Wiki Formatting

Some rules and references for editors to keep the wiki consistent and in line with the text formatting and spelling of the games and related media.

Here is the MediaWiki Formatting Help Page.

Images

 * All PetzPix images that don't have a background included must be transparent (.png or .gif is best). You can do this quick and dirty online with something like Lunapic, but I don't recommend most "fast and simple" online editors photos of Petz with solid white-white eyes (170 or 200, for example) because it doesn't discriminate. You can also use free photo-editing software (I recommend Paint.Net) for more control. Images exported from Tinker are automatically transparent.
 * If using the Magic Eraser in Photoshop, turn off Anti-Aliasing to preserve sharp edges.
 * In general, don't directly take pictures from other websites, pictures of selective breeds and the like. Make your own!
 * This doesn't/can't really apply to things like merchandise and other physical objects like game boxes or example graphics from Petz sites and whatnot.
 * If a website is offline and only available on archive.org, it is fine to re-upload their pictures.
 * Please, no hexies in example pictures (such in the Clothes example pictures or on the top of the Toyz page).
 * Purebreds are strongly preferred to keep more in line with the style of the game manuals, etc.
 * Please name your files something descriptive or easily searchable before you upload them!
 * Please use alternative text when uploading images; describe images so that screen reader users can still see them.

Text Formatting

 * All game titles should be italicized when possible (Dogz 4, not Dogz 4).
 * Spelling should be consistent with Merriam-Webster.

Canon Spelling
These are spellings found in the game or manuals.


 * Capitalize Petz, Dogz/Catz, and Kittenz/Puppyz, single and plural. The manual spells it with a Y, so we're sticking to it. Same goes for Bunnyz/Pigz and Toyz.
 * Oddly, Bunny is pluralized "Bunniez" in the in-game "tips and tricks" banner, but we will keep it in line with Puppyz, which is going to get a lot more mileage on this wiki.
 * Breed names: Capitalize always, pluralize with an S not a Z.

LNZ And File Formatting
For LNZ sections, use the format. In a text-heavy tutorial,  is easier to parse than 256 Eyelid Color when it's surrounded by a paragraph of descriptive text in the same font.

Also use this code html for talking about files.

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Citations and External Linking
Even though it's only been four years since the wiki started, a lot of the websites linked to or cited on the old Fandom wiki have gone down in that time. It's sad but reinforces how important it is to preserve this knowledge.

Please run external websites through archive.org and cite a mirrored snapshot of them if one does not exist. Be sure to have the Archive save their outlinks as well! This can be tricky with websites built with frames; right-click on the link and open it in a new tab before copying the URL, or simply right-click and copy link address.

Citation Formatting
Citations should be written: Website: Sub Page, archived.

Website: Sub Page, not archived. If there are multiple citations from different archives of the same site on the same page, optionally add the date: Website: Sub Page, archived Month Date, Year.

Website: Sub Page, archived April 24th, 1999

Tables and Other Fancy Formatting

 * Tables Generator is a wonderful and very easy-to-use tool for creating and editing MediaWiki-formatted tables with features like the cell colors used on the Personality Values page!
 * HTML Color Codes is fantastic for eye-dropping hex color codes from images such as Petz color charts.