Sword Art Online Wiki:Page Formatting and Style Guideline

As new users and senior editors that do not create new pages often may not be aware of the formatting and structure for each type of page, this page will list the templates with all the formatting and headings required for new pages of each type.

Special Notes

 * Copy-paste these templates in SOURCE mode only. Pasting them in visual might lead to copying complex formatting codes as well.
 * Warning must be added at the top of the page for pages that mention post-Fairy Dance events.
 * stub must be added at the top of pages that are incomplete and have less than 2,000-2,500 bytes of content.
 * Under Construction must be added to pages that are incomplete but are too big to be considered stubs (over 2,000-2,500 bytes of content) or pages that an editor has adopted to improve/finish up but will take time to finish the article. It's not necessary to add the template if you can finish the page in one go.
 * Under Construction is posted above Warning, Warning is posted above stub.
 * Some infoboxes automatically fill in the categories if the parameters are filled in appropriately, but not all do so, so be sure to manually add the categories just in case.
 * Most image parameters in infoboxes only need the full file name, as the template itself has set the size and marked it as a file. Only Sword Skills and Spells require the full file link, as the infoboxes for those pages were changed to allow tabbing.
 * Unused headings on a page should be deleted. More headings may be added depending on the article.
 * Nihongo should only be used for official (or at least semi-official) names and terms. Fan-made names must NOT use the Nihongo or add kanji/romaji to the infobox and MUST BE MARKED as Category:Unofficially Titled Articles.

Chronology
A list of possible chronology headings for all pages with the appropriate sub-headings in the correct level. More headings may be created based on the situation, but anime episode names should not be used in chronology, as we base the chronology on the novel, not anime.

The Day Before
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Phantom Bullet Arc
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Mother's Rosario
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Characters
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Special Notes

 * Affiliation, family, VRMMORPG, epithet and occupation have several additional parameters in case a character has more than 1 known affiliation, played game, occupation, family member etc.. Just repeat the same parameter with numbers 2-5 to make use of these additional parameters.
 * Guilds should be listed under Affiliation.
 * UW resident names should use the regular name parameter.

Categories

 * Category:Characters
 * Male or Female?: Category:Male or Category:Female
 * Is the character a player? If so, add Category:Players, if not, skip this step.
 * Based on the game played, add:
 * Category:SAO Players (SAO)
 * Category:ALO Players (ALO)
 * Category:GGO Players (GGO)
 * Category:Underworld Resident (PA/UW)
 * Does the character belong to a guild? If so, choose one or more of the categories:
 * Category:Aincrad Liberation Force
 * Category:Knights of the Blood
 * Category:Divine Dragon Alliance
 * Category:Fuurinkazan
 * Category:Golden Apple
 * Category:Laughing Coffin
 * Category:Moonlit Black Cats
 * Category:Sleeping Knights
 * Is the character dead? If so, add Category:Deceased, if not, skip this step.
 * Is the character an NPC? If so, add Category:NPC, if not, skip this step.

General
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Special Notes

 * Another category should be added based on which game/project (or real world) it is located.
 * A side-story heading(s) is(are) only required for side stories and Alicization volumes.

SAO Settlements
 () is the main settlement of the xth Floor of Aincrad.

Special Notes

 * Replace x with the floor number.
 * For non-main settlements, change the introduction paragraph accordingly.

Floors
The xth Floor (第x層) of Aincrad...

Special Notes

 * Replace x with the appropriate number.
 * The introductory paragraph is incomplete and should be expanded based on the content available.

Dungeon
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Bosses


Sword Skills
«» is a X-hit X category Sword Skill in Sword Art Online, New ALfheim Online and Project Alicization.

Special Notes

 * Replace x with the appropriate numbers/category.
 * For skills that are confirmed to exist only in certain games, remove the unnecessary game.

Spells
  refers to a x-element spell in ALfheim Online.

Incantation
Words of Power=

Kanji=

Rōmaji=

English=

Special Notes

 * Most spell names, except for a very few, are unofficially named, thus Nihongo and Kanji and Romaji parameters should not be included, unless the spell has a confirmed official name.
 * Replace x with the appropriate attribute/element.
 * If a spell has a known incantation, write it between the two under the appropriate tab.