StarCraft Wiki:Writing unit gameplay articles

Combining the lore and gameplay information for a unit may result in a large and unwieldy article. To prevent this it may be advantageous to create separate lore and gameplay articles. This page deals with writing gameplay unit articles. For lore, see .

The following are not all the possible sections that may or must be included. This must be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Article name
The name for a unit gameplay article is the name of the unit followed by a unique identifier string based on the name of the game being examined. For example:
 * Marine (StarCraft)
 * Marine (StarCraft II)

Linking to gameplay articles
Use Template:Link to create inline links. For example:

generates

See the template for additional documentation.

Link to disambiguation page
The top of each article should include a notice and link to the disambiguation page for the unit. The following code produces the notice: : ''This article concerns unit gameplay. For more on the unit see: ''.

General information box
All units should have a general information box.
 * Units created from StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War should include Template:SC1UnitBox.
 * Structures created from StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War should include Template:SC1StructBox.
 * Units created from StarCraft II should include Template:SC2UnitBox.
 * Structures created from StarCraft II should include Template:SC2StructBox.

Ability information
Abilities should be displayed using ability information boxes.


 * On more on how to create new boxes see  or
 * Refer to the code of existing boxes at Category:Ability boxes.

Upgrade information
Upgrades should be displayed using upgrade information boxes.


 * On more on how to create new boxes see  or
 * Refer to the code of existing boxes at Category:Upgrade boxes.

Research information
Any research options this units has should be displayed using ability and/or upgrade information boxes.


 * On more on how to create new boxes see  or
 * Refer to the code of existing boxes at Category:Ability boxes and Category:Upgrade boxes.

Images
Preference should be given gameplay images. Non-gameplay images from cinematics, story-mode scenes, rendered art, etc., are generally not useful for recognition purposes or demonstrating gameplay concepts.

For general image usage guidelines, see Help:Images.

Helpful Templates
Template:Cleanup Template:DeletePage
 * Flags a page as needing some sort of improvement. See the template for usage details.
 * Nominates a page for deletion. See the template for usage details.