Editing Guidelines

The following serves as general guidelines on how to edit and format pages correctly. We all want to be the best editors we can be and we all want this wiki to grow; so when you are editing, please make sure you're formatting pages correctly. These aren't necessarily rules that you must follow to the letter; they are more along the lines of guidelines to make sure things run smoothly and look uniform.

Below are some tips to help when editing.

Keep in mind that these guides are specifically designed for editing in Source Mode'. If you are new or would like to practice editing in Source Mode (instead of Visual Editor), you can always edit on your personal profile or blog to practice until you are comfortable with the coding used in Fandom websites.'

'Pro tip: As much as we appreciate people being proactive, we also need to make sure that pages aren't unnecessarily being created. So, please contact one of the admins or one of the moderators if you wish to create a new page.'

'When creating a new page, it is always wise to have another browser tab/window open with an established similar page. That way you can toggle between the two to compare and determine what you need and what is missing from the page you are creating.'

=Disclaimers= In general, all pages on the wiki contain spoilers. However, the template " " is used only for walkthroughs.

If you encounter a NSFW (not safe for work) official Choices image, such as Frank, please do not hesitate to use the template on the top of the page.

If you are editing a popular page and want to avoid edit conflicts (that can happen when two or more users try to edit the same page at the same time), feel free to use the template at the top of the page. This will show others that the page is currently being worked on and ask them to refrain from editing until you are finished.

If an editor would like to change the format of how certain pages are done or how they appear (for example, adding a new heading or tabbers or collapsible text or summaries), please contact an admin (such as Fearless Diva, Jadelady, or MondlichtPanda) before beginning such an edit. The admin/moderator team will discuss your suggestion before deciding to approve or reject it. This is because we want to try to keep the pages uniform in structure, and certain suggestions will take more to implement it across all similar pages. Keep in mind that there are pages in the wiki and if we change one page, we most likely will have to change a good portion of the rest.

=Pages= The basic rule for all pages (except for Theory Pages) is that the information provided on the page is factual or canon to the game. Please read the Policies regarding this. Think of the wiki (or Fandom.com page) like wikipedia.org or an encyclopedia where facts are provided. This wiki does not allow fanart or fanfiction although users can feel free to post such items under their personal page/blog or the wiki's discussion forum. The wiki does not pass "assumptions" as fact, even if logically and realistically the assumptions would be true in the real non-fictional world.

Characters
For general Characters, please refer to the Character Editing Guidelines.

Canon vs Assumption
Examples of in-game canon vs assumption: In Nightbound, Nik Ryder's age is never stated in-game. He mentions that his adoptive father was killed seven years ago and Nik was seventeen years old. From that, most would assume that means Nik is 24 years old. However, the anniversary of his adoptive father's death was not celebrated nor was Nik's birthday in-game. Was "seven years ago" an estimation? In real life, some people argue that when it is over six and one-half years, they round up to "seven years". Was Nik almost eighteen? Was he seventeen years and 350 days old? Because of that, he could be between 23 and 25 years old.
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This estimation also occurred with Marguerite Thorne where in Chapter 13 of Crimes of Passion, Book 1, she mentions she was 16 years old when they searched for Juliana Georgescu eight years ago. Most assumed that meant Marguerite was 24. However, in Chapter 16, her age is revealed as 23. Again, was Marguerite "almost 16 years old" or was she actually 16? And did Juliana disappear exactly 8 years ago, or is it rounding up 7 years and 8 months? If she was 16 and the search of Juliana happened actually 7 years and 345 days ago, then her age of 23 is correct.

This is different from Your Character (Crimes of Passion)'s age. In Chapter 3 of Crimes of Passion, Book 1, it is the fifteen year anniversary of the character's father's death. In a later chapter, the character reveals he/she was 13 years old at the time. With the concrete year given (the anniversary of his death), this makes the character 28 years old.

Ages given in-game remain constant. That is, the characters do not age in stories unless a birthday is celebrated or a time frame is given that has elapsed. Please do not add years to a character's age as the wiki gets older. For example, Your Character (High School Story: Class Act) is given the birthdate of January 12, 2005. In the year 2022, the character would be 17 years old. However, High School Story: Class Act takes place in the year 2019, making the character 14 years old.

Age ranges are usually not stated in the infobox, but instead are listed under Trivia. The exceptions tend to be the characters in series with high school settings. Please keep in mind that Pixelberry's staff are primarily native-English speakers who write in American English. Most hail from California and thus have a limited knowledge on schools in other countries, especially boarding schools or universities. The general age to drive in California is 16 years old (although that is for a restrictive license, which technically means Rory Silva should not have been able to drive others), although other states allow permits from 14 years old and older. The general age which is legal to smoke and to drink alcohol is 21 years old.

Age discrepancies should be listed under Trivia. That is, if the in-game age is stated as "XX", we add it to the infobox. However if also in-game, narration or the characters mention time frames and ages and it doesn't match the stated age of XX, editors should add that information to Trivia. For example, in the Perfect Match series, Damien Nazario is in his thirties. However, various points in the book mention his father's death, his age when his father died, his youngest sister's age, and more which do not add up to that age but would actually make him younger.

