Policy:Quality standards
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This page is the official guideline of editing for Yo-kai Watch Encyclopedia. This is setted up to give the wiki an unique style of formatting articles that are both new and created. These guidelines are in demand of the staff which the contributor should follow the guideline in order to prevent themselves from getting warnings and eventually being banned from the wiki.
The quality standards can be rewritten sometimes when something new occurs in editing, but however, even if there isn't something mentioned in the guideline that was in the warning, means that there is something you did wrong that disturbed the entire style of the wiki.
Editing articles
For detailed information go here to get the latest details on how to edit articles on Yo-kai Watch Encyclopedia or any other mediawiki-based websites.
Moving articles
When moving articles, do notify a staff member and ask them for permission. Do not move an article out of your own by random, or if you moved an article already, do notify a staff member afterwards. Redirection templates are being categorized and thus is the reason why you should ask a staff member for permission or notify them when you've already done it. However, you should not move articles with a localized name not officially revealed to the public and it does not count if it comes from a third party or from a YouTuber that has the connections or figured it out through datamining. Do request the move in a polite fashion and not in a rushed manner, as the use of words will reveal what is rushed or not. If that happens, your request will be completely ignored.
Talk pages
When leaving a message on a talk page of an article of an user page, then you shoul sign off by adding the four tildes (~~~~). If you have forgotten to sign off your message, then you will be notified by a staff member or a contributor that follows the policy. The message that you also have written will be removed from the talk page.
Article headers
The headers of the articles should not be altered to your own liking. This is because Yo-kai Watch Encyclopedia follows a structure that should be respected and where much content can be added under the headers. If that happens then the article will be reverted in an insant. The contributor should not be harassing a staff member for reverting the headers. If that happens, the contributor will be directly ignored and the contributor will receive a warning.
Episode linking
Characters or Yo-kai that are appearing in the animation series or games should not receive links with only EP001. This is lazy and incomplete for editing, as you should mention the full title of the episode or the episode fragment instead of using the entire link as a title. If you use EP and not the episode title, then that means that you are meaning the entire episode including the fragments. Even if there is an episode with only one fragment, the entire title still must show up.
User talk page
A user's talk page should not be altered without their permission, neither should you response to your own talk page only when it is necessary, like when you have received a message. Do not add fan art of 18+ images on your user page. The image will be deleted and you will receive a warning if it is a fan art or a direct ban if it is a 18+ image. Regular conversations can be held, but it is best to conversate with one another through Discord.
Article style
Articles should use a formal, professional, and encyclopedic writing style.
- Do not make use of colloquialisms or contractions.
- Avoid informal or conversational language, an example is writing the way you talk.
- Yo-kai Watch Encyclopedia uses an in-universe writing style for game content. An example is that editors are refer the hero as "the player" or "they" for gender equality, rather than "you", "him", "her".
- The way on how you write the articles should have a neutral point of view and should not reflect the author's personal views or offer subjective judgments on the content described.
