Help:Editing Guide/Event

Event articles are about specific events, conflicts, or traditions in the series (Example: IceWing Plague.)

Article Structure

An event article should be structured as follows:

• Introduction
• Description
• Timeline
• Known victims
• Trivia
• Gallery
• References
• Navboxes
• Categories

Below you can find more detailed information on what to keep in mind while editing each section.

Introduction

• The Introduction paragraph should include essential information about the event. This includes a brief summary, notable deaths (such as royalty), and any perpetrators or causes.
  • An approximate year of occurrence may be included if one is available.

Description

• A more detailed summary of the event. This should include the cause and resolution of the event, as well as summarize anything important from the duration.
• If the event has a specific perpetrator, their motive may be elaborated on in this section.
• The description may include details about the event that do not fit on the Timeline.
  • Example: Symptoms of the IceWing Plague.
• If the event is reoccurring, describe what usually happens in addition to anything that happened in the series.
  • Example: Describing what the Talons of Power ceremony is generically and it's origins, in addition to specific instances in the series.

Timeline

• A bullet-point timeline of the event. This should include all notable deaths, changes to the course of the event, etc.
• This should include events preceding and succeeding the subject of the article, for context.
  • Example: Queen Oasis's death, though not technically a part of the war, was the inciting event and should be early on the timeline.
• If the event is reoccurring, this section may be omitted.
  • Example: the Talons of Power ceremony does not have a linear timeline, as it is a reoccurring event. Instances of the ceremony in the series should just be discussed in the Description section.

Known victims

• If any dragons or humans were killed during the event, they should be listed here.
  • Unnamed victims can be summarized. (Example: "Twenty unnamed IceWings").
• An event like a war may require some adaptation of this section; victims/casualties on a mass scale can be noted in the description.
  • An event with uncountable casualties should use this section to note resulting "on-screen" deaths (such as Crocodile) or deaths that were relevant to the course of the war (such as Blister, or Scarlet's assumed death).

Trivia

• This section is used for information that does not fit elsewhere on the page.
  • In particular, this section should be used for statements made by Tui at online or in-person events.
  • Information from events Tui hosts should be accompanied with a citation linking a post made about the event, or a screenshot from a digital event if possible.
  • Statements made on an official Scholastic media (websites, social media, etc.) are also acceptable.

Gallery

• The Gallery section should contain the <gallery> </gallery> syntax around all image files.
• The Gallery section should only contain canonical imagery. This may include cover illustrations, graphic novel art, Home Base assets, and any promotion-specific material released by Scholastic.
• Fanart is not allowed in the Gallery section.

References

• You can add a citation of a book page (in source mode) by using the Ref template (click the link for an explanation on how to use it). Citations of sources outside the books can be done using the <ref></ref> syntax (in source mode) or by selecting the Insert tab and clicking Reference in the drop box (in Visual Editor mode).
  • Please do not use <ref></ref> for book citations, and replace them with the proper format when necessary.
• If a citation is used anywhere on the article (via the Ref template or the <ref></ref> syntax), this section needs to be added to the page so the citation displays properly. In most cases, this is done by adding <references /> to this section.
• If there are more than ten distinct citations on an article, you can use {{RefColumns2}} instead of <references /> so the citations appear in two columns instead of one. Similarly, {{RefColumns3}} exists to create three columns, although this is only needed for very excessive citation lists such as on this article.
• If there are no citations on an article, this section can be omitted.

Navboxes

• Navboxes are a quick way to navigate around information about a specific tribe. They include article links for known dragons, locations, and societal information. Navboxes should only be added to pages they link to, including the tribe’s members, events, and relevant locations.
• You can add a navbox by using {{Tribe Navbox}} (Example: {{HiveWing Navbox}}).

Categories

Categories are an easy way to find things on our wiki. You can find all the existing categories at the Category Guide or the Category Tree.
All events should be placed into the following categories:

• Events.

Categories with specific conditions:

• An event associated with a specific tribe or tribes belongs in the respective tribe history categories (eg. MudWing History, HiveWing History, etc.).
  • If the event affected every tribe on a continent, or the continent itself, it can be added to Pyrrhian History and/or Pantalan History.