TotalFreedom Wiki:Style guide

This article is a style guide for the TotalFreedom Wiki and is meant to help editors adhere to a consistent standard of style and formatting throughout every article.

For a complete Manual of Style, the Wikipedia Manual of Style should be consulted, as this is meant to be a reference for the TotalFreedom Wiki's specific guidelines. Covering every single situation would take a very long time.

Article titles

Article titles should be straightforward and easy to read. Articles in mainspace should be in title case. If the topic is of an event on TotalFreedom, the year that the event took place should prefix the title. Exceptions are made for articles if the topics name has specific wording.

Some examples include:

• 2022 Akefu Raids
• 2017 UYScutix Revolution
• 2023 Server Shutdown

Redirects

Redirects can be used to allow users to navigate to an article via another title. An example of a redirect is Luke, which will redirect viewers to the Community:PHR page.

Redirects can be created if they meet one of these criteria:

• It is a name that a community member was known by (ex: KimtheRocketMan being known as UYScutix). Joke names do not count.
• It is the name of an event without the year prefix, as to help with searching for articles.
• Abbreviations, such as TPaS redirecting to Telnet Picks a Super.

Introduction (lead section)

The introduction, or the lead section, is an introduction to an article and an overview of its contents. The introduction should be capable of providing an overview of an article and its contents within four paragraphs, while also being written in a clear accessible style.

The subject of the article should be included in the lead at the earliest natural point, and should also be in bold text. An example being:

The Akefu Raids were a series of attacks against the server that lasted from early May 2022 to late June 2022.

Community pages

Community pages are articles within the Community namespace with a singular person as its topic. The lead for a community page should include their current username as of August 17, 2023, in bold text as the first word within the lead. Any other usernames which they were previously referred to can also be included as necessary.

Any ranks held by the community member at the time of closure should be in the present tense, while ranks that they were removed from before closure should be in the past tense. An example being;

Example, otherwise known as Foo, Bar, and Foobar, is an Admin, Forum Moderator, and a former Senior Admin.

Plugin pages

Plugin pages are articles within the Plugin namespace that document plugins that ran on the TotalFreedom Minecraft server.

Plugins that were active and running on the server at the time of closure should be referred to in the present tense, while plugins that used to run on the server (ex: DisdFreedom) should be referred to in the past tense.

General writing style

Articles should be written in a third-person perspective with a neutral point of view. The usage of proper grammar is also strongly encouraged.

Wikitext formatting (such as bold, italics, and links) should be used to improve the readability of articles. You may refer to Wikipedia's cheatsheet for help with formatting.

Writing about events that occurred after the shutdown of TotalFreedom should generally be avoided. Mentioning the closure of TotalFreedom in articles is allowed if it is needed. Any sections of an article that describe events that occurred after TotalFreedom's closure should be tagged with {{shutdown}}.

Avoid

• USING ALL CAPS
• Emoticons - :) and emojis - 👍
• Repeated punctuation!!!
• sentences that start with lowercase letters
• Using strong language or slurs
• Using English contractions (such as it's or he's, use it is and he is in their place)

Regional spelling

Articles should be written in American English. For community articles, the variation of English used should correspond to the subjects nationality.

Grammar

Articles and contributions should have legible spelling and grammar. Be sure to proofread any contributions you make before publishing them. If English is not your first language, then you should bring up your changes in the articles talk page so that other editors may help you.

Poor quality contributions may be fixed, reverted, or deleted as needed.

Internal links (wikilinks)

In general, you should only have to link to an article once per page. It is not necessary to add links for every single occurrence, as it can prove distracting for readers. Exceptions can be made if the article is very large, or if the previous linking was in the lead section.

Piped links should generally be avoided unless you're linking to an article with a technically restricted title or to an article that is not located in mainspace, such as Community:PHR (would be written as [[Community:PHR|_PHR]]). If piped links are needed, try and keep the display name as similar to the original article title as possible.

Citations

Citations used in articles should be placed after any punctuation without any spaces in-between. For example;

This is a statement that should be cited.(ref)

This is also a statement that should be verified,(ref) enough so that a citation should be placed directly next to it rather than at the end.