Winx Club Wiki:Standards

These are the standards for the articles, pictures and any other items on the Winx Club Wiki. If you need any help, or if you have any questions or concerns, our administrators will help you. Our active admins are Soaf, BelieveInMagic814, XxDragonHeart, WhiteJasmineFlower, and Aphrodite Sweetheart.

Continuity
Articles must be written using the Cinélume continuity. There is no negotiating this. This is a English Winx Club wiki that primarily acknowledges the Cinélume version with footnotes for the 4Kids Nickelodeon versions.

In other words, the Cinélume version will override the 4Kids and Nickelodeon versions; unless it was never mentioned until the Nickelodeon version.
 * For example: Linphea - is how it is originally spelt. Even though Nickelodeon spelt it as "Lynphea", the "Linphea" spelling will be used.
 * Another example: Miele's Wood Tendrils - are spelt as such because it was never used, nor appeared in the seasons Cinélume has dubbed.

Articles in regards to music and lyrics will be in English and Italian only as this wikia is not an international one.

Rumors and Theories
There is a difference between a rumor and a theory. (Definitions from dictionary.com)
 * Rumor: "gossip; hearsay; a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts." Rumors are generally leaked information with uncertain or unknown sources believed to be a part of the production team. They generally refer to the happenings of future seasons, powers, and characters.
 * Theory: "a proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural, in contrast to well-established propositions that are regarded as reporting matters of actual fact." Theories are created by fans and based on prior actions, circumstances, and the like. They will sometimes be predictions of future seasons, powers or characters, and they are sometimes alternative interpretations of past actions.

Rumors and theories are both allowed on this wiki, but should be specified as such. Passing rumors or theories as fact, without appropriate qualifiers, is unacceptable.

An acceptable example of each is as follows.
 * It is rumored that another Winx Club movie will be released in late 2010, under the working title "The Magic is Back."
 * It is theorized that Roxy has not actually achieved her Believix, because she did not go through the Winx, Charmix and Enchantix stages as the Winx Club did.

User Warnings
Warnings are given to users, its purpose is to correct their editing that were unnecessary and inappropriate, or violating the rules, in hopes of preventing similar repeats in the future. Warnings are given only by Administrators and Bureaucrats in the form of a template on a user's talk page.

These warning templates are in regards to edits, imagery edits and any violation of the rules.

WARNINGS ARE PROHIBITED FROM REMOVAL, UNLESS NEGOTIATED WITH A VALID REASON FROM THE USER WHO RECEIVED IT TO THE ADMINISTRATOR WHO GAVE IT.

Warnings are allowed to move to the archives from users' talk pages.

All users have three chances, if another warning is given after the third - the user will be blocked. The duration of the a user's block will be up to the administrator's jurisdiction. Continuation of ignoring the rules/warnings will extend the duration of the block and may evidently become permanent.


 *  Exception to the "three chances":  If a user continues to vandalize, disobey and disregard any rules/warnings or for any reason an administrator feels adequate to do so, they will be blocked effective immediately.

Overall Grammar
Always write in complete sentences, with the appropriate punctuation marks, i.e. commas, periods (especially!), etc. Do not use shorthanded symbols, i.e. "&" for "and",  type them out .

Capitalization
The following words do not need to be capitalized unless they are the beginning of a sentence or part of a proper noun: evil, good, fairy, witch, etc.

We have all taken English classes and standard English grammar has not changed in the last few years. The English language, especially in a wiki, is not the place to make up your own new rules.

Fairy
Only the spelling "fairy" and its plural variant "fairies" will be used. Alternate spellings such as fay, fae, faerie, and fayrie are not acceptable. This is a reference guide to the Winx Club series and as such should be treated like a dictionary, with uniform spelling.

Contractions
A contraction is a shortened form of two words. For example, "will not" is shortened to "won't," "cannot" is shorted to "can't," and "they have" is shortened to "they've." (This is not an exhaustive list; there are many more common contractions.) Contractions are never used in formal writing and therefore will not be used in this Winx Club guide. Any contractions must be spelled out completely.

