NBITTRPG Wiki:Manual of Style/Page Formatting/Locations
This page is a subsection of the page formatting section of the Manual of Style that explains how location pages should be formatted.
General Rules
Opening Sentences
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...
Content Order
This is the general order of headings for location pages. If a heading is not applicable, it does not have to be included.
- Description
- Known Locations
- Known Residents
- Appearances
- Gallery
- Trivia
- References
Here are the headings as code to paste in just to get the page started.
== Description ==
== Known Locations ==
== Known Residence ==
== Appearances ==
== Gallery ==
== Trivia ==
== References ==
<references />The Description should contain a general overview of the location and may include geographic location, the history, or descriptions of the terrain. It may also contain descriptions of prominent locations or inhabitants, provided they are relevant to the text.
The Known Locations and Known Residents sections should be bulleted lists that either link to a page about a location (e.g. shops, buildings, etc.) or character but if none is available, a brief description may suffice. Each list element should be bolded. For Nation pages, Known Residents should be named Known Citizens. Characters who temporarily lived in a certain location should still be added, not just 'current' characters. Descriptions can be added if necessary, but this should be done only for explaining odd cases or if a character has no page of their own.
The Appearances section should be a bulleted list of all sessions or documents that reference the location.
Weathia Locations
All location pages should include a link to Weathia (world) and the respective nation in the opening paragraph. If the location only exists outside of the Prime universe, please wait until further notice on how these should be formatted.
Spireloft Locations
All location pages should include a link to Spireloft (world) and the respective nation in the opening paragraph.
The page should be tagged as Spireloft, Spireloft Locations, and Locations. See the Erumita page as a reference.