Night of the Dead Wiki:Writing unit gameplay articles

Combining the lore and gameplay information for a unit may result in a large and unwieldy article. To prevent this it may be advantageous to create separate lore and gameplay articles. This page deals with writing gameplay unit articles. For lore, see .

The following are not all the possible sections that may or must be included. This must be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Linking to gameplay articles
Use Template:Link to create inline links. For example:

generates

See the template for additional documentation.

Link to related pages
Affix Template:Game to the top of each article. See the template for documentation and usage examples.

General information box
All units should have a general information box.
 * Units should include Template:UnitBox.

Ability information
Abilities should be displayed using ability information boxes.


 * On more on how to create new boxes see  or
 * Refer to the code of existing boxes at Category:Ability boxes.

Upgrade information
Upgrades should be displayed using upgrade information boxes.


 * On more on how to create new boxes see  or
 * Refer to the code of existing boxes at Category:Upgrade boxes.

Research information
Any research options this units has should be displayed using ability and/or upgrade information boxes.


 * On more on how to create new boxes see  or
 * Refer to the code of existing boxes at Category:Ability boxes and Category:Upgrade boxes.

Images
Preference should be given gameplay images. Non-gameplay images from cinematics, story-mode scenes, rendered art, etc., are generally not useful for recognition purposes or demonstrating gameplay concepts. Additional images may be appended to a small gallery near the end of the article. A link to the unit's image category may accompany the gallery.

For general image usage guidelines, see Help:Images.

Helpful Templates
Template:Cleanup Template:Delete
 * Flags a page as needing some sort of improvement. See the template for usage details.
 * Nominates a page for deletion. See the template for usage details.