Please note that the apostrophe indicating possession, as in "Stella's Ring of Solaria" or "the girls' boyfriends" are not contractions, and therefore not subject to this rule.

Bias
All descriptions must be impartial. Sentences containing editorial bias must be rewritten objectively.

Bad: ''Aurora is a fairy with long blond hair and beautiful blue eyes. Darkar is an ugly being that lives in Shadowhaunt.'' Good: Aurora is a fairy with long blond hair and blue eyes. Darkar is a being that lives in Shadowhaunt.

Descriptive adverbs and adjectives with connotations that convey the author's bias or personal feeling should be left out. Beauty is a matter of opinion. Use pictures along with descriptions to get your point across.

Titles
While many characters have royal titles and are the sovereigns of their realms, the titles are not to be included in the article name. Use their given name only.

Example: Bloom is the Princess of Domino; her page title is simply Bloom.

Winx Club Profile Infobox
Remember that each Winx Club member is designed a specific infobox, so making sure using the following template at right:

The infobox should include the following information. If one or more categories is unknown, leave it blank.
 * Voiced by: Specify the voice actor, and which seasons/episodes this actor voiced the character.
 * First Appearance: This is the first episode the character appeared and spoke.
 * Age (at first appearance): This is how old the character was in her first appearance.
 * Birthday: Specify the fairy's given birthday.
 * Origin: Specify the fairy's home planet, galaxy or realm.
 * Affiliations: Specify which groups the fairy is identified with (For example, Bloom is a member of the Alfea School and the Winx Club, guardian fairy of Domino.)
 * Powers and Abilities: Specify the source of the fairy's power.
 * Associations: This is the name of the fairy's bonded pixie, selkie and the other pet(s) and other bonding relationships.
 * Relationships: Specify the fairy's parents, siblings, boyfriend, and other notable relationships.

Specialist Profile Infobox
Use the template at right:

Generally, it should include and preferably, in this order if possible:
 * Voiced by: Specify the voice actor, and which seasons/episodes this actor voiced the character.
 * First Appearance: This is the first episode the character appeared and spoke.
 * Age (at first appearance): This is how old the character was in his first appearance.
 * Birthday: Specify the character's given birthday.
 * Origin: Specify the character's home planet, galaxy or realm.
 * Affiliations: Specify which groups the character is identified with (For example, Sky is a student of Red Fountain and crowned prince of Eraklyon.)
 * Powers, Abilities and Weapons: Specify the character's power source (if applicable), notable abilities, and associated weapons.
 * Associated Pet: This is the name of the character's pet. (For example, Sky has a dog named Lady in season 1.)
 * Relationships: Specify the character's parents, siblings, girlfriend, and other relationships of note.

Episode Articles
There will be episode template infoboxes. Use the following format:

All the information you need is here: List of Winx Club Episodes.

The article should be written out in this order:
 * Introductory paragraph: This is episode XYZ of season XYZ. One sentence only.
 * Synopsis: Write out the synopsis of the episode.
 * Plot: Write out the plot of the episode. Write how you would want to read it if you cannot access the episode.
 * Major Events: Written in point form. Point out the major events.
 * Debuts: First appearances of living creatures (character or monster) or location or item. TOO MINOR features (such as fairy dust) can be ignored. Point-form.
 * Characters: List of characters that appeared and SPOKE in the episode. Point-form.
 * Spells Used: List the used spells in that episode. Point-form.
 * Voice cast: Written in point form. List the cast of the available dubs.
 * Script: If scripts are available, list them in point form.
 * Songs: List the songs in that episode. Point-form.
 * Trivia: Trivial information that is not mistake can be listed in here in point form. Things such as changed voice actors or major plot changes can be mentioned here.
 * Mistakes: If mistakes are present, write them in point form. Add the pictures of the mistakes in gallery format.
 * Quotes: Only quotes that are pertinent to the episode or the season's plot or extremely funny.
 * Videos: Available videos.

