User:Rgis/GuideAndSuch

WIP

I decided that I want to create a guide for those around the wikia. From small things like common spelling mistakes to bigger things splitting a reference into two. I saw that there was already a place where most questions could be asked, such as things about Visual, Source, and Classic Mode. I decide to skip those parts of the guide and make it more focused on what people need to hear, rather than explaining everything. This might also include a FAQ not shown on the Dev's wordpress, and one separate from the document he posted on Twitter. I will probably base some of this off of my own personal experiences and what I've seen people have trouble with around here. Trust me, there is a lot of things people may not know, as I have seen many questions asked before.

Feel free to ask questions on this thread that aren't already here. I may add that subject and my answers to it here to help others who might also be in the dark about that.

NOTE: This all might contain spoilers, but I will do whatever it takes to avoid giving those away. It'll be an obviously hidden spoiler, so there's no chance of someone accidentally finding something out like that after I tried to hide it.

Spelling, Grammar, and Such
It's so easy for people to say, "I can spell!" Yes, most can and I know it. However, there are some mistakes that are fairly easy for people to make.

Capitalization of Titles and Places
This is a really weird set up. So, people who's titles include the word, "the" must have that be capitalized. Such as, "The Journalist" or "The Nurse". "The Walking Dead" is capitalized and so is "The Legend of the Crybaby". However, for places like the "Science Lab" it shouldn't be capitalized. Like, the title of the page is "The Journalist". "The" is a part of that name. The title of the page for the Science Lab is just "Science Lab". It is not needed. Nurse gets a free pass because there are two nurses in the game, the official one and the substitute rival nurse, so it's just "Nurse" because "The Nurse" shows that the subject is about a specific nurse.

Japanese Terms
Capitalization of the "dere's" and certain other Japanese terms. Yandere and tsundere do not go against the usual capitalization rules of the English language. Neither does "senpai" (unless used as a name), any Japanese honorifics like "-chan", and such. For example, "The tsundere's senpai was a beautiful young lady named AzzMan-chan. She was the fairest kuudere in the land."

On that note, always refer to Yandere-chan as just that. She should never be referred to as if "Yandere" is her name. Yeah, it's confusing, but it's more confusing if there is a sentence like, "The protagonist is Yandere and she kills for Senpai!" Now, I know that not calling Yandere-chan, "Yandere" as her name is weird, because Senpai avoids that rule. That could be excused because Senpai is one of the only senpais in the game, but I decided on something better than that silly rule! It will be more fitting to refer to Yandere-chan as "Ayano Aishi" and Senpai as "Taro Yamada". This is because the names "Yandere-chan" and "Senpai" are placeholder names! Just be sure to clarify that as such so that people new to Yandere Simulator don't get confused and think that "Ayano Aishi" is going to be the actual name for the protagonist of the main story mode. Same thing goes for "Yandere-chan".

It is unknown if the articles on Yandere Simulator will change to fit that rule. Probably not, because that's a lot of work (and I do not usually say that), but maybe every instance of Senpai could be changed to "Senpai-kun"? Male is his default gender.

Calling Yandere-chan "Yandere" is bad just because... of this spoilerish link, along with some other spoilerish things. Senpai gets a free pass because his situation isn't so bad, I guess?

Final but not official rule! Use "Yandere-chan" and "Senpai" for articles but "Ayano" and "Taro" might be okay for regular stuff. People just hate using those latter two names so much because everyone views it as temporary. I suppose no one would mind if you called Taro "Senpai-kun" so that it goes along with "Yandere-chan"? Just be sure that if there is ever a plan to mention another senpai, like Yandere-chan's mother's, then just don't capitalize the "S" in "senpai" because that's what the father is, not his placeholder name. It's like someone named "Grapefruit" and a grapefruit.

Linking
A very common mistake! Overlinking is when an editor links to one page on a single article too many times. For example, when an article first says, "Yandere-chan" and is linked the next time the page says "Yandere-chan" there is no need to link it. There are two links for more examples.

Be sure to link the words in the pictures first before the text.

Don't link to the wrong pages. When the students gossip with each other during lunchtime at the cafeteria (as of the November 16th, 2015 Build), the word "gossip" should not be linked to in that particular sentence because the page called, "Gossip" is actually all about eliminating rivals. It is more focused on how the protagonist's gossip affects the rival's reputation and their own. I have thoroughly checked the page and it is not about when regular students gossip.

Categories
There is already a good list of categories for the site. Because of this, there might not be a great need for new ones. For example, someone shouldn't add a "Coward" category when there's already a "Coward (Persona)" category.

FAQ:
Q: What's the best way to get to know this wiki?

A: Well, like other wikis the relationship has to be taken slow and do not come off too strong. There isn't a need to stalk it everyday, but maybe buy some flowers, ask how its day was, reach for the hand, give it a kiss...

Okay, seriously now, what I did was read a bunch of articles by going through the "Random Page" button at the top of every page. I read most articles so I could get to know the pages better. If I wanted to know how to do a reference, I could ask on the forum or just go to a page, go into Source Mode and then see how it's set up there. I would take the skeleton of that example and use it for myself. However, just by playing the game itself and watching videos of it should do the trick. Don't be afraid to make mistakes, so long as it's not done on purpose.

Pictures and linking. Link to http or page?

Honorifics never capitalized

The Journalist is a title.

the Science Lab. Just a place. Not as special.

Yandere and Tsundere

No leaked pictures.

Dividing Twitter posts.

you in a sentence

--Yandere-chan or the mother

--the player can use debug cheats. Can Yan-chan?

YandereDev's Wordpress, Twitter, and YouTube Channel

Contacting YanDev

Specify the builds. Specify that things aren't implemented yet. Lots of people don't know that. Specify the year. The game might be in development for a while, and it has been already.

--More references for things! Always put in links! Your word is not good enough proof of things.

Make sure info isn't cluttered.

Mysterious Tapes and Basement Tapes Headmaster Tapes

Disgressing. Adding things to articles which somewhat relate, but aren't exactly on topic.

Too much information. Talking about certain things on a particular person's page when in the full game the option will be available for more characters. Exceptions may include tasks for a certain character.

Be concise. For example, if you can get Expelled for a number of things and you say something along the lines of, "There are a number of ways you can get expelled, including..." don't talk about every single way. Including means it involves these examples, but these aren't all the examples.

Final rival is Info-chan.

Osana Najimi is Imouto.

Original intro. Outdated intro. (I'm making a page for that)

Five and 5.

10 and ten.

NPCs and students.

rivals and School Atmosphere. sanity and Sanity.

No theories on articles. It used to happen a bit.

What sections should there be? Info? Gameplay? Intros? Subheadings for first and second.

Apostrophes and quotation marks.

Picture positioning. Totally optional, but if you can have some things in your picture that show what build it is. Pictures of a fountain in front of a school show that it's the first school builds. Pictures few students but them all having blue hair in ponytails show that it's a really old build. Photos of heroes show that it's newer. Again, optional.

This is about the debug build. When a new build comes out, info might be slightly outdated. Don't take that easy opening to slander the wikia.

Speak up!

Ask questions! Question everything said on a page. Think of what can and cannot happen in a game. On the Yandere Vision page it once said you couldn't run in Yandere Vision. I've tested it with the most recent build (and I think I did so in older builds) so you can in fact run in Yan Vision.

GAME TIPS:
This is for information that isn't posted on an article yet or tricks that are scattered around the wikia.