GTA Wiki:Manual of Style/Vehicles

In order to keep our wiki providing the best information vehicles to the public there are set guidelines that should be used in order to create high-quality articles that ensure the best information for readers. Standard rules such as "neutral point of view" and third-person perspective apply for editing for vehicle articles.

Format
The standard format that shall be used for all new vehicle articles created after 1st May 2013 is as follows;
 * Maintenance templates such as unreleased, stub or cleanup along with the vehicles infobox Infobox vehicles.
 * Design
 * Performance
 * Overview
 * Gallery
 * Variants (if any)
 * Trivia
 * Cultural references

Content
Each of these sections requires content, whilst manitaining neturality and third-person perspective for content;
 * 1) Design sections should include at the beginning a short paragraph outline the vehicle's real life insipiration(s).  An individual paragraph for design of the front, side (including roof) and rear of the vehicle.
 * 2) Performance sections should begin with the overview, to give readers quick acces to statistics about the vehicle. Following the overview a netural review paragraph referring to how the vehicle handles, its speed and consturction, in the context(s) that are relevant to the vehicle.
 * 3) Gallery sections should include images of the vehicle in stock condition. Each exterior image should be a quarter view and only one quarter view is needed for the rear as the infobox will have the front quarter. An interior shot and engine shot will also be accepted.
 * 4) Variants - these are commonly occuring versions of the vehicle that appear without player intervention; vehicles that are driven by other characters or appear exclusively in missions.
 * 5) Trivia sections shall include radio information, errors or unique features that the vehicle may have. Cultural reference sections will be used if the vehicle has any connection to media, language or culture in any way.

Tips and advice
English varies between regions, as Grand Theft Auto is developed in Scotland, its origin it therefore European, however Grand Theft Auto is a globally-sold product. For vehicle articles, to avoid disputes and edit-wars regarding terms used, a simple solution is this; regional terms that have different words altogether (e.g. bonnet/ hood) should be written as they are in the bracket, however for words that are one letter different (e.g. tyre/ tire), the spelling shall be determined based on the origin of the vehicle. Vehicles that hail from NA will use NA region spellings and EU, AU and JP vehicles will have EU spellings for such words. Using regional spellings that are reflective of the vehicle's origin means that no readers are alienated and can still feel that their regions vehicles are being described in a natural manner. Using both region's words displays to readers that we are trying to cater to everyone.

Notice
This manual of style is subject to change at any time, however new rules will not come into effect until the first day of the following month.
 * Under Heading 2 (heading 3 for insets), the following sections must be created in this order;