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The '''Style Guide''' is intended to give Weezerpedia a uniform style by making decisions about aspects of language that have more than one answer. | The '''Style Guide''' is intended to give Weezerpedia a uniform style by making decisions about aspects of language that have more than one answer. | ||
==Citations== | |||
All information on Weezerpedia, typically, should include citation. To cite a source, append to the end of the relevant article passage the citation information within '''<nowiki><ref> </ref></nowiki>''' tags. Add a References section to the bottom of a page below the article's text body (typically below "See also") and before the category tags (and above the "External links" section, if applicable), and simply add the tag '''<nowiki><references /></nowiki>''' (note the spacing). | |||
'''Ex.''' | |||
:Said Patrick Wilson, "When I first met Rivers, he still had super-long hair."<nowiki><ref>Wood, Mikael. "[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-03-25/weezer-blue-album-oral-history-30th-anniversary-rivers-cuomo Weezer’s Blue Album at 30: The inside story of the debut that launched L.A.’s nerdiest band]" ''Los Angeles Times''. 25 March 2024.</ref></nowiki> | |||
'''Renders as:''' | |||
:Said Patrick Wilson, "When I first met Rivers, he still had super-long hair."<ref>Wood, Mikael. "[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-03-25/weezer-blue-album-oral-history-30th-anniversary-rivers-cuomo Weezer’s Blue Album at 30: The inside story of the debut that launched L.A.’s nerdiest band]" ''Los Angeles Times''. 25 March 2024.</ref> | |||
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Do not use ephemeral webpages as sole sources unless accompanied by an additional archived version of that source, such as: | |||
*''Ideally'', a saved version of that webpage using the Internet Archive's [https://archive.org/web/ Wayback Machine] | |||
*A screenshot of the page if the information is especially volatile, such as in the case of a [[Riverchat|chatroom]] or a tweet that is subject to deletion. | |||
Weezerpedia does not require adherence to any particular citation format (MLA, APA, etc.) but citations should be as thorough as possible, including things such as author, title, publishing date, date accessed or archived (if applicable), and URL (if citing a website). | |||
== Naming conventions == | == Naming conventions == | ||
=== Band names and titles of songs or albums === | === Band names and titles of songs or albums === | ||
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== Creating pages == | == Creating pages == | ||
{{Main| | {{Main|Help:Starting a new page}} | ||
Page names should follow Weezerpedia's naming conventions (see above), in regards to word capitalization. | Page names should follow Weezerpedia's naming conventions (see above), in regards to word capitalization. | ||
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*Introduction paragraph<br> | *Introduction paragraph<br> | ||
*<nowiki>==Overview== (Or a comparable title, such as "History" or "Background") </nowiki><br> | *<nowiki>==Overview== (Or a comparable title, such as "History" or "Background") </nowiki><br> | ||
*<nowiki>==See | *<nowiki>==See also==</nowiki><br> | ||
*<nowiki>==External links==</nowiki><br> | *<nowiki>==External links==</nowiki><br> | ||
*<nowiki>==References==</nowiki><br> | *<nowiki>==References==</nowiki><br> | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
===Song pages=== | ===Song pages=== | ||
{{Main| | {{Main|Help:Creating a song page}} | ||
When creating a page for a specific song, follow the format: | When creating a page for a specific song, follow the format: | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding:5px"> | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding:5px"> | ||
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*<nowiki>==Overview== (If the artist's connection to Weezer is minor or unclear, title this section "Connection to Weezer")</nowiki><br> | *<nowiki>==Overview== (If the artist's connection to Weezer is minor or unclear, title this section "Connection to Weezer")</nowiki><br> | ||
*<nowiki>==Discography==</nowiki><br> | *<nowiki>==Discography==</nowiki><br> | ||
*<nowiki>==See | *<nowiki>==See also==</nowiki><br> | ||
*<nowiki>==External Links==</nowiki><br> | *<nowiki>==External Links==</nowiki><br> | ||
*<nowiki>==References==</nowiki><br> | *<nowiki>==References==</nowiki><br> | ||
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===Links=== | ===Links=== | ||
{{Main| | {{Main|Help:Links}} | ||
When writing or editing a page, link everything than can be, or should be linked on the first appearance of a term. Do not link subsequent appearances of the term. Don't be shy in making links. That's the power of the wiki. If a link goes to a page that doesn't exist yet, don't delete the link, build the page instead. | When writing or editing a page, link everything than can be, or should be linked on the first appearance of a term. Do not link subsequent appearances of the term. Don't be shy in making links. That's the power of the wiki. If a link goes to a page that doesn't exist yet, don't delete the link, build the page instead. | ||
===Categories=== | ===Categories=== | ||
{{Main| | {{Main|Help:Categories}} | ||
Every page must contain at least one category. A list of every category in use on the wiki can be seen on the [[Special:Categories|Categories]] page, and the most common categories can be seen on the [[Special:MostLinkedCategories|Most linked-to categories]] page. Categories should be placed at the bottom of the page's source code, below all other sections and information. | Every page must contain at least one category. A list of every category in use on the wiki can be seen on the [[Special:Categories|Categories]] page, and the most common categories can be seen on the [[Special:MostLinkedCategories|Most linked-to categories]] page. Categories should be placed at the bottom of the page's source code, below all other sections and information. | ||
To link a page to a category, include the link <nowiki>[[Category:{Name}]]</nowiki> at the foot of the page (replacing "{Name}" with the name of the category). It will automatically create and format the categories box. If there is a relevant category that has yet to be used on the wiki, follow the same process (using the new category's title) and it will automatically become a [[Special:WantedCategories|Wanted Category]]. These are functionally identical to standard categories and will show up on the page's category box. | To link a page to a category, include the link <nowiki>[[Category:{Name}]]</nowiki> at the foot of the page (replacing "{Name}" with the name of the category). It will automatically create and format the categories box. If there is a relevant category that has yet to be used on the wiki, follow the same process (using the new category's title) and it will automatically become a [[Special:WantedCategories|Wanted Category]]. These are functionally identical to standard categories and will show up on the page's category box. | ||
==Tables of known song recordings== | ==Tables of known song recordings== | ||
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==Uploading images== | ==Uploading images== | ||
{{Main| | {{Main|Help:Images}} | ||
===Regular images=== | ===Regular images=== | ||
All new images that are uploaded should ideally fit the following guidelines | All new images that are uploaded should ideally fit the following guidelines | ||