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The templates should be divided up by headers under which the links are filed: in other words, all the enemies go in an "Enemies" section, all the levels into a "Levels" section, etc. While the most common types of content are listed above, different games often require specialized header names or unique sections entirely. For instance, like many templates, {{tem|SML}} names its items section "Items and Objects" to be more inclusive (i.e. of environmental hazards and blocks), while {{tem|SMW}} uses "Protagonists" to account for the fact that the antagonistic characters are grouped under the "Boss" section, rather than going into a single "characters" section. Many spin-offs are quite specialized in how their templates are organized, such as the many different character divisions in {{tem|Mario Super Sluggers}}, or the completely unique setup of {{tem|MASATOG}}. By comparison, {{tem|DKC}} only requires one specialized section for the Animal Buddies. | The templates should be divided up by headers under which the links are filed: in other words, all the enemies go in an "Enemies" section, all the levels into a "Levels" section, etc. While the most common types of content are listed above, different games often require specialized header names or unique sections entirely. For instance, like many templates, {{tem|SML}} names its items section "Items and Objects" to be more inclusive (i.e. of environmental hazards and blocks), while {{tem|SMW}} uses "Protagonists" to account for the fact that the antagonistic characters are grouped under the "Boss" section, rather than going into a single "characters" section. Many spin-offs are quite specialized in how their templates are organized, such as the many different character divisions in {{tem|Mario Super Sluggers}}, or the completely unique setup of {{tem|MASATOG}}. By comparison, {{tem|DKC}} only requires one specialized section for the Animal Buddies. | ||
Most of the time, every relevant article can fit into a navigation template. However, sometimes random items that do not easily fit into one of the sections are left out, or in the case of RPGs, minor things like NPCs (Non-Playable Characters) are omitted because they would make the template almost unusably large. In these cases, users must rely on categories to get to the unlisted pages. However, it should be noted that while the subjects aren't part of the templates, the templates should still be present on their articles. This is not applicable to galleries and | Most of the time, every relevant article can fit into a navigation template. However, sometimes random items that do not easily fit into one of the sections are left out, or in the case of RPGs, minor things like NPCs (Non-Playable Characters) are omitted because they would make the template almost unusably large. In these cases, users must rely on categories to get to the unlisted pages. However, it should be noted that while the subjects aren't part of the templates, the templates should still be present on their articles. This is not applicable to galleries and list pages connected to the main game page. | ||
Another situation is when one or more of the subjects has been taken out of the main game template and given their own template. For example, {{tem|NSMB2 Levels}} and {{tem|Mario Party DS Minigames}} are separate from the main {{tem|NSMB2}} and {{tem|MPDS}} templates, respectively. This partitioning should generally be avoided except for levels, and other cases where including the subject would greatly increase the size of the template, as in the case of ''Paper Mario'' series minigames (which are too major and require too much organization to simply put in categories like NPCs). These auxiliary game-specific templates only need to go on the articles of subjects that concern them (e.g. the ''NSMB2'' level articles) and the game page itself, however the main template has to go on the subject pages along with the auxiliary template. Like the main game-specific templates, auxiliary templates are colour-coded based on series. | Another situation is when one or more of the subjects has been taken out of the main game template and given their own template. For example, {{tem|NSMB2 Levels}} and {{tem|Mario Party DS Minigames}} are separate from the main {{tem|NSMB2}} and {{tem|MPDS}} templates, respectively. This partitioning should generally be avoided except for levels, and other cases where including the subject would greatly increase the size of the template, as in the case of ''Paper Mario'' series minigames (which are too major and require too much organization to simply put in categories like NPCs). These auxiliary game-specific templates only need to go on the articles of subjects that concern them (e.g. the ''NSMB2'' level articles) and the game page itself, however the main template has to go on the subject pages along with the auxiliary template. Like the main game-specific templates, auxiliary templates are colour-coded based on series. | ||
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Additionally, there are a number of specialized classes of pages, most of which have (or will eventually have) corresponding navigation templates. They are as follows: | Additionally, there are a number of specialized classes of pages, most of which have (or will eventually have) corresponding navigation templates. They are as follows: | ||
*Galleries should all contain {{tem|Galleries}} | *Galleries should all contain {{tem|Galleries}} | ||
*List of | *"List of quotes..." pages should have {{tem|quotes}} | ||
* | *"List of beta elements..." pages should have {{tem|BetaElements}} | ||
* | *"List of glitches..." pages should have {{tem|Glitches}} | ||
*Staff | *"List of media..." pages should have {{tem|NavMedia}} | ||
*Staff pages should have {{tem|Staff Teams}} | |||
*The References pages should all have {{tem|References}} | *The References pages should all have {{tem|References}} | ||