Hello! Project Wiki:Guidelines

While we here at Hello! Project Wiki do encourage creativity, we also like having a uniform way of doing certain things to keep consistency throughout the wiki. Please read through these guidelines before making any edits.

Page Titles

 * Pages for people are named by the person's full given name, using surname first. For the long ō sound, one o is used. Example: Sato Masaki, not Satou Masaki or Masaki Sato. For American members, use only first and last name, with surname second (example: Mika Todd).
 * Pages for music releases, concerts, groups, etc. are named by their Japanese titles and using ou for the long ō sound. (Example: Berryz Koubou). を is always romanized as wo. English words are capitalized exactly as they appear in the official Japanese title (example: WANT!, not Want!). All Japanese words are capitalized except one-syllable particles (no, wo, wa, ni, de, etc.). Some exceptions to spelling of romanized words may appear from time to time (example: Pyocopyoco Ultra).
 * Double A-Side and Triple A-Side singles are written with a space in between the words and the slash (example: Seishun Bus Guide / Rival).
 * Pages for concerts must be named after the official tour name, not necessarily the DVD title.

Page Layout

 * Pages for people may include the following main sections, typically in this order: Biography, Profile, Discography, Publications (or Photobooks), Magazines, Works, Trivia, Appearances, References, External Links. Additional sections such as Personal Life, Controversy, etc. may be included where applicable.
 * The Works section includes roles in film, television, music videos, radio, theater, etc.
 * The Appearances section lists all discography, film, television, and theater appearances in chronological order, using a scrollbox.
 * Pages for groups may include the following main sections: Members, History, Discography, Awards, Total Sales Count, Trivia, References, External Links. Additional sections such as Activies outside Japan, Filmography, Gallery, etc. may be included where applicable.
 * Singles and albums pages may include the following main sections, in the following order: Tracklist, Featured Members, TV Performances, Concert Performances, Song Information, Trivia, Oricon Chart Positions, Videos, References, External Links. Some exeptions may allow for additional sections to be added.
 * On single or album pages, the music video(s) associated with that release may be featured as a thumbnail on the right. All other videos must be featured in the Videos section.
 * Pages for concerts may include the following main sections: Setlist, Featured Members, Concert Schedule, Oricon Chart Positions (for concerts released on video), Trivia, Gallery, Videos, References, External Links.

Grammar

 * Proper English grammar must be used on all main articles.
 * This wiki uses American English; therefore, member colors, not member colours.
 * Do not use contractions unless they are part of a title.
 * See Page Titles section for guidelines on writing Japanese names and song titles.

Files

 * Hello! Project Wiki is strongly anti-piracy. To prevent piracy of official goods, please keep the following guidelines:


 * Please keep image files to a size large enough to be seen clearly, but not so large that they may be printed and used for pirating.
 * There should only be up to 10 images used as photobook previews.
 * Audio files for song previews may be a maximum of 30 seconds long.
 * If an official upload of a main music video is not available, a fan upload may be used (since music videos are meant for promotion). However, please keep from using un-official uploads of additional videos for the same song (for example, dance shots).