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This is the '''Manual of Style''' for all articles of {{SITENAME}}. Please follow and read it before you contribute to the wiki. If you have any questions, suggestions, or complaints, please post them on the [[Project talk:Manual of Style|talk page]].

==Article titles, headings, and sections==
===Article titles===
*All article titles without official names should not be written in {{wp|title case}}. (e.g., '''[[Chapter allusions]]''', instead of '''Chapter Allusions''')
*Episode articles should be written in titles only. (e.g., '''{{eplink|type=nolink|1}}''', instead of '''Episode 1''', '''Episode 1: {{eplink|type=nolink|1}}''', or '''Episode One''') Do not create episode articles without titles. However, episode numbers are suitable for redirects, when people are searching by the episode number.
*Article conventions for the same title should be added the parentheses and should not be written in capitalized. (e.g., '''[[Bocchi the Rock! (anime)]]''', instead of '''Bocchi the Rock! (Anime)''', '''Bocchi the Rock! anime''', or '''Bocchi the Rock! Anime''')

===Section headings===
*Always capitalize the first letter of the first word and any proper nouns in headings, but leave the rest in lowercase. (e.g., '''Allusions of cover page''', instead of '''Allusions of Cover Page''')
*Section names should not explicitly refer to the subject of the article, or to higher-level headings unless doing so is shorter or clearer. (e.g., '''Personality''' is preferable to '''Her personality''')

===Layout===
<div style="display:grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr">
<div>
====Character====
#[[Template:Character Infobox|Infobox]]
#Quote (if applicable)
#Appearance
#Personality
#Plot (if applicable)
#Relationships (if applicable)
#Gallery (if applicable for not creating the "*/Gallery" page)
#Etymology
#Trivia (if applicable)
#References
</div>

<div>
====Volume====
#[[Template:Volume Infobox|Infobox]]
#Description
#Contents
#Plot
#Allusions of cover page
#Characters
#Gallery
#Trivia (if applicable)
#References
</div>

<div>
====Episode====
#[[Template:Episode Infobox|Infobox]]
#Synopsis
#Plot
#Characters
#Cast
#Gallery
#Trivia
##Adaptation notes (if applicable)
##Blu-ray/DVD changes (if applicable)
#References
</div>

<div>
====Song====
#[[Template:Song Infobox|Infobox]]
#Comments (if applicable)
#Characters (if applicable for opening/ending sequence)
#Audio
#Lyrics
##TV size (if applicable)
##Full version (if applicable for the TV size, do not add this section)
#Gallery (if applicable)
#Videos (if applicable)
#Live performances (if applicable)
#Trivia (if applicable)
#References
</div>

<div>
====Album/Single====
#[[Template:Album/Single Infobox|Infobox]]
#Track listing
#Audio
#Credits (if applicable)
#Gallery (if applicable)
#Trivia (if applicable)
#References
</div>

<div>
====Person====
#Career
#Biography
#Notable other roles
#Trivia (if applicable)
#References
#External links
</div>
</div>

==Title case==
*Quotation marks should be used for the following:
**Episode titles (e.g., "{{eplink|type=nolink|1}}")
**Event titles (e.g., "BOCCHI STATION")
**Singles
**Songs (e.g., "Seishun Complex")
*Italics should be used for the following:
**Albums
**Games (e.g., ''Kirara Fantasia'')
**Magazines (e.g., ''Manga Time Kirara MAX'')
**Manga/Anime titles (e.g., ''Bocchi the Rock!'')
**Radio programs (e.g., ''Bocchi the Radio!'')
*No quotation marks or italics should be used for the following:
**Anime convention (e.g., AnimeJapan 2022)
**Company (e.g., CloverWorks)
**Social media (e.g., Instagram)

==Writing==
===Perspective===
*Articles describing fictional events, characters, and other stuff taking place in the universe of the series should be written using in-universe wording; i.e., as taking place in real life. This means that phrases like "In [[Volume 1#Chapter 1|chapter 1]]" or "In {{eplink|1|episode 1}}" should be left out of sentences.
*Occasionally, it may be necessary to mention the media though. This will be allowed, but only on a case-by-case basis.
*Articles about stuff outside that fictional universe are excluded from this rule, as well as the sections "Adaptation notes", "Trivia", and "Gallery".
*Summaries should only include information that is known at the point of that installment's release. If there is an element to a story with unknown details at the time; the details should remain unknown, with only a pipe link added on occasion for nameless characters who are named later.

