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This is a Style Manual for editors of the Ouran High School Host Club Wiki.

Welcome editor!  If you're new, just do your best.  Inevitably, errors happen.  If they do, an admin will nicely let you know, make the necessary correction (or ask you to do so) and on we go.  These guidelines are to keep the wiki organized and consistent in appearance. If something you add is altered, please don't take offense.  If you feel very strongly about something, feedback is welcome and encouraged In the Salon

Canon vs. Non-canon

This wiki is for canon information only.  We do not include fanon characters, fan artwork or information related to such within official articles.  Non-canon info and Ouran-related fanart may be placed on your profile page, your blog, or in a forum discussion.

Comments

When adding comments, please use proper grammar and punctuation. If an admin sees a comment that doesn't have it, then they'll probably edit it to make it easier to understand.

Plz u just sed was that y she didnt go and see Tim loke OMG

Trolls are permanently banned. No exceptions.

Spam is posting unofficial or unrelated material and a warning message will be posted on your wall. Links to pertinent Wikipedia articles are allowed. Links to or posting related fanart or fanfiction are allowed on your personal profile. A simple forum announcement about same is allowed In the Refectory.

I've just completed an awesome game over at http://www.randomnameIjustmadeup.com. Go there!

No swearing or name calling. It still counts if you leave out a letter or use a different symbol. The comment will be removed. Disagreements are allowed. Bullying and name-calling is not.

Tim you're such a fucin a$$ wh0le. Sh*t you make me furious!!!

When replying to a comment, please press reply. Don't answer above.

If you reference a character from another series, please link to their wiki page so everyone can tell what you're talking about.

Wow! And looks so much like Miku from Vocaloid!~

Categories

This wiki has a three-tier hierarchy.  See Table of Contents for illustrative purposes. 

  • The six main Categories are finite (please - no additions).
  • Subcategories may be added with admin approval and a logic for their addition. 
  • Disallowed additions count as spam and you will be warned.

Visuals

Visuals are an important feature of any article.  Visuals include screencaps, photos and videos.

  • All visuals should be png, jpg or gif.
  • Personal images of yourself or something unrelated to Ouran High School Host Club are allowed on your personal profile or blog.  Your privacy is your responsibility.
  • Unused visuals and duplicate visuals will be deleted.  Please use existing images whenever possible.
  • Make sure that the name is appropriate to the visual. For example, if you upload a visual of Kyoya, the visual's name shouldn't be vjgfvasdkhfhgaksdbgakjsdkj.png, it should be Kyoya.png, or something similar. This makes the visual relevant and searchable, as well as making duplicates harder to upload. 
  • Placeholders should always be deleted.
  • Visuals added should be of good quality without identifying logos from other websites.  If the visual has such information on it, crop it out before uploading, if possible.
  • Galleries that include visuals from multiple sources should be laid out in clusters: anime, manga, dorama, visual novel.
  • Captions are not required, but can be helpful.  If you use a quote as a caption, it should be accurate to at least one source with appropriate quotation marks.
  • Videos (aka gifs) are allowed if they're scene snippets from the anime.  Ouran songs/audio clips may use Ouran-related artwork as foreground (upload permission assumed).
  • Character icons should have the face of the character, preferably a head-shot.  It should not have any other characters in it and should have the character looking at the viewer with a closed mouth and a neutral expression. 

Character Names Policy

This wiki uses the name spellings as seen in Viz Media's manga translation for dedicated manga/dorama summaries and manga/dorama-only character pages.  Anime summaries and cross-characters will use the name spellings as seen in FUNimation's translation.

If a character has a non-Japanese name, the English spelling will be used; therefore, if a character in the Japanese version is called ボブ , then his name in English will be Bob, not Bobu.  Please note that Japanese honorifics are not used with names; therefore, when writing about Tamaki, you do not say Tamaki-senpai unless it's a direct quote by one of the characters. Also note that we use the English system for name order as seen in the Character Profiles; therefore, it would be Kyoya Ootori, not Ootori Kyoya.

For consistency, this wikia uses "senpai" instead of "sempai," though both are considered correct.

Grammar and Spelling Policies

Being an American dubbed anime series, this wiki uses American grammar and spelling.  There are many online American dictionaries for spelling guidance.  An excellent punctuation guide can be found at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/  If an admin notices something misspelled or grammatically incorrect, it will be edited to reflect good usage.  This is not meant to be a criticism of the editor's writing style; but rather, their technical use of language to better serve the wiki.

What is Trivia?

Trivia is obscure information or previously unmentioned insights. It should not repeat information available elsewhere on the wikia.  Two examples:

(From anime Episode 1) - The brand of instant coffee "Hescafe" parodies a real-life brand called "Nescafe."

(From anime Episode 19) - Tamaki wears a crown-shaped brooch on the left lapel of his shirt.

Trivia that duplicates information available elsewhere on the wiki will be deleted.

Quotes

Quotations should be listed in bold type without quotation marks.  The -speaker's name follows the quoteIf directed at a particular person(s), this is noted before the quote (to XXX), if known.  Want to be extra accurate?  Indicate format source at the end with (D)  anime-dubbed, (S) anime-subbed or (M) manga at the end.

Example: (to Ayanokoji)  Haruhi is not that kind of man. -Tamaki (D)

See also

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