Welcome to the Shindo Life Wiki. This is the Manual of Style, a general guideline to follow when creating or editing articles, made in order to standardize the wiki articles' content.
For policies dictating participation on the wiki, see our rules.
General
Editors should strive to abide by these guidelines:
- Use proper grammar and spelling for any article directly related to the wiki.
- Seek to write in an objective, passive voice when writing articles.
- Create new pages as new content is added to Shindo Life.
- Update pages as relevant to any updates to Shindo Life.
- Remove and replace opinionated, biased, immature writing in wiki articles.
- Assist staff in correcting vandalism.
- Help replace incorrect information.
- Avoid adding any information related to the Naruto series about an article outside of the Trivia section. If added, the information must be properly cited, either to the Naruto Wiki or Wikipedia or other reputable sources. While Shindo Life is a Naruto-based game, including terms directly used in Naruto that are not present in the game (Chakra, Tailed Beast, Susanoo, etc.) in sections other than the Trivia section is not permitted.
- Citations should use the <ref> tag. At the bottom of the page, include </ references> to automatically add a list of all used references on the article page.
- When in doubt, an editor should refer back to the English Wikipedia's Manual of Style or the Simplified version.
Wording and Grammar
To deliver a consistent experience throughout the wiki, these set of guidelines have been created as a reference to write articles. Again, editors should strive to write in an objective, passive voice.
- Editors must refer to readers in the third-person, such as "players" or "users". They should never write their articles in a first or second-person perspective ("you", "I", etc.).
- First-person is a subjective way to write an article, and second-person is an informal way to write an article.
- Editors should remain impersonal in their writing.
- Avoid adding your own experiences with the topic and write down factual information instead.
- Editors are to familiarize themselves with the use of the words "its" and "it's".
- "Its" is correctly used as a possessive ("Due to its similarities yet higher damage compared to Ice.")
- "It's" is a contraction meaning "it is" ("It's a direct upgrade to Shizen." ["It is a direct upgrade to Shizen."])
- Editors should never use subjective statements, such as calling Bloodlines or abilities trash/terrible, or the best/strongest.
- Editors should limit their use of gendered pronouns, and should use gender-neutral and third-person pronouns within their article. (They, them, their)
- Editors should not add jokes or slangs into pages, such as "The move is slow as heck."
- Editors should avoid using abbreviations, as readers may not be as well-versed in game terminology as an editor. (Instead of AoE, use Area-of-Effect)
- Editors should avoid using the number font instead of the worded out number in articles for smaller numbers (24,000 is a large number, so it is acceptable, but "five" should be used instead of "5")
- Editors should use commas to separate numbers instead of periods. Hundreds, thousands, and millions should be separated as such: 1,000,000
Images
See also: Help: Uploading files
- In-game screenshots and gifs must be cropped appropriately and not blurry while also not include the following:
- Game GUI (Unless displaying stats to showcase effects)
- Chat Window
- Player List/Leaderboard
- Game Window Border
- Mouse cursor
- Any watermarks
- Icon images for article infoboxes must be high-quality, preferably taken directly from the Roblox Library instead of an in-game screenshot. The following are instructions for how to locate an icon image:
- When in game, open the Dev Console by pressing F9 on your keyboard or /console in chat
- Once it shows up, click the Memory Tab, scroll down and under PlaceMemory until you find GraphicsTexture, click it.
- You will see numerous links with random numbers at the end (Higher number is newer decals, while lower number is old decals).
- Copy the numbers only and put them into this URL: roblox.com/library/ and place the numbers at the end.
- Put that URL into your browser and search it and a decal will show up.
- When uploading images, please use a descriptive file name. Name the files after what the content is.
- Images uploaded to be used on a page should be your own image or have explicit, provable proof from the owner. All contributions are considered to be released under the CC-BY-SA license unless otherwise specified. Please, properly license images you upload.
Formats
Ninja Tools, Sub-Abilities, Companions
- Infobox (Include accurate information and high-quality image)
- Overview (Include article name, article's category, and information on how to obtain object listed in article)
- Example: [The Cloak Spirit Sub Ability is a Mode Sub Ability that can be obtained through a scroll, which spawns in the Nimbus Village at 7:35 AM/PM EST with a 1/25 chance.]
