The Manual of Style is a style guide for all Kuroshitsuji Wiki articles. It is used to delineate standards, and to help editors produce articles with consistent, clear, and precise language, layout, and formatting.

Contents 1 Pictures and Video 2 Grammar 2.1 Spelling 2.2 Capitalization 3 Content 3.1 Official Language 3.2 Trivia 3.3 Talk Pages 4 Page Integrity 4.1 References 5 Speculation 6 Page Edits 6.1 Characters 6.1.1 Appearance 6.1.2 Personality 6.1.3 History 6.1.4 Manga/Anime's Synopsis 6.1.5 Quotes 7 Fan Fiction & Fan Art 8 Vandalism & Language 9 Users 10 Creating new pages 10.1 Character pages 10.2 Groups and Organizations pages 10.3 Locations 10.4 Chapter and episode pages 11 Moving Existing Pages

Pictures and VideoEdit

Main article: Kuroshitsuji Wiki:Image Policy

For specific, detailed guidelines regarding the upload and use of images and videos for this wiki, please see the Image Policy.

GrammarEdit

SpellingEdit

It is required to remain consistent with names and titles. Do not use nicknames, when referring to characters. Yen Press and Funimation's spellings for the characters' names are considered official.

CapitalizationEdit

Do not use all capital letters for emphasis; where wording alone cannot provide the emphasis, use italics. These terms should always be capitalized:

• Characters' names
• Shinigami
• Groups/Organizations/Places
• Chapter and episode titles

ContentEdit

Customarily, anyone can add content (i.e. description, information, images, etc.) to an article as long as the content being added does not violate any of our policies. It is to be free of abuse, prejudice, foul language, baseless assumptions, and offensive themes. If you are specifically adding images or videos, it is to be void of pornography, obscenity, or any other atrocious and suggestive themes. Yana Toboso has the final say on Kuroshitsuji; anything she may state is regarded as completely accurate and absolute, and there is no room for debate.

Official LanguageEdit

The content of this wiki is expressed in English; therefore, all edits are expected to be carried out in English (with the exception to the Japanese content required via characters' names, etc.). This includes articles, forum posts, blogs and talk pages. If your primary language is not English, or you are not fluent in that particular language, please have someone help you. Editing here will be extremely difficult if you cannot properly understand or efficiently converse with others in the community.

TriviaEdit

The trivia section is for noteworthy and relevant facts about the article that may have been unnoticed before. For a character's article, avoid comparing a character with another since subjective writing is highly plausible; especially avoid comparing the character with another that is part of an entirely different and unrelated series.

Talk PagesEdit

The talk page is reserved for conversations on maintenance and article correctness only. General conversations, questions, and speculations are to be placed in forums.

Page IntegrityEdit

Articles are to be exempt of dishonest or subjective writing. Refrain from expressing biased, personal opinions, as those will severely undermine the integrity of the articles. Do not remove the {{clear}} template from respective articles at any occasion, as doing so will cause the article's sections to run into one another.

ReferencesEdit

It is important to ascertain the content you are adding is accurate and credible. Any content published should include references in order to prove that it is factual and verifiable. It must have evidence or a reliable source to support it; sources can be from the manga, anime, or official interviews. Failure to provide references will result to prompt removal of that added information.

SpeculationEdit

Do not speculate on the articles. Conjectural statements are permitted in forums only. If it is never shown in the canon material and it cannot unable to be properly referenced, it is not a fact. Further information can be found at the site's Speculation Policy.

Page EditsEdit

1. There is only one format to be used on the site, which is a simple paragraph format. The formats of other styles, including tiered or numbered styles, are too complex, prone to disorder, and not supported here.
2. Please refrain from adding ambiguous content to the articles. While there could be reason to believe where the information is going to lead, until confirmed, it is not supported. In other words, while we, as users, may have a reason to logically believe where a story is going or what someone in the story will do, it is not a guaranteed fact until revealed by Toboso herself.

CharactersEdit

AppearanceEdit

The appearance section is for information on a particular character's appearance. It should contain a general idea of what he or she looks like, and his or her basic body figure (i.e. slender, slim, etc.) and typical attire.

PersonalityEdit

The personality section is for description on a particular character's personality. It should give a general notion of who he or she is, and his or her overall characteristics. Respectively, personality should not be excessively verbose, nor should it include how the character reacts to every other character he or she encounters. Speculation is strictly forbidden.

HistoryEdit

(if applicable) The history section is for information on the character's history, if he or she has a solid, substantial background.

Manga/Anime's SynopsisEdit

The manga/anime's synopsis's section is for details of the what has occurred in every chapter/episode that the character has actively partook in. Refrain from including any form of speculation, such as your thoughts of of what you think will happen next, and do not include your personal commentaries on the events that took place; you are only permitted to do so in a blog or a forum.

QuotesEdit

The quotes section is for relevant, pertinent quotes which showcase or indicate the character's personality or personal feelings, not for random words anyone could have said in the same situation. Quotes should be in italics, except with words spoken with emphasis; if that may be the case, the emphasized words will not be italicized, and instead will be left in their original style. Clarifying terms, such as who the quote was said to, should be before the quote and placed in parentheses.

Fan Fiction & Fan ArtEdit

Neither fan fiction or fan art is permitted in any article page.

Vandalism & LanguageEdit

1. Removing referenced and proven content from the pages is considered vandalism.
2. Official and correct terms in explanation on appearance is of standard practice on this site. Vulgar and/or slang terms are not the preferred terms to use.
3. This site is not tolerant of inappropriate language in the articles, forums, or anywhere else on the wiki. Violators can and most likely will be blocked.

UsersEdit

Users are expected to treat each other with courtesy and respect. Users are, generally, welcome to edit their own pages as they see fit. However, profanity and harassment are strictly forbidden.

Creating new pagesEdit

Any user may create a new page, but please keep the following guidelines in mind when doing so.

Character pagesEdit

Any and all characters in Kuroshitsuji, whether it is an anime, manga, or video game only character, may have his/her own page as long as they meet the following criteria:

1. Must be involved in the storyline, meaning no background characters. In other words, if a character is only seen standing or sitting but does not interact or have any lines, it is not worthy.
2. May have only been referred but never featured. Any character who is mentioned by name and has an ample impact on the storyline.

Groups and Organizations pagesEdit

Any group and/or organization may have its own page. When doing so, please provide the name of all known members.

LocationsEdit

Any location may have its own page as long there is some known information about it and it is not a subsection of another location.

Chapter and episode pagesEdit

Each chapter and episode can have its own page. These pages should include:

• A chapter or episode infobox
• A brief summary of the episode or chapter
• A list of characters in the order they appeared
• A proper navigation

Moving Existing PagesEdit

When renaming page X to Z, in addition to tracking down all the links to X and change them to Z as well, we need to find all incidences of X being used in the articles which are not links. Due to this, and often questionable romanizations of character names, article pages may not be moved without discussing it on the relevant article's Talk Page first. Before a page move can be initiated, you must present the reasons for your belief behind the move on the article and obtain approval for it before moving the page. If you move an article page without discussing it first, your move will be undone and you will be warned not to do it again. If you persist on moving the article before an administrator approves or without discussing it beforehand, you will be blocked.