Manual of Style
Traveller Wiki Manual of style
For information on the most basic writing techniques and styles, which are used here, see Wikipedia's Manual of Style.
Naming articles
There are some rules regarding how articles on Wookieepedia should be named.
- Article names should be in singular form, not plural.
- The titles of articles about individual people should be the name by which the person was most commonly known in the the Traveller universe, with later names preferred to earlier names, and full names preferred to partial names or nicknames. Titles, such as military ranks or titles of nobility, should be omitted.
- Unless the name of the article contains a proper noun, only the first word should be capitalized.
Using the #
Do not use the # in a link unless you intend to direct to a section of that article with the title after the # as a section. When linking to articles, particular books and guides with numbers denoting their order, omit the # and simply put the number. Otherwise the software will look for that number as a section title on the page.
e.g. Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 4, not Journal of the Travellers' Aid #4
World articles
Articles about a world (like Regina, or Terra) should have the text "(world)" appended to their article title. This is so we can distingush between (for example) the Antares Sector, Antares Subsector, Domain of Antares and Antares (world).
Headings
Use the == (heading) markup for headings, not the ''' (bold) markup. Example:
===This is a heading===
which produces:
- This is a heading
If you mark headings this way, a table of contents is automatically generated from the headings in an article. Sections can be automatically numbered for users with that preference set and words within properly marked headings are given greater weight in searches. Headings also help readers by breaking up the text and outlining the article.
- Capitalize the first letter only of the first word and of any proper nouns in a heading, and leave all of the other letters in lower case.
- Avoid links within headings.
- Avoid overuse of sub-headings.
Sources
For all library articles, include a source even if you are the author. For an article published here, or other website on the internet, include the author's name in a link to the author's page. Example:
- Source: Marc Miller
If the article comes from a book, include a link to the book. Example:
- Source: GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 1
If the article comes from a magazine article, include both the magazine, the issue and the author of the article. Example:
- Source Journal of the Travellers Aid Society No. 11, Marc Miller
If the article has multiple sources, that is has been republished in several places, include all (or as many as you are sure of). Example:
- Source Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 11, Joe Fugate Alien - Vilani & Vargr