Media page guidelines

This page is a general instruction guide for posting media to the wiki. Please follow these rules if you want your submissions to kept/ left alone.

Minimum page format
A page should have at least the following described sections/ headings and categories, and respective data to be added. Pages with no data or substantially missing sources/ improper format will be deleted or remade.

Minimum section headings
These headings should be used on all pages, in this order:


 * Cast
 * Staff
 * Sources

Minimum categories
The following category types should be used on all pages, in this order. Every single page on the site requires at least one category, and media work pages are no exception.


 * Page circumstances (only addable by site staff)
 * Media work circumstances
 * Franchise (if any)
 * Original release date
 * Medium
 * Original language
 * Original country

Additional information can be added for new dubs or translations, but not new distributions or re-releases.

Cast lists
Cast lists should be put into tables, with the italicized portions swapped out for relevant data. The table below shows a basic version of how a given cast list should look: Note that this is only for pages that have a limited amount of roles in the cast, and pages with numerous roles should be split into one "Major cast" table and any needed amount of "Minor cast" tables.

Table divisions
Major cast tables should list roles by prominence. If there are many major roles in a given media work, one should also use single merged-row headers to divide lead roles (occurring in majority of episodes) and recurring roles (occurring in a minority of episodes, but more than a single arc or episode). If prominence changes from lead to recurring or vice versa, display the role in both sections; but italicize the actor/ role names in the section they were first relevant to.

Single videogames and movies should divide roles based on the lead/recurring/minor structure, provided there are enough characters to warrant it (at least about 15). If the minor roles are few, but spread out over multiple episodes, add a header cell column listing a given episode. Keep major roles without a labelled episode, and do not have a header cell at the top for episode number.

Minor cast tables should come after major cast tables. They should contain up to 26 episodes worth of roles, with more episodes calling for more tables. Always put a header cell column before the role column labelled "#" at the top (indicating episode number), with the column cells merged. Minor cast tables should always be collapsed initially.

Extras belong to their own separate sort of table, and are always put last in the table order. The table for extras should always be collapsed initially and contain multiple versions (dubs/ recordings) listed in a header cell column. The table should be sortable, with no merged cells.

Segemented media requires a header column come before all other columns except episode number. This column should have its cells merged for each appropriate role in the column.

Roles
Actors are listed by role not by character, and each table should be listed as such. This is due to different versions of a single character often being played by other actors. Additional versions of pre-existing characters are labelled like this: If multiple versions of a role share the same prominence, label each of them; if one role version is more prominent than any of the rest, do not label that one. Role names should always be in the latin alphabet or whatever writing system the site language is using. Parentheses can be used next to a role name to indicate non-proper nouns or names spelled unusually.

Actors
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Dubs and other actors
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Staff lists
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Categories
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