Deadlock:Style guide/Layout
This style guide on layout is a style guide on the overall structure for page articles.
The section outline below is not intended to be a comprehensive end all, but establishes a general order to encourage consistency between multiple pages. Different topics with different sections will not have the same information and should not use all sections.
Header
Different pages with different sections will not have the same information, but there is a general structure for every article. The follow sections should always be shown in this order:
- Notice and ambox templates: This includes
{{cleanup}},{{construction}}, and{{outdated}}templates. - Disambiguation: Topics that have the same or similar names should have a
{{disamg}}notice.
Body
- Infobox: Corresponding information is displayed here. See Category:Infobox templates
- Introduction: This covers a brief overview of the article, generally one or two sentences. It can also include the patch it was introduced in.
- TOC: On most articles, the TOC will automatically appear before the first section.
- Content: This covers the main information of the article or goes in further depth.
- Heroes, Items, Units, and Update History have varying section orders, but they should all be consistent.
- Update history: If content has changed over the course of the game, that information is listed here. Use
{{update history}}or{{Update history table}} - Gallery: The gallery shows images otherwise too bulky to fit into the main article. Multiple images should be grouped inside <gallery> tags.
- Trivia: This covers tidbits of information not appropriate for the main page, or make references to content outside of the game.
- See also:
- References:
- Navigation: Navigation templates go at the end of the article. See Category:Navbox templates
- Categories:
Section specifc layouts
Items
Every Item is structured the same and uses the same word choice. Please do your best to follow the specific style and wording of every other item page. A lot of time and effort has gone into making sure these pages are consistent and designed optimally.
Please refer to existing pages such as Heroic Aura, Spirit Armor and Improved Spirit for the exact layout and wording of an item page. An example for an item introduction is given below:
[NAME] is a Tier [1/2/3/4] [Spirit/Vitality/Weapon] Item that provides [STAT1], [STAT2] [... AND SO ON...] and [STAT3] to the purchasing hero.
[NAME] has an Active which can be used to [ACTIVE DESCRIPTION].
It can be purchased from the Shop for [SOUL COST] (its Component, [COMPONENT NAME], makes up [COMPONENT SOUL COST] of the cost).
It is a component of [PARENT ITEM NAME].