Guild Wars Wiki:Formatting/Cinematics

This article provides information on starting, expanding on and completing articles about cinematics in Guild Wars.

Syntax and example
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Major characters

 * Any Party leader
 * Prince Rurik
 * Shiro Tagachi

Minor characters

 * Any Party members
 * Asura Commoner

Dialogue

 * Prince Rurik: "By Balthazar's beard!"
 * "Are you going to eat that?"


 * Shiro Tagachi: "I have returned!"
 * : "Your reign ends today!"

Major characters

 * Any Party leader
 * Prince Rurik
 * Shiro Tagachi

Minor characters

 * Any Party members
 * Asura Commoner

Dialogue

 * Prince Rurik: "By Balthazar's beard!"
 * "Are you going to eat that?"


 * Shiro Tagachi: "I have returned!"
 * : "Your reign ends today!"

Trivia

 * }

Article name
If a title card is available, cinematic articles should be named after their title card. If this name is already taken,  (cinematic) should be used. If no title card is available, cinematic pages should be called  (cinematic) for single cinematics, or  (cinematics) if multiple cinematics play during that mission or quest.

Article header
If it is necessary to hide the automatic table of contents, place the  at the top of the page. This prevents an unnecessary blank space at the top when the article is saved. In general you don't want a TOC when the article only has a few short sections, or you don't need to scroll down to read the article. Decisions on placing a TOC should be done on an article-by-article base.

Cinematic infobox template
Use the Cinematic infobox to create the info box. See the template page for detailed instructions. Example usage:


 * name : The name of the cinematic, which is derived from the Title card (as in Eye of the North cinematics) or the name of the mission or quest during which the cinematic plays. Mandatory


 * campaign : The campaign in which this cinematic belongs. Mandatory


 * plays during : The name of the quest or mission in which the cinematic plays. Mandatory


 * image: The screenshot from the cinematic. They should be labeled as [[Image:(Mission name or Title card) cinematic still.jpg|250px]] New images should be uploaded at 800x432px at around a 3 quality. Mandatory


 * image2 : The screenshot from the cinematic. They should be labeled as [[Image:(Mission name) 2 cinematic still.jpg|250px]] New images should be uploaded at 800x432px at around a 3 quality. Mandatory for pages with 2 cinematics.


 * image3: The screenshot from the cinematic. They should be labeled as [[Image:(Mission name) 3 cinematic still.jpg|250px]] New images should be uploaded at 800x432px at around a 3 quality. Mandatory for pages with 3 cinematics.


 * region : Region location. Mandatory


 * location : Location or Map zone of cinematic 1. Mandatory


 * location2 : Location or Map zone of cinematic 2. Mandatory for pages with 2 cinematics if not the same as the location of cinematic 1.


 * location3 : Location or Map zone of cinematic 3. Mandatory for pages with 3 cinematics if not the same as the location of cinematic 1 or 2.

Cinematic
Change to Cinematic 1 if multiple cinematics are present on one page.

Characters
Here a list of characters that appear in the cinematic will be listed. If only one player character appears, he or she should be listed as Any Party leader at the top of whichever section is appropriate. If multiple player characters are involved in the cinematic, the player characters without speaking lines should be listed as Any Party members in Minor Characters, and if the party leader does speak, he or she should be listed as Any Party leader in the Major Characters section. If he or she does not have speaking lines, the party leader should be omitted.

Major characters
A list of characters that have speaking roles in the cinematic. Except for the Party leader, they are listed in alphabetical order.

Minor characters
A list of characters that appear in the cinematic but do not have any speaking roles. Except for the Party leader or Party members, they are listed in alphabetical order.

Dialogue
The meat of the article, transcribe the cutscene dialogue here. If there is a scene change in the cinematic, leave two spaces between the last line of dialogue and the next. If there is spoken dialogue but no character is listed, indent twice. Copy verbatim, including formatting. Mark ingame spelling errors and typos with sic to distinguish them from transcription errors. If the Player character has lines, they are listed as .


 * Use the same format for Cinematic name, characters, and dialogue for each addition cinematic in the mission. Just add a 2 or 3 to the end of the missions name.

Trivia
Capture any trivia or easter eggs in this section. If there is nothing in this section it should be omitted.

Navigation
Include the navigation aid template for the cinematic's campaign.