===Grammar and formality===
*Since this is an encyclopedia, we use a formal writing style. This means, for example, that we avoid the use of any contractions, such as "he's", "didn't" and "could've". Use the full forms "he is", "did not" and "could have" instead.
*"It's" is a contraction, and should not be used. "It's" is short for "it is" and is not possessive of "it"; the possessive form of "it" is "its" with no apostrophe.
*Use a neutral point of view when writing. Any opinion or bias should be expressed on the forum, the Discord server, or on the respective talk page, not in the article itself.
*Keep the tenses of articles/sections consistent.
**All summaries should be written in the '''present tense'''.
**History sections of character articles should be written in the '''past tense'''.
**If the content of a section of a chapter or episode is a flashback to a previous story point, it should also be written in the '''past tense'''.

===Date format===
*All dates should be in MDY format and should not be written in ordinal numbers. (e.g., '''May 29, 2022''', instead of '''29 May 2022''', '''May 29th, 2022''', or '''2022 May 29''')
*Please check the date format if the DMY format has been found.

===American English or British English===
*This wiki uses American English, instead of British English for spelling, punctuation, and words. (e.g., '''color''', '''realize''', and '''favorite''', instead of '''colour''', '''realise''', and '''favourite''')
*Please check the spelling if British English has been found.

===Level of detail===
*Quantity does not mean quality, and not every detail is important. Articles should be written focused on the topic in question, extracting the relevant facts and avoiding unnecessary and unrelated information.
*Articles about media (chapters, episodes, movies, etc) should cover all main events but in a summarized way, not literally descriptive. (e.g., "Hitori went to Shuka High School and in the classroom, the other students would not talk to her", instead of "Hitori goes to Shuka High School, she opens the door, she enters the classroom, and the other students say something to her")
*In general for any page, transcribing literal conversations in the style of "this character says, that character responds" should be avoided, since just mentioning the topic is relevant in most cases. Only when it is really important to mention the words of a character or can not be found a way to write the summary without using this style, this could be allowed; but this should be done as little as possible.
*Articles about characters should focus on the actions of that character. Actions of third characters should be mentioned only when they directly involve one of the topics and are relevant to the subject; but preferably should be told just quickly.

