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| As with all infoboxes, trivial details should be avoided. An infobox for a real-life actor would not contain items such as ''favorite food'' and ''hobbies''; these details do not aid the reader in understanding the ''important'' characteristics of the subject. In the same way, infoboxes about fictional entities should avoid delving into minutiae, such as information only mentioned in supplementary backstory. For this reason, infoboxes meant for real-world entities should not be applied to their fictional counterparts, since, for example, information important to a description of a real-world company may be tangential to a fictional one. It is important to identify the revenue of [[Wikipedia:Microsoft|Microsoft]], whereas the fact that fictional MegaAcmeCorp makes 300 billion GalactiBucks in 2463 is probably unimportant. | | As with all infoboxes, trivial details should be avoided. An infobox for a real-life actor would not contain items such as ''favorite food'' and ''hobbies''; these details do not aid the reader in understanding the ''important'' characteristics of the subject. In the same way, infoboxes about fictional entities should avoid delving into minutiae, such as information only mentioned in supplementary backstory. For this reason, infoboxes meant for real-world entities should not be applied to their fictional counterparts, since, for example, information important to a description of a real-world company may be tangential to a fictional one. It is important to identify the revenue of [[Wikipedia:Microsoft|Microsoft]], whereas the fact that fictional MegaAcmeCorp makes 300 billion GalactiBucks in 2463 is probably unimportant. |
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| ==Categories==
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| A number of [[:Category:Fiction by topic|categories]] exist to sort works of fiction by their major themes and narrative elements which can help readers find related works. For example, works on ''Harry Potter'' should be categorized in [[:Category:Fictional characters who use magic|Fictional characters who use magic]]. However, editors should be careful to use an excessive number of categories, and should only use the categories that primarily cover the work, where it would be nearly impossible to concisely describe the work or topic of fiction without broadly mentioning the category. While [[:Category:Blood in fiction]] may readily apply to stories where blood is a major element such as works about vampires, the work should not be categorized into this category just based on the appearance of blood in the work. Overzealous sorting can diffuse the usefulness of these categories, as well as over-categorize certain works.
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| == See also == | | == See also == |
| * [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#PLOT|Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information]], see Summary-only descriptions of works | | * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles#Check your fiction|Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles#Check your fiction]] |
| * [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]] sub-guidelines:
| | * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:How to write a plot summary|Wikipedia:How to write a plot summary]] |
| ** [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Anime- and manga-related articles|Anime/Manga]]
| | * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Naming character articles|Wikipedia:Naming character articles]] |
| ** [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Comics|Comics]]
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| ** [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film|Films]]
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| ** [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Novels|Novels]]
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| ** [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Television|Television]]
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| * [[Wikipedia:Article titles|Article titles]] for:
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| **[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (books)|Books]]
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| **[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (comics)|Comics]]
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| **[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (films)|Films]]
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| **[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (television)|TV]]
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| **[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (video games)|Video games]]
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| * [[Wikipedia:Essays|Wikipedia Essays]] on:
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| ** [[Wikipedia:Fancruft]]
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| ** [[Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles#Check your fiction]]
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| ** [[Wikipedia:How to write a plot summary]]
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| ** [[Wikipedia:Naming character articles]]
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| ** [[Wikipedia:Notability (fiction)]]
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| === Related wikiprojects ===
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| These are some of the larger [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|wikiprojects]] that deal with fiction material. They may have additional [[WP:PROJPAGE|suggestions]], article templates and styles with which you might wish to make yourself familiar.
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| * [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga|WikiProject Anime and manga]]
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| * [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Books|WikiProject Books]] | |
| ** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature|WikiProject Children's literature]]
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| ** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics|WikiProject Comics]]
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| ** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels|WikiProject Novels]]
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| * [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Films|WikiProject Films]]
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| * [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Television|WikiProject Television]]
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| * [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games|WikiProject Video games]]
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| There are also numerous genre-specific and even franchise-specific wikiprojects; see [[WP:WikiProject Council]] for listings.
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