Shortcut: BTP:STYLE

Every article should adhere to the Manual of Style; please read it and contact an administrator whenever you have any questions.

Contents 1 Articles 1.1 Titles and Headings 1.2 Spelling 1.3 Content 1.3.1 Lead section 1.3.2 Ordering Sections 1.3.2.1 Character Articles 1.3.2.2 Episode Articles 1.3.2.3 Item/Food Articles 1.3.3 Noteworthy Events 1.3.3.1 Major Events 1.3.3.2 Minor Events 1.3.4 Trivia 1.3.5 References 1.3.6 See Also 1.4 Linking 1.4.1 Links 1.4.2 Overlinking 1.4.3 Italicizing and Bolding 2 Galleries 2.1 Content 2.1.1 Categories 2.1.2 Text 3 User Pages 3.1 Templates 3.2 Categories

ArticlesEdit

Titles and HeadingsEdit

Article titles and headings should have the first word capitalized, along with every other word that isn't an article (e.g.: "the", "a/an", "and"), save for policy articles.

SpellingEdit

No decision had been made on whether the wiki will use a specific variety of English.

ContentEdit

Lead sectionEdit

The lead section of every article should start with the title of the article in bold and a short sentence related to it (e.g.: "Way Big is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a To'kustar.")

Ordering SectionsEdit

Character ArticlesEdit

Character articles should be ordered in the following manner: Background; Personality (where applicable); Appearance; Powers and Abilities; Weaknesses (where applicable); Appearances; Naming and Translations (where applicable); Toys (where applicable); Trivia.

Episode ArticlesEdit

Episode articles should be ordered in the following manner: Plot; Minor and Major Events (where applicable and under "Noteworthy Events"); Characters, Villains and Aliens Used (all under "Characters"); Quotes (only noteworthy quotes and where applicable); Errors (where applicable and accompanied by pictures if possible); Naming and Translations (where applicable); Allusions (where applicable); Trivia.

Item/Food ArticlesEdit

Item/Food articles should be ordered in the following manner: Background (where applicable); Uses; Users; Appearances; Naming and Translations (where applicable); Toys (where applicable); Trivia.

Noteworthy EventsEdit

Major EventsEdit

Major events include but are not limited to: Ben's first transformation into a specific alien in the series the article refers to; a recurring character dying; a recurring character being introduced; a noteworthy planet being shown and/or traveled to.

Minor EventsEdit

Minor events include but are not limited to: a non-recurring character dying; a non-recurring character being introduced; a minor planet being shown and/or traveled to.

TriviaEdit

The trivia section should have curiosities regarding the article (e.g.: "This episode aired on the fifth year anniversary of Ben 10.") and not pointless information regarding random events (e.g.: "This is the third time Ben turned into X after turning into Y.")

ReferencesEdit

The references should have links to any external references made on the page. Either add individual links or add the {{Reflist}} template to the section with <ref>*link*</ref> tags to the page where references are made.

See AlsoEdit

The "See Also" section should be present in every article and should have links to other articles that are relevant to it. For example, the Omnitrix article's "See Also" section should contain links to, among other articles, "Primus" and "Ultimatrix".

LinkingEdit

LinksEdit

Links should be to the main article itself, rather than to a redirect page.

OverlinkingEdit

Links to any specific page should only appear once per section.

Italicizing and BoldingEdit

Links to episode articles or just names of episodes should be italicized and links to movie articles should be bolded. All other links shouldn't have any sort of emphasis.

GalleriesEdit

ContentEdit

CategoriesEdit

Galleries should only have gallery-related categories (e.g.: "Gallery", "Episode Galleries") and not categories belonging to the main article (e.g.: "Characters", "Aliens").

TextEdit

Galleries should not have any text whatsoever, except in the form of captions and to organize the galleries.

User PagesEdit

TemplatesEdit

User pages should not have templates that automatically add categories to them. They will be removed when found.

CategoriesEdit

All user pages must have the category "Users" added to them and, if necessary, additional categories regarding that user's position, with the only exception being Wikia staff.