This page contains the Act of War Wiki's article layout guideline. It describes how content should be arranged on an article page to be organized and maintain consistency.
- Guidelines describe desired etiquette and common practice in the creation, editing and organization of articles on this wiki.
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Structure[]
Unit articles[]
- Example: Stryker ICV.
- UnitBox template: Infobox containing key information; The following sections within the template should feature their icons, standardized to 20 pixel (20px) width:
- Produced by
- Produces
- Add-ons
- Abilities
- Upgrades
- Portrait: icon used to represent the unit in the interface, aligned to the left; portraits are standardized to 57px x 57px.
- Introductory paragraph: Short paragraph providing the name, type, affiliation of the unit.
- Background: Section explaining the history, equipment, weapons. Real world information maybe used.
- Overview: In-game information. Section describing how the unit behaves in-game, noting advantages, weaknesses, etc.
- Abilities: Any user-controlled abilities, together with their portraits (standardized to 57px x 57px).
- Upgrades: Any applicable upgrades, together with their portraits (standardized to 57px x 57px).
- Trivia: Trivial information about the unit. Trivia must be in point form.
- Gallery: All images related to the unit, such as renders, concept art, etc, go here.
- See also: External and intrawiki links, such as to Wikipedia.
- References: The references heading, together with the <references/> tag should be placed at the end of the article if any <ref> tags are used.
- Navbox: Any applicable navboxes go at the end of the article, but before categories.