NSW Trains Wiki:Manual of Style

The Manual of Style is a guideline designed to maintain consistency over the whole of NSW Trains Wiki. Please read this guide, since it explains many aspects of editing the wiki, and will help you to avoid your contributions being changed greatly.

General
We edit in third person on this wiki, We do not use the terms “we, You, your, me, I, my” and other first and second person terms. We also edit in Australian grammar.

Article Naming
Please name a page in sentence case, as it is easier to link to in an article and easier to type out in Source mode. If an article is a proper noun, capitalize all necessary words (names, places, etc.)
 * Only include parentheses for disambiguation purposes, to remove doubt about the subject of a page
 * Avoid using these characters in article titles:

Train Articles
Footer :Use for navboxes
 * Lead Section
 * 1) History
 * 2) Operations (can be substituted for In Service)
 * 3) Specifications (if deemed necessary)
 * 4) Other Facts
 * 5) Preservation (if necessary)
 * 6) See Also
 * 7) External Links

Naming : Please Name Train Articles this Way: “Operator Class”

Station Articles

 * Lead Section
 * 1) History
 * 2) Configuration
 * 3) Platforms and Services
 * Map
 * 1) Footer: use for naveboxes
 * 2) Naming: please name station articles this way: “Name“ railway station”

Railway Line articles

 * 1) Please name the Suburban Lines this way: ‘T(n) (Name) line’
 * 2) Please name the Interurban and Regional Lines this way: ‘(Name) line’
 * 3) Detailed Pages should have:
 * 4) *Description
 * 5) *History
 * 6) *Stops
 * 7) *Map

Other guidelines

 * Please write articles in Australian English
 * Reserve bold formatting for the first mention of the subject
 * Don't create too many links, only link the first occasion
 * Only create a redlink if the page is definitely going to be created
 * Don't over-categorize, it looks messy
 * If a Page has less than 5 lines, its considered a stub, if it’s more then it’s not a stub.