Rugrats Wiki:Manual of Style Policy

If you want see the main policy, see Rugrats Wiki:Community Policy.

The Rugrats Wiki: Style Manual is the guide for the style of all articles and content on the Rugrats Wiki. It is for new and existing users and it is to aid them in how every articles formatting and layout should look.

'''Everything in this article is to be in effect on July 21st, 2021 and should be followed. Should something else be added? Contact InfernoxStudios, Slicknickshady, Babysmurfrocks, BookFandumb or CartoonFan311 for any additions or questions.'''

General

 * This is an American-English wiki, so please do not create pages in another language.
 * Since this is an American-English wiki, American English is preferred (e.g. Please use "favorite" instead of "favourite" and "jump ropes" instead of "skipping"). However, quotes from other English-speakers are allowed to be used with British, Australian, or other grammar.
 * All edits must have good conventions and reliable information. If any edits have bad conventions, a user who made them will be noticed by an administrator to use correct grammar. If an edit has profanity or sexual words, a month block will happen to your account. Blocks will extend more if this happens more than once.
 * Shorthand and abbreviations are not allowed unless they are official names.
 * Fan-art and fan-fiction are not allowed on the wiki whatsoever and should not be added to any existing or new article. If things like these are submitted, it will be deleted and the user will be giving a warning at first and a block if they repeatedly keep doing this. If anyone really want to post fan-art or fan-fiction, the bureaucrat of the wiki Babysmurfrocks has a wiki called the Rugrats Fanon Wiki for fan-art and fan-fiction.
 * Please do not use superfluous content and a lot of links on each character, material, etc. (e.g. Only one (or two if the "Relationships" or "Cast" sections exists) link of a character should exist. The rest of the links must be refrained.).
 * Please format each title correctly. For episodes, songs, and short-story books, please format the titles with quotation marks ("); for movies and novels, please format the titles with italics.
 * Please add a reference on the article if necessary, but it must include the "References" section with a reference list.
 * Please add external links if necessary.
 * If a user wants to add categories, please ask one of the staff before you do that. If a user disobeyed this rule, a user will get a warning. Blocks will extend more if this happens more than once.
 * If an article is a Stub, please add a "Stub" template; it should be above the entire article.
 * Making unnecessary pages once will be a block, and your account will be warned by an administrator about it. Blocks will extend more if this happens more than once.

Images
All forms of images are excepted as long as they are appropriate for the wiki. If the images you upload are for episodes, please avoid having things like black boarders, mouse cursors, or bad quality images (such as if it were taken with a phone camera) as it makes the page look sloppy. Also for file names, the name of the file should relate to what it belongs to. For example if I had an image for the episode Pedal Pusher then I would put as the filename Pedal Pusher 1.png, Pedal Pusher 2.png, and so on.

It would be best if when uploading episode images to make sure no other user is already adding photos to an episode gallery as it will possibly lead to confusion of some sort. Try to avoid names of the same photos as well and not to overwrite any other photos unless the quality is bad.

Licenses

 * Any copyrighted images and screenshots should have its "Fair Use" license.
 * Images that are free-licensed should be checked and have any of the two "free-licensed" licenses.
 * Any created images, which includes usernames with a Rugrats font, should licensed as "I created the image myself."
 * Any images from Wikipedia or other Wikimedia projects should have its "Wikipedia or other Wikimedia projects" license.
 * Any images in public domain should have its "public domain" license.

Article Formatting
Most articles on the wiki have their own unique formatting depending on the content within each article. Please use the tabber to see the formatting for the different article pages. Episode Layout=

Episode articles make up most of the pages on the Rugrats Wiki and many of the pages currently are seen with different formats and layouts. Currently most of the episodes just have screen shots from the episode as the image in the episode infobox but we're trying to have the title card of the episode instead. The way the article should be laid out so it's the same on every page is:

[Example Episode: Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup]

"Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup" is the second segment of the second episode of Season 1, and the second Rugrats segment overall.

Summary
(The summary will come from Klasky Csupo so even if something like a name is wrong please do not change it as it is under Klasky Csupo's words as that's how it originally was. )

Quotes
Book Layout= 

Book pages are for Rugrats and All Grown Up! books that have been released as merchandise. The page should be laid out on every page with:

[Example Book: Oh, Brother!]

