Mappercraft Wiki:Contribution guide

''This is the official style guide for articles published on the Mappercraft Wiki. All articles should seek to abide by these conventions for the most part.''

Titles
A title of an article should reflect the most commonly used or recognized name of a given nation, event, or player. Using grammatical articles (i.e. 'the'; 'a', 'an') as the first word of a title should be avoided for brevity, unless it is an inseparable part of a name.

Organization
After the infobox (if there is one), an article should begin with an introduction that can be of variable length. A shorter article can get away with a concise description of events in one or a few paragraphs.

A lengthy article tends to recommend organization in multiple sections through means of headings and subheadings.

Linguistic Conventions
All articles should be written in formal, standard English, with minimal grammar and spelling errors. There is no preference for any major standard form of English; regardless, most contributors prefer standard American English grammar and spelling conventions.

Date Formatting
For full dates, both the American convention (e.g. April 5th, 2021) and the international convention (e.g. 5 April 2021) are fine. For abbreviated dates, it is preferred if one uses MM/DD/YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD.

Time Formatting
Both the 12-hour clock (e.g. 10:30 PM) and the 24-hour clock (e.g. 22:30) are passable.

Time Zones
Dates and times are preferred to be based on Eastern Standard Time (EST). When an article uses dates and/or times not based on EST, it is necessary to label the time zone it is based on.

Infoboxes
The Mappercraft Wiki has several infobox templates at its disposal, used for a majority of articles; the most commonly used ones are Country, Player, War, and Company. It is strongly recommended that an editor uses these templates for the respective types of articles. Make sure to always put the infobox at the top of the page, unless there exists another template there, such as Ported.