Hello, reader! We assume you are here because you do not know the style of pages that we use for our wiki. Please use the proper format as instructed below always. Please remember that this is only recent that we are introducing a specific style of pages, so if a page does not meet the expectations below, tell an admin or don't hesitate to fix it.
What are styles of pages?
The way that information is presented, usually as seen below.
Infoboxes
Old style vs. new style
The old style of infoboxes and page layout usually look something like this:
New infoboxes are expected to look something like this:
Notes
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Style of Infoboxes for Series
As you saw above, those infoboxes were for characters. Now we shall talk about how infoboxes should look for the series.
A page for an episode of the series should always have an infobox layout like this:
Languages
This is an English wiki; only English is allowed. Not everyone will understand other languages. Since the Animator vs. Animation franchise is from the United States, it is better to use American English.
- Better: He became a dark gray color that has remained unchanged since.
- Allowed: He became a dark grey colour that has remained unchanged since.
Quotes, proper nouns, and names officially used are exceptions to this rule. If you do not know words or spellings in American English, you can use your British English and let someone change it to American English.
Names
Use official names, those from episodes or those used by Alan Becker and his team. Names used in Animator VS Games reaction videos are mostly jokes and should not be used; instead, they should be placed in the alias parameter. If there is no official name, use one of the fan names instead. Avoid frequently using names that are meant to be secret; they can be placed in the alias parameter.
- Use: King Orange (official), Agent (preferred), Ballista (official), Primal (preferred), and Hazard (preferred).
- Avoid: Mango Tango (fan name), G.U.I (meant to be secret), Pixel (fan name), Lasco (meant to be secret), and Bathroom Sign Guy (name by DJ Welch).
Abbreviation
Do not abbreviate characters' names like "The Second Coming," "The Chosen One," "The Dark Lord," and "Fighting Stick Figures" whenever possible. Abbreviations of the names are allowed on plot sections and biography pages. The name "King Orange" should not be abbreviated to "KO"; it should be shortened to "King."
Series' names like "Animator vs. Animation" or "Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts" can be abbreviated when they appear in a long paragraph.
Capitalization
Capitalize the first letter of the first word in a sentence, of proper nouns, and all letters of certain acronyms and initialisms. In addition, capitalize a word if it's grammatically necessary. If an official name contains a capitalization error, keep it as it is.
- victim (when referring to the character; "Victim" when referring to the episode)
- "The Floor is Lava" (even though it should be "The Floor Is Lava")
- "Flip The Screen" (even though it should be "Flip the Screen")
Species, Minecraft mob, item, and weapon names that are not proper nouns don't need to be capitalized (stick figure; ghast; enderman). When referring to specific major characters or groups to differentiate them from others that are minor, the names are capitalized (the Fighting Stick Figures; the Warden; the Witch).
Italicization
Please italicize the names of series (Animator vs. Animation; AVM; Actual Shorts), "Animator vs. Animation X" episodes, episodes starting with "Animation vs.", miscellaneous episodes, games (Minecraft; Animation VERSUS), and other creative works, as well as emphasis. "Actual Short(s)" or "actual short(s)" is not italicized when referring to the episode(s) individually.
Episode names other than those mentioned above must not be italicized. Instead, they should be placed within quotation marks ("Wanted"; "The King"). The same applies to song titles ("Pigstep"). Quotation marks for episode names are not needed in infoboxes, tables, lists, headers, and page names.
Messages or notes for readers like "to be added" and "to be continued" are italicized; the initialisms like "TBA," which are used in infoboxes and tables, are optional.
Numbers
It is better to use English words for numbers zero to ten. For numbers 11 and above, or when using numbers in tables or infoboxes, you can use figures or words (12 or twelve; 40 or forty; 10,000, 10 thousand, or ten thousand).
- For "Episode/Season X," when "Episode/Season" is capitalized in sentence case, please use figures (Season 1, Episode 1).
- For the plot section of the series pages, use words (Episode Thirty - The King).
- For a long series of numbers, use figures (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, …).
- When focusing on digits or as symbols by themselves, use figures (two 2s; a 4).
- Numbers in abbreviations are written as figures (1v1; 4v4).
- Decimals must be written as figures (3.14; 2.78).
- Numbers followed by units of measurement are written as figures when using symbols of the units (1 m; one meter).
- Each number and unit symbol are separated by a non-breaking space (NBSP) by putting
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- Each number and unit symbol are separated by a non-breaking space (NBSP) by putting
- Whether as figures or words, numbers in written quotes, proper nouns, or official names must be written as they were originally written.
Punctuation
- The use of serial commas is usually optional, unless omitting them would cause confusion.
- To comply with the American English style, commas and periods should be placed inside quotation marks, even if they're not present in the original material, unless there are certain cases where another punctuation is already within the quotation marks.
- Correct: In fact, his file description in Animator vs. Animation 4 is "The Chosen One's Return."
- Incorrect: In fact, his file description in Animator vs. Animation 4 is "The Chosen One's Return".
- Like quotation marks, references should go after a comma or period.
- Instead of using hyphens (
-), use en dashes (–or by–) to represent a span or range of numbers or time (1–4). - Use em dashes (
—or by—) instead of double hyphens when replacing commas, parentheses, or colons.- Correct: Everyone gives Red another look—Red no doubt feeling extremely remorseful—before racing over to deal with the Orb.
- Incorrect: Everyone gives Red another look--Red no doubt feeling extremely remorseful--before racing over to deal with the Orb.
Quotes
Oral quotes should be written grammatically, without elongation or unnecessary use of all caps. Punctuations should be put when grammatically necessary.
- Correct: No!
- Incorrect: NOOOOO!!!!
Written quotes should be copied entirely, even if they contain errors (e.g., misspellings). The final punctuation of a line can be added or changed if needed.
- Correct: oh hey i gtg the laundry, i'll ttyl
- Allowed: oh hey i gtg the laundry, i'll ttyl.
- Incorrect: Oh, hey, I GTG the laundry. I'll TTYL.
Whenever necessary, when a written quote contains an error, put the template {{sic}} (results in "[sic]") after the error. If there is more than one error, the template is put at the end of the quote.
- Example: Can red [sic] prank the unprankable?
Failing to meet expectations
It's all right if there's a mistake. Everyone makes mistakes. But if it goes on for too long and the admins need to keep warning you, we will take it as vandalism and you will be blocked. Continuation of vandalism and the result will be a permanent block.