Manual of Style: Standardization Project

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This thread is focused on the on-going Standardization Project, where we work on consistent Manual of Style formats across both Undertale Wiki and Deltarune Wiki. They’ll generally be the same! This thread will be periodically updated to include anything new, or list previously undocumented standardizations.

Discussions on new Manual of Style updates will be handled in separate threads.

:ralsplat: Current standardization projects

  • Agreed upon standardizations listed from the Standardization Updates: Formatting thread on 1/11/26:

  • Our current progress: some article moves happened before this post was made! Please check to make sure the old wikilinks on other articles have been swapped!

    Undertale Wiki

    Nothing documented yet!

    Deltarune Wiki - Pending changes. Updated as of 2/08.

    • Article moves:
      Darkner - by Link. Section links pending.
      Dark Fountain - by F-sharp. Section links pending.
      Deltarune developers - by F-sharp. Section links pending.
      Dreemurr residence - by Otval12345. Wikilinks replaced by Link, Otval12345, HylianAngel, WitheredFreddy1993
      Hidden music tracks - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      Lightner - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      Quiz vortex - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      Running gag - by Link. Section links not fixed yet.
      SAVE point - by F-sharp. Section links pending.
      Shadow Mantle holder - by F-sharp. Section links pending.
      SOUL mode - by F-sharp. Section links pending.
      Susie's healing - by F-sharp. Header fix by MMK-001. Section links pending.
      Unused attacks - by KockaAdmiralac. Section links pending.
      Unused battles - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      Unused music tracks - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      Unused items - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      Vending machine - by HylianAngel. Section links pending?
      Warp door - by F-sharp.

    • (item) moves:
      Lancer (item) - by HylianAngel. Header fix by tentechBiolognostic.
      Pipis (item) - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      Winglade (item) - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.

    • (soundtrack) moves:
      Basement (soundtrack) - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      Berdly (soundtrack) - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      C (soundtrack) - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      Card Castle (soundtrack) - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      Dark Sanctuary (soundtrack) - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      Hammer of Justice (soundtrack) - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      Lancer (soundtrack) - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      Queen (soundtrack) - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      Rude Buster (soundtrack) - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      School (soundtrack) - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      Spamton (soundtrack) - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      Susie (soundtrack) - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      The Legend (soundtrack) - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.
      Thrash Machine (soundtrack) - by HylianAngel. Section links pending.

    Deltarune Wiki - Sentence case header fixes. Updated as of 2/08, still ongoing

    • Characters:
      Kris Dreemurr - by Link.
      Susie - by Link.
      Ralsei - by Otval12345.
      Noelle Holiday - by Link.
      All boss and minibosses - by Link, F-sharp, Wikilinks fixed by Cod10129, Link

    • Card Kingdom:
      Bloxer - by Cod10129.
      Head Hathy - by Cod10129.
      Jigsaw Joe - by Cod10129.
      Malius - by Cod10129.
      Mr. Elegance - by Cod10129.
      Mr. Society - by F-sharp.
      Rabbick - by Cod10129.
      Rudinn Ranger - by Cod10129.
      Seam - by Cod10129.

    • Cyber World:
      Tasque - by F-sharp.

    • Dark Sanctuaries:
      Cuptain - by MMK-001.

    • Gameplay mechanics:
      Puzzles - all done by F-sharp.

    • Plot mechanics:
      Legend of Delta Rune - by HylianAngel.

    • Items:

    • All Chapters:
      Dog Dollar - by MMK-001.
      Egg - by F-sharp.
      Glowshard - by MMK-001.

    • Chapter 1:
      Manual - by MMK-001.

    • Armor:

    • Chapter 4:
      Gold Widow - by MMK-001.
      Mystic Band - by MMK-001.
      Princess Ribbon - by MMK-001.
      Waferguard - by MMK-001.

    • Locations:

    • Hometown:
      Church - by Otval12345.
      ’Sans - by HylianAngel.
      School - by Otval12345.
      Noelle’s House - by Otval12345.