Character articles
Articles for characters should not have the same structure as various mediawiki-based websites for anime or manga series, especially the ones created and hosted through Wikia. The articles on Yo-kai Watch Encyclopedia should be designed in an original manner, thus the structure of the character articles like as the one following below:
- Game character
| Template | Header | Information |
|---|---|---|
| Game character | Opening line | The opening line of the characters should always start with its name and their first appearance of a main game or a side-game. Article name (Japanese name Romanji name) is the main character, or side character that first appeared in game title. |
| Analysis | This describes the character's physical appearance. Do write its appearance in details and if there are new designs to its appearance, write those down as well. However, their appearances might change in different games, so stay cautious. | |
| Story | This header should have different sub-headers that contains the title of a game or a side-game. Each sub header should contain a story not written in detail. This due that it takes too much space and it can cause loading issues on the wiki when a contributor tries to edit an article that contains a large sum of text. | |
| Befriended Yo-kai | Unlike anime characters, there are some Yo-kai that are automatically befriended with the characters that are part of the story. Place them below this header. Do not place Yo-kai that you've befriended in game, as they are not relevant for information. | |
| Etymology | Characters have a name with a meaning. Dig deep down and discover the meaning of their names. Do not place an (*) asterisks before adding their name meaning. If that is places, then the asterisks will be removed and you will receive a warning message regarding adding one under this header. | |
| Trivia | Trivial information that cannot be written under any header in the article. Information should be trivial and not based at ones own opinion. If that happens, the information will be removed and you will receive a message regarding adding one. | |
| In other languages | A list of the character's name in different languages. The character has diffrent or the same names in different countries. Add the names with the language template. |
- Anime character
| Template | Header | Information |
|---|---|---|
| Anime character | Opening line | The opening line of the characters should always start with its name and their first appearance of an episode or a film. Article name (Japanese name Romanji name) is the main character, or side character that first appeared in episode title, or film title. Afterwards some other important information about the character. |
| Analysis | This describes the character's physical appearance. Do write its appearance in details and if there are new designs to its appearance, write those down as well. However, their appearances might change in different games, so stay cautious. | |
| Story | This header should have different sub-headers that contains the title of a series or a film. Each sub header should contain a story not written in detail. This due that it takes too much space and it can cause loading issues on the wiki when a contributor tries to edit an article that contains a large sum of text. | |
| Befriended Yo-kai | These are Yo-kai they have befriended in the anime. However, due that it could be a large list for some characters, it can be shortened through a template. Ask a staff member for help. | |
| Etymology | Characters have a name with a meaning. Dig deep down and discover the meaning of their names. Do not place an (*) asterisks before adding their name meaning. If that is places, then the asterisks will be removed and you will receive a warning message regarding adding one under this header. | |
| Trivia | Trivial information that cannot be written under any header in the article. Information should be trivial and not based at ones own opinion. If that happens, the information will be removed and you will receive a message regarding adding one. | |
| In other languages | A list of the character's name in different languages. The character has diffrent or the same names in different countries. Add the names with the language template. |
- Note
- Characters that appear in the anime should have (anime) next to the name when the article is created. This is to seperate game characters and anime characters because they do not follow the same story. However, if an game character has low information, and the anime character as well if they are the same character, they can be combined as one article. Any major game character should have (game) next to their name when their article is created.
- Do not use EP as article link through the anime characters. Do place an official title in which the character appear in. If there is an usage of EP, the entire section will be removed from the article. Also, any headers and links that contains M (as in movie) will also be removed from the article. Give it their original name even if the title is long or not dubbed yet.
Yo-kai articles
Not to coincide with coincide with Bulbapedia, we are using a different structure of headers and templates to prevent that. In that way we can respect their hard work for their own creation of their housestyle as well for creating templates. On some occasions we borrow coding which in return we credit them for it.
- Yo-kai from the games
| Template | Header | Information |
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| Yo-kai | Opening line | The opening line of a Yo-kai that appears in the games should always start with its name, and then with its rank, attribute, tribe and the game they first appear in. Article name (Japanese name Romanji name) is a Rank E Wind-attribute Yo-kai of the Charming tribe that first appeared in Yo-kai Watch. If a Yo-kai evolves, fuse or have a very different form then you can add that line below. Do they not evolve or fuse or do not have a different form, add that as well. Yo-kai evolves into Yo-kai starting at level 0 and it fuses with Yo-kai or Item into Yo-kai. Yo-kai has also an alternative form named Yo-kai. Yo-kai cannot evolve or fuse with another Yo-kai and does not have an alternative form. |
| Analysis | This describes the appearance of the Yo-kai in full detail. Do not write the appearance of the Yo-kai with little detail as that is not acceptable. You can also add in the first appearance of the Yo-kai in the game. | |
| In-game | This header contains multiple sub-headers about the Yo-kai evolutionary or fusion line, its alternative forms, stats or movelist from the main games and other information from the side games. | |
