Help:Editing Guide/Group

Group and organization articles are about specific groups, organizations, and factions in the series. (Example: Outclaws.)

Article Structure

A tribe article should be structured as follows:

• Introduction
• Goals
• History
• Members
• Trivia
• Gallery
• References
• Navboxes
• Categories

Introduction

• The introduction paragraph provides essential information about a group, including their primary objective/s, current leader, and location if applicable.
• Groups that have been disbanded or whose goals have changed should have that information included in the paragraph.
  • Example: "The Talons of Peace previously aimed to end the War of SandWing Succession."

Goals

• List the goal or goals of the group or organization in detail.
• This list should consist of goals for the group at large, not individual members.

History

• This section should consist of a summarized history of the group, including all events they are mentioned to be involved in and attempts to achieve their goals.
• Note changes of leadership or status quo, changes in goal or direction, and relocations of the group as a whole.
• It should be noted when a group was made and disbanded, if known/applicable.

Members

• A list of known members of the group, past and current. This list should be alphabetized.
  • The leader may be placed at the top of the list regardless of alphabetical placement.
• If a character is a past member of the group or deceased, note that next to their name. Characters who are important to the group (such as a leader or founder) may also have notes next to their names.
  • Known associates of a group may be listed here despite not being members. Note that they are an associate next to their name.
  • Example: SeaWing Council
    • Coral (leader/queen)
    • Moray
    • Shark
    • Tsunami (associate)
    • Whirlpool (deceased)

Trivia

• Any other information about the group, such as codes or signals used for communication.
• 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 groups should be placed into the following categories:

• Groups and Organizations.
• Depending on the group's goals and members, it should be included in Pyrrhian History, Pantalan History, or tribe-specific history articles (eg. MudWing History, HiveWing History, etc.).