Dragon Age Wiki:Manual of Style/Location guide

Required: Name of the location
Type	Optional: Type of location, Building, Dungeon, etc.
Terrain	Optional: Terrain of the area Forest, Underground, Highway, etc.
Location	Required: The general area where this location can be found, e.g. Denirim is found on the world map, The Pearl is found in Denerim.
Leaders	Optional: The leaders found in this location
Owner	Optional: The owner of the location
Sections	Optional: The subsections of the location, e.g. districts of a town, rooms of a building, floors of a tower
Inhabitants	Optional: The type of people that can be found. e.g. humans, elves
Characters	Optional: Named characters that can be found
Merchants	Optional: Names of merchants found in this location
Enemies	Optional: The type of creatures than can be found. e.g. darkspawn, spiders
Factions	Optional: Names of factions that claim this location or fight over it
Quests	Optional: Quests concerning this location
Exits	Optional: Exits out of this location, e.g. the names of the map transitions
Appearances	Optional: Which part of the Dragon Age series the location appears in, e.g. Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: The Calling

This is a guide on what layout to use for all locations in the Dragon Age series. If a section is not relevant, it should be excluded.

The lead section is anything included before the table of contents and/or the article content. It does not have any headings. Lead sections are made of five parts, all of which are optional except the introductory text, and must follow this order:

1. Disambiguation links like {{for}} and {{about}}). These are used when there are several articles with the same name, or with similar names that can be easily confused with each other. See DA:DISAMBIG for more information.
2. Article maintenance tags like {{stub}}, {{pictures wanted}} and {{cleanup}}). All maintenance tags except "stub" can also be included in a section of the article. See Category:Article management templates.
3. Infobox/transformer template. They are generally wrapped in onlyinclude tags. See Category:Transformer templates.
4. Short introductory text that explains what the article is about. See DA:LEAD for more information.
5. Table of contents: generally appears after the lead, provided there are more than four headings. If the article is long but does not have a table of contents you can manually add it using this code: __TOC__.

Background

This section should include any known history about the area. If there is a relevant codex entry about the history of the location, this is where it should be placed. Use {{CodexExcerpt}} to achieve consistent formatting.

Involvement

This section should include a written prose section describing what happens when the area is visited. If the location is visited in multiple installations of the series, or this section is particularly long, it should be broken up with the use of subheadings.

If there are significant spoilers regarding what happens at the location, place the relevant spoiler template on the page. For example, if a location has spoilers regarding Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age: Inquisition use {{SpoilerDAO}} when hiding the Origins spoilers and {{SpoilerDAI}} for Inquisition spoilers. If the page has subheadings, the spoiler template should be placed immediately under the subheading.

If the spoiler template's length causes issues with the layout of the page, you have the option to shorten it by using the following code:

{{SpoilerDAO|style=short|This location is then destroyed.}}

Quests

This section should include an alphabetized list of all quests that occur in a location. {{IconMini}} should be used in the following way to create the list.

{{:Quest 1|style=iconmini}}<br>
{{:Quest 2|style=iconmini}}<br>

Characters

This sections should include an alphabetized and bulleted list of notable characters who appear in the location. A brief description can be added for background characters who do not have their own page.

To create the bulleted list, use * in front of each character and place each character on a separate line.

Enemies

This sections should include an alphabetized and bulleted list of enemies who appear in the location. Where possible, you can also list the number of enemies encountered.

Notable items

This section should contain an alphabetized list of all notable items found in the location. This section should be broken up with subheading if the location appears in multiple installation.

Use {{Item name|style=iconmini}} to create the list where appropriate. Where possible, a brief note on where the item can be found should also be added.

Codex entries

This section should contain an alphabetized list of all codex entries found in the location.

Use {{Codex entry name|style=iconmini}} to create the list.

Notes

Notes should be listed using *. Anything that is not trivia or a bug can be listed here. For example, lore discrepancies or continuity errors should be listed here.

Trivia

Trivia should be listed using *. Make sure you have read the trivia guidelines before adding anything.

Bugs

Bugs should be listed using *. Use the template {{platforms}} when appropriate (generally at the beginning of the sentence). To avoid clogging this section consider removing those bugs that have already been fixed. Try to keep the descriptions concise.

You can include one link to a fan-made bug fix per bug. This link should be removed if the bug is patched.

Gallery

For most pages, use <gallery widths="180" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center" orientation="portrait"> to display pictures in a table.

For location pages, use <gallery widths="250" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center" orientation="landscape"> to display pictures in a table.

Read the general guidelines for pictures on the wiki. See Help:Galleries and slideshows/wikitext for more information.

See also

Links should be listed using *. Alternatively, you can use iconmini for some links (such as linking other items to display the tooltip). Use this section for links that are related to the article but have not been used anywhere else in the article. Do not clog the section with links that are already present in the category.

References

Add a references section when at least one reference (<ref></ref>) has been used in the article. The code (<references/>) makes the wiki list the references automatically.

For more information on how to format references see the help page on Wikipedia.