DigimonWiki:Manual of Style

General
In most situations, the dub version of a name or event takes precedence. However, this does not mean that the original Japanese version should be ignored; on the contrary, it should be noted immediately after the dub version.

The name of a fiction, such as Digimon Tamers, should always be italicized.

Any list involving multiple sets of the fiction should be ordered by anime, then manga, then games, then cards, as such:
 * Digimon Adventure
 * Digimon Adventure 02
 * Digimon Tamers
 * Digimon Frontier
 * Digimon Data Squad
 * Digimon X-Evolution
 * Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01
 * Digimon Chronicle
 * Digimon D-Cyber
 * Digimon Next

Digimon
In order to differentiate between a Digimon as a species, and a Digimon as a character, a general format for article naming should be followed:
 * Crowmon for the species.

and
 * Falcomon (Data Squad) for the character.

For a character, the form it is most commonly in should be used for the base article, and the other forms (in this case, Peckmon (Data Squad), Crowmon (Data Squad), etc.) should be made into redirects pointing to the correct section on the base page. By differentiating it as such, it is also easier to add new character Digimon of the same species as previous characters, without having to correct a large number of links.

Humans
Simply to be professional, human characters should be listed under their full names, with their common name given as a nickname. For example, Takeru "T.K." Takaishi. Other forms of the name, such as the original Japanese (Takeru Takaishi) or the nickname by itself (T.K.) should be made into redirects pointing to the character's page.

Digimon
As nearly all Digimon articles use the Digimon infobox, they should have a standardized method of displaying information about the Digimon. If a parameter is not used for a specific Digimon, simply do not add it.


 * Name: The Digimon's dub name. If not available, then the most common romanized name.
 * Katakana: The actual characters of the Digimon's Japanese name.
 * Japname: If the dub and romanized names differ, the romanized name is given here.
 * Image: An official image of the Digimon. Most preferable are the Toie character art images, and then the Bandai image. If neither is available, a screenshot or card scan will suffice. These images should not be edited outside of special circumstances; ask an admin to check whether such circumstances exist.
 * Appears: A list of which media the Digimon made major appearances in - the Digimon must either have a speaking or storyline role to qualify, so no "Etemen appears in the crowd at the Autumn Leaf Fair in Digimon Frontier". Each appearance should be separated by a  tag, with no spaces before or after it.
 * Actors: A list of the actors which have voiced the Digimon, linked to their article on wikipedia, or (if that is not available) their own website. The version and season in which the actor voiced the Digimon should be noted, like this:
 * (En:) Richard Cansino (Tamers)
 * (Ja:) Kumiko Nishihara (Frontier)
 * The voice actors for the same language should be separated by commas, while the lists for each language should be separated with the  tag.


 * Partner: The Tamers which have had Digimon partners of that species, linked to that character's article by their full name.
 * From and To: A list of the Digimon which have been shown to have a digivolution from or to the topic Digimon. These Digimon are linked to by their name (for example, Meramon), and separated by  tags. These must be sourced to a storyline instance, and what this means differs between the media. Any digivolution displayed or mentioned in the anime or manga is considered acceptable, but only digivolutions which occur during the story of a video game are acceptable (for example, SkullGreymon to Machinedramon). Card digivolutions are generally unacceptable; however, there are special circumstances for the cards and games detailed here. If the digivolutions involve specific versions of the Digimon (such as Agumon (Original), Agumon X, or Agumon (New)), they are separated accordingly:
 * (X:) Omekamon
 * Only the first instance of a digivolution, according to the order given above needs to be given as a source. Details on how to source are given below.


 * Attribute: The Attributes (Vaccine, Data, Virus, Variable, or Unknown) of the Digimon, separated by  if there are more than one.
 * Family: The Family to which the Digimon is shown to belong to. This is usually denoted by the background of the cards it appears on.
 * Type: The Type of the Digimon. If the species has had more than one type, these are listed in alphabetical order, and the first must have "Digimon" after it, as such:
 * Dinosaur Digimon
 * Reptile
 * These also need to be separated by a  tag.


 * Cards: The card numbers for each card representing the Digimon.