Pikipedia:Family article guidelines

Family articles should have at least the following sections, and in the order listed.

Note: these guidelines still need to be fine-tuned and verified, so do not follow them strictly.

Opening paragraphs

The opening to the article does not have a section, and explains what the family generally consists of. It should first have a paragraph or two describing similar characteristics of every or nearly every member (e.g. all amphitubers are frog/tadpole like), appearence and behavior-wise.

There should finally be a paragraph describing the genuses in this family, saying which enemies or types of enemies belong to each genus, or an unknown one (e.g. all true Bulborbs and Bulblaxes are in the Oculus genus). If a creature(s) has a subspecies, then its genus and normal species name should be mentioned.

Members

This is where a list of the actual members belongs. Each one enemy should have it's own sub-section with a header, and should start with an image set to the right of the creature. It should then use the {{main}} template to link to the creature's main article. After an indent, "official family unknown" should be written in italics if the enemy's is only assumed to be in the family.

A paragraph should then be written breifly describing the enemy. Be sure to not make it too long; that's what the enemy's own article is for. Each entry should end with {{clear}}.

In Pikmin Adventure

Enemies that are exclusive to Pikmin Adventure should be listed here, seperate from the rest, as they are known as uncanon. It should have the same format as the "members" section.

Other members

In the rare case that there are 1 or more enemies that are supposedly in the family, but are not encountered by the player in-game, they should be listed here (e.g. the Burrowing Snarrow is an enemy mentioned by Olimar, but is never actually seen and doesn't even have a piklopedia entry). They should also be in the same format as the previous sections, although an image is not required. These members are often assumed to be in the family due to a lack of information on them.