Good Omens Wiki:Style Guide

This Style Guide is an official guide on how all of the  articles should appear. In order to not restrict editors to a specific style, this guide is intended to make the wiki consistent, clear, and precise and to help editors with language, layout, and formatting.

Additional Guidelines:
 * Layout Guide for the layouts used on articles.
 * Category Guide for proper categorization of articles.
 * Media Guide for uploading images.
 * Template Guide for templates available to use.

General

 * Correct spelling and grammar is to be used on the articles.
 * This is an American television show so American English is used on this wiki.
 * Spelling examples: color instead of colour, familiarize instead of familiarise, offense instead of offence, while instead of whilst, worshiping instead of worshipping
 * Commas and periods go inside quotation marks.
 * Dates are written in American format: Month DD, YYYY.
 * The serial comma is used.
 * Numbers under ten should be spelled out.
 * Avoid making many small and consecutive edits on an article. Editing errors are understandable. Making edits to boost achievement points is not okay.
 * Try to combine multiple edits into one save per page section where possible.
 * Use the "Preview" button before saving the edit to ensure everything is the way it should be.
 * Foreign words and phrases should always be italicized.

Perspective and tense

 * All articles are written in third person.
 * Articles should be written from a neutral point of view. This means the article should be informative, unbiased, and factual rather than speculative and should not include personal opinion.
 * Use present tense within articles regardless of whether a character is dead or alive (especially since death is not always final). Such articles include: Character, Chapter, Episode, Location, and Novel articles.
 * Example: "Aziraphale is one of the main characters featured in Good Omens. He is best friends with the demon Crowley, and perhaps feels something a bit more, though he'll try to deny it."
 * Example: "Crowley is one of the main characters featured in Good Omens. Crowley is the best friend of the angel, Aziraphale."

Special formatting

 * To avoid too many pages, please do not make a page for characters or subjects who appear in less than 2 chapters/episodes. There are always some exceptions, however, these should be discussed prior to the page creation.
 * To help avoid confusion, the novel is canon unless the series directly contradicts it. The differences can then be noted on the corresponding series and/or novel pages.
 * Titles of pages should be in bold (i.e. Aziraphale).
 * Episode titles are used as minor headings in the Significance in series and Quotes sections to easily identify episodes. Episode titles should be written in quotes (i.e. "In the Beginning").
 * The show/novel name should be written in italics (i.e. Good Omens).
 * To reduce page volume and the need to edit multiple locations, duplicate/redundant information should be linked via to the original page with a brief summary.
 * Proper nouns are capitalized
 * Per Wikipedia guidelines, proper names and titles referencing deities are capitalized (God, Voice of God, the Them, the Four Horsemen)
 * Common nouns not used as titles should not be capitalized
 * When a proper noun is always referred to with its definite article (i.e. "The Book"), include it in the article title. Otherwise, omit it or create a redirect to the simplified version.
 * IMDB and Wikipedia already maintain comprehensive and up-to-date profiles on cast and crew members. There is no need to duplicate that information onto this wiki and it is perfectly acceptable to externally link to IMDB and/or Wikipedia. This can be done within the infobox as shown on the Template page.

Linking

 * Avoid linking to the current page.
 * Captions on pictures are excluded.
 * Quotes sections on Character articles are excluded.
 * To prevent over-linking, link something only once per section of the article.

Referencing

 * Spoilers from confirmed sources (i.e. writers, producers, actors, network) can be used on article pages as long as they are properly referenced.
 * Unsanctioned spoilers and spoilers from unofficial sources belong in the Spoiler forum or a blog post, not on article pages.
 * If an event occurs in the novel or show, it does not need a reference.
 * Please try to properly cite references and always include a link to the original source.
 * References must be from a valid source (not a personal blog on tumblr or a spoiler speculation site).