The Manual of Style is a style guide for all Taylorverse Wiki articles. It establishes the house style, helping editors produce articles with consistent, clear, and precise language, layout, and formatting. The goal is to create an encyclopedia that is easier and more intuitive to use.

Contents

1. Naming Articles

2. Article Formatting

   1. Headings

   2. Body

   3. Quotes

   4. Links

3. Article Writing Conventions

4. Article Structure

   1. Characters

   2. Locations

   3. Organizations

   4. Vehicles

   5. Artifacts

   6. Events

   7. Media

5. Additional Notes

Naming Articles

Articles should be given the most accurate in-universe name possible, even if an alternative name is more commonly used. If a name is not provided in canon material, it can be chosen, with an eye toward understandability.

The following points are critical to formatting article titles:

• Title capitalization: The first letter of every word in a title must be capitalized, except for articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions, prepositions and the "to" in an infinitive.

• Singular form: Article names should be singular as a general rule; however, some exceptions are accepted, such as members of a particular species ("Dogs"), groups ("Defenders of Eshkor"), grouped items ("Knives"), or lists.

• Full names without ranks or titles: Articles about characters should avoid the title or rank, (e.g. "Javier Ramirez," not "Dr. Javier Ramirez").

• Avoid definite or indefinite articles: The definite article (the) and indefinite articles (a/an) should be avoided in article titles except if they are used as the official title (e.g. "The Authorities).

Article Formatting

Headings

Main headings should be styled using the "Heading 3" style, followed by a divider and then paragraph text or a subheading. Main headings should be preceded by a "Heading 3" paragraph break, not a regular style paragraph break.

Subheadings should use the "Heading 4" style. Subheadings should be preceded by a reguar style paragraph break, and are not followed by a paragraph break or divider.

Body

The brief description at the beginning of an article should always contain the page's title or subject in bold. Articles (a, an, the) should not be bolded, even if included in the title (e.g. "The Authorities is the totalitarian regime..."). If a word in the title is not a proper noun, do not capitalize it in the article body (e.g. "Ramez Dhanial's car is..."). Events should be followed by their dates in parenthesis (e.g. "The Second American Civil War (2084–2089)") in the introductory paragraph. Article subjects should be followed, if applicable, by common secondary names in bold (e.g. "Kyrus Varden, also known as the Sovereign Supreme, is...").

Paragraphs should be separated by a blank line break.

Particularly long articles should have a Contents section at the top. "Contents" should use the subheading style, and numbered text should link to the appropriate sections. Subsections are indented and numbered with letters (e.g. "c. Badges").

Quotes

Quotes should by styled as follows:

"Quote from a character."

– Character to Character, in Book Title

Quotes should be italicized, as should titles. If the quote is of dialogue, it should be placed within quotation marks. If it is prose, no quotation marks should be used. Everything mentioned in the quote itself and in the source should be linked to the appropriate article. The source should be offset by an en dash (–).

Links

Whenever possible, add links. Links should not be underlined, and not open in another tab.

Article Writing Conventions

Taylorverse Wiki articles should follow standard American English rules and conventions. The following grammatical conventions are to be followed consistently in all articles:

• Oxford comma (e.g. "soldiers, executioners, and technicians")

• Placing of punctuation within quotes (e.g. "the song 'Silver Sunrise,' the debut of the band Indigo Ocean...")

• Use em dashes with no spaces (e.g. "mooncrystals—first introduced in Ice Lords—glow turquoise")

The brief description at the beginning of an article should be in present tense from an in-universe perspective. The rest of an article should be written in past tense from an in-universe perspective. The Behind the Scenes and Trivia sections of an article should be written in past tense from a real world perspective, with any applicable date starting a line (e.g. "On November 23, 2020, the cover was redesigned").

Article Structure

Articles should follow the appropriate structure; different kinds of articles have different structures.

