Editing Guidelines

Introduction
The following are editing guidelines that the Nimona wiki follows. If anything is unclear, please review the Rules page, contact an admin, or use the discussion page.

If you create a new page that doesn't fit somewhere, please contact an admin, as most pages are written at this point (barring some character pages), and there really shouldn't be anything too out there that doesn't fit somewhere else. If possible, check the "All pages" tab on the first dropdown menu, as that has a dropdown menu of all existing pages. Posting spam, hate speech, and trolling content is a blockable offense.

As always, don't forget to add any other links within the text that you think others may find useful. If you see a character who is missing, please add the characters category to their page when you're done.

If you add any quotations, please also footnote them with a citation.

For help with editing, see fandom university, search through the help communities, or contact a fellow editor.

When to edit
You are welcome to edit whenever you see an article that needs improvement, or when you want to create a new page. It can be for something as simple as a spelling or grammar mistake, or to increase uniformity on the pages, or to add content. Adding pages that follow the structure of pre-existing pages is welcome. Erasing large amounts of text will be heavily scrutinized, as so many pages on the wiki have been vandalized in this way, so please refrain from doing this.

What tone to use
Tone is not expected to be academic, but some formality is preferred.

When to use the edit summary
Whenever you have made a change to an article. Please tick the 'This is a minor edit' box when you're changing grammar or spelling, or adding correct hyperlinks. Explanations are not necessary in cases like this, though you're welcome to leave them. If you are adding content, please use the edit summary box to explain what you have changed. If you are undoing a user's previous edits and they are significant, please leave a detailed summary as to why.

When to use spoiler tags
At this stage the Nimona wiki uses no spoiler tags for any of its content, and you do not need to use them.

Citation Formatting and Use
This fanwiki largely follows MLA citation style, though it has been modified in places for specificity. If you cannot figure out how to make this work, please contact an administrator.

When sourcing the actual graphic novel, use this format: Stevenson, ND. Nimona. HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015. Chapter #, p #.

For example: Stevenson, ND. Nimona. HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015. Chapter 10, p. 181.

Unless you are rewriting text (at least in summary format), it should be in quotes, and even if you are summarizing rather than directly quoting, it should always be cited. If you are quoting something but cutting out parts of the the quotation (e.g., "The boy ran up the blue hill covered in raspberries before visiting Emma" > "The boy ran up the hill . . . before visiting Emma") you can simply put in an ellipses ( . . . ) over the cut text. Simply cutting out a segment of a quotation is not usually the same as summarizing. When you replace a word in a quotation (e.g., "The boy spoke with her" > "The boy spoke with [Emma]"), simply use square brackets around the replacement text. Only replacing a couple words in a quotation also does not usually count as summarizing.

Speculative content
The world of Nimona is left fairly open-ended, even outside Nimona's mysterious origins. Please limit speculative content to discussion sections whenever possible. And if it is important, please use sources whenever possible, primarily from any of Stevenson's social media posts or events Stevenson spoke at. The graphic novel is also quite short, so it's very easy to catch odd inconsistencies and made up plots, so please refrain from doing that.

Personal comments
Please use the relevant talk page, or the discussion section, if you have personal comments to make. Some personal comments in the edit summary box are okay, as these are not shown on the main page. Please remember to review the Rules page when it comes to personal comments.

Accessibility
Where possible, please use sub-heading 2 as the smallest heading option to help with visual readability.

Sourcing
Images should be sourced whenever they are uploaded, including the name of whoever made the image, what/who is in the image, and a link to the creator's page where the image came from, if at all possible.

Image content

 * Please avoid uploading explicit images, to remain in compliance with FANDOM rules on explicit content. If you have questions over whether an image is okay, please reach out to an admin.
 * It is perfectly acceptable if you wish to post your own fanart (in fact, this is preferable), so long as they are relevant to the wiki and are not explicit. If you feel uncomfortable doing so yourself, or need help posting, please reach out to an admin.
 * Please avoid taking someone else's fanart and uploading it unless you have explicit permission from the creator of the artwork to do so. If no permission has been given in such an event, the image will likely be deleted.

Helpful How To's

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