Gameloft Wiki:Manual of Style

See also: Gameloft Wiki:Rules The manual of style (abbreviated as "MoS" or "MOS") is a set of rules that should generally be followed when editing articles. Please do not change it unless you have discussed it with the rest of the community on either this page's talk page (a link to which is included in the dropdown menu that appears after clicking the button with the three vertically-lined dots beside the edit button with the pencil icon at the top) or the Discussions section of the wiki (scroll down to the bottom of the page's main body to find it; it might take some time to load, if that seems to be taking a long time perhaps try reloading the page, but it might not show up on some pages [such as this one, which is a project page]; it may also be accessed by clicking or tapping the icon with two speech boxes [with one in front of the other] on the bar at the top-right of the page above the page title, edit button, etc.; it might seem barely visible on some wikis due to the dark color of the bar) and all or most of those who participated in the discussion accepted the to-be-made changes.

More detailed information can be found at Wikipedia:Manual of Style, but note that the Gameloft Wiki and Wikipedia's rules on which types of information are allowed and which aren't may slightly differ.

Note: This page is currently unfinished.

Language
Both American and British English are accepted. Article titles, section headings, and the main bodies of articles should generally be written in sentence case (for example, instead of "2D Version", write "2D version"). Exceptions are names of video games, books, comic series, television/web series, films, organizations, etc.

Text formatting
The first mention of an article's subject should be in the "bold" text format. Titles of video games, books, films, television/web series, etc. should be italicized when mentioned in articles.

Links
In articles, the first mention of a game or series's genre(s) and/or theme(s) should be linked to a Wikipedia article or articles about said genre(s)/theme(s), and so should that of its platform(s). The first mention of anything that has an article on the Gameloft Wiki should also be linked to said article. See Help:Contents at Community Central for (a) link(s) to page about how to use links, as well as other wiki-editing things.

Video games
Articles about video games should start off with "[game name] is a [or an, depending on the following word] [link to a Wikipedia article about the game's genre(s), such as action, adventure, action-adventure, role-playing, action and role-playing (in which type of case it should be called "action role-playing", etc.), platform, etc.] developed by [person(s) or group(s)/company(s) that developed the game (examples include Gameloft Japan, Gameloft New York, and Capcom Mobile] and published by [company that published the game (in most cases, it is Gameloft itself)].", followed by information on when (such as on December 28, 2009, in 2012, or in January 2003), where (such as in North America, Europe [or PAL regions], and/or Japan; keep in mind that some games were released in different regions on different days and/or in different months and/or years) and for/on which platform(s) (examples include Java ME, BREW, and/or BlackBerry mobile phones, Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, the Xbox 360, the Nintendo DSi, and the PlayStation 3 [PS3]) the game was released. Optionally, you can also end the lead section (the introductory part of an article that is found at the top of the page and the most common opening sentences of which were also discussed in the last few sentences) with a brief summary of the game's plot and/or uncommon gameplay elements/mechanics. The first section is one that describes the gameplay, including information on the graphical perspective, core and less important / other game mechanics, and frequent glitches / software bugs. Next is a section describing key events in the game's storyline. If there are different versions of the game that feature significantly-different gameplay and/or plots (usually this is the case for 2D and 3D versions [which may have different genres], or respective variants for low- and high-end [and perhaps in some cases mid-range] phones [other than newer operating systems such as Android and iOS, and in many cases for different Java phones such as the Nokia 6280 and the Sony Ericsson K800i], but keep in mind that there are also other things the word "version" may be used to refer to, such as variants that are different because of software updates [which are revisions of a game's code], regional laws [in some cases features are not included in some localizations and/or platform-specific versions for unknown reasons, perhaps sometimes due to time constraints], or technical constraints for some platforms and/or platform types [consoles as a whole, particular consoles (such as the PlayStation 3), computers, phones, operating systems, etc.]), divide the Gameplay and/or Plot section(s) into sub-sections, each one for a particular game version, and if there are a few significant differences between otherwise similar versions, say in the sub-section of the version that is listed lower on the list of sub-sections (due to [perhaps] being released later) to see the above sub-section and mention said differences after that sentence. Following a section on miscellaneous information (see the Miscellaneous information sub-section of this sub-section below) about the game, there should be a section on the game's reception and a gallery (for which the below it), then a section on trivial but interesting information (if available), references to sources for clarification of certain claims (such as the existence of obscure games, confirmation of release dates, etc., through use of the  template [see Help:Cite at Community Central for more intructions]), and links to relevant external-site pages.

