Pikipedia:Policies

This page details policy for the wiki in general, as decided by Pikipedia's community. Most points do not apply to user, forum and talk pages.

To suggest or discuss policy, use the proposals page.

• For policy regarding files, see Help:Files.
• For policy regarding talk pages, see Help:Talk pages.
• For deletion policy, see Pikipedia:Pages for deletion.
• For policy regarding glitches, see Pikipedia:Glitch notes.

Content

Action Replay

Articles should not contain information about any Pikmin game running in a way other than intended. This includes the use of Action Replay and similar devices. This is because modifications are arbitrary: there is no clear line between those that make little difference and those that change the game entirely.

Information that can only be obtained through these means but holds true in normal gameplay, however, is welcome on articles. Whether it is important to document how exactly the information is known may vary from case to case.

Videos

Video embedding should be used sparingly, only in cases where understanding is more easily understood through watching a video than through images or text. This covers, for example, television adverts and glitches.

Trivia

Unlike Wikipedia, this wiki accepts the existence of "trivia" sections on articles, provided that, in general, the bullet points follow these characteristics:

• Noteworthy: Bland or common pieces of information aren't very interesting to have around, and likely fit in the article's body.
• Objective: Trivia should be factual. Any unconfirmed or speculative information should not be included in an article, much less in the trivia section.
• Short: In order to be considered a tidbit, it should be possible to explain it in one to three sentences. Anything that has a lot of detail is probably better off being elaborated in a section somewhere.
• Isolated: Trivia facts should be unattached to most other aspects of the subject. If a fact is related to an existing section of information in the article, it likely belongs there.

Sections should be named "Trivia", and should be placed before navboxes and the "See also", "References" and "External links" sections. The tidbits within should be listed with bullet points, created by placing an asterisk (*) before each line.

Spoilers should be reduced to the minimum. Users should be able to read through the interesting tidbits without having their experience with any games ruined. This anti-spoiler aspect is even more important on the did you know section of the main page.

Format

Perspective

In articles, avoid using the second person ('you', 'your'); talk about the captain or a particular captain, or use 'the player' or a similar term. Exceptions to this are guides, which are written in the author's chosen style.

Headings

In all headings (page titles and sections) only proper nouns should be capitalized, excepting brand names that start with a lowercase letter in normal usage. Note that the first letter in a heading will always be capitalized by MediaWiki. Italics may be used when they would be in body text, but headers should have no links, colour or other formatting. Links can often be replaced with {{main}} or a relevant link near the start of the section.

Local spelling

In all cases where spellings differ between variations of English, the USA spelling is preferred. This is the spelling used in the Pikmin games in all English-speaking regions (with the exception of treasures not in the USA version of Pikmin 2).

Game names

All titled media should be italicized in articles. At Pikipedia, this is mainly video-games, including Pikmin and Pikmin 2, but also covers music, books and films, for example.

"Pikmin 1"

Where ambiguous, the first Pikmin game, Pikmin, should be referred to as "Pikmin 1". In article text, game names are italicized, so this is not a problem, but in page titles, for example, it could easily refer to the species or series, without the "1".

Social content

Any communication about anything other than the running of the wiki and its content should be restricted to user and user talk pages. For excessive amounts of such chat, use the NIWA forums or the chatroom to avoid filling up the recent changes.