Mythology Wiki:Manual of Style

  This is an instruction manual that addresses the conventions adopted by Mythology Wiki in writing, titles, articles, and linking. Please read it before you contribute to the project. Note, however, that this document is not updated frequently; survey prevailing conventions as well as reading these guidelines.

This manual attempts to address all issues of style in an objective manner, though there are inevitably cases where issues of style are subjective. If there are any unresolved disputes over what best adheres to the style of Mythology Wiki, please contact the admins.

Basic wikicode
Wikicode is a type of markup used on wiki sites such as Mythology Wiki and Wikipedia. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with this style before editting: it might save you a lot of headdesking and/or facepalming.

Text formatting
There is a range of text formatting options available in wikicode. Some of these are based on HTML code. Some types of HTML code can be used on Mythology Wiki, but wikicode is preferred.

{| width="80%" align="center" class="roundy" style="background: #99CCFF; border: 3px solid #3366FF" ! width="30%" style="" | Formatting type ! width="40%" | Input ! width="30%" style="" | Output
 * - align=center style="background:#fff;"
 * rowspan="2" | Bold
 * style="background:#99CCFF" | Three apostrophes
 * rowspan="2" | This text is bold
 * - align=center style="background:#fff;"
 * This text is bold
 * - align="center" style="background:#fff;"
 * rowspan="2" | Italics
 * style="background:#99CCFF" | Two apostrophes
 * rowspan="2" | This text is italicized
 * - align=center style="background:#fff;"
 * This text is italicized
 * - align="center" style="background:#fff;"
 * rowspan="2" | Adding colored text
 * style="background:#99CCFF" | Use HTML coding or a template
 * rowspan="2" | Red text
 * - align=center style="background:#fff;"
 * Red text  or  Red text
 * - align="center" style="background:#fff;"
 * rowspan="2" | Adding a colored background
 * style="background:#99CCFF" | Use HTML coding or a template
 * rowspan="2" | Green background
 * - align=center style="background:#fff;"
 * Green background  or