Writing Guidelines

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Use of Japanese script (Kanjis and Kanas)

• Write in Japanese script for and only for names, quotes, and other proper nouns that the readers may have an interest in searching for in their verbatim form.
  • Use kanjis and kanas for all the lines or other quote that came from voice actors or other people of interest originally in Japanese.
  • Use kanjis and kanas for the names of online accounts that are originally in Japanese.
  • Do not use kanjis and kanas for any term that has its own page on this Wiki. Romanise the term and link it to its page.
  • Do not use kanjis and kanas for any term that is not treated as a proper noun on this Wiki, such as “neta”, or “bouyomi”. Either romanise them or translate them into English.
  • Do not use kanjis and kanas for any Japanese terms or names that are already known in the English-speaking world by their Romanised forms, such as names for famous Japanese figures, anime characters, brands, and other terms. Write them in their romanised forms and link to English articles explaining them if necessary.

Grammar, Style, and Sources

• Do not use any first or second person voices in the articles, except in quoted texts or articles.
• Do not use abbreviations (e.g. didn’t, can’t, I’ll) except in quotes.
• Use Oxford comma (Reu, Udzuki, and Hinase).
• Date format should be written formally as MM DD, YYYY. E.g. February 15, 2010.

General Style Guide

• Make sure not to use redundant phrases, such as "boom in growing popularity")
• Be careful not to overuse passive sentences. They are unnecessarily complicated and hides the critical subject of actions.
• Watch the use of verbs in general. Strong and simple verbs are better.
• Watch out when connecting by comparisons and conjunctions. "Suzu's voice" is better/worse than "that of Udzuki", not "Udzuki"
• Put quotation marks around any direct quotes.

Sources and Linking

• When a term that has its own page on this wiki is mentioned for the first time in an article, link the term to its page.
  • Link the term again in the rest of the article on an appropriate frequency. (e.g. once per section)
• When a relevant term, typically related to the context of the Cookie subculture (e.g. a term about the Niconico community or Touhou project) appears, link the term to an external source that provides explanation (e.g. the Touhou wiki) if such a source is available.
• If the explanation of a term comes from an outside field or fandom is necessary for understanding an Inmu/Cookie☆ neta, link the term to an appropriate wikipedia or fan wiki page.
• Link any video, image, article, or other such references to their original posts, if available. If the original post is unavailable but has any archive or backup, link to the backup source.
  • Both footnotes and hypertext links are acceptable for this kind of sources.
• When including an opinion, attribute it to the person or people that originally had it.
  • Since Cookie☆ involves participation of numerous anonymous figures and sources that are very difficult to trace, it is often possible that an opinion is described as being held by vague figures such as “many people” or “most people in the community”. Nevertheless, state the specific figures when they can be found.

Use of Names

Voice Dramas

• Except in their own pages, voice dramas are referred by their official abbreviations—formed over time by traditions—as displayed on the list of voice dramas page. (E.g. Cookie☆ OG, Cookie☆☆S2, Kussokuri☆, Spell Card☆).
• The voice dramas’ names are capitalised proper nouns, referred with the ☆ sign and without articles(the).
• As long as term the name of a voice drama is capitalised, omitting the special character "☆" in most voice dramas' names does not create any ambiguity and is thus allowed on this Wiki. However, such omission is highly discouraged in the interest of uniformity.
• When referring to a voice drama in other pages, use the name of the voice drama that is the name of its page on this Wiki.

Persons, Characters

• For individuals who participated in a Cookie☆ voice drama, use the person's name as appeared on the credit of the relevant drama as the title of his\her article.
• For people or characters who are not credited in a Cookie☆ voice drama, use the name by which the individual is most widely called as in the Cookie☆ community as the title of his/her article.

• In default, use romanised names of characters instead of the TDN forms(consonant-based tags). E.g. Use “Reu” instead of “RU” and “Udzuki” instead of “UDK”.
  • Exception: For characters whose full names would otherwise be the names of Touhou characters or other existing characters that do not belong to the Cookie☆ subculture, use their TDN names. E.g. Use “RMA” instead of “Rumia”.
• For any figure with Japanese name involved in the Cookie☆ community in some form, write his or her name in their original order(i.e. surname first, followed by personal name).
  • Add redirects from common consonant-based tags.
  • Omit 姉貴/兄貴 and other types of honourifics from the names of the characters unless doing so would create ambiguity or confusion in English. E.g. keep the honourific for "Nuclear-aneki", but not if the name is translated as "Genhatsu" instead.

Touhou Characters

• For the first time referring to a Touhou character in a page, write down the character’s full name and add a link to the Touhou wiki page.
• When discussing what happens in-universe in any voice drama, refer to the characters in the voice dramas in their Touhou names, but link each character to the voice actor or Cookie character’s page, if there is one.

Ambiguities

• See Terms#Potentially Ambiguous Terms for how to better clarify terms that may cause confusions and ambiguities.

