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For the general guideline, see Alone in the Dark Wiki:Article layout guideline.
 
Gametitle-Wiki
Gametitle-Wiki
This page contains the Alone in the Dark Wiki's article layout guideline for items. It describes the standard layout for articles about ingame items such as consumables or weapons.
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  • Guidelines describe desired etiquette and common practice in the creation, editing and organization of articles on this wiki.
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Infobox and categories[]

A few additional pointers regarding the applicable infoboxes and categories:

  • There are various infoboxes for item pages, depending on the type of item in question. Please refer to Templates for a list of infoboxes. For details on their usage, please refer to the respective template pages themselves.
  • Most item pages are only categorized in one category, although specific exceptions exist (e.g. for weapon pages). The category depends on the game the item appears in (e.g. Category:AITD items). Please select the right sub-category of Category:Items for the type of item in question. Examples for sub-categories are the game-specific versions of Category:Consumable items or Category:Weapons.

Item article layout[]

The layout is composed of three tables. The top and bottom tables are standard layout items found in every article; they are only included here for completeness and are collapsed by default. The middle table contains the actual specifics for item pages.

  • yesyes in the "headline" column means that the article should have a headline of that name if you want to include such a layout item.
    nono in the "headline" column means that this layout item should not have a headline.
  • yesyes in the "required" column means that every item article should include this layout item.
    nono in the "required" column means that not every item article needs to include this layout item.


Item-specific layout items
Layout item Headline Required Explanation
Lead section nono yesyes Short summary that usually looks something like this:

"{{PAGENAME}} is a weapon in Alone in the Dark 2."

In general, it should contain:

  • Name of the item (and alternative names) in bold.
  • What type of item it is (weapon, armor, drug, edible etc) with a link to the appropriate overview page for this item and game.
  • Which games this item appears in.
Background yesyes nono If there is any background story/history for the item.
Characteristics yesyes yesyes Properties of this item. For drugs, these are the effects. For armor, these include damage resistance, effects and what other items they can be repaired with if any. For weapons, these include damage, special effects, what items they can be repaired with (if any) and general properties (such as what type of weapon it is etc).
Locations yesyes nono Locations where this item can be found (fixed locations only, no random spawns).
Notes yesyes nono For interesting things about the item which do not fit into the other categories. Try to keep this section to a minimum.

See also[]

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