Death Note Wiki:Guide

This is a guide to how things work on the wiki, including general rules and things to know about how we operate here. Intimidating as this may sound, we aren't too strict. What we ask for most is that everyone (including us) shows respect to each other.

Respecting others and their opinions, as well as respecting characters, is the key to enjoying the company of other fans, both on and off the wiki. If there's a character that you dislike, please don't mess up their page or make snarky comments about them. Even if it's directed at a fictional character, rudeness is never cool.

With that said, let's get started.

General Layout
Every character page has a specific layout. The one we use is:
 * 1) Appearance
 * 2) Character
 * 3) History
 * 4) Plot
 * 5) In Other Media
 * 6) Conception
 * 7) Trivia
 * 8) Quotes
 * 9) Themes

Templates
New versions of the Human template and Shinigami template were made. If they look mostly blank on a characters page, then edit the page, put in the new code and it’ll be fixed.

Actors' Names
When putting down a(n) (voice) actor’s name for a dub that’s language does  not  use the Latin alphabet, do the following: put down their name in English. Then, in parentheses, put down the name in its native form (kanji, hangal, etc.) (surname goes first/last depending on what the culture generally does, for instance, Japanese would have surname, then given name, whereas English would have given name, then surname). Then put down a comma, and their name in either romaji (Japanese), Jyutping (Cantonese), or pinyin (Mandarin), with the order of their given and surname depending on what it would generally be in their culture. For Korean, just put in parenthesis the hangal, followed by the actor's name, this time family name first. (e.x. Light Yagami (夜神月, Yagami Raito ); Tang Li Jing (李景唐,  Lǐ Jǐng Táng ); (김영선,  Kim Yeong Seon )

Other

 * 1) For the “True Name” section leave it blank if the characters real name was revealed around the time of their debut (e.g. This section should be left blank for Soichiro Yagami, but should be filled in for Near).
 * 2) For the “organization” section, organizations are FBI, Mafia, Wammy’s House, Media, Japanese Task Force, SPK and NPA. A person can belong to more than one organization, like Near being a member of both Wammy’s house and the SPK. If they don’t belong to any of the organizations listed, leave their organization section blank. Know that “Media” refers to the people speaking on Kira’s behalf, like Demegawa and Takada. Don’t confuse “organization” with “occupation”.For instance, Sayu’s organization would not be “College”. Her organization would be kept blank.
 * 3) The character stats are official information. In Death Note: How to Read 13, character stats were provided. There were other books published, both for the anime (published by people who worked on it) and films (also published by people who worked on it). So none of the info. on stats should be erased, unless you have something proving that the info. was not supplied in any guides/is incorrect.The “Other Attribute” section, refers to the unique attribute that isn’t the same for everyone. For instance, Light is "acting skills", Misa is "charm" and L is "sweet tooth". So when putting down their skill number for that section, please specify the skill (Example: Acting Skills: 10/10).

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