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This page contains the Tempest Rising Wiki's article layout guideline. It describes how content should be arranged on an article page to be clear and exhaustive.

• Guidelines describe desired etiquette and common practice in the creation, editing and organization of articles on this wiki.
• Any registered editor is free to edit this page to improve its readability as long as the essence of the article remains unchanged.
• If you would like to suggest content changes or propose a new policy or guideline, please use the discussion page.
• See the policies and guidelines page for an overview of this wiki's policies and guidelines.

On structure

One of the most important parts of wiki editing is how to structure an article. Structure dictates what information the reader reads and when he or she reads it. It can influence what people contribute, where they put it and how it is written. Good structure is likely to produce high quality articles.

Organize sections in an article in a hierarchical structure like you would an outline. Try using a shallow structure rather than a deep one. Having too many nested sections usually leads to a confusing or unreadable article.

Unit and building articles

In general, articles should have the following sections, in the following order (bold elements are a must-have):

• UnitBox/BuildingBox template: Infobox containing key information, abilities and upgrades; should feature the subject's icon.
• Introductory sentence: short sentence providing the name, type, faction of the subject appears.
• Background: section explaining the history, equipment, weapons and all other lore-related information is provided here.
• Game unit/building: strictly gameplay-related section, describing the subject as it actually behaves in the game. Images of showing its features should also be put here instead of Gallery section.
  • Production: a list of sideboxes, each describing an item that the unit or structure can produce.
  • Abilities: a list of sideboxes, each describing an ability that the unit or structure can perform.
• Quotes: a list of the unit's quotes; not needed on structures and units that do not speak.
• Behind the scenes: section for noting cut content, changes that occured during development etc.
• References: the references heading, together with the Reflist template should be placed at the end of the article if any <ref> tags are used.
• Navbox: any applicable navboxes go at the end of the article, but before categories.
• Categories: To be placed at the end of the article; see this guideline for details on categorizing articles