Episode Infobox
Infobox is designed specially for episodes here, just need to follow the instruction. It should have the following information, in the following order. The missing/unavailable information does not need to appear.
 * Production Code: This tells you what season and episode number it is. "101" stands for "season 1, episode one" while "216" stands for "season 2, episode 16."
 * Italian title: The original Italian title. And English translation should be in brackets.
 * Cinélume title: Cinélume is the company that makes the Cinélume dubs. They usually have a separate title from the Italian.
 * 4Kids title: The title of the episode in 4Kids dubs.
 * Nickelodeon title: The title of the episode in Nickelodeon dubs.
 * DuArt title: The title of the episode in DuArt dubs.
 * First aired (Italy): When was this episode first aired in Italy?
 * First aired (USA): When was this episode first aired in the USA (4kids/Nick/Nick Jr)?
 * Previous: The title of the previous episode (Cinélume title for season 1 - 4, Nickelodeon title for season 5 - 6 and DuArt title for season 7).
 * Next: The title of the follow episode (Cinélume title for season 1 - 4, Nickelodeon title for season 5 - 6 and DuArt title for season 7).
 * Previous (continuity): The connection of the previous special/movie to the episode.
 * Next (continuity): The connection of the next special/movie to the episode.

See here for a good example: An Unexpected Event

Special Infobox
The missing/unavailable information does not need to appear. Use the following format:
 * Italian title: The original Italian title. And English translation should be in brackets. They usually have a separate title from the Italian.
 * Nickelodeon title: The title of the special in Nickelodeon dubs.
 * First aired (Italy): When was this special first aired in Italy?
 * First aired (USA): When was this special first aired in the USA?
 * Previous: The title of the previous special.
 * Next: The title of the follow special.
 * Previous (continuity): The connection of the previous episode/movie to the special.
 * Next (continuity): The connection of the next episode/movie to the special.

See here for a good example: Winx Club: Revenge of the Trix

Movie Infobox
The missing/unavailable information does not need to appear. Use the following format:
 * Italian title: The original Italian title. And English translation should be in brackets.
 * Cinélume title: Cinélume is the company that makes the Cinélume dubs. They usually have a separate title from the Italian.
 * Nickelodeon title: The title of the movie in Nickelodeon dubs.
 * First aired (Italy): When was this movie first aired in Italy?
 * First aired (USA): When was this movie first aired in the USA?
 * Previous: The title of the previous movie (Cinélume title for event of season 1 - 4, Nickelodeon title for event of season 5 - 6 and DuArt title for event of season 7).
 * Next: The title of the follow movie (Cinélume title for event of season 1 - 4, Nickelodeon title for event of season 5 - 6 and DuArt title for event of season 7).
 * Previous (continuity): The connection of the previous special/episode to the movie.
 * Next (continuity): The connection of the next special/episode to the movie.

See here for a good example: Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure

General
The quality of a picture depends on how well you are able to see its contents. If the picture seems off (for example, it is too bright, too dark, or too grainy and you are not able to make out details) it is not acceptable and should not be used anywhere on the site.

The length and width of the pictures will vary depending on which season one is viewing. In the earlier seasons (Seasons 1 - 4, as well as PopPixie series and the specials), the show is being view it is in a "box" format (also known as: 480i:SDTV or standard television), in seasons 5 - 7, WOW and the movies, they are wide screen (also known as: 1080i:HDTV or high definition television). Please upload these pictures as they are displayed.

DO NOT crop, shrink or stretch the image; Cropping is only allowed when you are singling out an outfit (this excludes transformations as they mostly appear by themselves) OR you are adding images to a comic article.

DO NOT  upload pictures that have logos, are bad quality or cropped. Pictures that are dark, extremely blurring, or in the incorrect format will be deleted. Repeatedly uploading such pictures will eventually lead to being  blocked .

If you cannot find a good quality picture, do not upload it.

Stock Art
Stock art is a valuable tool to communicate an outfit. However, some "stock art" is not really stock art - it is painted on a model. So be careful.

