Animal Crossing Wiki:Style

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Here at the Animal Crossing Wiki, we aim to provide consistent, accurate information. However, in order to do this one must be aware of the various writing styles required when editing or writing articles. This is called having a Style of Writing, or simply Writing Style.

Article and File names
Article tiles or file names must mention or be about the subject they are discussing. For example, Tom Nook is the name of the character, while an article Racoon is not specifically about Tom Nook, but other racoons.

With this in mind, names must also be official and consistent. For example, Sonny Resetti is Resetti's full-name, but he is almost always referred to as Resetti throughout the.

When an official name is not available, perhaps because the page or file name is already taken, one that describes the situation can be used. For example, a picture of Goldie in her house can be called "Goldie in House.jpg".

Importantly, articles must be written in singular instead of plural. For example, Fruit is used instead of Fruits. Exceptions to this guideline are when the pages are for lists e.g. List of K.K. Songs or a group e.g. Dogs.

Article writing

 * Observe the Animal Crossing Wiki:Neutrality guidelines.
 * Write in third person, never in first person unless exceptions apply e.g. when quoting the subject, such as Goldie's picture quote says "I'm really into that Lab..."
 * Write a brief definition of the article's subject as the first sentence or paragraph.
 * The subject must be written in bold. See Flowers, where the first word of the article begins with the subject and is written in bold text.
 * Grammar is important. If writing a quote, remember to use quotation marks (")
 * Linking (e.g. Example ) to other pages is usually limited to the first occurrence within the article (excluding infoboxes and templates). Long articles may use more than one link, if appropriate.

Standard Articles
Many articles have different types of styles. Some pages specifically require certain types of information to others.

Villagers and Special Characters
Each villager and special character requires a page if they are referred to and named in game, even if they do not physically appear (e.g. Vicious Vole Vinnie).

Villagers
For each villager page, the required sections are:
 * An opening paragraph with a description
 * It must contain their name, personality, species and that they are a villager in the.
 * What their name and catchphrase may be a reference to (if any)
 * What games they appear in
 * An Appearance section
 * Must include color, referring to eyes, make-up, fur, skin, hands, feet, ears, nose etc.
 * What their initial clothes are - these are the clothes they first wear in the game, before changing them.
 * References to their species, name, personality etc.
 * A Personality section
 * Must contain the open sentence: Below is a brief description of the   personality. For more information, click  |here.
 * A generic description of what that personality means. All villagers in a certain personality act the same, therefore bias must be added.
 * A House section
 * A gallery section for house pictures (optional)
 * A description of the house as it is when they first move in and have their boxes unpacked, including items of furniture within it, with links to the relevant furniture pages.
 * The K.K. Slider song they have playing on their stereo. Some villagers do not initially have a stereo, but all villagers play one K.K. Song.
 * A Merchandise section (optional)
 * Insert a gallery, with the description being the type of merchandise

In addition to the above sections, each villager page must have:


 * An Infobox (see Template:Infobox villager for use).
 * A Species Box (see Category:Species for the "Template:" pages).

Special Characters

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