    • Closet Dark World:
      Closet Dark World - by F-sharp.
      ?????? - by F-sharp.
      Cafe - by HylianAngel.
      Castle Town - by Otval12345.
      TV Studio - by EvieMaybe.

    • Card Kingdom:
      Card Kingdom - by F-sharp.
      Field - by Cod10129.
      Great Board - by MMK-001.
      Card Castle - by HylianAngel.

    • TV World:
      TV World - by F-sharp.
      Couch Cliffs - by F-sharp.
      Cold Place - by F-sharp.
      City Board - by HylianAngel.
      City Board (Original Game) - by HylianAngel.

    • Dark Sanctuaries:
      Dark Sanctuaries - by Cod10129.
      Dark Sanctuary - by Cod10129.
      Study - by Cod10129.
      2nd Sanctuary - by Cod10129.
      3rd Sanctuary - by F-sharp.

    • Chapters:
      Chapter - by HylianAngel.
      Chapter 1 - by Cod10129.
      Chapter 2 - by HylianAngel.
      Chapter 3 - by HylianAngel.
      Chapter 4 - by HylianAngel.
      Chapter 5 - by HylianAngel.
      Chapter 6 - by HylianAngel.
      Chapter 7 - by HylianAngel.

    • Tracks:

      • Chapter 1
        Rouxls Kaard (soundtrack) - by Cod10129.
        Rude Buster (soundtrack) - by Cod10129.

      • Chapter 2
        HEY EVERY ! - by Cod10129
        Sans. - by Cod10129
        WELCOME TO THE CITY - by Cod10129.

      • Chapter 3
        Dig! Dig! To The Center of the Earth! - by Cod10129.
        Hammer of Justice (soundtrack) - by Cod10129.
        Hall of Fame - by Cod10129.
        TV WORLD - by Cod10129.

    Deltarune Wiki - Completed article changes. Updated as of 2/08

    • Deltarune - by Link.

    • Locations:
      Ralsei’s castle - by F-sharp. Otval12345 did sentence casing for headers. Wikilinks replaced by HylianAngel, Link, Cod10129

    • Mechanics:
      Encounter - by Link.
      Moss - by Kris.

    • Tracks:
      Rouxls Kaard (soundtrack) - by HylianAngel. Header fixes by Cod10129.

    • Article moves:
      Blue checkmark - by HylianAngel, including wikilinks.
      Cowboy minigame - by F-sharp. Wikilinks replaced by Link.
      Development history - by HylianAngel, who also updated the wikilinks.
      Shadow Crystal boss - by Link. Wikilinks replaced by HylianAngel, Cod10129, F-sharp, Link.
      Titan - by KockaAdmiralac. Wikilinks fixed by EvieMaybe.

    • Spells:
      Spells - by HylianAngel.
      Rude Buster - by MMK-001 and HylianAngel.
      Heal Prayer - by MMK-001.
      Pacify - by MMK-001.
      IceShock - by MMK-001.
      SnowGrave - by MMK-001.

    • Category moves:
      Alternate routes - by HylianAngel.
      Boss enemies - by Link.
      Gameplay mechanics - by HylianAngel.
      Main characters - by HylianAngel
      Shadow Crystal bosses - by F-sharp.
      Songs with lyrics - by HylianAngel.
      Unused items - by Link.

    • Thanks to EvieMaybe for documenting the articles that needed a change. Note that not every change has been documented yet.

    • Note that not all are of the suggested standardizations are listed, as some need further discussion.

  1. Logical quotation: We want to preserve original quotes outside of citations by having punctuation outside of the quotation marks. Italics should be within the quotation, and also apart of this to help distinguish the quote as well, and the use of dumb quotes: ‘‘

    To clarify, this applies to:

    • Developer commentary,
    • Short quotes,
    • Choice prompts, as an example: “Bangin’ sermon my man".

    This needs to be done for Undertale Wiki. Italics still needs to be done for Deltarune Wiki, as not all quotes have italics.

