Gintokipedia Wiki:Manual of Style

This is the official Gintokipedia Manual of Style.

Characters

 * (main) - The beginning section with general intro. This is the one without a section name.
 * History - Historical and background information on the character.
 * Appearance - Physical description of the character.
 * Personality - Information on the character's personality.
 * Abilities - Information on the characters special abilities and techniques.
 * Swordsmanship
 * Character Specific Ability
 * Synopsis
 * Arc Name
 * Influences - (if applicable)
 * Trivia - Trivia items. Organized in list format using * at the start of the line (Stylistically a space after that * would be nice.) Things not worthy of being in trivia include things such as: "That X is the first Y to do Z." or "That X is the only Y to do Z." etc.''
 * Quotes - ''Character quotes. The character shouting out a Jutsu name shouldn't be considered a jutsu though. Organized in the same way as Trivia.
 * References - ''Just the ==References== section with a and   are pointless, only   should be used.
 * Don't bypass redirects using things like  make use of the redirect properly with.

Common improper style changes

 * Do not change "Jōishishi" to "Jouishishi". "Jōishishi" is the correct term.

Consequences
Violations of this policy are punishable. The following method should be followed for carrying out these consequences;


 * First offense: Warning
 * Second offense: Second warning
 * Third offense: Article deletion
 * Fourth offense: 1 week block
 * Fifth offense: 1 month block
 * Sixth offense: 1 year block
 * Further offense: Permanent block

Outside Links
For proper English-Japanese translations, use one of the following;


 * Tangorin.com
 * Mahou.org
 * Nihongodict.com
 * Romanji.org

Other helpful links my include;


 * at Wikipedia.

Acknowledgements

 * It is based on Narutopedia ' s own Manual of Style, since that is the site we imitate style-wise.