| Etymology | Yo-kai have a name with a meaning. Research and discover the meaning of their names. Do not place an (*) asterisks before adding their name meaning. If that is places, then the asterisks will be removed and you will receive a warning message regarding adding one under this header. This is the main header for origin, which under that header, you can write where the inspiration or the creation of the Yo-kai comes from. | |
| Trivia | Trivial information that cannot be written under any header in the article. Information should be trivial and not based at ones own opinion. If that happens, the information will be removed and you will receive a message regarding adding one. | |
| In other languages | A list of the Yo-kai's name in different languages. The character has diffrent or the same names in different countries. Add the names with the language template. |
- Yo-kai from the animation series
| Template | Header | Information |
|---|---|---|
| Anime Yo-kai | Opening line | The opening line of the Yo-kai that appears in the animation series should always start with their names and the episode they debuted in. Yo-kai name (Japanese name Romanji name) is a Yo-kai from the tribe name that first appears in episode title. Afterwards important text can be added such as that they are a partner of the main character or other characters. |
| Analysis | This describes the appearance of the Yo-kai in full detail. Do not write the appearance of the Yo-kai with little detail as that is not acceptable. | |
| Story | This header contains different headers in which animation series the Yo-kai appears in or in which film the Yo-kai appears in. However, the links to the episodes should have their full titles and not EP episode number. You can receive a warning if that is added to the article of the Yo-kai that appears in the anime. The story should not be written in full details to prevent loading times for some editors. | |
| Etymology | Yo-kai have a name with a meaning. Research and discover the meaning of their names. Do not place an (*) asterisks before adding their name meaning. If that is places, then the asterisks will be removed and you will receive a warning message regarding adding one under this header. This is the main header for origin, which under that header, you can write where the inspiration or the creation of the Yo-kai comes from. | |
| Trivia | Trivial information that cannot be written under any header in the article. Information should be trivial and not based at ones own opinion. If that happens, the information will be removed and you will receive a message regarding adding one. | |
| In other languages | A list of the Yo-kai's name in different languages. The character has diffrent or the same names in different countries. Add the names with the language template. |
Note:
- Yo-kai that made an appearance in the anime should have a seperate article with (anime) next to their names. The Yo-kai that make an appearance in game should not have (game) next to their name.
- Yo-kai that made an appearance in the anime should not have the following article structure as seen above. Game data must be removed and replaced with History. Profile must be removed from there as well.
- Do not use EP as article link through the anime characters. Do place an official title in which the character appear in. If there is an usage of EP, the entire section will be removed from the article. Also, any headers and links that contains M (as in movie) will also be removed from the article. Give it their original name even if the title is long or not dubbed yet.
Medium articles
Medium articles have a different approach than character articles and Yo-kai articles. Mediums can be broken in multiple ways, such as games, film, manga and comic.
- Video games
| Template | Header | Information |
|---|---|---|
| Game | Opening line | The opening line of the article should start with the name of the game. Afterwards, information about the release date and for which console the game should be released for. Due that it most varies, it is better to look at the article of the first game to give away an idea on how to start with it. |
| Story | The header contains the full iformation of the game's story. You should not add the chapters in the article as they will be added under a different header. | |
| Demo | This contains information about the demo from the game, if there is any. | |
| Gameplay | Each game has their own respective gameplay, which means that the game has their own unique style of gameplay. Add the gameplay of the game under this header without any subheaders. This only details what the player can do throughout the game. | |
| Staff | This section should have another link through the template main that contains the staff list that has worked on the game. The other article should be named Staff of game title. That article should contain both the credit list of the Japanese version and the English version, if there is any. | |
| Pre-release information | The company releases information before they are released to the public. The information can come in magazines or on their own websites. However, this should only contain information that are coming before their release in Japan and not for the western audiences as those are for the other header Release information. | |
| Release information | Information that has been released after the first release of a game should be coming under this header. This includes development preperations for the western launch. | |
| Updates | None game can give a perfect launch without any problems or for something that can connect with one another. This header sums up the updates the games are having or already had. | |
| Gallery | It shows the images of the game such as: logo, boxart, and game icon (if possible). It should not contain random images from magazines or taken from the internet. If that happens, you will receive a direct ban for adding images that are not allowed to place under this header and you are filling in random space and causing more work for removing images. | |
| Trivia | Trivial information that cannot be written in an article, thus it is written under this header. This section should not contain fan theories. If that happens, you will receive a direct ban. | |
| In other languages | When a game gets localized, it localized in countries with a different language, thus also changing the title of the game and name of the franchise. |
- Film
When creating a film article, do not create or add a template, as they do not contain valuable information that cannot be a added or created inside of the template. Full explaination will be done through their respective articles.
