ESB:Characters

	Guideline This page documents an Encyclopedia SpongeBobia guideline. This is an accepted standard that editors must follow for purposes of improving the quality of content on the wiki.

Grouping characters

Grouping by similarity

• Main and Major
  • Main - made most of the appearances during the show. Consists of seven characters. (SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Plankton, Sandy, and Gary)
  • Major - made several important appearances during the show, considered supporting/recurring. (Larry, Pearl, Mrs. Puff, Karen, Flying Dutchman, etc.)
• Background - made a lot of appearances during the show, but aren't significantly important.
• Families - characters' families.
• Special - made for specific stories/episodes during the show.
• Other - made small apperences during the show.

Grouping by amount biographical information

• Primary - the most biographical information of all characters
• Secondary - less biographical information than primary characters, but more than tertiary characters
• Tertiary - they barely have any biographical information

Guideline

• Primary
• Secondary
• Tertiary

ChList

1. Create page Template:ChList/<character> with only this on it:

{{ChList
|name = <!-- name of the character with square brackets -->
|shortdesc = <!-- briefly describe the character -->
|image = <!-- picture of the character; file name only -->
|desc = <!-- short biography -->
}}

2. Import it to the list of characters by using this: {{ChList/<character>}}

Article

• Character
• Gallery
• Appearances

{{CTab}}
{{Character
|name = 

|image = 
|image size = 
|image hover = 
|caption = 

|designs = 

|residence = 
|interests = 
|occupation(s) = 
|education = 
|awards = 
|aliases = 

|gender = 
|color = 
|eye-color = 
|species = 

|spouse = 
|siblings = 
|children = 
|parents = 
|grandparents = 
|grandchildren = 
|aunts = 
|uncles = 
|cousins = 
|nieces = 
|nephews = 
|ancestors = 
|descendants = 
|other-relatives = 

|friends = 
|pets = 
|employer = 
|employees = 
|enemies = 

|first-appearance = 
|latest-appearance = 
|portrayer = 
}}
<!-- short biography -->

==Description==

===Personality===

====Antagonistic side====

==Abilities and talents==

==Near-death experiences==

==Creation and development==

==Biography==

==Villainous role==

==Family==

==Occupation==

==Reception==

==Multiverse==

==Relationships==

==Quotes==

==Trivia==

==Goofs==

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

{{Characters}}

No new subgalleries should be created. Once all of a character's subgalleries have been deleted, the gallerymap should be removed from the page, and the article should be formatted in the following way:

{{CTab}}
{{Gallerymap/{{PAGENAME}}}} <!--Only if not all subgalleries have yet been deleted for that character-->
{{GalleryBox|Example.jpg|{{PAGENAME}}}}
{{Galleryheading|Designs}}
<gallery widths="180" position="center">
Example.jpg
</gallery>

{{Galleryheading|Merchandise Images}}
{{Gallerymerchandise
|Covers = <gallery widths="180" position="center">
Example.jpg
</gallery>
|Games = <gallery widths="180" position="center">
Example.jpg
</gallery>
|Books/Comics = <gallery widths="180" position="center">
Example.jpg
</gallery>
|Toys = <gallery widths="180" position="center">
Example.jpg
</gallery>
}}

{{Galleryheading|Production Images}}
<gallery widths="180" position="center">
Example.jpg
</gallery>

{{Galleryheading|Nickelodeon Images}}
<gallery widths="180" position="center">
Example.jpg
</gallery>

{{Galleryheading|Other Images}}
<gallery widths="180" position="center">
Example.jpg
</gallery>

• Images
• Without images

{{CTab}}

==Episodes==
{{Appear/top/image}}
{{Appear/season|1|4}}
{{Appear3|[[File:frame.png|150px]]|episode name|role in the episode}}
{{Appear/bottom}}

==Shorts==
{{Appear/top/short/image}}
{{Appear5|[[File:frame.png|150px]]|short name|role in the short}}
{{Appear/bottom}}

==Movies==
{{Appear/top/movie/image}}
{{Appear8|[[File:frame.png|150px]]|movie name|role in the movie}}
{{Appear/bottom}}

==Games==
{{Appear/top/game/image}}
{{Appear4|[[File:image.png|150px]]|game name|role in the game}}
{{Appear/bottom}}

==Books==
{{Appear/top/book/image}}
{{Appear4|[[File:image.png|150px]]|book name|role in the book}}
{{Appear/bottom}}

==Comics==
{{Appear/top/comic/image}}
{{Appear4|[[File:image.png|150px]]|comic name|role in the comic}}
{{Appear/bottom}}

==Miscellaneous==
*name

{{CTab}}

==Episodes==
{{Appear/top}}
{{Appear/season|1|3}}
{{Appear|episode name|role in the episode}}
{{Appear/bottom}}

==Shorts==
{{Appear/top/short}}
{{Appear6|short name|role in the short}}
{{Appear/bottom}}

==Movies==
{{Appear/top/movie}}
{{Appear7|movie name|role in the movie}}
{{Appear/bottom}}

==Games==
{{Appear/top/game}}
{{Appear2|game name|role in the game}}
{{Appear/bottom}}

==Books==
{{Appear/top/book}}
{{Appear2|book name|role in the book}}
{{Appear/bottom}}

==Comics==
{{Appear/top/comic}}
{{Appear2|comic name|role in the comic}}
{{Appear/bottom}}

==Miscellaneous==
*name

ChList

Note: Using ChList is same as for "Primary characters"

1. Create page Template:ChList/<character> with only this on it:

{{ChList
|name = <!-- name of the character with square brackets -->
|shortdesc = <!-- briefly describe the character -->
|image = <!-- picture of the character; file name only -->
|desc = <!-- short biography -->
}}

2. Import it to the list of characters by using this: {{ChList/<character>}}

Article

{{Character2
|name = 

|image = 
|image size = 
|image hover = 
|caption = 

|Address = 
|Interests = 
|Occupation(s) = 
|Education = 
|Awards = 
|Aliases = 

|Gender = 
|Color = 
|Eye Color = 
|Species = 
|First appearance = 
|Last appearance = 
|Portrayer = 
}}
<!-- short biography -->

<!-- appearance -->

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" captionalign="center" position="center">
Example.jpg
</gallery>

==Appearances==
{{Appear/top}}
{{Appear|prod|episode name|role in the episode}}
{{Appear/bottom}}

==Trivia==

==Errors==

==Notes==
</references>

{{Characters}}

ChList

1. Create page Template:ChList/<character> with only this on it:

{{ChList
|name = <!-- name of the character without square brackets -->
|shortdesc = <!-- briefly describe the character -->
|image = <!-- picture of the character; file name only -->
|desc = <!-- full biography* -->
}}

*Fill it with all text from the actual character article, but modify the text to make it fit the list better. Also, if the article contains Template:Character, just ignore it.

2. Import it to the list of characters by using this: {{ChList/<character>}}

Article

1. Use this box to generate the section name for the character, but read the second step first:

<createbox> preload=none prefix=Template:ChList# default=CHARACTER buttonlabel=Generate </createbox>

2. Link should change to something like this below. Copy the bolded part:

• http://spongebob.wikia.com/wiki/Template:ChList?action=create&preload=none&editintro=&section=#Angry_Jack

3. Replace content of the character article with this:

• #REDIRECT [[<list-of-characters>#<paste-it-here>]]

4. Remove all categories from the article and protect the article: "Administrators only"

Notes

• All characters, except those on the "Main" tab, should be sorted alphabetically.
• Once ChList templates are absolutely perfect they should be protected, so that only administrators can change them.