  2. Singular title: The issue with plural articles is that they cause pipes to be used, and in terms of article titles, it looks confusing across the wikis. These need redirect fixes, and searching with insource to correct them. The original links must become redirects as well.

    UT Wiki article titles that need to be singular

    Achievements

    Attack Types - this may be on hold for now, as this may need a discussion to see if we need to sync this section with Deltarune Wiki.

    Echo Flowers

    Golden Flowers

    Lost Souls

    DR Wiki article titles that need to be singular

    Recruits

    This needs to be done on Undertale Wiki and Deltarune Wiki.

  3. Sentence case: “Sentence case” is now preferred for all subheaders instead of “Title Case”. This also applies to article titles that do not have an official name, unless the subject is named as “Title Case” in-game. In the case of inconsistent casing, sentence case is preferred. As an example, “Church” should be “church”.

    UT Wiki article titles that need to be sentence cased

    Version Differences

    DR Wiki article titles that need to be sentence cased

    Ball Machine - inconsistent casing in game and files.

    This needs to be done on Undertale Wiki and Deltarune Wiki.

:magnifying_glass_tilted_left: How can you do it

Read through previous posts, and post here on what articles or sections you plan to edit, or have already edited.

:memo: What can you do

For detailed how-tos, click the triangle below for each topic.

  1. Skim an article and update it accordingly, then submit. Searching through an article can also be done with Ctrl+F or Command+F. Be careful to not accidentally correct citations!

  2. When that’s done, make sure the article’s redirects have been corrected!

    How to check and fix article redirects

    On desktop, check the article’s right side navigation and click “What links here”:

    What links here

    From there, check the “Hide transclusions” and “Hide links” boxes, click “Go”, then scroll down and make sure the article’s redirects aligns with the new header changes. In the below case, it’s making sure “Bullet Board” redirects to the “Bullet board” subheader:

    "What links here" with listings for the "Encounter" article, with "Hide transclusions" and "Hide links" checked, and "Bullet Board" being the first redirect.
    "What links here" with listings for the "Encounter" article, with "Hide transclusions" and "Hide links" checked, and "Bullet Board" being the first redirect.506×451 23.5 KB

    Click “edit” to update the header, then correct it, then click submit.

  3. Move singular and sentence case articles and make sure the original is a redirect.

    How to move an article and make the original a redirect

    On desktop, click the three dots on the top-right of the article, then click “Move”. Here’s an example with “Darkners”:

    Move highlighted from the Darkners article
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    When moving, change the name accordingly, add a reason, and make sure “Leave a redirect behind” and “Update any redirects that point to the original title” are checked before moving the page. As an example, the “Other reason” written here is “Singular title”:

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  4. Has an article been moved? You can use insource to help find and correct former article names.

    How to search with insource

    This is done through the search bar on both UT/DR wikis. Type the following, but replace “texthere” with the article’s former name:

    insource:"[[texthere]]"

    Here is a search example with “Kris Dreemurr”:

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    Scroll through the listings to find if it lists the old article. If it does, replace it with the new one!

:sparkles: How do you receive a reward

By participating in this project, you can receive the Ralsei’s Manual Reader badge! Anyone can earn it by helping standardize new formats. It is recommended that you post here so you can properly earn your badge. It also helps everyone know how our progress is so far!

:deltarune: Completed standardizations

Thank you to everyone that has helped standardize in advance, and has also helped by discussing on standardizations!

Logical quotation, on Deltarune Wiki. By EvieMaybe and HylianAngel, and a bit from F-sharp.

:redsoul: Other wiki projects

These all reward a badge if you participate in them! Applies to both Undertale and Deltarune Wikis.

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Placeholder post, just in case.

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A 3rd placeholder post is probably nice.

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I'll see if I can do anything...

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I changed the "Lightner" link on the Wet-nosed bandits page on the DR wiki.
Previously it directed to "Lightners", and would redirect to "Lightner", so I changed it to just "Lightner".
If this sounds miniscule or convoluted it's because I don't edit that often.

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This (121317) is a good edit, Palladium, but there's a trick to make the link even simpler.