Characters

1. Quote

2. Description

3. Biography

   1. Early Life

   2. Appearances (subsection for each appearance in a story, named after key event)

   3. Death

4. Personality

5. Trivia

6. Behind the Scenes

7. Videos

8. Gallery

Character infoboxes should be structured as follows:

Biographical Information

Born: March 21, 2079 • Wrenton, NH

Died: December 4, 2175 (aged 87) • New Arcis Mountain Citadel

Cause of death: Illness

Resting place: Forest graveyard

Also known as: The Sovereign Supreme • The Sovereign

Affiliation: Sang Enterprises (formerly) • The Authorities

Occupation: Board director (formerly) • Dictator

Rank: Lieutenant

Education: Elkwood University

Relatives

Maria Gemina (wife)

Jamie Teri (son)

Allies

Hans Icewood

Enemies

Craig Johnson

Physical Attributes

Ethnicity: Black

Hair: Brown

Eye color: Hazel

Locations

1. Quote

2. Description

3. History/Appearances

4. Sub-locations

5. Trivia

6. Behind the Scenes

7. Gallery

Location infoboxes should be structured as follows:

Information

Type: City

Also known as: The Big Apple

Area: New York, U.S.

Size: 32.05 mi²

Population: 110,000 (2020)

Home to

Ash Thorane

Visited by

Rena Thorane

Organizations

1. Quote

2. Description

3. About

4. History/Appearances

5. Structure

6. Authority

7. Mission

8. Locations

9. Technology

10. Vehicles

11. Weapons

12. Training

13. Trivia

14. Behind the Scenes

15. Gallery

Organization infoboxes should be structured as follows:

Information

Type: Police department

Also known as: Military Science and Technology Agency

Headquarters: New York City, NY

Founded: 1997

Founders: Natasha Cruise, Scott Cruise

Estimated Net Worth (2022): $1 trillion

Members

Colin Cruise

Competitors

Icewood Industries

Vehicles

1. Quote

2. Description

3. History/Appearances

4. Deck Plan

5. Trivia

6. Behind the Scenes

7. Gallery

Vehicle infoboxes should be structured as follows:

Information

Type:

Also known as:

Affiliation:

Passengers:

Crew:

Gross Tonnage:

Length:

Beam:

[Cruising] Speed:

Registry:

Decks:

Color:

Owner:

Passengers/Used By

Sierra Clark

Crew

Evor Wolf

Artifacts

1. Quote

2. Description

3. History/Appearances

4. Trivia

5. Behind the Scenes

6. Gallery

Artifact infoboxes should be structured as follows:

Information

Type: Weapon

Also known as:

Affiliation: The Authorities

Created: 1945

Creator: Kar Morsen

Owner: J.M. Gemina

Used by

Ash Thorane

Used on

Rena Thorane

Events

1. Quote

2. Description

3. History/Sub-events

4. Characters Involved

5. Trivia

6. Behind the Scenes

Event infoboxes should be structured as follows:

Information

Type: War

Date: 2084–2089

Location: North America

Result: Separation of East and West America; division of other territories

Part of: The Taylorverse (see full timeline)

Participants

East America

West America

Media

1. Quote

2. Description

3. Synopsis

4. Plot (with images when applicable)

5. Characters

6. Cast

7. Trivia

8. Behind the Scenes (production timeline)

9. Q+A

10. Music

Media infoboxes should be structured as follows:

Information

Type: Novel

Release Date: September 8, 2015

Genres: Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy

ISBN-10: 1520278659

ISBN-13: 978-1520278650

ASIN: B0154253RI

Paperback Length/Duration: 157 pages/28 minutes

Written by: Grayson Taylor

Director: Grayson Taylor

Composer: Grayson Taylor

Starring

Bryan Taylor

Taylorverse Stats

Timeline Date: January 2015–December 2015

Series: Suspect (Film 1)

Additional Notes

For reference, here are the longest page titles in the Taylorverse Wiki. Be advised that all article listings (category pages, similar pages sections, featured articles sections) should be able to fit the longest amount of text here.

• Characters: Benjamin Adelson

• Locations: Authorities’ Shipping Warehouse

• Organizations: Antarctic Exploration Association

• Vehicles: Sang Enterprises Deployment Truck

• Artifacts: Kar Morsen’s Resuscitation Device

• Longest Overall: Sang Enterprises Deployment Truck