Forum:Article Re-Work Project

The articles in the wikia are beginning to look tonnes better these days however i would like to leave this project open some official site policies are drawn up surrounding the issues brought up here.

MASSIVE thank you to anybody over the last year who has contributed to making the DGM a respectable in depth all round view of the universe we all enjoy so much.Wolfwood (Shoot)  07:17, October 28, 2010 (UTC)

REFERENCING
OK this is a very important addition and should be thought of as a golden rule when making edits....

REFERENCED MATERIAL CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM THE MAIN ARTICLE

By this i mean that if a sentence is in an article with a valid reference then to all extents and purposes it is an enclyclopedic fact and cannot be removed. sentences may be reworded but the fact itslelf and esspecially the reference may not be removed.

If you believe a reference to be incorrect then bring up this point for discussion' in the' Article Talk page, do not just delete it or you edits will be instantly reversed and treated as vandalism.

EXAMPLE OF THE REFERENCE
D.Gray-Man (manga/anime/CD drama/novel/artbok/handbook/volume's no. xx bonus materials etc.), Chapter no.xx page xx (or pages xx-yy)(if manga)/Episode no.xx (if anime)


 * D.Gray-man manga, chapter 159 page 06
 * D.Gray-man anime, episode 95

Official Character Romanization
There is no reason to leave character names spelled incorrectly, especially when there is official information available. Here is a list of prioritization insofar as what order we trust available sources for name translations:
 * 1) D.Gray-man Official Fan Book -Gray Ark-
 * 2) D.Gray-man Compilation Comics
 * 3) D.Gray-man Manga extras (character profiles/talk rooms)
 * 4) Official English VIZ romanization
 * 5) Last and least for brand new characters etc., the Binktopia (translation which can be found on www.mangastream.com) translation are acceptable, until official information is released.

Personality statistics
I have removed these from pages since as far as i know they come from no particular source and are, in general, just made up on the spot. Also a lot of newer articles have left these out so the articles are beginning to look less and less uniform throughout the wiki. after talking with Hetarin we will see if the information that is available in the fanbook can be incorporated into the Character box rather than as a separate section of the article. Again only official resources for this info. nothing anyone has made up.

Interests, dislikes and hobbies
Again the same problem here. a lot of this is speculative at best and mostly made up by people. I am more than happy to re apply these if an official source can be referenced. Many series like this have a character guidebook with things like this so if there are official sources then by all means have these sections included but otherwise they don't look great. again the problem with these was the info people were making up. I would like to have this information as long as it is referenced in the Trivia sections. Along with popularity poll results it will be one of a few allowed trivia points.

Love affairs
it's something that comes and goes so it need to be said to make things clear. PLEASE NOTES ONLY THE OFFICIAL PARINGS! (either as a lovers or married couple)

Marriages
for example Edgar x Twi - they are married (Hoshino has stated it herself)

Lovers
Kanda x the-mysterious-woman-from-his-past (Alma's previous incarnation) is an official pairing (They said I love you (too)many times in the short period of time) but Kanda x Alma IS NOT OFFICIAL (they have never been acting like lovers toward each other - really! if they did, it's all your imagination!)

Crushes

 * obvious CRUSHES:

for example: Bak -> Lenalee, Road -> Allen, Rohfa -> Allen, Emilia -> Kanda etc.

To sum up:

any parings that haven't been OFFICIALLY said to be true AREN'T official and all speculations/informations/trivias will either be MOVED to the talk page(for consideration) or DELETED.

so NO (until further notice) parings with Lenalee or any yullens, lavens, linkllens, bakandas(Bak x Kanda if somebody doesn't know that) or other funky OTPs!

Galleries
Either have pictures throughout the article or a Gallery at the end. I'm not against having the photo galleries exactly but one or the other should be done, it looks messy having both. i will be removing galleries and inserting the pictures into the articles. Any thing that isn't from a manga, anime or official poster source will be removed - except on user pages - including deviantart pictures.

Profile Pictures
The profile pictures should be a frontal facial picture which is not obscured by other characters or effects. When it's possible an Anime picture should be used instead of a manga one with the exception of recent characters who did't appear in anime (such as the thirds or Timothy). Moreover if the character doesn't have officially coloured picture or his appearance in such picture is too obscured by other character/other effects the black-and-white replacement should be used.

the fan-coloured(no matter how great they would be) pictures are prohibited.

full body shots should be saved for the appearance section. please use a maximum of 250px for the file.

Informations
due the changing of the skin, striking difference between pages and possible speculations - each statistic chart have to contain these informations ONLY:


 * English name
 * Japanese name
 * Romanized name
 * Birthdate
 * Age
 * Height
 * Weight
 * Hair Color
 * Eye Color
 * Blood Type
 * Nationality
 * Relatives
 * Affiliation
 * Weapon
 * First appearance in Manga
 * First appearance in Anime
 * Seiyū
 * Voice Actor

(if the information is missing it should be filled as N/A)

Informations other than those stated above should be removed

template is here

Articles
Each Character should have a character info box and the following titles in the main article:


 * Appearance
 * Personality
 * History
 * Plot
 * Anti-Akuma Weapon(Innocence)/Noah Abilities/Abilities and Weapons(<- for characters other than Exorcists or Noahs)
 * Trivia
 * References

Out of Universe context
1 Reference field are there for a reason, anyone saying "from chapter such and such" or "from episode so and so" will have the sentences restructured and have a reference added instead.

2. Points about voice actors playing characters from another series etc will be removed. most voice actors have voiced another character somewhere and I don't see the relevance to this series.

Trivia
Trivia should be referenced, not personal opinions and relevant to the Series. anything else i will consider junk and remove. Again if there is an official source guide for facts about characters then that is perfectly fine, but things like "allens crowned clown looks like freddy kreugers glove" really shouldn't be in there. Also information which is mentioned in the article already or information that belongs in the article should be moved or deleted as necessary.

Just to be clear sentences along the following wont count:

it is believed that XXXXXX has done something

a popular fan theory is...............

XXXXXX is the first character so far to ........................

XXXXXX is one of X characters who .......................

XXXXXX is similar to YYYYYY form ZZZZ series.

this is not exhausttitive but you get the idea of what we are trying to avoid.

Participating
if you are helping to clean up the articles please feel free to add this contribution box to your user page, just copy the formula and add:

I love this series and want this site to be the top reference for it. I am simply aiming to have all the articles looking the same and to have official sources quoted for the information here rather than anything based off personal opinion. there is a D'Grayman fanon Wiki so this site should really only be dealing with known facts from official sources.Wolfwood (Shoot)  10:28, June 21, 2010 (UTC)