Help:Style guide

Here is a brief "style guide" to be taken into consideration when creating and editing entries:

Page names
Page names should consist of a character's name, followed by the primary continuity associated with said character in parentheses (usually, the continuity where this character first appeared). As an example, there are currently two characters named Hot Shot, one from Transformers: Robots in Disguise and one from the Unicron Trilogy. As such, the first character's entry would be Hot Shot (RiD), and the second would be Hot Shot (UT). Even if a name is only used in one continuity, 'PLEASE maintain this naming scheme, in case future lines utilize a pre-existing name (just look at how many different Scorponoks there are!).

Keeping the notations short and abbreviated is important, especially to keep typos and annoyances to a minimum. For example, when the wiki begins to start creating pages in the Toy section, Hot_Shot_(Unicron_Trilogy)_(toy)_(Energon)_(Energon) would be extremely frustrating to repeat across pages.

Some characters, most notably Unicron, are canonically dimensional singularities. As they exist simultaneously in all universes, they need no parenthetical notation after their names.

Examples:
 * Optimus_Prime_(G1)
 * Optimus_Primal_(BW)
 * Optimus_Prime_(RiD)
 * Optimus_Prime_(UT)

Articles
Unless the page title refers to the title of a work, such as The Ultimate Doom, articles (i.e. "the", "a") are to be avoided. Thus, the Fallen's page should be at Fallen, not The Fallen.

Plurals
Unless the plural form is surely the group's name (Wreckers), it should not be used as the title (Transmetal). One way to make sure of this is if the singular form is used often and that it's not a "join forces" kind of group.

Disambiguation
In cases where multiple characters share the same name (Scorponok, for example), create a disambiguation page. A disambiguation page consists of bulleted links to each possible use of a term or name, followed by the "disambig" tag.

Lists
A list of items from the Transformers universe, such as Starships or Places should be broken down by continuity, G1 and G2 first, followed by Beast Wars/Beast Machines, then Robots in Disguise, Unicron Trilogy, and a final (if necessary) "Other" category.

Within each larger category, please break down individual entries by faction, with Autobots first, Decepticons second (or Maximals and Predacons where necessary), followed by any other necessary "Other" categories.

Images
Whenever possible, PLEASE source any art you upload to this Wiki! Please include the name of the original artist (where possible) and the location of the artwork (comics: issue number; cartoons: episode title). If you don't know who drew it or what episode it's from, then at least provide a link in the image upload information telling us where it's from.