Article Format: General

General Rules

• When possible, incorporate contents listed as miscellaneous netas in other sources (especially those on the Japanese wikis) into one of the more organised sections such as "character" or "history".
• It is not necessary to link a character or other term to the respective page every single time. A frequency of approximately one link per section when the term first appears there is enough.
• Explain nuances with the translation and transliteration of Japanese (e.g. the difference between the romanised names "Yuuko" and "Yukko") or other elements of Japanese culture only when doing so is necessary to explain a certain Inmu-Cookie☆ neta.

External Links

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Article Format: Characters

• If possible, create pages for the TDN version of the character's name, as well as all of the character's common aliases, and redirect them to the main page.

• For individuals who played multiple characters:
  • If the person played more than two characters in voice dramas, but the played characters are not treated as different people by the community, do not distinguish the characters outside of the voice drama section and introduce the person in one article. E.g. there is no need to write separate pages for PCLTIS vs ALCTIS.
  • If another character the person played has appeared in enough derived contents as a separate character, and there is enough information to write a separate page, write a separate page for that character. E.g. Hinase and DIYUSI have separate pages.

Infobox

Use Template:InfoboxCookieCharacter for character articles.

Parametres that should be filled include:

• 1.0 / Title: Use the full name of the character/person, in the original language, as featured on the character's Japanese wiki page. This should also be what the page name is a transliteration of.
• 1.1 / Cover Image: Use an appropriate and recognisation fictional image of the character/person. Credit the image if necessary.
• 2.0 / Common Name: Refer to the "通称" section of the character's infobox on the Japanese wiki.
• 2.2 / Other names: Refer to the "別名" section of the character's infobox on the Japanese wiki.
• 3.0 / Actor Name: Include only if the character is not entirely identified with a real life person but is voiced by one, such as the case of DIYUSI being voiced by Hinase.
• 3.2 / Social Media: Refer to any social media accounts documented on wikiwiki. Only recently active accounts need to be included.
• 4.1 / Birthday: Refer to this page.
• 4.3 / Current Status: Describe the person's current status based on his/her social media activity. Possible statuses include:
  • Active: The person showed any activity online under consistent identity in the recent two months.
    • Active under other identity: The person is still active, but he/she is under another name and does not openly admit any relationship with the identity recorded on Cookie wiki.
  • Inactive: The person's social media accounts have not seen any activities for the recent months.
  • Disappeared: The person is no longer active under this identity and has deleted/deactivated/lost all the accounts of that name.
  • Retired: The person made an open statement about cessation of activity before going inactive.
• .4.4 / Character Type: Describe any role the person played in any voice drama under the format of "VD abbrieviated name: Character Name". E.g. "Cookie☆OG: Marisa Kirisame".

Article

• The article will usually consist of four sections:
  • Introduction: A brief introduction of the person’s significance in Cookie☆ and what the community knows them for. Does not need to, and usually should not have a header.
  • Real-life History: Only needed for real persons with a matching Cookie☆ character (E.g. Udzuki). A summary of the experiences of this person. Include all informations that are considered significant for Cookie, especially context of his/her participation in a respective voice drama and interactions with the community.
    • In a subsection of this section at its beginning, summarise the experience of the character in the original voice drama/s, as well as all relevant lines, if the person is a voice actor.
  • In Derived Works/Character: A section that introduces how the person has been developed as a character in derived creations of Cookie☆. Include, when available, his/her usual appearance, personalities, interactions with other characters, famous BB materials, and all other relevant information. Cite links of videos, artworks, and all other sources.
  • Other Netas: List and explain netas and terms that do not fit well into any of the categories above. Cite sources when available.

• The above prescribed section format is not meant be rigorous. The editor has discretion to adapt an organisation that better suits the character being written.

Categorisation

• All characters/persons will have the Category:Characters category.
• If the person is a voice actor/actress in any Cookie voice drama, include Category:Actors.
• If the person is the organiser of any Cookie voice drama, include Category:Organisers.
• If the character's designs and characteristics are mostly based on completely fictional creations by the community, instead of being identified with a real life person, include Category:Original Character.
• Include the category for any Touhou character the person has ever voiced or is associated with, such as Category:Hakurei Reimu or Category:Kirisame Marisa.
• Include the voice drama characters category under the format of "VD Name/Characters". E.g. Category:Cookie☆OG/Characters.
• Include the category of any groups the character is included in, such as Category:RIM Family.

Article Format: Voice Dramas

Use Template:InfoboxVoiceDrama for voice drama articles.

Parametres that should be filled include:

• title: The official title of the voice drama, i.e. the title of the original video that was first posted on the internet. Include both the original language title and the English translation, if the original language isn't English.
• organiser: The person who planned and produced the voice drama, usually also the original uploader.
• abbrv: Include all commonly used abbrieviations.
• link: Always include the link to the following sources, if they are available, in their respective order:
  • The original video, if not, any reupload.
  • An English subbed version, if the original voice drama is not in English.
  • You may, but need not always include mores reuploads on different websites.

Article

The article should contain at least:

• A section for the cast, recording which voice actor/actress having played whom.

Categorisation

• All voice dramas pages should have Category:Cookie☆/Dramas
• If necessary, include the category for the series to which the voice drama belongs to. E.g. Category:Cookie☆☆, Category:Kusso☆.