Help:Style guide
Style Guide
(wip page/draft)
Basic Guidelines
- Articles should be written in third person.
- Articles should be written with a more formal/professional tone. Please refrain from goofing and meme-ing.
- Articles should be written to convey information about the series and only information. Please refrain from inserting your opinions, theories, headcanons, etc. or letting them influence your writing.
- Synopsis sections should be written in present tense.
- Use the discussion pages to leave notes about what needs to be worked on/added in the article instead of on the article page itself.
- Use citations & link your references please! We want to make sure our information is as accurate as possible.
- If multiple subjects have the same title, use the following to distinguish their page titles:
- For a character:
- (character) - only if they have no counterpart in other continuities.
- If multiple versions of the character exist (proposed names, may change):
- (anime) - 1998 anime continuity
- (Badlands Rumble) - ONLY appears in Badlands Rumble and shares a name with a different existing character
- (manga) - Trigun (manga) & Trigun Maximum continuity
- (Stampede) - 2023 anime continuity
- (character) - only if they have no counterpart in other continuities.
- for an episode:
- (episode)
- If both anime series use the same episode name:
- (1998 episode)
- (Stampede episode)
- (episode)
- for a manga chapter:
- (chapter)
- (Trigun chapter)
- (Maximum chapter)
- (chapter)
- for a book title:
- (book)
- for a song:
- (song)
- for an audio drama:
- (drama)
- for real people on the production staff/cast:
- (role in production)
- example: Satoshi Nishimura (director)
- (role in production)
- for companies/studios/publishers/etc.:
- (type of company)
- example: Madhouse (animation studio)
- (type of company)
- For a character:
Sources
Best Sources:
For Canon Information:
- The actual anime episodes/movie and manga chapters.
- For English translations of Trigun (manga) and Trigun Maximum, refer only to the Overhaul (preferred) and Dark Horse official translations.
For Credits:
- Credits included in the actual anime/chapters/magazines/books/album liners/merchandise packaging/etc.
- Anime News Network typically includes lists of all the credits, though they should be double checked against the actual show credits.
Other information:
- Interviews with people who worked on the series.
- Official websites for the series; companies involved in producing/distributing the series; venues/events/conventions where series-related events (panels, screenings, interviews, gallery shows, etc.) were hosted.
- Use the Wayback Machine to find archived versions of these sites if they are no longer online.
- The Trigun Anime Art Book & Trigun Archives book. Both of these books are primarily in Japanese, so only use information you actually are able to read!
Iffy Sources:
- Wikipedia and the Fandom Trigun Wiki
- Check their References sections and use those sources instead.
- DO NOT use uncited information used in their articles.
- The BESM/D20 Trigun Fan Guides. Best used as a starting point for research.
- Magazine articles. These can range in quality/accuracy so use discretion.
- Print advertisements/promos. These may contain outdated or inaccurate information if changes were made after printing the ad.
Do Not Use:
- The Trigun Maximum English scanalation!
- The gameplay related sections of the of the BESM/D20 Trigun Fan Guides.
- Fanon/fan theories/fan terminology. If it didn't originate from an official source that can be cited, do NOT use it!