Forum:Default faction article layout

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I've noticed that faction pages generally have the same sections, but these sections don't have a uniform layout. I am attempting to remedy this by creating a guideline for factions. Below is what I propose to be placed in the new (soon to be created) faction article layout guideline page. If you have suggestions or comments, direct them to the section below.

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This is the general layout for all factions.

Standard Faction items (top)
Faction item	Headline	Required	Explanation
Page management boxes	No	No	Page management templates are used if you notice that something is out of order with a certain article or section and want to bring it to the attention of other editors or administrators. If the issue affects the whole article, these boxes should be placed at the very top of an article; if only a section is affected, they should be placed just below the headline of the respective section. The only exception are stub templates; see Stub templates below. For a list of page management boxes, please refer to our template overview or directly to Category:Page management templates.
Project tags	No	No	Projects are joint efforts of editors who work together to improve a set of articles that cover a certain area of interest. Some of these projects have tags or boxes which are placed on the pages which the project affects; these should be placed below the article management boxes.
"For" template	No	No	{{for}} is used to make a reader aware of other articles they may have been looking for when entering the title of the current page.
Infobox	No	Yes	The purpose of infoboxes is to summarize data relating to the article. Infoboxes should appear in the top-right corner of an article. For a list of infobox templates, please refer to our template overview or directly to Category:Infobox templates.
"Games" template	No	Yes	{{Games}} should be placed just below the infobox (if there is one). It produces small icons in the top right corner of an article which allow the reader to see "at a glance" what games or sources the article relates to or is based on. The template should be used in every article; almost no exceptions exist.

Location-specific faction items (standard)
Layout item	Headline	Required	Explanation
Lead section	No	Yes	A small paragraph which contains the following information: the faction name in bold a brief description of the faction when they exist (2161 for Fallout, 2241 for Fallout 2, etc.). If the faction exists in multiple games, this information is not required.
Background or History	Yes	Yes	Any background information on the faction that is present. Background is to be used for small factions; History is to be used for larger, more prominent factions.
Beliefs	Yes	No	If a faction is a religious group, include what the adherents put their faith in and the world views that shape their faction.
Organization or Society	Yes	No	How the faction is organized. This includes any government, hierarchy, economy and/or culture that the faction possesses, as well as any locations they control. Organization is to be used for small factions; Society is to be used for larger, more prominent factions.
Military	Yes	No	Any armed forces this faction may have, as well as the composition and capability of these armed forces.
Outside relations	Yes	Yes	Any alliances or hostilities this faction has with other factions or peoples. Interactions with the player character should be a subheading of this section.
Technology	Yes	Yes	The amount and quality of technology this faction possesses. This includes weapons, armor/clothing, and scientific, mechanical and/or medical capabilities.
Notable members	Yes	No	Any leaders or other officials the faction may have and a brief description of their roles within the faction.
Notes	Yes	No	For interesting things about the faction which do not fit into the other categories. Try to keep this section to a minimum.
Appearances	Yes	Yes	Which games this faction appears in.

Standard layout items (bottom)
Layout item	Headline	Required	Explanation
Behind the scenes	Yes	No	"Behind the scenes" is the place for information relating to game development and cultural references. See The Vault:Content policy#Behind the scenes for additional information.
Bugs	Yes	No	Game glitches, short "bugs", relating to the article subject should be here. See The Vault:Content policy#Bugs for additional information.
Gallery	Yes	No	If an article contains a lot of images, it is often better to place them in an own gallery section than to have them clutter the article. Please see Help:Gallery on how to use galleries and our image policy.
Videos	Yes	No	If an article contains embedded videos, they are to be placed here. See our video policy for which kind of videos are eligible to be placed in articles.
See also	Yes	No	The purpose of this section is to list links to related topics on this wiki which may not have been linked within the article content.
External links	Yes	No	Links to external (i.e. off-wiki) sites which are not references should be just above "References".
References	Yes	No	If references have been used in an article, {{references}} should be placed here.
Stub template	No	No	A stub template marks an article as being too short to provide more than rudimentary information about a subject.
Navboxes	No	No	Navboxes are navigational aids which allow easy access to other articles in a group the current article belongs to. They should be placed at the end of an article, just above the categories. The most article-specific navboxes should be highest and the least-specific lowest. A list of navboxes can be found in Category:Navbox templates. New navboxes can be constructed with {{Navbox}}.
Categories and interwiki links	No	Yes	Categories and interwiki links should be added at the very end of an article. A full list of categories can be found on Special:Categories. For additional information, please see our categorization guideline.

Suggestions/comments

I'm fine with having a standard layout, but all faction articles should have Appearances places above References. Tagaziel (talk) 18:58, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

I think this is perfect, pretty much everything I think we would need on a faction page is included. Shadowrunner^(stuff) 20:59, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes Sounds fine to me.--Ant2242 (talk) 21:47, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

I really like the idea and the overall look of the guideline. I agree with Tagz that "Appearances" should go before "References" (the latter should probably be mentioned as well). As for suggestions, I'm not sure if "Notable members" section is needed as we usually have them listed in the infobox. For larger factions, maybe. Also, I would mark "Outside relations" and "Technology" as not required. You may have trouble finding enough info for a whole section in case of really small factions like Tusk or Brimstone squad from Fallout Tactics. veryblackraven 21:58, 2 October 2014 (UTC)