| Template | Header | Information |
|---|---|---|
| Nothing (Read above) | Opening line | The film article should always start with an opening line, its theatrial debut and the opening and ending song of the film. Further information can also be written in the film article. To give you an idea on how it should go, you can watch the fourth film's article page to see how it should look like. |
| Story | The story of the film written in full detail. However, it should not be written in very full detail as in what every character does or how they move. | |
| Cast | It contains the cast that debuts in the film. This should not contain sub-headers as they are placed in a wikitable and thus the differences can be made in the article. | |
| Staff | The staff that has worked on the film. Mostly the names of the staff members are written in Japanese, thus if possible it should have their own article with the link placed towards the article. | |
| Music | If there is any, this section describes a small summary of which composers handeled the film's soundtrack. If there is a CD or digital release of the soundtrack, its information must be placed in their own article. | |
| Pre-release information | This section describes the information that has been released before the film, which is information that has been release in Japan until its actual debut in Japanese theaters. | |
| Release information | This section describes the information that has been after the film's debut in Japanese theaters and also gives away the sales of the movie each week. | |
| Trivia | Information that cannot be added in under different headers. Those are crucial information that are valuable for the vieuwer. | |
| Other languages | This must be done in its respective template that contains the film's title in different languages it has been localized. |
- Episodes
| Template | Header | Information |
|---|---|---|
| Episode | Opening line | The article should start with its name and the air date of the episode. |
| Story | A full detailed synopsis of about what happens in the episode. Do note that the Yo-kai Watch animation series are split in multiple parts. Each episode title must be use as a sub header under the story header. | |
| Cast | This follows the same way of film articles. This header should not contain mutliple sub headers to split Characters and Yo-kai as well as their debut. They will be put in templates. | |
| Spoofs | It is the main header for the sub headers Errors and Changes. | |
| Trivia | Small trivial information that caught the eye of the contributor. | |
| Other languages | This must be done in its respective template that contains the episode's title in different languages it has been localized. |
- Chapters
| Template | Header | Information |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter | Opening line | The article should start with the chapter name and which manga it is. |
| Story | A full synopsis about what happens in the chapter of the manga. | |
| Characters | Shows a full set of characters and Yo-kai appearing in the chapter. They should be written in lists, and their debut should be marked next to their names to prevent space. | |
| Trivia | Small trivial information that cannot be written in the article. | |
| Other languages | This must be done in its respective template that contains the chapter's title in different languages it has been localized. |
Features articles
There are articles that represents the features from the game or mechanism that appears in the franchise, such as Request and Favors, [Yo-kai Watch (item)|Yo-kai Watch]], Fusion, and Evolution. Those articles should be written in an encyclopedic manner and not in the form of you writing a guideline or on a forum. The article can be altered by the founder of the wiki ot its liking that benefits the wiki in making it more structured and informative. Be cautious that your work will be altered after creating one. If you retaliate against it or something that breaks the policy, you will be banned from the wiki without an warning.
Summaries of articles
When writing a summary, do note that you should write the story of episodes, movies, chapters or anything else. Do not write very short summaries as the context will be removed from the wiki as it is useless for use. Do not start the summary with Natsume is one of the protagonists in Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King. This will be removed from the wiki. Do write a summary professionally and not quickly with standard context. If you disagree on this, then it is your loss as it will not be reverted normally to how it first was after you've edited it. If you make an edit war about it, then the article will be locked and be prevented from contribution, as well you will receive a warning with the explanation why your edits has been reverted. Do start when writing a summary with Nathan, Katie, Eddie, and Bear were talking about bugs with each other at Triangle Park, not Nathan first appearaed in Yo-kai Watch were he meets Whisper. etc.