Instead of writing it as [[Lightner|Lightners]], you can just put [[Lightner]]s. MediaWiki will automatically add any letters after the link but still in the same word to the text that's linked. I just fixed that in https://deltarune.wiki/?diff=121340.

Edit: I just described how it works in the source editor. I'm not sure if this trick is even possible using VisualEditor.

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Thanks!

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Regarding header casing, here's some locations that have already been done but weren't mentioned:

Also, I didn't make any heading changes to Rouxls Kaard (soundtrack). The page doesn't even have any headings longer than a single word.

  1. Did I make this edit just now so I can say that all of the Dark Sanctuaries locations are done?
    ...yes ↩︎

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i titlecased the headers on all the swords and Lancer (item)

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WHY IS THE TITLE FOR RECRUIT NOT UPDATING??? WHATDAFUQ

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Because nobody moved it yet… that’s the point of this thread, so others can help fix up articles.

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Thanks! This is exactly the kind of stuff we’d like done to help fix up articles. It’s not too hard, just needs team effort! Cod10129 gave you a great suggestion as well, I’d recommend it!

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Thanks for documenting more, I appreciate it! I’ve admittedly forgot to add some of my own edits too, so I’ll have to pause and look through mine as well. I’ll add them along with mine at once.

Also thanks for getting the Dark Sanctuaries done too! Great timing.

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Thanks for posting here to let us know!

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Headings are now done for all Card Kingdom characters! That's everyone in the "Card Kingdom bosses," "Card Kingdom enemies," and "Card Kingdom NPCs" sections of Navbox characters.

Full update list (excluding the ones already listed in the main post)

Man - by me.
Rouxls Kaard - by Link.
Starwalker - by me.

Blockler - by HylianAngel.
C. Round - by HylianAngel.
Former Kings - by me.
Goulden Sam - by HylianAngel.
Hathy - by me.
Jigsawry - by me.
Little Ball - by me.
Ponman - by me.
Puzzle Masters - by me.
Royal Coat Rack - by me.
Rudinn - by me.
Top Chef - by me.
Worm - by me.

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Thanks for the update, great work too! If you’re wondering why I’m not adding links to the edits: it’s actually because I’m not sure if the post itself has a character limit. It’s why I made a few extra posts just in case so things could be moved around later.

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"Leitmotif" is referred to in infoboxes as "leitmotifs", always causing a redirect.
Is it just me, or should we change the page name?
(I encountered this via random page -> attack of the killer queen -> letimotifs link)

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I’ve edited the template (Infobox music) so that it doesn’t use the redirect anymore
(and it looks like I didn’t break anything by doing so, hurray)

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In my opinion, the right solution is just to move the page back to "Leitmotifs".

The current MoS just says "Article titles must be singular" with no exceptions, but I don't think that's a good rule. WP:PLURAL#Exceptions says that plural titles should be used for "articles on groups or classes of specific things." If the article was about the generic idea of leitmotifs, it would be called "Leitmotif" (like wikipedia:Leitmotif). But it isn't about the generic idea. An alternate title for that page, which is too long to be actually used but is objectively more descriptive, would be "List of musical motifs and leitmotifs in Undertale/Deltarune[1]". There's no question that the "List of..." title would be plural, so the shortened form[2] should also be.

Plus, you're never to linking to [[leitmotif]] on its own—it's always the [[Leitmotifs#Tenna|Tenna leitmotif]] or the [[Leitmotifs#HEY EVERY !|''HEY EVERY !'' leitmotif]].

I ask, to everyone: what do we think about this? I know that the page probably needs a bigger rename, but that isn't a reason to leave the page in a bad state while that discussion is pending.

  1. switching based on UTW/DRW ↩︎

  2. "List of" and "in <GAME>" are redundant. Some part of "musical motifs" should probably be added to the article's title, but that's a more complicated discussion than just the plurality. ↩︎

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I don't see why the page can't also explain what a leitmotif is and its relevance to the context of Undertale/Deltarune.