- Example 2: [The Dagai Ninja Tool is a Weapon Ninja Tool that can be bought in the Weapon section of the Ninja Tools menu for 5,000 Ryo, requiring the user to be Level 20 and have 220 Taijutsu.]
- Description (Include physical description of sub-ability, companion, or tool)
- Ability (If article is Ninja Tool or Companion, include sub-heading "Ability" that gives a physical description of their special ability, as well as stat consumption and cooldown)
- Location (Include description of scroll's location if article requires scroll to obtain. Do not include guide to location unless it is a video.
- Gallery/Showcase (For Sub-Ability, Companion and non-Weapon Ninja Tool, name the heading "Showcase" and include properly cropped gif. For Weapon Ninja Tool, name the heading "Gallery" and include image of Ninja Tool equipped on the user and gifs of special abilities)
- Trivia (Optional if no trivial information. Include information on unpatched glitches, reference to Naruto series, and other relevant trivial information)
Bloodlines
- Infobox (Include accurate information and high-quality image)
- Overview (Include article name, article's category and rarity, article's moveset and objective analysis of its specialty, and optionally, article's association with other Bloodlines)
- Example: [Akuma is an Eye Bloodline with a rarity of 1/75. Akuma's moveset revolves around stunning and dodging attacks. There are also five character-specific variations of Akuma: Bankai-Akuma, Satori-Akuma, Forged-Akuma, Raion-Akuma, and Riser-Akuma.]
- Example 2: [Gold-Sand is an Elemental Bloodline with a rarity of 1/60. Gold-Sand's moveset revolves around area-of-effect and slowing enemies.]
- Requirements (Table that includes Bloodline's moves' names, their respective icons, and their unlock requirements (level, Chi, Ryo))
- Moveset (Table that includes Bloodline's moves' names, their respective icons, their Chi consumption, their cooldown, physical description of the ability, and damage multiplier)
- Mode (If Bloodline has a mode, include Bloodline level requirement to unlock mode, physical description of character when mode is activated, MD consumption rate. If Bloodline's mode has multiple stages, only include MD consumption rate and move level requirements and physical descriptions into a table below)
- Ability (If Bloodline has single-stage mode, include abilities accessible when mode is activated, their stat consumption and cooldown. If multi-stage, include information in each respective row in the table.)
- Stat Bonuses (If Bloodline has single-stage mode, include stat bonuses in bold. If multi-stage, include information in each respective row in the table.)
- Gallery (Include properly cropped images and gifs of the Bloodline's mode and abilities)
- Trivia (Optional if no trivial information. Include information on unpatched glitches, reference to Naruto series, and other relevant trivial information)
Template Usage
Template: Sub Ability - This infobox must be used for Ninja Tool, Sub-Ability, Companion, Element articles.
Template: Genkai - This infobox must be used for articles for Bloodlines that have mode(s).
Template:True False KG This infobox must be used for articles for Bloodlines that do not have a mode.
Template: Bloodline Navbox - This navbox must be added to the bottom of Bloodline articles.
Template: Weapon Navbox - This navbox must be added to the bottom of Ninja Tool articles.
Template: Sub Ability Navbox - This navbox must be added to the bottom of Sub-Ability articles.
Template: Companion Navbox - This navbox must be added to the bottom of Companion articles.
Template: Element Navbox - This navbox must be added to the bottom of Element articles.
Template: Under Construction - This template must be added to the bottom of incomplete articles, either lacking in style or information.
Edit Summary
When editing a page, editors should always include an edit summary. Editors should describe what their edit has accomplished. When describing their edits, an editor should include every aspect of the page they edited.
Miscellaneous
- Any uses of the word "Roblox" must be capitalized as such used.
- This is a policy established by Roblox Corporation's branding. See Roblox Name and Logo Community Usage Guidelines for more information.
- Do not create pages about users or people. The developer(s) may have a page but is subject to removal upon their consent
- If a page about users or people is approved, please use their preferred pronouns when addressing them
- Edits that attempt to purposefully revert or change pronouns to be other than the player's preferred gender pronouns in bad faith will be taken as vandalism, resulting in a block