Manual of Style

The Manual of Style outlines the formatting for articles.

Formatting

Bolding

Bold text is used in its first usage at the intro of the article, and well as its alternate names. To bold a word or phrase, add 3 apostrophes on each end.

'''bolding'''
Wong Kun-Hang (Chinese: 黄冠亨) known by his stage name HENDERY (Hangul: 헨드리) is a Macau rapper...

Italics

Italic text is used when referring to the titles of any published media. This does not include singles or standalone tracks. To italicize a word or phrase, add 2 apostrophes on each end.

''italicized''
Neo Zone is the second studio album by NCT 127.

You can also use 5 apostrophes for a '''''bold italic'''''.

Line break

Place <br> between the text you want a line break.

This is an example of a<br>line break.
- This is an example of a
  line break.

Quotations

"Quoted" text is used when referring to quotes, the title of songs & singles, TV episodes, articles, or to emphasize specific words.

"Paint Me Naked" is a digital single by TEN.
NCT’s lightstick is called "믐뭔봄" (meummwonbom)

Restrictions

Due to Wiki technical restrictions, the symbols (# < > [ ] { } |) can not be included in the name.

People

When naming an individual, it should be the one they are referred in public and promotions. For example, use DOYOUNG instead of his birth name Kim Dong-young, the stage name HAECHAN instead of Lee Dong-hyuck.

The Revised Romanization of Korean system should be used for all instances (unless stated). For birth names inside the artist's infoboxes, it should spelled out beginning with their family/surname name followed by their given name (separated by a hyphen) (eg. Lee Hye-ri).

Media

For media (eg. albums, singles, TV shows), English takes prevalence as this is an English-language Wiki. When a release does not have an official English name, their native name should be Romanized.

Language

Not every musical artist or published media has an English-only name. Many are in Korean with an accompanying English name. In these cases, the English name takes prevalence for easy identification, following with their native name.

Because this wiki contains K-pop content, it is not necessary to specify Hangul (the Korean alphabet) to identify what it is. If the subject has a Hanja name (Korean name for Chinese characters) or another official language (eg. Japanese) name, then it must be specified.

Dates and numbers

Dates are should be expressed as Month-Day-Year (eg. January 1, 2018). For release date of media such as albums, singles, and TV shows, it must be in Korea Standard Time (KST) unless otherwise stated.

Numbers can either be numeric or spelled out but numeric is preferred for larger numbers (10 and over).

1–9: First, second, third,...ninth
10 and above: 10th, 11th, etc.

Grammar

Spelling

The English language varies depending on the country or region, but American English is the standard language used on the Wiki for all content.

Tense

Sentences should be in past tense unless it refers to an upcoming release or event.

Links

General

A link should appear in the first instance in the infobox and in the article. Please do not add excessive links throughout an article as it makes it difficult for readers and also adds clutter.

Wikilinks

To link to an article within this Wiki, use double square brackets to enclose the target link:

[[Example article]]
[[MUSIC SPACE]]

You can also format the link to either show it as bolded, italicized, etc. Just follow the formatting section on this page.To give the same link a different name, use the vertical bar "|":

[[Example article|different name]]

To link to a specific section in the article, add a hashtag after the main article to the section title:

[[Example article#section name]]
[[Loveholic#Tracklist|Loveholic tracklist]]

A red link shows up if an article does not exist yet. Also links are case-sensitive, so check to make sure that you have the correct link (eg. Favorite vs FAVORITE)

Interwiki links

Here are examples on how to link to another Fandom Wiki or Wikipedia:

Fandom:
- [[w:c:kindie:BOL4|BOL4]]
- [[w:c:twice:Jeongyeon|Jeongyeon]]
Wikipedia:
- [[Wikipedia:K-pop|K-pop]]

External links

External (non-wiki) links can only be added in the bottom of the article under either "Official links" or "Video links" sections.

Examples:

[https://twitter.com/ Twitter]
[https://google.com/ Google homepage]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-iJZ0gfKPo "BOOM" music video]

Additional help

Need more assistance? Contact the Administrators for more specific questions regarding the wiki.

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