"Oh, Brother!" is the 9th Rugrats 8x8 book and was released June 1, 1999.

Characters

 * Tommy
 * Dil
 * Chuckie
 * Didi
 * Chas
 * Lou
 * Stu
 * Angelica (mentioned)
 * Reptar

Summary
(This is for the description given on the back of the book)

Plot
(Same as above and should be for the plot of the book if accessable) Song Layout= Songs pages are for the songs sung either in episodes, movies, or even just albums released. A video should be provided if it can be found, if not just leave the space blank for now. The page should be laid out on every song page with:

[Example Song: You Make Me Love You] "You Make Me Love You" is a song from the Season 6 episode "Music". It is sung by Tommy with Chuckie, Phil and Lil as the background singers.

Lyrics
Actor Layout=

Actor pages are for the actors and actresses that voice characters in the show, movies, etc. The page should be laid out on every actor page with:

[Example Actor: E.G Daily] E.G. Daily (born Elizabeth Ann Guttman on September 11, 1961) is an American actress, voice-over actress, singer/songwriter, and musician who is the voice of Tommy Pickles. She also voiced Stu Pickles as a baby in "Sour Pickles". She was born in Los Angeles, California....

Templates
Templates are used on almost every page on the wiki whether it be episode, song, stub, or simply just a character infobox template. These templates should be used appropriately for the right page.

Categories
Only appropriate categories should be added to the articles that relate to what's on the article. Most of these are already on the pages and don't need to be added at all.

For Characters some of the appropriate categories are:
 * Characters, Rugrats Characters, All Grown Up! Characters, Minor Characters, Recurring Characters, One show Characters, One-time Characters, etc.
 * Kids, Children, Babies, Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, Siblings, etc.
 * Adults, Grownups
 * 1 year olds (any other age category)
 * Preteens, Teenagers
 * Males, Females, Humans, Aliens, Animals, Dogs, Cats, Toys, etc.
 * Sons, Daughters, Stepsons, Stepdaughters, etc.
 * Mothers, Fathers, Stepmothers, Stepfathers, etc.
 * Grandsons, Grandaughters, Stepgrandsons, Stepgranddaughters, etc.
 * Nieces, Nephews, Cousins, etc.
 * Pickles Family, Finster Family, DeVille Family, McNulty Family, Carmichael Family, etc.
 * Jim Jr. High Students, Jewish People, Christians, Villians, Antagonist, Heros, Fairies, Giants, etc.
 * Characters who wear glasses, Characters who have red hair, Characters who have freckles, Old Characters, Employed Characters, etc.


 * Rugrats, All Grown Up!, The Rugrats Movie, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, Rugrats Go Wild, Rugrats: Tales From The Crib, Rugrats Pre-school Daze (Add only the category in which the characters are involved in so like any character in the Rugrats series (movies included) will have Rugrats and what ever else they appeared in.), and Content


 * Characters voiced by [insert voice actors name] (This category should only be used if the voice actor is voiced by many side characters or just main characters)
 * Stub (if necessary and please use the stub template)

For Episodes some of the appropriate categories are (All the pages have been created so here are some small extra that can be added if necessary):
 * Episodes focusing on [Character name]
 * Episodes where [Character name] doesn't appear (this category only applies for the main characters like Tommy or Chuckie)
 * Stub (if necessary and please use the stub template)

For Galleries some of the appropriate categories are:
 * Images, Episode Images, Character Images, Galleries, Character Galleries, Episode Galleries, Rugrats Galleries, All Grown Up! Galleries, Movie Galleries, Rugrats, All Grown Up!, Rugrats Pre-school Daze

For Transcripts some of the appropriate categories are:
 * Transcripts, Unfinished Transcripts, Finshed Transcripts
 * Rugrats, All Grown Up!, Rugrats Pre-school Daze, The Rugrats Movie, etc.

For Books and Games or other Merchandise:
 * Merchandise, Toys, Videogames, Books
 * Games on [Gaming Platform like Playstation for example]
 * Rugrats, All Grown Up!