Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki:Manual of Style

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

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Project:General content guidelines.

The Manual of Style covers making the wiki more orderly and guides new users.

Writing

We use only American English on this wiki since the books written by Jeff Kinney are provided in American English. And, make sure that your contributions are written in perfect grammar and spelling.

• The Neighborhood Tattler
• The Neighbourhood Tattler
• The second book's color is blue.
• The second book's color is blue.

Write in present tense. Only use past tense if the events in question have already passed prior to the events of the book, such as in a flashback.

• Greg goes to Westmore Middle School.
• Greg went to Westmore Middle School.
• Greg had a worm named Squirm, who died when Manny stepped on him.
• Greg has a worm named Squirm, who dies when Manny steps on him.

Write professionally. Do not use slang or abbreviations in the article's text.

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a book series by Jeff Kinney.
• DoaWK is a book series by Jeff Kinney.
• Shadowdoom is a book that appears in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days.
• Shadowdoom is a book that appears in Dog Days.

Italicize the titles of the books and movies. If there is an identifier, do not italicize it.

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck
• "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck"
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010 film)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010 film)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010 film)

When writing release dates, use the full date in the "[month] [day], [year]" format, and do not abbreviate the month. You can also use the {{date}} template, which serves to standardize the way dates are displayed on the wiki and it'll write it in a specific format.

• June 11, 2018
• June 11^th, 2018
• June 11
• June eleventh, 2018
• June 11th, 2018
• Jun 11, 2018
• 6/11/18

Do not refer to Susan and Frank as "Mom" and "Dad."

• Susan
• Greg's mother
• Mrs. Heffley
• Mom
• Frank
• Greg's father
• Mr. Heffley
• Dad

Wikitext

When linking an article, link it like this: [[<article name>]]. Do not put punctuation or spaces in links or link the article as an URL. If you are linking an italicized word or phrase, make sure to put '' around the link, not inside. If you want the link to be plural, put the "s" or "es" outside the link.

• [[Greg Heffley]]
• [https://wimpykidwiki.com/wiki/Greg_Heffley Greg Heffley]
• [[Greg Heffley]].
• [[Greg Heffley|Greg Heffley.]]
• ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever]]''
• [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever|''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever'']]
• [[Greg Heffley]]'s
• [[Greg Heffley|Greg Heffley's]]

Avoid linking to redirects. For example, linking to [[Manny]] takes you to the Manny Heffley article. Redirects should be used for searching, not on mainspace articles. Instead, type [[Manny Heffley|Manny]].

• [[Manny Heffley]]
• [[Manny Heffley|Manny]]
• [[Manny]]
• [[Manny|Manny Heffley]]

File names

Give your images descriptive names. Otherwise, the image is hard to identify.

• Capture-0.png
• A.png
• Screen Shot at 10-34-53 AM.png
• IMG 1012.png

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