Formatting Guide

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The Formatting Guide is an official guide as to how links should be formatted across articles in the Sonic the Hedgehog Cinematic Universe Wiki.

Referencing

Films

When naming references the initials of the film should be used.

Film Examples:

<ref name="STH">''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (film)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''</ref>
<ref name="STH2">''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]''</ref>
<ref name="STH3">''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]''</ref>

TV Series

The initials of the TV series should be used followed by the season number and double-digit episode number. The link to the episode should include the series name followed by the season and episode number and the episode name.

TV Series Example:

<ref name="K104">''[[The Flames of Disaster|Knuckles: 1.04: The Flames of Disaster]]''</ref>

Comics & Books

Comic Example:

<ref name="STH2 Pre-Quill">''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Pre-Quill]]''</ref>

Book example:

<ref name="STH2 Novel">[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Novelization]]</ref>

Appearances

When the subject of an article exceeds three appearances, the appearances should be displayed in its own section above the section devoted to trivia. When adding an appearance, utilize Template:Appearance and follow the input formatting.

• An exception to the three appearances rule is when a season of a series is six episodes or less. Therefore, three episodes is half the series. In this case, subjects of an article with three appearances may get a separate section as well.

Appearance sections should always be placed in chronological order.

• If the subject of the article involves appearances to be taken as non-canonical, a tag must be placed in parenthesis reading "non-canon."
  • Additionally, a <tabber> can be used to allow for another section placing the appearances in the subject's order of narrative. Due to the nature of the subject's narrative order, non-canon tags are not necessary and neither is splitting the appearances by (non-)canonical appearances if the subject jumps between canon and non-canon in one appearance.

Following ten total appearances, a collapsible scroll box may be used to inhibit over abundance of space in an article used solely for appearances.

All appearances for upcoming content must be sourced in both the infobox and the appearances section.

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Various appearances must be tagged with more clarification as to the nature of the appearance. Tags include:

• Flashbacks -> "(flashbacks)"
• Mentions -> "(mentioned)"
• Drawings, paintings, murals, sculptures and anything similar -> "(art)"
• Pictures -> "(photo)"
• Videos -> "(footage)"
• Live videos -> "(live footage)"
• Audio -> "(voice)"
• Figurines -> "(figure)"
• Depictions such as costumes -> "(depiction)"
• Non-canonical appearances -> "(non-canon)" (see guide above)
• Appearances at the same time as others -> "(concurrent events)" (see guide below)

If a subject appears in footage, photo, art, figures, depictions or voices, the appearance should be marked when it is viewed, not created.

If the subject appears in a photo or video and is mentioned in the same appearances, photo or video takes priority on the tag unless the subject is mentioned in a separate scene than the photo, then it gets tagged as "(photo and mentioned)" or "(footage and mentioned)".

If the subject is mentioned in a flashback, the tag would be "(mentioned; flashbacks)". Similarly, when the subject is mentioned in something other than dialogue, another clarification may be put. (e.g. "(mentioned; newspaper)" if the subject is mentioned in a newspaper).

When the subject appears in media that takes place at the same time, then the appearance should be indented under the primary appearance using bullet points. A tag of "(concurrent events)" may be added if the appearance is from a new scene or a different point of view of the same scene. Adaptations, archive footage flashbacks, or retellings do not need to have a "(concurrent events)" tag. Additionally, any scenes in non-canonical appearances from the primary appearance do not need a "(concurrent events)" tag either (e.g. Sonic's appearance in Green Hills in Sonic the Hedgehog as well as in Sonic the Hedgehog: The Adventures of Sonic & Donut Lord.)

If multiple tags refer to one appearance, a semi-colon can be used to separate the notes in the tag (e.g. another point of view of a mention in a flashback would be tagged as "(mentioned; flashbacks; concurrent events)".

All tags must be shrunk using <small></small>

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Icons for appearances can be changed at any time. If there is a better suggestion to be made, a section can be opened up in Template talk:Appearance.

Rules: The icon must be inspired by an SCU source and has to be a size of 1080x1080.

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For a visual example:

Dates

Links to dates before 2010 must be linked to the proper decade article followed by a # and the proper year. This will direct the user to the portion of the page for that year.

Example:

[[2000s#2006|2006]]

Full dates should be written in the American date format of "month day, year".

Example:

[[2020|March 14, 2020]]

Pluralized Articles

Some articles like Races are named in the pluralized format. When writing is it necessary to remove the pluralization for grammatical reasons.

Example:

[[Humans|Human]]

Armed Forces

All branches of the United States Armed Forces are covered in the same article. When linking it is appropriate to add the correct branch to the link to that page.

Example:

[[United States Air Force]]

[[United States Armed Forces|United States Air Force]]

[[United States Navy]]

[[United States Armed Forces|United States Navy]]

[[United States Army]]

[[United States Armed Forces|United States Army]]

[[United States Marine Corps]]

[[United States Armed Forces|United States Marine Corps]]

Wikipedia Links

Some subjects for which an article is not warranted such as historical figures and cultural references require a link to Wikipedia. In order to link to Wikipedia the WPS Template should be used.

Examples:

{{WPS|Speed (1994 film)|Speed}}

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