===Character names===
Houbunsha provided an official character name in English for the following:
<div style="display:grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr">
<div>
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Kessoku Band]]
! Japanese
! Hepburn romaji
! Translated
! Official
|-
| {{lang|ja|後藤 ひとり}}
| ''Gotō Hitori''
| Hitori Goto<br/>Hitori Gotou<br/>Hitori Gotō
| [[Hitori Gotoh]]
|-
| {{lang|ja|伊地知 虹夏}}
| ''Ijichi Nijika''
| Nijika Ijichi
| [[Nijika Ijichi]]
|-
| {{lang|ja|山田 リョウ}}
| ''Yamada Ryō''
| Ryo Yamada<br/>Ryou Yamada<br/>Ryō Yamada
| [[Ryo Yamada]]
|-
| {{lang|ja|喜多 郁代}}
| ''Kita Ikuyo''
| Ikuyo Kita
| [[Ikuyo Kita]]
|}
</div>
<div>
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[STARRY]]
! Japanese
! Hepburn romaji
! Translated
! Official
|-
| {{lang|ja|伊地知 星歌}}
| ''Ijichi Seika''
| Seika Ijichi
| [[Seika Ijichi]]
|-
| {{lang|ja|大山 猫々}}
| ''Ōyama Nene''
| Nene Oyama<br/>Nene Ooyama<br/>Nene Ōyama
| [[Nene Ohyama]]
|-
| {{lang|ja|日向 恵恋奈}}
| ''Hinata Erena''
| Erena Hinata
| [[Elena Hinata]]
|}
</div>
<div>
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[SICK HACK]]
! Japanese
! Hepburn romaji
! Translated
! Official
|-
| {{lang|ja|廣井 きくり}}
| ''Hiroi Kikuri''
| Kikuri Hiroi
| [[Kikuri Hiroi]]
|-
| {{lang|ja|清水 エライザ}}
| ''Shimizu Eraiza''
| Eliza Shimizu
| [[Eliza Shimizu]]
|-
| {{lang|ja|岩下 志麻}}
| ''Iwashita Shima''
| Shima Iwashita
| [[Shima Iwashita]]
|}
</div>
<div>
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[SIDEROS]]
! Japanese
! Hepburn romaji
! Translated
! Official
|-
| {{lang|ja|大槻 ヨヨコ}}
| ''Ōtsuki Yoyoko''
| Yoyoko Otsuki<br/>Yoyoko Ootsuki<br/>Yoyoko Ōtsuki
| [[Yoyoko Ohtsuki]]
|-
| {{lang|ja|長谷川 あくび}}
| ''Hasegawa Akubi''
| Akubi Hasegawa
| [[Akubi Hasegawa]]
|-
| {{lang|ja|本城 楓子}}
| ''Honjō Fūko''
| Fuko Honjo<br/>Fuuko Honjou<br/>Fūko Honjō
| [[Fuko Honjo]]
|-
| {{lang|ja|内田 幽々}}
| ''Uchida Yuyu''
| Yuyu Uchida
| [[Yuyu Uchida]]
|}
</div>
<div>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Stray Beat
! Japanese
! Hepburn romaji
! Translated
! Official
|-
| {{lang|ja|司馬 都}}
| ''Shiba Miyako''
| Miyako Shiba
| [[Miyako Shiba]]
|-
| {{lang|ja|ぽいずん♡やみ}}
| ''Poizun♡Yami''
| Poison♡Yami
| [[Aiko Sato|Poison Yami]]<ref group="note">Due to depending on her translated name, {{SITENAME}} uses Poison♡Yami instead of Poison Yami without the heart symbol.</ref>
|}
</div>
</div>
All character names should have been given in Western order: the first is the given name, and the second is the last name. Official character names in English should be used in all articles. They can be found in official products such as Amazon Japan and CDJapan.

===Wikitext===
*Headers should be in the form <code>==Header==</code>, not the form <code>== Header ==</code>.
*Lists and indentations should be this in the form:
**<code><nowiki>*Item</nowiki></code><br/><code><nowiki>#Item</nowiki></code><br/><code><nowiki>:item</nowiki></code>
**And not this in the form:
***<code><nowiki>* Item</nowiki></code><br/><code><nowiki># Item</nowiki></code><br/><code><nowiki>: item</nowiki></code>
*All templates should always be put in new lines unless they are specifically intended to be in the same line. For instance, use:
**<code><nowiki>{{Stub}}</nowiki></code><br/><code><nowiki>{{Simple Infobox</nowiki></code><br/><code><nowiki>| parameter1 = </nowiki></code><br/><code><nowiki>| parameter2 = </nowiki></code><br/><code><nowiki>}}</nowiki></code><br/><code><nowiki>Intro page</nowiki></code>
**And not this:
***<code><nowiki>{{Stub}}</nowiki></code><br/><code><nowiki>{{Simple Infobox</nowiki></code><br/><code><nowiki>| parameter1 = </nowiki></code><br/><code><nowiki>| parameter2 = </nowiki></code><br/><code><nowiki>}}Intro page</nowiki></code>
**Or this: 
***<code><nowiki>{{Stub}}{{Simple Infobox</nowiki></code><br/><code><nowiki>|parameter1 = </nowiki></code><br/><code><nowiki>|parameter2 = }}</nowiki></code><br/><code><nowiki>Intro page</nowiki></code>
*For character names, links like the <code>{{t|name}}</code> template and a first name or a last name <code><nowiki>{{name|Hitori}}</nowiki></code> is preferred than the wikilinks <code><nowiki>[[Hitori Gotoh|Hitori]]</nowiki></code>.
*For the name template links that are possessive, put the "'s" outside the name template links and not for the wikilinks. (e.g., <code><nowiki>{{name|Hitori}}</nowiki>'s</code>, instead of <code><nowiki>[[Hitori Gotoh|Hitori]]'s</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[Hitori Gotoh|Hitori's]]</nowiki></code>)
*For the line break in HTML, the <nowiki><br></nowiki> tag should be written as <code><nowiki><br/></nowiki></code>, not <code><nowiki><br></nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki><br /></nowiki></code> with spaces between "r" and the slash "/".
*Internal links can also be used for Wikipedia articles. Simply add the template <nowiki>{{wp|<ArticleName>|<Label>}}</nowiki>, the first pipe link will just add the article name and the second pipe link is optimal as a label. (e.g., <nowiki>{{wp|Bocchi the Rock!}}</nowiki> creates a link to Wikipedia page for {{wp|Bocchi the Rock!}})
*Additionally, internal links can be used to link to articles in other Fandom wikis. To do so, add the template <nowiki>{{w|<Sitename>|<ArticleName>|<Label>}}</nowiki>, the first pipe link will add a sitename, which means for subdomain only, the second pipe link will just add the article name, and the third pipe link is optimal as a label. (e.g., you can link to the K-ON! Wiki's page on Yui Hirasawa by writing <nowiki>{{w|k-on|Yui Hirasawa}}</nowiki>, which results in a link to {{w|k-on|Yui Hirasawa}})

