Sword Art Online Wiki:Basic Rules

This page covers the basic rules of conduct on the wiki. Anyone is free to contribute to the wiki, as long as the following rules are followed.

This wiki is first and foremost a novel wiki. If the anime or any other medium conflicts with content from the novel, the novel's version of events is considered to be the canon version.

In case of discrepancies between media, the following order is used to determine canonicity: Novels & Material Editions > Anime > Manga > Other media.

Article Formatting and Content

 * All articles must have an infobox, unless an infobox for a specific page category does not exist.
 * All articles must be categorised appropriately.
 * Any new pages should follow the article format set by existing articles (see Page Formatting and Style Guideline).
 * Content posted on articles should be on-topic.
 * Character articles are written from said character's perspective (e.g. a Kirito article should not cover what girls feel for him, an Asuna article should not focus on what Kirito was doing at the time etc.).
 * Any section on an article should only cover information that the section is meant for (e.g., personality section should not cover relationships)
 * This wiki only covers official content. Fan-made content, including-but-not-limited-to fanart and fanfics, cannot be posted on any official articles on this wiki.
 * Content must be sourced (see Reference Guideline). Unsourced content may be removed.
 * Speculation is not allowed on articles. Speculation by the in-series characters may be posted on the wiki, if attributed to the character properly.
 * Misinformation and misleading information is strictly forbidden on the wiki.
 * Articles should focus on content that is known rather than emphasise what the author has yet to reveal.
 * Non-canon material should not be posted in canon content sections of any article.
 * Do not post someone else's writing (e.g. lyric translations) on this wiki's articles without permission.

Infoboxes

 * Infobox images are decided based on a community vote. Infobox images cannot be changed arbitrarily without proper justification.
 * A new candidate for an infobox image should be objectively better than the existing one.
 * Factors that are considered when deciding an image's worth: colorisation, level of detail, file dimensions, background noise (presence of other characters or details that distract from the topic at hand) etc.
 * The original medium of the image does not determine its objective worth (i.e., an anime screenshot is not necessarily better than a light novel image)
 * Infobox images for characters should use bust shots (i.e., focus on the face + upper part of the chest), rather than full-body views. Full-body views should be posted under the appearance section.
 * Infobox images should not have vertical dimensions higher than their horizontal dimensions. The ideal vertical:horizontal dimensions are 1:(1 + 7/9), but this proportion is not obligatory.
 * New infobox parameters cannot be created without administrator approval.
 * Only Japanese and English voice actors for the characters are listed on this wiki.

Categories

 * New categories should not be made without administrator approval.
 * "Protagonist" and "Antagonist" categories are considered useless and are thus not used on the wiki.

Style

 * This wiki is written in the English language.
 * This wiki does not discriminate between spelling variants in British English and American English. Both versions may be used interchangeably.
 * Dates on the wiki are written in the following format: [Month] [Day], [Year]
 * Informal language should not be used on the wiki (see Manual of Style)
 * Any name or term should only be linked once per article (if the article has a list or an infobox, links may be repeated in such cases).
 * Article titles should not use titles (e.g. Integrity Knight articles are named based on the character's original name, not their Synthesis title)

Images

 * All images must be properly named, sourced, and categorised to be allowed on articles. Images that do not meet these requirements will be removed.
 * Only images that originate from official sources may be used on articles.

Terms and Names

 * The spelling and translation of any names or terms on the wiki cannot be changed without administrator approval.
 * The Japanese version of a specific name or term is introduced using the Nihongo template in the introduction paragraph of the article.
 * Anime episode titles must be based on the naming used on the official English site for the SAO anime.

Quality Control and Disputes

 * All edits are subject to supervision by senior editors and moderators.
 * Edits may be undone if they do not meet the wiki's rules or standards.
 * If you disagree with another editor's decision to undo an edit, please resolve the issue through messaging the person and discussing it in a civilised manner.
 * Edit wars are not allowed on the wiki.