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.

Page Titles

If multiple subjects have the same title, use the following to distinguish their page titles:

Characters:

• (character) - only if they have no counterpart in other continuities.

If multiple versions of the character exist:

• (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

Media:

Anime:

• (episode)
  • (1998 episode)
  • (Stampede episode)

Manga:

• (chapter)
  • (Trigun chapter)
  • (Maximum chapter)

Book title:

• (book)

Song:

• (song)

Soundtracks:

• (album)
• (single)

Audio drama:

• (drama)

Real people on the production staff/cast:

• (role in production)
  • example: Satoshi Nishimura (director)

Companies/studios/publishers/distributors/etc.:

• (type of company)
  • example: Madhouse (animation studio)

Additional title clarifications can be added as needed.

Disambiguations & Redirects

• Whenever a page is made that uses a shared name for any reason mentioned above, please start a disambiguation page.
  • The shared name should be made into a redirect page for the disambiguation page.
    • Example: Wolfwood
  • Disambiguation pages should be titled: "Page subject (disambiguation)"
    • Example: Wolfwood (disambiguation)
• It is recommended that redirect pages are made for variations of spellings/titles/names.
  • Example: Knives Millions

Types of Pages

Help:Style_guide/Character_Pages

Help:Style_guide/Organization_Pages - coming soon

Help:Style_guide/Episode_Pages - coming soon

Help:Style_guide/Chapter_Pages - coming soon

Sources

• Use citations & link your references please! We want to make sure our information is as accurate as possible.

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/reliably translate!
• "Monthly Satellite Times" inserts from the Japanese Laserdisc & VHS releases. As these are in Japanese, only use information you can reliably translate.

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. There are multiple errors in these guides. Notable errors can be pointed out in the Notes section of a page.
• 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--you know the one!
• 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!