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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 lore unit articles.
This page has a counterpart dealing with writing unit gameplay articles.
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 article name should be the name of the unit. Exceptions may be deemed appropriate on a case-by-case basis.
Link to gameplay pages[]
Affix Template:Lore to the top of each article. See the template for documentation and usage examples.
Overview[]
After the notice is the in-universe exposition of describing the unit's history, general properties, and significance. This section need not have a header. This makes it easier to incorporate into featured content blurbs.
If size permits the historical and properties information may be separated into discreet level 2 sections.
Unit variations[]
A unit may have information unique to discreet portions of the StarCraft universe and not strictly relevant to a general description of the unit. This in-universe section is to record such information.
For example a ship type with numerous classes, like the battlecruiser, may have a level 2 section called Classes followed by level 3 sections for each class.
Another example may be a unit, such as marines, employed by multiple organizations. Differences in equipment, organization, and history would be noted here.
Appearances[]
This is an out-of-universe section dealing with official strategy information and lore development of the unit in Blizzard or Blizzard-authorized products. Each product should have its own level 3 section.
Fan-developed strategies should go into complementing gameplay articles.
A link to a product-specific gameplay article may be appropriate here. Links to the unit quotation repositories may also be appropriate here.
Notes and trivia[]
Articles may include a section to point out the relationship a StarCraft object may have with an out-of-universe object. Please see the trivia policy for ideas on how to determine what is acceptable for these sections.
Images[]
Preference should be given to images taken from non-gameplay sources such as cinematics, story-mode scenes, rendered art, etc.. Additional images may be appended to a small gallery near the end of the article. A link to the unit's image category may accompany the gallery.
For general image usage guidelines, see Help:Images.
Templates[]
Lore articles should refrain from using gameplay templates. The most prevalent templates for lore articles are the lore navigation boxes.
- Plantilla:TrabajosProtoss, for protoss "infantry"
- Plantilla:NavesProtoss
- Plantilla:TrabajosTerran, for terran "infantry"
- Plantilla:VehículosTerran, for terran ground vehicles
- Plantilla:NavesTerran, for terran aerocraft
- Plantilla:EspeciesZerg
Categories[]
Lore articles should not use gameplay article categories.
References[]
All articles should include a References section at the bottom. This may be done by adding the following code:
- ==References==
- <references/>
or
- {{ref}}
or for pages with lots of references
- <div style="height:200px;width:100%;overflow:auto;"> {{reflist|2}} </div>
For more information, please see the guidelines for referencing.
Helpful Templates[]
Template:Cleanup
- Flags a page as needing some sort of improvement. See the template for usage details.
Template:Delete
- Nominates a page for deletion. See the template for usage details.