting/Locations|this page]] on more information on how to format location pages.
-==== Spireloft ====
+__NOEDITSECTION__
-==== Renova: The Forgotten ====
-=== Location Pages ===
-The formatting of location pages is dependent on the world.
-==== Weathia ====
-==== Spireloft ====
-==== Renova ====