Help:Style guide

There are a few things that should be kept in mind when creating wiki pages that help keep them consistent with the style of the wiki, and make them easy to read and edit.

Page Naming
If you're creating a page about something with a specific in-game name, you should make the page name match the in-game name. For instance, you should make sure the capitalization is the same in both places e.g. The Howling Mountains (not "howling mountains").

Sections
Section headers are good - they make it easy to edit portions of the page. Typically the top level sections should be level 2 ( ==Section Title== ), and each next level below that one more set of ='s.

Section titles should not repeat the page name - the page name is displayed as the level 1 header of the page, so it's redundant and makes for bloated/odd-looking Contents boxes.

Section titles should only capitalize the first word, unless referencing something specific in-game (in which case they should be capitalized as they are in-game, like page titles).

Copy/Pasting Page Templates
If you're copy-pasting a base layout for a page, try to use the subst: keyword in front of any or  placeholders. That will make it so that the page name is substituted into the code as well, making it easier to see what it actually is for later editors.

Tables and other specialty formatting
Try to avoid using tables (or other formatting tools) for purposes other than what they were intended to be used for. If you want to make a list, try to use the bulletted or numbered list formats. Using formatting in ways it wasn't designed to be used often makes for pages that look great in one person's browser, but don't look nearly as good when the browser, resolution, or themes are changed.

Red Links
If you see a red link (signifying a page that doesn't exist yet), don't create it and save it without content just to turn the red link into a normal one. It's best for it to stay a red link until someone can actually add some content to a page, because then people who see the link will know that it still needs something added to it, and might be able to help out! If it were just a link to a blank page, it'd be hard to tell that there wasn't actually anything there without clicking on the link.