Another example of canon vs assumption is Eirik Midsommar's title. Is he still king even though he is incarcerated? Since it isn't stated in-game that his title had been stripped (like Bradshaw & Isabella Achilles), then on the wiki, we do not remove his title. It makes sense that it would be, but in-game, it is only mentioned that his country was being run by a regent. We do not even know if the regent was arrested when the Via Imperii fell.
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Deceased vs Alive
Unless a character is stated to have died in the series that they originate from, the character is considered alive. The problems editors encounter with this mainly deal with characters from The Crown & The Flame, The Royal Masquerade and The Royal Romance series. Realistically, in The Royal Romance series, all characters from the previous two series are deceased. Logically, all characters from all historical series (e.g. A Courtesan of Rome, the Desire & Decorum series, The Unexpected Heiress) are deceased. However, on the wiki, in their respective stories, most of the characters are alive. That is, we as readers are not reading ghost stories and/or we are not reading the stories as if they were told all in flashback-mode.

If the characters are alive at the end of their respective stories, they will be labeled as "alive" in their individual infoboxes even if centuries have passed and they would technically be deceased in real life.

Miscellaneous Characters
Most unnamed characters appear in this page as the characters are considered to have minor roles in the story. When in doubt, place characters here until more information is given in-game about them and they become full-fledged characters warranting an individual page for each person.

Miscellaneous Characters pages are titled: Series Name Miscellaneous Characters

They use the template " " which displays the following at the top of the page:

Adoptable Animals
All adoptable animals appear in their series' page titled: Series Name Adoptable Animals. These are animals where players have the option of renaming them, including animals that do not require premium purchases.

They use the template " " which displays the following at the top of the page:

Books
For books, please refer to the Book Editing Guidelines.

We do not put the book end date until the actual day that it occurs. We understand that Pixelberry will announce it on social media but until the day comes, we leave the date blank. This is to prevent errors in case Pixelberry is early or late on the book drop.

Walkthroughs
For Walkthroughs, please refer to the Walkthrough Editing Guidelines.

Theory Pages
Theory Pages are used for players to brainstorm and discuss what the plot and elements are of the said book/series, including what they think might occur as the stories progress. Theory Pages consist of three headers:

Current & Unconfirmed Theories

 * A brief one-line summation: This summation is expanded/detailed.

Confirmed Theories

 * Above Theory is Confirmed: Moved from "Current & Unconfirmed Theories" with the Chapter listed where the theory was confirmed in-game. This can also be "proved" by a writer's tweet with a reference url.

Debunked Theories

 * Above Current/Unconfirmed is Debunked: Moved from "Current & Unconfirmed Theories" with the Chapter listed where the theory was debunked. This can also be "proved" by a writer's tweet with a reference url.

Unresolved Theories

 * Formerly "Current & Unconfirmed Theories": For series/books that have ended and have unconfirmed theories, the heading may be changed from "Current & Unconfirmed" to "Unresolved" as there those theories will never be answered unless writers tweet about them.

Pictures that are used for Theory Pages can be designed by any editor. It can use any background or it can use the first book cover once it is released. It should contain the book's or series's title as well as the words "Theory Page", and can be added to the Category:Theory Page Covers. If using non-Choices backgrounds, please keep images safe-for-work and rated PG-13 / T or less.

Collectibles
Collectibles are a gameplay feature that most books have to expand the stories and/or entice players to spend diamonds. If there is more than one collectible type for a book, the general name for the page would be: Series Name Collectibles. However, if there is only one type of collectible, the title of the page is derived from what is stated in-game.

For example, in the Bloodbound series, the collectibles are called "portrait fragments". Thus, their corresponding pages are called Bloodbound, Book 1 Portrait Fragments, Bloodbound, Book 2 Portrait Fragments, and Bloodbound, Book 3 Portrait Fragments. However, in Blades of Light and Shadow, Book 1, there are at least two collectibles (Lore Tablets and Legendary Weapons) which warrants the page to be titled Blades of Light and Shadow, Book 1 Collectibles instead of separate pages for each group of items.

Redirects
Please refrain from creating new pages with "redirects". The admin/moderator team will handle redirects. If you have a question regarding redirects, please contact Fearless Diva, Jadelady, MondlichtPanda or any of the daily editors.

=Pictures= For questions regarding pictures and galleries, please refer to Picture Uploading Guidelines.

= Categories = Categories group pages together and are used to search and browse through the wiki with ease. Existing categories can be found here, and generally consist of: Series, 'Series' Characters, Images from 'Series', Images of 'Series' Characters, Locations in 'Series', as well as character-specific categories such as: Female, Male, Non-binary, LGBT, and more.

Importantly, always ask for admin or mod approval when it comes to the creation of new categories.

= Other Rules = As always, practice netiquette.
 * Avoid CAPS as that equals SHOUTING.
 * Avoid excessive spacing for "dramatic effect".

= Confused? = If you are confused about any of the things listed here or think that anything should be added, then contact Fearless Diva, Jadelady, MondlichtPanda or any of the daily editors.

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