Guild Wars Wiki:Formatting/Effects

This page is an accepted formatting guideline on the Guild Wars Wiki. It has wide acceptance among editors and is considered a standard that all contributors should follow. Before editing this page, it is suggested to gather consensus on the talk page first.

This guideline provides information on how to create, format and expand articles about effects.

Syntax and example

{{Effect-stub}}
{{Effect infobox
| name = Effect name
| campaign = Campaign name
| type = Effect type
| description = Full in-game description
}}

== Acquisition ==
<!-- information about acquisition. - omit if already done by the infobox -->

== Notes ==
<!-- any special notes for this effect - omit if nothing to add -->

== Related skills ==
<!-- any information about related skills - omit if nothing to add -->

== Trivia ==
<!-- trivia about this effect - omit if nothing to add -->

Basic outline

Article header

Add {{Effect-stub}} to the top of any incomplete effect article. If the description, progression and acquisition sections have been completed it may be omitted.

Effect infobox template

Use {{Effect infobox}} to create the info box. For detailed information on how to use the template and for all possible types, see its description page.

Acquisition

Include the methods through which the player can get this effect. Note that this section is only required for those effect types, which are not handled through the infobox.

Notes

Any special notes about the effect.

Related skills

List skills or effects which are highly related to the effect.

Trivia

Trivia about the effect, such as the effect name being a reference to pop culture.