Luigi's Mansion Wiki:Article Guidelines

This article guideline will give an overview on how to structure and format our articles on the site to provide consistency and readability to all our editors and readers. Refer to this guideline whether you are new here or a long-time FANDOM editor.

Templates

Templates are used to better the look for the wiki overall. There are many different types of templates which must be used appropriately and correctly. Below is a brief overview on the most commonly used templates.

• Infoboxes are fact sheets that are always placed at the very top of the article. Information to list through the different sections are placed below the infobox image.
• Quotes are used to write down whatever the subject is saying. Generally, they are placed at the top alongside the infobox, though they can be placed in other sections if necessary.
• Notice templates are used to alert or inform users of the current conditioning of the article. There are tons of notice templates used, and most of them get placed at the top of the article. Some common notice templates include;
  • The Stub template, which is used to mark an article as one which needs more information expanded on.
  • The Image template is used to notify users that the article requires more images to be added.
  • One final example is the Featured template, used to notify users that the article was or is currently a featured article on the home page.
• Navboxes provide links to related articles which are placed at the very bottom of the article. Make sure to use the correct navbox for the appropriate subject. For example, if editing an article in which its subject is from Luigi's Mansion 3, you would use the LM3 navbox.

Article sections

Articles utilize many different article sections, and the sections are used to separate appropriate information. The sections for each article can vary from time-to-time, so please make sure that you use the appropriate sections for each article. Below is a list of the common sections used throughout most articles, which will tie into our Articles types and formatting section below.

• Appearance is used to describe the physical appearance and traits of a character or ghost. This section should be at least five lines long for it to be considered for this section, but please avoid filler writing. Otherwise, the information should be included in the lead paragraph.
  • Description is similar to Appearance, though this will be used to describe the appearance of collectible items, rooms, objects and non-ghost enemies/species. This section is used to list the in-game description for the Missions in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon.
• History will list chronological information of the subject. It is necessary to have all of the information listed in chronological order, and not the order in which the media was released in. For non-canon material, use the Noncanonstart and Noncanonend templates to contain in and close off the non-canon information.
• Personality traits is used to describe how a character's behavior and their different traits displayed throughout the games.
• Abilities lists all known abilites shown by the character. This section can also be attributed to objects or other miscellaneous content with known abilites. For character/ghost abilites, there should be the following sub-sections where applicable; Skillset, Powers, Other abilites and Weapons.
• Biographies is used to list official descriptions and bios of the subject(s) either in-game, from instruction booklets or official websites.
• Trivia is used to list any additional information or other interesting notations.
• Gallery is used to insert a selection of images relating to the subject. If galleries have 20 or more images, they may be moved to their own gallery page. Always remember to use this template to provide an easy-to-access link to the gallery page.
• References is used to list any references you may have used within the article. Use {{Reflist}} if any references have been used and always placed them above the Navbox(es) below.

Article types and formatting

Here are provided guidelines as to how our articles are expected to be formatted, to be consistent, clear and easy to read.

As a brief note, the lead paragraph is the introduction paragraph(s) which are written after the infobox.

Characters

• Quote
• Infobox Character infobox. Please fill out the necessary fields.
• Lead paragraph
• Appearance
• Personality traits
• Abilities
• History
• Biographies
• Trivia
• Gallery
  • Videos
  • Promotional media
  • Screenshots
• References
• Navigation

Ghosts

• Quote
• Use either Portrait-infobox, LMDM Ghosts or LM3 Ghosts
• Lead paragraph
• Appearance
• Personality traits
• Abilities
• History (Use Dark Moon Quest for ghosts appearing exclusively to Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon)
• Other appearances
  • Boss battle (reserved of Bosses only)
• Strategies and guides
• Biographies
• Trivia
• Gallery
  • Videos
  • Promotional media
  • Screenshots
• References
• Navigation

Strategies and guides – Provide any useful strategies and tips used against the ghost. It is here where you may make use of 2nd person ("you") perspectives.

Boss battle – Write down a narrative of the boss ghost's battle and their patterns, and how to defeat/stun/capture them. Do not use this section to provide guides.

Locations and Rooms

• Quote
• Use either Room Info, LMDM Mansion or Floor(LM3)
• Lead paragraph
• Appearance
• History
• Ghosts
  • Normal ghosts
  • Bosses
• Collectible items (Treasure locations for Rooms if the room does not have any Gems)
• Rooms (exclude this for the Rooms articles, for obvious reasons!)
• Gem locations
• Boo locations
• In-game description(s) (exclude this for the Rooms articles)
• Trivia
• Gallery
  • Videos
  • Promotional media
  • Screenshots
• References
• Navigation

Ghosts – Provide a gallery with screenshots of the ghosts you'll encounter within the locations.

Collectible items – Provide a list of all the collectibles found within the location or room. For locations, consider the example shown here, and for rooms, refer to this example.

Gem locations – Provide a table of the gems and how to get them, like what's done here.

Boos locations – Provide a table of the Boos and how to find them, like what's done here.

Objects and Items

• Quote
• Use Special Item
• Lead paragraph
• Obtainment
• Functions
  • Use any different necessary sub-sections below
• Trivia
• Gallery
  • Videos
  • Promotional media
  • Screenshots
• References
• Navigation

Obtainment – Write down a narrative on how to obtain the item or object.

Functions – Use multiple different sub-sections to showcase all of its functions.

Games

• Use Game Info
• Lead paragraph
• Plot
• Gameplay
• Characters
  • Main
  • Supporting
  • Antagonists
• Ghosts
  • Normal ghosts
• Bosses
• Locations
• Collectible items
• DLC content (only for Luigi's Mansion 3)
• Critical reception
• Trivia
• Gallery (should use the Gallery template to link to the gallery page)
• References
• Navigation

Plot – Write down a simplified narrative of the game's plot, but do not fuse gameplay mechanics with plot details, and vice versa.

Gameplay – Write down a narrative on the gameplay mechanics and the controls used.

Characters – Provide a gallery of images of the characters, split into the appropriate sub-sections; Main, Supporting and Antagonists.

Locations – Provide a list or table of all the locations explored within the game.

Critical reception – Gather information and references from official websites from critics and their opinions on the games, as well as any score ratings. This section is NOT USED TO LIST OPINIONS AND RATINGS FROM PLAYERS AND/OR EDITORS ON THE SITE.

People

• Image of the person
• Lead paragraph
• History
• Awards
• Quotes
• References
• External links

Awards – Used to list any awards and nominations earned by the person.

Quotes – Any notable/memorable quotes said from the person.

External links – Link to any sites including coverage on the person.