Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki:General content policy

This page contains information pertaining to Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki's policies and guidelines.

Effective date: October 11^th, 2022

This page is an official policy regarding article content in general. For the general content guidelines, see here.

Objectivity

Neutral point of view

Information on Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki is meant to be written from a neutral point of view, this means no opinions.

Canon perspective

Fan-created (sometimes known as "Fanon") content is not canon and, for the most part, is not accepted on Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki. In addition, fan-created theories or speculations aren't canon. Overall, fan-created content should not go on the wiki. For the purpose of gathering fan-made ideas and content of anything, including the Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchise, the Fanon Wiki was created.

Article format

General

• Articles must belong to as many categories as makes sense. The deepest category in a tree is preferred; for instance, if Rowley Jefferson is a boy, use Category:Male characters, instead of Category:Characters.
• For subjects whose name's capitalization is ambiguous, try to follow the general content guidelines. However, at the very least, the subject's word must always start with an uppercase letter.

Headings

In all headings, including page titles and sections, only proper nouns should be capitalized. However, keep in mind that the first letter in a heading will always be capitalized automatically by MediaWiki. The only formatting allowed on headers is italics, which should be used like they would in body text.

Trivia

Trivia is subjective – what some people consider a fun fact is a just normal information for others. However, unlike Wikipedia, this wiki allows "trivia" sections, as long as the information is:

• Noteworthy – boring or common pieces of information aren't very interesting to have around, and likely fit in the article's body.
• Short – in order to be considered a tidbit, it should be possible to explain it in one to three sentences. Anything with a lot of detail is better explained in its own section.
• Isolated – trivia facts should be unattached to most other parts of the subject. If a fact is related to an existing section of information in the article, it likely belongs there.

The {{did you know}} section of the main page is not directly related to trivia sections, instead of listing interesting facts that newcomers to the series might not know.

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