Archieverse Wiki:Manual of Style

The following is Riverdale Wiki 's manual of style, which are to be upheld when making articles on the wiki.

Articles
Articles should have the following elements:


 * Incomplete articles should be given the stub and/or Expand templates.
 * The first appearance of the articles title within the text should be in bold type.
 * Words that are themselves titles of additional articles should be linked only on their first occurrence in the article.


 * Internal links add to the cohesion and utility of Riverdale Wiki by allowing readers to deepen their understanding of a topic by conveniently accessing other articles. These links should be included where it is most likely that readers might want to use them; for example, in article leads, the beginnings of new sections, table cells, and image captions.

Character Template

 * The Infobox should only contain canon information, i.e., information stated or seen on-screen, or confirmed off-screen.
 * Unknown information (real names, relatives, etc.) should be omitted if not confirmed in one of the ways stated above.

Article Body

 * The first instance of a character's name should be in bold type.
 * Only information from the Riverdale Wiki should be included in the main article, with relevant Archie Comics information in the "Notes" section.

Sections
A character article should contain the following sections in order:


 * A brief summary or so, summarizing who or what the article is about. This section should come before any section headings. i.e.,
 * Archie Andrews is a high school sophomore, football player, and budding musician.


 * Biography — character's detailed history
 * Personality — character's personality
 * Appearances — chronological list of the character's Riverdale episode appearances in a bulleted list. (If the list is too long, consider using the scroll box template)
 * Trivia - a section with trivia about the character.
 * Notes - a section with relevant information about the characters in other media.

Season 1

 * References — a section where references can be founded from articles.

Episode Template

 * This template should appear at the top of the episode page (when creating a new page), before the sections listed below. If you are unsure of a section, please leave it blank.

Sections
Episode pages should contain the following sections (and subsections) in order. Where they have quotation marks around them, the precise wording should be followed.
 * Synopsis: The official press released synopsis. The synopsis isn't to be edited or added onto other then removing non In-Universe things out of it, such as cast members names' in parentheses.
 * "Plot": a detailed, written out plot of an episode.
 * "Cast"
 * "Quotes": Notable quotes from the episode.
 * "Trivia": trivia about the episode.

Images

 * A picture is better than no picture. Do not remove a picture of a character, item, etc. from an article, even if it doesn't conform to these guidelines unless you replace it or the image is a copyright violation.
 * Images that are not part of an info box should have a caption (use the "thumb" function in the image tag)
 * See also: Riverdale Wiki:Images

Character Infobox Images
Images in an episodes' info box should be:
 * Screenshots or promotional stills.

Episode Infobox Images
Images in an episodes' info box should be:
 * Screencaps and screenshots after episodes have aired.

Sourcing
Use the Filebox template or the appropriate fair use template.