RuneScape:Style guide/Layout

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This style guide on page layout is a style guide used to determine the overall layout and ordering of pages.

Writing style

Imperative form

Always use the imperative (command) form when possible. This allows the guide to use neither the first nor third person tenses.

Incorrect:
You must now talk to Reldo to get the journal. He is located in the library in the north of Varrock Palace.

Correct:
Talk to Reldo to obtain the journal. He is located in the library in the north of Varrock Palace.

Layout

This project page is currently under construction. The information contained within should not be considered fully accurate and/or complete.

Use common sense when needed, but the following section outline describes how an article should be structured. This does not include everything, but it is an indicator of how an item article could look like. This default was made to create more consistency between articles. Although it is meant to provide a general structure, it may be deviated from if necessary. This was decided in Forum:Section ordering policy.

Header

Header templates (see RuneScape:Style guide/Wiki code#Orders for an example)

• {{External}}
• Line type header templates
• Bar type header templates

Body

Entity	Examples	Notes
Main infobox	{{Infobox Item}} {{Infobox Monster}}	See this category for an exhaustive list.
Main image	[[File:Yew logs detail.png]] [[File:Abyssal demon icon.png]] [[File:Hans chathead.png]]	For items, include the detailed image (DII) first and a chathead next if it is a head slot item. For NPCs, prefer a chathead image, otherwise an icon image if it has one.
Article introduction	A rune scimitar is a tier 50 melee ...	The subject should be emboldened and include the most relevant information about the item in the first sentence.
Article-specific sections	Analysis Effects	For articles about an equipped item, place the Combat stats section before the article-specific sections. Example articles: Equilibrium, Orthen furnace core

Section order

Sections should be level 2 headings and adhere to the order outlined below. Some sections may not be relevant to the article and thus should not be included.

Section name	Must include	Notes
Combat stats	{{Infobox Bonuses}}	Place the Creation section before the Combat stats section if the item lacks a variety of stats, such as the scrimshaw of vampyrism. If the subject can be equipped, place the Combat stats section before the article-specific sections.
Creation	{{Databox Recipe}}
Products	{{Uses material list}}
Repair cost	{{Repair cost}}
Usage cost	{{Usage Cost Fixed Duration}}, {{Usage Cost Combat Charge}} or {{Usage Cost Divine Charge}}
Transmutation	{{Databox Recipe}}
Drop sources	{{Dropping monsters list}}
Store locations	{{Store locations list}}
Item spawns	{{Item spawns}}
Comparison with ...	{{Main}}	Example: {{Main|Comparison of combat capes}}
Disassembly	{{Disassembly}}
Gallery	<gallery></gallery>
History
Events
Family
Music unlocked	Music name(s) as wiki links in bulleted list	Lists may be under separate subsections.
Achievements	{{Achievement}}	Achievements should be formatted as a bulleted list with each line using the template specified.
Transcript Dialogue	{{Hasdialogue}}
Graphical updates	{{GU}} and {{GUL}}	One or more graphical update line ({{GUL}}) must be passed as an argument to the graphical updates template ({{GU}}). See the documentation for more information on formatting.
Update history	{{UH}} and {{UL}}	One or more update list item ({{UL}}) must be passed as an argument to the update history template ({{UH}}). See the documentation for more information on formatting.
Trivia	Bulleted list
See also
References	{{Reflist}}
External links

Items

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• RS:SG/ITEM

The item infobox should also be added and filled with the appropriate values, after which a short paragraph introduces the item. This does not have to be very long. Only the item infobox and the introduction are required on an item article. Inclusion of images and/or what sections are used (see below for a full list of possible sections) depends on the kind of item and is thus optional. This is based on a Yew Grove thread about the order of infoboxes on item articles: Forum:InconsistencyScape: Stacking Infoboxes.

Images

Images should complement the article and occasionally should supplement the article (in the case of maps, etc). Images should be right-aligned. However, centre-alignment can be used for some images in the articles, such as maps or left-aligned when the right side is cluttered or when it is more fitting. The detailed image of the item at the starting section should also be left-aligned (see below). Images should be of the item or where it is obtained.

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