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{{Policy|Adhere to the following guidelines when creating and writing articles.}}
|Follow the following guidelines when creating and writing articles.}}
Mainly in accordance with community vote, the '''Assassin's Creed Wiki''' has various rules and guidelines about article construction and naming. These are addressed in the following list:
Mostly as per community vote, the '''Assassin's Creed Wiki''' has various rules and guidelines about writing and article names. These are addressed in the following list:


#Image descriptions, when not in a clause, must not be finished with a period.
;Images
#Article names for landmarks must be written in English, not in their original names or the names given by database entries, to maintain consistency.
{{Main|Assassin's Creed Wiki:Images}}
#Additionally, native translations must be featured at the start of the introduction in brackets.
#Images, when not featured in a gallery, must always be in thumbnails.
#Categories must maintain a certain structure, addressed (mostly) by relevancy. See the following example:
#In relation to secondary clauses in image descriptions, punctuation – such as commas, colons, semi-colons and dashes – are acceptable, though periods are discouraged.
 
;Article naming and organization
#Article names for landmarks must be written in English, in accordance with the Wiki's chosen language to maintain consistency, and native translations must be featured at the start of the article in brackets. Any alternative translations not featured in an Assassin's Creed medium are strictly not allowed.
#Categories must maintain a certain structure, mainly addressed by relevancy. See the following example:
##''Featured Articles, 1459 births, 1524 deaths, Individuals, Italians, Couriers, Farmers, Auditore family, Assassins, Master Assassins, Mentors, Individuals with Eagle Vision, Individuals who held Pieces of Eden, Ancestors of Desmond Miles, Ancestors of Clay Kaczmarek''
##''Featured Articles, 1459 births, 1524 deaths, Individuals, Italians, Couriers, Farmers, Auditore family, Assassins, Master Assassins, Mentors, Individuals with Eagle Vision, Individuals who held Pieces of Eden, Ancestors of Desmond Miles, Ancestors of Clay Kaczmarek''
#Images, when not featured in a gallery, must always be in thumbnails.
#Translations, unless explicitly featured in an ''Assassin's Creed'' property, are not allowed on articles.
#Use edit summaries wherever possible. When undoing reverts, always list a reason. Edit summaries are not to be used to hold conversations.
#Use edit summaries wherever possible. When undoing reverts, always list a reason. Edit summaries are not to be used to hold conversations.

Revision as of 19:36, 22 May 2015


Mainly in accordance with community vote, the Assassin's Creed Wiki has various rules and guidelines about article construction and naming. These are addressed in the following list:

Images
Main article: Assassin's Creed Wiki:Images
  1. Images, when not featured in a gallery, must always be in thumbnails.
  2. In relation to secondary clauses in image descriptions, punctuation – such as commas, colons, semi-colons and dashes – are acceptable, though periods are discouraged.
Article naming and organization
  1. Article names for landmarks must be written in English, in accordance with the Wiki's chosen language to maintain consistency, and native translations must be featured at the start of the article in brackets. Any alternative translations not featured in an Assassin's Creed medium are strictly not allowed.
  2. Categories must maintain a certain structure, mainly addressed by relevancy. See the following example:
    1. Featured Articles, 1459 births, 1524 deaths, Individuals, Italians, Couriers, Farmers, Auditore family, Assassins, Master Assassins, Mentors, Individuals with Eagle Vision, Individuals who held Pieces of Eden, Ancestors of Desmond Miles, Ancestors of Clay Kaczmarek
  3. Use edit summaries wherever possible. When undoing reverts, always list a reason. Edit summaries are not to be used to hold conversations.