Detective Conan Wiki:Manual of Style

Articles in general
Some important rules:


 * Try to include categories (i.e. using  ) when creating a new article (use other similar articles as example to know which categories to put). If, when previewing, the category name appears in red or if you're unsure, please do not try creating new categories unless you know what you're doing. A moderator or experienced contributor will take care of them.
 * Try to always include a See also section if possible (and/or applicable). It's good practice for user-friendliness purposes (as it provides a useful and extra mean of navigation).
 * The References section should always be placed after the See also section but before the External links section.
 * If there's an External links section, it should always be placed at the end completely (i.e. last section on the page).

Capitalization
For section headers:


 * Only the first letter as well as people names should be capitalized.
 * Though quite rare, in some context, some common words may be capitalized (possibly following a discussion/talk about it).

In category names:


 * The first letter of the first word should be capitalized.
 * Common words should not be capitalized. Examples: "Kudo family", "List of something", etc...
 * Some words that refer to people should be capitalized such as "Voice Actors", "Executive Producers", etc...

Naming convention
Even though Japanese names are usually given with the last name placed first, people's names in this wiki should follow the format:
 * Given_name Last_name

The rationale can be read here.

New character articles
Here are the characteristics, by order of importance, to look at when justifying the creation of a character's profile:
 * 1) The character is a main protagonist
 * 2) The character is a major recurring character
 * 3) The character is a minor recurring character (2 appearances or more)
 * 4) The character is part of a main organization such as the Police, the Black Organization, school body, etc...
 * 5) The character has had an impact on the storyline such that said impact spans more than one episode (or movie, etc...)

Profiles
The following is a global overview of the generic article structure when creating character pages. emphasize important points.

Episodes, Movies, OVAs and TV Specials
The following is a global overview of the generic article structure when creating character pages. emphasize important points.

Season pages
Season pages list episodes according to an approximation of the Japanese DVDs, referred to as "Parts".

i.e. Season 1 contains Episodes 1-28 because Part 1 of the Japanese DVDs does as well.

Music pages
The following is a global overview of the generic article structure when creating music related pages.

Galleries

 * A maximum number of 25 images can be added to a page's gallery, 15 being a good average number. But any multiple of 5 (below or equal to 25) is acceptable: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25.

Other
For any other standard issues not mentioned here, please try and follow Wikipedia's Manual of Style when making Detective Conan Wiki pages. For more information, please visit: Wikipedia's Manual of Style