Manual of Style

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This page documents the Manual of Style guidelines of the GTA Wiki.

It concerns standards that all users should follow.

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MOS

The Manual of Style (MOS, formerly known as the Layout Guide) is the style manual for the GTA Wiki. It outlines the standards for writing, formatting, and organizing content across the wiki, providing specific guidelines on grammar, tone, article structure, image usage, and citation practices.

Being a key component of the GTA Wiki Policy, this manual is essential for maintaining a uniform and professional appearance throughout the wiki, facilitating a better user experience, and supporting the accurate and reliable dissemination of information related to the Grand Theft Auto series.

Contents

General practices

Article content

• Naming conventions ^(MOS:NAME)
• Headings and subheadings ^(MOS:HEAD)
• Lead sections ^(MOS:LEAD)
• Body content ^(MOS:BODY)
• Trivia ^(MOS:TRIVIA)
• What didn't happen ^(MOS:DIDNT)
• References ^(MOS:REF)

Writing practices

• Tone and narrative ^(MOS:TONE)
• Punctuation ^{(MOS:! | MOS:PUNCTUATION)}
• Spelling and grammar ^{(MOS:SPELLING | MOS:GRAMMAR)}
• Spoilers ^{(MOS:SPOILER)}

Formatting

• Text formatting ^(MOS:FORMAT)
• Dates and numbers ^{(MOS:DATE | MOS:NUM)}
• Internal and external links ^(MOS:LINK)
• Lists and tables ^{(MOS:TABLE | MOS:LIST)}
• Images and galleries ^{(MOS:GALLERY)}
• Table of contents ^(MOS:TOC)
• Censorship ^(MOS:CENSOR)

Non-article content

• Disambiguation pages ^{(MOS:DISAMBIG)}
• Navigation boxes ^(MOS:NAVBOX)
• Infoboxes ^{(MOS:INFOBOX)}
• Tophats ^(MOS:TOPHAT)
• File uploads ^{(MOS:FILE | MOS:IMAGE)}
• Categories ^(MOS:CAT)

Article layouts

Animals

Land, sea and air creatures

Buildings

Buildings with walls, floors and ceilings

Businesses

Commercial activity or businesses with multiple outlets

Characters

Protagonists, antagonists and everything in between

Gameplay

Missions, modes and game mechanics

Locations

Countries, states, cities, towns and neighborhoods

Media

Radio, TV, film, websites, books and newspapers

Organizations

Emergency services, gangs and religious groups

Structures

Bridges, tunnels, subway stations, towers and statues

Vehicles

Cars, planes, trucks, boats, motorcycles and helicopters

Weapons

Melee, blades, hand guns, machine guns and devices

Other practices

• We're not Wikipedia ^{(MOS:NOTWIKIPEDIA)}
• Ignore the rules ^{(MOS:NORULES)}
• What needs a Manual of Style ^(MOS:NOMOS)

Layout

Article layout guide

1. Before article content

• Tophats
• Disambiguation link
• Infobox or Main image
• Quotes
• Wikipedia context link

2. Article content

• Lead description
• Table of contents
• Body content
• Galleries
• Tables and lists

3. Appendices

• References
• Navboxes
• Categories
• Interwiki links