Categories
You should not create random categories or request for categories. Categories for characters that appears in each seperate Yo-kai Watch game or spin-offs should be included in their articles, but not if they are a resident in places. Yo-kai characters should not have very random categories such as what gender they are or might be, which is because it could be tricky, what color they have, what team they are in, if they are a protagonist or antagonist, or anything else. Categories should only have a single line of what the category contains. Categories are not meant to be a model of an article page. If that is created and discovered, the category will be removed from the wiki and from the articles it has been added to. The contributor will receive a warning if they have done that.
To be more specific what kind of categories are allowed for each different articles are the following:
Categories by characters
| Type | Main category | Sub-categories |
|---|---|---|
| Game characters | [[category:Characters]] | [[category:male characters]], [[category:female characters]], [[category:minor characters]] |
| [[category:Game characters]] | [[category:characters from Yo-kai Watch]], [[category:characters from Yo-kai Watch 2]], [[category:characters from Yo-kai Watch 3]], [[category:characters from Yo-kai Watch Busters]], [[category:characters from Yo-kai Watch Busters 2]], [[category:characters from Yo-kai Sangokushi]] | |
| Anime characters | [[category:Characters]] | [[category:male characters]], [[category:female characters]] |
| [[category:Anime characters]] | [[category:characters from Yo-kai Watch animation]], [[category:characters from Yo-kai Watch Shadowside animation]] | |
| [[category:Movie characters]] | [[category:characters from Yo-kai Watch the Movie]], [[category:characters from Lord Enma and the Five Tales, Nyan!]], [[category:characters from The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Nyan!]], [[category:characters from The Return of the Oni King]] | |
| Yo-kai characters | [[category:Yo-kai by attributes]] | [[category:Fire attribute Yo-kai]], [[category:Water attribute Yo-kai]], [[category:Lightning attribute Yo-kai]], [[category:Earth attribute Yo-kai]], [[category:Ice attribute Yo-kai]], [[category:Wind attribute Yo-kai]], [[category:Drain attribute Yo-kai]], [[category:Restoration attribute Yo-kai]] |
| [[category:Yo-kai by tribes]] | [[category:Shady tribe Yo-kai]], [[category:Charming tribe Yo-kai]], [[category:Mysterious tribe Yo-kai]], [[category:Slippery tribe Yo-kai]], [[category:Eerie tribe Yo-kai]], [[category:Brave tribe Yo-kai]], [[category:Tough tribe Yo-kai]], [[category:Heartful tribe Yo-kai]], [[category:Wicked tribe Yo-kai]], [[category:Enma tribe Yo-kai]], [[category:Hagure tribe Yo-kai]], [[category:Boss tribe Yo-kai]] | |
| [[category:Yo-kai by favourite food]] | [[category:Yo-kai that like Sweets]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Seafood]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Milk]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Chocobars]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Hamburgers]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Ice Cream]], [[categoru:Yo-kai that likes Meat]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Chinese Food]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Curry]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Candy]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Pasta]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Donuts]], [[category:Yo-kai the likes Ramen]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Bread]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Tempura]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Pizza]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Soba]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Rice Balls]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Oden]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Vegatables]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Sukiyaki]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Juice]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Delish-sticks]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Hot Dogs]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Sushi]], [[category:Yo-kai that likes Snacks]] | |