===Trivia===
*Trivia should be accurate, interesting, not fundamental to the body of the article, and preferably little known.

===Romanization guidelines===
*{{lang|ja|は}} should be written as ''wa''.
*{{lang|ja|へ}} should be written as ''e''.
*{{lang|ja|を}} should be written as ''o''.
*{{lang|ja|づ}}/{{lang|ja|ヅ}} should be written as ''zu''.
*The {{wp|sokuon}} {{lang|ja|っ}} should be written as ''ch'', not ''t''. (e.g., ''Bocchi za Rokku'', instead of ''Botchi za Rokku'')

==Canon==
*The canon material is the content accepted as part of the same continuity of the original manga series.
*Basically, only content made by the series creator is accepted as canon, while derivative material from other authors is intended to take place in alternate continuities and therefore is considered non-canon; unless it is specifically adapted by the author into the main continuity.

==Redirects==
*Create redirect pages if:
**Names are in order as the last name and given name.
**Episode numbers are in symbols, not the word.
**Subject only.
*Do not create redirect pages if:
**First name or last name only.
**Title case without official names.
**Article conventions for the same title with capitalized or without parentheses.
**Episode numbers before the release of Crunchyroll subs.
**The subject with volume/episode numbers.

==Categorization==
*Do not add unnecessary categories be like: '''Main characters''', '''Anime episodes''', '''Bocchi the Rock! anime episodes''', and '''Shuka High School students'''.
*Do not write in title case.
*If the image is for the manga, please add the '''Manga''' category. If the image is for anime, please add the '''Anime''' category.
*Images should tag the characters if needed.

==Uploading OGG file format==
*You must have a FLAC file.
*You must not contain tag information, which includes covers. {{wp|Mp3tag}} can remove tags, but includes covers.
*You must only use the {{wp|FFmpeg}} encode and use the code like this <code>"*.flac" -sn -vn -dn -c:a libvorbis -b:a 128k "*.ogg"</code>.
**You must have the audio encoding "libvorbis".
**You must not have data info before encoding.
**You must only have a 128kbps limit.
*You have check your file for {{wp|MediaInfo}} before uploading.

==Improper style changes==
*Do not write ''BOCCHI THE ROCK!'' in all caps, because Aniplex decided to write in all caps. (Example: [https://en.cloverworks.co.jp/works/btr/], [https://youtu.be/rPvs0HcXPq8])
**Do not write "the" as capitalized. (See the [[:File:Volume 3.png|cover page of volume 3]])
*Do not write ''Bocchi the Rock'' without an exclamation mark.
*Do not write names in order as the last name and given name, so it will be presented in Western order.
*Do not write the word "club", "venue", or "live venue" when translated from the Japanese word "{{lang|ja|ライブハウス}}".
*Do not add the section header '''Navigation''' or '''Site navigation''', so the mobile users will not be displayed for the navbox.

==Notes==
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