Miscellaneous information
Information on a game's graphical format (2D, 2.5D, 3D, etc.), modes, difficulty levels, characters, weapons, modes of transportation, progression tasks, etc. should be placed in a section titled "Miscellaneous information" (below the Gameplay and Plot [and Development, if enough is known about it] sections).

A basic example:
 * Graphics type
 * 2D (keypad-based and touchscreen Java phones)
 * 3D (iOS)
 * Bluetooth connectivity: Yes (linking up with computer version) [not sure if this is really possible, though, but it can be used for multiplayer in some cases such as Naval Battle: Mission Command for keypad-based phones, and Nintendo's Game Boy Advance (GBA) and GameCube (GC), a handheld and a home video game console respectively, did have a linkup feature for connecting GBA games to the GC]
 * Internet connection requirement: No / optional (multiplayer component; Wi-Fi / mobile data)
 * Setting
 * Time period: 2013–2014
 * Location: New York City, New York, United States

Difficulty levels

 * Easy
 * Normal (more enemies) (if there is more to say about a level, then follow it up with a hyphen (-) [with a space (an empty area, like the ones between the three words in the previous part of this bracket-enclosed sentence) before and after it] and then a description of said level)
 * Hard (health regeneration is disabled)

Game modes

 * Campaign Mode - The player has to complete several set objectives (missions) in order to progress the storyline
 * Free Play Mode - The player is allowed to create a custom map and manage it, as well as use it in both this mode and the multiplayer component

Characters

 * Character X (if there is not much to say about the character, then rather than linking to their/its article or the Characters sub-page [in case in the game there are characters about whom there is a bit more to say than that yet a bit less than others (such as Jason Malone)], write their/its name in the "bold" text format and follow up with a hyphen and a description of the character)

Weapons

 * Rifle
 * Rifle 2

Vehicles

 * Helicopter
 * Trucks
 * DLN-9240
 * DRN-282973

Locations

 * Earth
 * North America (if more than one country is shown/mentioned)
 * United States (if more than one area, district, region, state, city, etc. of a state/nation/country is shown/mentioned)
 * New York City
 * Street 928320
 * House No. 72
 * Underground laboratory

Chapter 1

 * Mission 0: Prologue
 * Mission 1

Radio station

 * 928262720 GL (FM95.79)

Infobox
See Template:Infobox game series

In-game weapons, modes of transportation, goals/achievements, progression tasks, etc.
There are pages that link to each game's subpages for extensive information on weapons, transportation modes (vehicles [cars, trucks, airplanes, boats, etc.], horses, etc.), progression tasks (levels, missions, quests, etc.), achievement records that are implemented into the game either entirely through itself, a separate app or website (such as Google Play Games or the PlayStation Network), or an emulator (such as RetroArch), characters, version history, etc. (note: characters about whom there is enough information available are eligible to have their own articles): The Cheat codes page is not divided as there are not enough known cheats to make it too long.
 * In-game achievements
 * Characters
 * Characters/Minor characters
 * Factions/groups/teams
 * Glitches
 * Progression tasks
 * Software version history
 * Transportation modes
 * Weapons

Example pages
Here are some articles that represent well how pages on the wiki should be structured (they might be a bit outdated at the moment in terms of compatibility with the MoS though):
 * Zombie Infection
 * Wild West Guns
 * Asphalt (disambiguation