| [[category:Yo-kai by ranks]] | [[category:SSS-rank Yo-kai]], [[category:SS-rank Yo-kai]], [[category:S-rank Yo-kai]], [[category:A-rank Yo-kai]], [[category:B-rank Yo-kai]], [[category:C-rank Yo-kai]], [[category:D-rank Yo-kai]], [[category:E-rank Yo-kai]] | |
| [[category:Yo-kai by games]] | [[category:Yo-kai from Yo-kai Watch]], [[category:Yo-kai from Yo-kai Watch 2]], [[category:Yo-kai from Yo-kai Watch 3]], [[category:Yo-kai from Yo-kai Watch Busters]], [[category:Yo-kai from Yo-kai Watch Busters 2]], [[category:Yo-kai from Yo-kai Sangokushi]], [[category:Yo-kai exclusively from Bony Spirits]], [[category:Yo-kai exclusively from Fleshy Souls]], [[category:Yo-kai exclusively from Psychic Specters]], [[category:Yo-kai exclusively from Sushi]], [[category:Yo-kai exclusively from Tempura]], [[category:Yo-kai exclusively from Sukiyaki]], [[category:Yo-kai exclusively from Red Cat Troupe]], [[category:Yo-kai exclusively from White Dog Corps]], [[category:Yo-kai exclusively from Moon Rabbit Team]], [[category:Yo-kai exclusively from Sangokushi]], [[categoru:Yo-kai exclusively from Wibble Wobble]] | |
| [[category:Yo-kai by evolutionary line]] | [[category:Yo-kai that can evolve]], [[category:Yo-kai that cannot evolve]], [[category:Yo-kai that cannot fuse]], [[category:Yo-kai that can fuse with another Yo-kai]], [[category:Yo-kai that can fuse with an item]] | |
| [[category:Yo-kai by collaborations]] | [[category:Yo-kai from Weekly Shonen Sunday]], [[category:Yo-kai from Weekly Shonen Jump]], [[category:Yo-kai from Detective Conan]], [[category:Yo-kai from Inuyasha]], [[category:Yo-kai from Hello Kitty]], [[category:Yo-kai from Beyblade]], [[category:Yo-kai from GeGeGe no Kitaro]], [[category:Yo-kai from Ranma]] | |
| Anime Yo-kai | [[category:Yo-kai from anime]] | [[category:Yo-kai from the animated series]], [[category:Yo-kai from the Shadowside series]] |
| [[category:Yo-kai summon through items]] | [[category:Ark Yo-kai]], [[category:Medal Yo-kai]] | |
| [[category:Yo-kai from anime through tribe]] | [[category:Charming tribe anime Yo-kai]], [[category:Mysterious tribe anime Yo-kai]], [[category:Slippery tribe anime Yo-kai]], [[category:Eerie tribe anime Yo-kai]], [[category:Brave tribe anime Yo-kai]], [[category:Tough tribe anime Yo-kai]],[[category:Heartfull tribe anime Yo-kai]], [[category:Wicked tribe anime Yo-kai]], [[category:Enma tribe anime Yo-kai]], [[category:Hagure tribe anime Yo-kai]], [[category:Boss tribe anime Yo-kai]] |
Categories by media
| Type | Main category | Sub-categories |
|---|---|---|
| Video games | [[category:Media]] | [[category:Video games]] |
| Movies | [[category:Movies]] | |
| Manga | [[category:Manga series]] |
Categories by manga series
| Type | Main category | Sub-categories |
|---|---|---|
| Original manga | [[category:Manga series]] | [[category:Original manga chapters]] |
| Yo-kai Watch: Exciting Nyanderful Days | [[category:Exciting Nyanderful Days chapters]] | |
| Yo-kai Watch: Geragera Manga Theater | [[category:Geragera Manga Theater chapters]] | |
| Yo-kai Watch 4-Panel Pun Club | [[category:4-Panel Pun Club chapters]] | |
| Komasan 〜A Time for Fireworks and Miracles〜 | [[category:Komasan 〜A Time for Fireworks and Miracles〜 chapters]] | |
| Yo-kai Watch Busters | [[category:Yo-kai Watch Busters chapters]] |
Other information concerning the policy
The contributor should follow this policy accordingly and the policy will be adjust for the time being if something occurs that has not been written yet. Do note that the wiki does not accept information taken from the Yo-kai Watch Wiki of Wikia and that this wiki works closely with Yo-kai Watch World. We are allowed to use images and data from the website and in return we credit them for providing it to us. This maintains a close partnership between the two websites and Yo-kai Watch Encyclopedia strives to become partners with many other Yo-kai Watch websites. Do not take images of wanted Yo-kai from Yo-kai Watch World, as they are given to them and thus those are the images that are copyrighted. If happened and we received a message from Yo-kai Watch World about it, the image will be removed and you will be banned from the wiki for uploading it. So, stay aware of doing something like that.
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