Alice in Borderland Wiki:Manual of Style

This page discusses the Alice in Borderland Wiki's Manual of Style to guide our editors in producing consistent and high quality articles. Remember that this manual generally follows Wikipedia’s Manual of Style.

Topics

1. Article topics and their corresponding information must be factual. This means that rumors, speculations, theories, or any fan-made media and information have no place on the Wiki and therefore shall not be added.
2. Page creations must have a clear topic to stay on the Wiki. Any page that does not concern the Alice in Borderland universe or has an extremely broad topic will be deleted.

Writing

Neutrality

Use a neutral point of view when writing. Any opinion or bias should be expressed in Discussions or on the respective Talk Page, not in the article itself.

Perspective

Use an in-universe writing perspective. This means that phrases such as "In Chapter 6..." or "In the third episode of season 2..." must be left out in articles. These phrases are only welcome in certain sections like Trivia.

Naming

Character pages

1. All character pages must be named using the character's official name and spelling. For characters with an alias, use the name that the character is more known for.
2. When linking character pages in articles, link the page with the character's full given name first. Only do this once. Succeeding mentions of a character must use the character's nickname and must NOT be linked to their page.

Other pages

The Wiki prioritizes and follows the English translated names provided by Viz Media's official translation of the manga series, as well as Alice in Borderland's other official translators for its derivative works. Other official names and spellings must be identified in the page.

Language

1. Use American spelling. Viz Media and FANDOM are both American companies, so the Wiki uses American English as its official language.
   • Use words like "afterward," "forward," "toward," "anyway," "gray," instead of "afterwards," "forwards," "towards," "anyways," and "grey." The latter set of words are more common in British and Canadian spellings while the former are more common in American English. The Wiki will follow the former.
2. Keep all verb tenses consistent.
   • All summaries must be written in the present tense.
   • History sections of character pages must be written in past tense.
   • If the content of a portion of a chapter or episode is a flashback to a previous story point, it must also be written in past tense.
3. No usage of profanity unless necessary. Profanity will only be accepted on a case-by-case basis. Chapter and episode titles and any other official name are excluded from this rule.

Punctuation

1. Use serial comma.
2. Use "straight" quotes, not “curly.” The same rule applies for single quotes or apostrophes: 'straight', not ‘curly.’ Quotation marks and apostrophes in imported material should only be changed if necessary.
3. Use the "logical quotation" style. Include terminal punctuation within the quotation marks only if it was present in the original material. Otherwise, place it after the closing quotation mark.
4. The titles of the manga series and its anime adaptation should always be in italics, e.g. Alice in Borderland. Chapter and episode titles should be in quotes, e.g. "731st Day of Restitution".
5. Dates are written in "month day, year" format. Use cardinal numbers. For single digit numbers, do not add a 0 before it.
   • For cardinal numbers: write "January 15, 2017," not "January 15th, 2017.”
   • For single digit numbers: write "October 5, 2010," not "October 05, 2010."

Wikitext

1. Headers must be in the form == Header ==, not in the form ==Header==.
2. Links like [[Morizono Aguni|Aguni]] are preferred over links with redirects like [[Aguni]].
3. For links that are possessive, put the "'s" outside the link.
   • For example, use [[Morizono Aguni]]'s instead of [[Morizono Aguni|Morizono Aguni's]].
4. When linking pages on the Wiki, internal links must be used over external links. Internal links allow you to simply put the intended article's name in double brackets.
   • For example, [[Mira Kano]] creates a link to the Mira Kano page without using an external link that reads like [https://aliceinborderland.fandom.com/wiki/Mira_Kano Mira Kano]. External links are only used for external sites.
     • To aid in easier linking, use the {{W}} template when linking an item to a Wikipedia page.
5. All templates must always be put in new lines, unless they are specifically intended to be in the same line. For instance, use:

{{Stub}}
{{Infobox character
| Option 1 = Data
| Option 2 = Data
}}

And not:

{{Stub}}{{Infobox character
| Option 1 = Data
| Option 2 = Data}}

Presentation

1. Paragraphs must be brief and straight to the point, preferably no more than 10 lines and ideally with at least one reference at the end and an illustrative image every few paragraphs. (See Images and References below.)
2. Do not reveal the details of a character's death in their introduction. This cannot be considered introductory information. Revealing their death in the introduction is also irrelevant for their status is already stated as such in their infobox and can be easily identified by the narrative style in past tense.

Images

Images are used to enhance the appearance and quality of articles on the Wiki. Therefore, all images must follow a format for the purpose of uniformity.

Acceptable Images

• Images that are related to the series, and directly from the author, publisher, and other official sources
• Raw Japanese scans for chapter covers
• Blanked out panels for page content

Unacceptable Images

• Collages
• Fan-works of any form
• Images unrelated to Alice in Borderland
• Images with watermarks
  • An image with a watermark will only be excused if the watermark is official.
• Images with potential spoilers until the official chapter/episode is released
• Images for the user profile
  • If you wish to have an image on your profile that is not related to the series, please upload it to an external image sharing site and import them here instead.
• Nudity and other kinds of images that shows explicit scenes
  • These are not acceptable regardless if it came from an official source, per Fandom's Terms of Use.
• Duplicate images
• Fake images

Image Format

• Give the image a proper file name. The file name usually describes what is happening in the image.
  • Bad file names include:
    • File:4546577.png
    • File:deeb99cc95636d877e587d6f949568848cd93e64.png
    • File:Aliceandusagi2.png
  • Good file names include:
    • File:Kuina clears the game.png
    • File:Arisu and Karube leaving unscathed.jpg
    • File:Chishiya tricks the other players.png
• Categorize the uploaded images properly. The usual categories are the featured characters' and the chapter's or episode's, which the image was taken from.
• Indicate the proper licensing. Most images on the wiki are under {{Fairuse}}.
• Consistent size. When inputting images in articles, they must always be 200px in size.
• Images in an article must alternate positions. If Image A is right-aligned, then Image B must be left-aligned. Consequently, Image C would be right-aligned, Image D left-aligned, and so on and so forth.
• Always add appropriate captions. The image caption is usually the image’s file name.

References

References are used to justify and prove information. Hence, adding citations to one’s contributions is very essential. References may either come from manga chapters, anime episodes, or credible external links. For the proper citation of references, see {{Ref}}.