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.

• When using kanjis or kanas, always use ruby annotation (romaji and kana for kanji, romaji for kana) :
  • Kanji+kana {{ruby-enja|文字|もじ|moji}} -> 文字 (もじ) 文字 (moji)
  • Kana {{ruby-en|れう|reu}} or {{ruby-enja|れう||reu}} -> れう (reu)
  • Translations {{H:title|文字 (もじ) 文字 (moji) |character}} -> 文字 (もじ) 文字 (moji)
  • Pseudo-template to auto-generate ruby-en and ruby-enja using kakasi {{ruby-ja|文字}} -> 文字 ({{{2}}})
    You can also force word-breaks by adding spaces: {{ruby-ja|もまたこちらをのぞいている}} -> もまたこちらをのぞいている ({{{2}}}) , but {{ruby-ja|も また こちら を のぞいている}} -> も また こちら を のぞいている ({{{2}}})

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.
• 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. Touhou wiki) if such a source is available.
• 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.

Grammar and Rhetorics

• 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.
• When including an opinion, state the person or people that originally had it.
  • 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).

People, Characters

• For individuals who participated in a Cookie☆ voice drama, use his\her 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, 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. Instead, tag the page with Category:Aneki/Category:Aniki or corresponding hepburn romanisation of the honorific.

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. For the rest of the article, use only the first name.
• In the “In Voice Drama” section of a cookie character, refer to the characters of the voice dramas in their Touhou names, but link each character to the voice actor or Cookie character’s page, if there is one.

Article Formats

Real Person with a Matching Cookie Character(E.g. Udzuki)

• The article will usually consist of four sections:
  • Introduction: a brief introduction of the person’s significance in Cookie and what the community knows him/her for.
  • History: 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: 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.

•  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.

Categories

All Cookie☆-related categories should be under Category:Cookie☆ root.

All Inmu-related content should be under Category:Inmu root.

Category:Cookie☆ Subcategories

For most Cookie☆ characters who are based on voice actors, the extended character(s) and the voice actor will share one article. A different character voiced by the same VA who have rich content on his/her own(e.g. DIYUSI voiced by Hinase) may have an independent article.

Category:Cookie☆/Actors

Used for every identified voice actor page or actors subcategory.

Additionally tag voice actor with concrete drama characters category, if applicable, e.g. Category:Cookie☆OG/Actors or Category:Cookie☆☆/S2/Actors

Category:Cookie☆/Characters

Used for every character page or characters subcategory.

Additionally tag character with concrete drama characters category, if applicable, e.g. Category:Cookie☆OG/Characters or Category:Cookie☆☆/S2/Characters

Category:Cookie☆/Dramas

Used for every voice drama page or dramas subcategory.

Infobox templates

Use Template:Infobox character for voiceactor/character pages