Hypixel SkyBlock Wiki:Style Manual


 * < Policies

Follow the tips in this Style Manual to help keep the Hypixel SkyBlock Wiki consistent and easy to read. In addition, Wikipedia's Manual of Style is a great resource for fundamental editing tips and rules. The style guide may be used to adjudicate disagreements between users over editing style.

Basics
While we generally try to follow Wikipedia's manual of style, below is a list of some specific policies we value:
 * WP:PRONOUN - Articles should not be written from a first- or second-person perspective.
 * eg: "You can access collections" should be phrased as "Collections can be accessed" (preferred) or "The player can access collections".
 * Avoid adding in-game advice, opinions or tips to non-Tutorial articles.
 * eg: Writing "The Atomsplit Katana is the upgraded form of the Vorpal Katana" is allowed, as it is explicit within the game. However, writing "The Atomsplit Katana is the best weapon for Enderman Slayer" should be avoided.

Game Name
The official name of the game is "Hypixel SkyBlock" with the "B" capitalized, and as such the wiki uses this spelling.

Assets
Assets should be from the 1.8.9 version of Minecraft, as it is the most commonly used Minecraft version for Hypixel SkyBlock players, according to the poll created on.

Images
Likewise, images should be taken as a default player would; in the 1.8 versions, with no shaders or resource packs. More detailed guidelines for images/screencaps and render resources:
 * Images

Formatting
Various choices below are chosen due to Hypixel being a Canadian company. For more specifics, see Project:Standard Page Formatting.
 * Dates: use Canadian / American formatting (MM.DD.YYYY - ex: January 1st, 1972)
 * Decimal separator - This wiki again uses Canadian / American formatting (so the number "ten-thousand and 5 and one-tenth" would be written as "10,005.1"
 * Canadian / American spelling should be used (ex: defense, not defence)
 * NPCs should be referred to with the appropriate pronouns.
 * Male NPCs should be written about using male pronouns (eg: He can drop Corleonite).
 * Female NPCs should be written about using female pronouns (eg: She starts the Fishing Festival).
 * NPCs with no apparent gender and gender neutral or non-binary NPCs should be written about using neutral (epicene) pronouns (eg: They wield the Flower of Truth).
 * Non-human mobs should be written about using inanimate pronouns (eg: It can drop the Overflux Capacitor).
 * The player should always be referred to using neutral (epicene) pronouns (eg: They must reach to enter).

Page Layout
All pages should follow certain design and layout patterns to keep the Wiki consistent.

The standard order of article parts is following:
 * 1) Hatnotes
 * 2) Message boxes
 * Infobox
 * 1) Introduction with a general description
 * 2) Article body
 * 3) See also
 * 4) Notes and references
 * 5) History (if any)
 * 6) Navboxes
 * 7) DEFAULTSORT
 * 8) Categories
 * 9) Inter-language Links (if any)

For more details, see Standard Page Formatting. For even more in-depth, page-type-specific layout rules: