Jessica's Big Little World Wiki:Manual of Style

The Manual of Style is the style manual for all articles on the. Its purpose is to improve the effectiveness of the communication of information through articles on the wiki. Disputes on an article's source wikitext are resolved by wiki administrators if an agreement cannot be reached by the editors of a page, but their verdicts are subject to change.

Overview
In a sense, the wiki covers two connected topics: the fictional universe in which Jessica's Big Little World takes place, and the real world as it relates to the show. Any and all information about the show belongs on the wiki; there are no notability requirements. Despite this, the wiki is not an indiscriminate collection of information. If it does not make sense to include a piece of information in any section of any article or create a new article containing only this information, said information does not belong on the wiki. Additionally, articles relevant only to Craig of the Creek should not be created.

Articles about canon subjects are written in a hybrid of in-universe perspective and real-life perspective. The summary can mention vital information that can only be communicated from a real-life perspective, such as a character's voice actor, or that a character is a main character of some official Jessica's Big Little World medium. The trivia section of the article should be written strictly from a real-life perspective. All other sections on these articles should use an in-universe perspective, with the exception of allowing episode names to be mentioned if necessary for clarity.

Language
The wiki's primary audience is American English speakers. Accordingly, articles should use American English over other English variants.

Quoted text
Punctuation that is not part of quoted text should be placed outside of the quotation marks. Punctuation that is part of a quoted title should be treated as not applicable to the subsuming sentence.

Oxford commas
Oxford commas should always be used.

Episode titles
Episode titles should always be surrounded by double quotes.

Quotation marks and apostrophes
Straight quotation marks (") and apostrophes  ' ) should always be used over curly quotation marks (‘, “, ’, ”) or any similar marks. For more information and policy justification (as the policy on this wiki is identical), consult the Wikipedia Manual of Style, specifically the sections on apostrophes and quotation marks.

Infoboxes
Data in infoboxes should be written as sentence fragments.

Page titles and sections
Page titles and sections should be lowercase unless inappropriate, such as for proper nouns and titles. Redirects should not be created for different capitalizations.

"The Creek"
When "The Creek" is used to refer to the general location, "Creek" should be capitalized. When referring specifically to the running water flowing through the Creek, "creek" should be lowercase.

Media
Names of media, real or in-universe should be in quotes or italicized following the APA style manual.

Article titles
Avoid making articles with conjectural titles.

Article names must also be written in the singular form rather than the plural. (e.g. "Dog" instead of "Dogs"). Certain exceptions may apply, such as if an article is a list or group with a plural name. (e.g. "List of dogs"). Additionally, the definite article (the) and indefinite articles (a/an) should be avoided in article titles except when they are part of an official title.

When creating an article, make sure to always include at least a single sentence about the subject. This sentence should include a brief definition of the subject, and don't forget to bold the first instance of the article name.

Stubs
Articles missing significant information are called "stubs". To mark a page as a stub, prepend Stub to the article on its own line. Do not add Category:Article stubs directly to an article. The template can be removed when no additional vital information can be included in the article.

Linking
Linking is usually limited to the first mention of a subject's name in an article, excluding the infobox. Sections of articles containing lists, such as characters featured in an episode, should link to a page relevant to the list item, if applicable, even if the subject was linked previously in the article.

Piped links are useful when a subject is referred to indirectly, by another name, or by a pronoun. The target of a piped link should make sense in context. Piped links should not be used to change capitalization; the first letter of an article title is not case-sensitive. Additionally, links used when a subject is mentioned in plural (formed only by adding letters and not modifying any) or possessive should not be piped.

Because character article titles always use the character's first and last name if known regardless of usage in the series, in most cases character links should be piped to display their last name. The only place this does not apply is in the family section of the character's infobox, or if a character is more often than not referred to by their first and last name, such as Nate Moger III. His name would be still be piped due to the suffix, and would look like this:

Numbers
Numbers from 0–20 should be spelled out. Exceptions are dates, addresses, money, scores, percentages, fractions, pages, and decimals. This is because numbers after twenty tend to have the "twenty" with the number before "ten" said in one phrase (twenty-one/two/etc.) All ordinal numbers should be spelled out unless in a template.

Title formatting
When bolding an article's title within the article itself, only the first instance of the article's name should be bolded. In instances where alternate names or nicknames for the article's title are added, the first instances of them should also be bolded. Here is an example of this:


 * A bag (also known regionally as a sack) is a common tool in the form of a non-rigid container. The use of bags predates recorded history, with the earliest bags being no more than lengths of animal skin, cotton, or woven plant fibers, folded up at the edges and secured in that shape with strings of the same material.
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When viewed in source mode, this is what it would look like.



Wikitext spacing
In order to ease source editing, there are specific guidelines for the spacing of wikitext. Below are examples of good and bad spacing. It is not recommended to edit an article and only make changes to the wikitext spacing. It is better to combine this with another edit, even if it is as minor as correcting a typo or modifying the way article content is displayed.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left" ! Bad ! Good
 * Bullet
 * Point
 * List
 * Point
 * List


 * 1) Numbered
 * 2) List

Header 4
Content

Header 5
More content


 * Bolded
 * Indent


 * Bullet
 * Point
 * List
 * List


 * 1) Numbered
 * 2) List

Header 4
Content

Header 5
More content


 * Bolded
 * Indent


 * }

Article sections
See appropriate subpages for the sections used on each page type.

Unspecified policies
If the Manual of Style leaves any ambiguity about the contents of a page, any relevant policy from the Wikipedia Manual of Style should be applied. If no relevant policies exist, the portion of the article in question should be left as is, and an inquiry should be made to wiki staff.