Stock art must be:
 * Official
 * Not made up
 * Clear/Sharp (no blurry edges)
 * Colored correctly
 * Have no watermarks or labels

Size
Example for character profile pages:



Super-small pictures are acceptable for  user icons only . If the gallery thumbnail is too large for the picture, the picture is too small, and cannot be used on this site.

Acceptable size:



Screenshots
Screenshots are wanted and needed; however, there are some criteria. For the transformation screenshots, we probably will not be able to see the faces very well. A little blurry is fine, like below:
 * 1) Like stock art, screenshots cannot have watermarks or labels.
 * 2) Screenshots should not have a border on them. (This does not apply for userpage pictures.)
 * 3) Screenshots do not have to be of very good quality; however, it must be clear what it is a screenshot of. Again, the quality of a picture depends on how well you are able to see its contents. A screenshot in which no detail whatsoever can be made out is not acceptable.
 * 4) If the picture is a replacement for stock art, please upload it to the same name by clicking 'upload a new version' on the file page.



Some fan art can look very real, so be careful.

Gallery Pages
'''These should contain official stock art or unique screenshots only, such as a character's appearance in a movie or series. NO GIFS (the exception is your own user page) AND UNNECESSARY, RANDOM SCREENSHOTS. This rule will be enforced to the best of the admins' abilities, but if a user persists after BEING WARNED, they will be blocked. No arguments.'''

Sections should include:

Fairy Forms

 * Fairy forms that this character has achieved, if any. Screenshots are preferred if available, and therefore, any screenshots that contain a character's fairy form will be placed in this section.
 * Currently all the fairy forms pictures all completed in their own form (for example: Winx, Charmix, etc.), do not need to upload more.

Other

 * Headshot from infobox on article
 * Spells (if applicable) must be added on the fairy forms section.
 * Specialists: Appearances in movies, etc.

Scripts Layout and Format
To mark a script "complete" add the code Completed Script to the beginning of any script.

The scripts' layout will be:
 * Title of the Episode (heading 2)
 * Scene: Name of Scene (heading 3)
 * Character 1: (Character will be in bold) Speech 1. (Speech will be in normal text.)
 * Character 2: Speech 2.
 * Action* (Include the * at the end.)
 * And so forth...

In Source Mode, it will be viewed as such:

==Title of the episode==

Scene: Name of scene
Character 1: Speech 1. Character 2: Speech 2.
 * Actions*

Scenes
Scene's name should be pointed out by nouns, and places. Example: The Winx's Dorm, Alfea; not At the Winx's dorm, At Alfea Example 2: Scene: The Swamp of Darkness
 * Adjectives and adverbs should just be placed in necessary positions, else, they should be altered/replaced.

Example 3: Somewhere in Infinite Ocean => Infinite Ocean; Prison of Andros => Andros' Prison

Actions
Just add the necessary actions. Example: Bloom shoots a ball of fire. Layla: My realm is in danger.
 * The things like "people are cheering" and such should be removed.
 * The "gasp" action should just be used in proper place.
 * Example:


 * The girls gasp.*

Layla: And to save it, I need your help.

Characters Article Format
The layout for the characters will be as followed:


 * Appearance (in heading 2)
 * Personality (in heading 2)
 * Series (in heading 2)
 * Seasons (in heading 3)
 * Movies (if have; in heading 2)
 * Specials (if have; in heading 2)
 * Comics (if have; in heading 2)
 * Magical Abilities (or Skills for Specialists or Paladin) (if have; in heading 2)
 * Curiosities (if have; in heading 2)
 * Transformation Sequences (if have; in heading 2)
 * Concept arts (if have; in heading 2)
 * Trivia (if have; in heading 2)

At the end of the page, you need to add this template:

Comics Article Format
The layout for the Comics will be as followed:
 * Synopsis (Heading 2)
 * Spells Used (Heading 2)
 * Mistakes (Heading 2)
 * Debuts (Heading 2)
 * Characters (Heading 2)
 * Trivia (Heading 2; if applicable)

Notes...

 * 1) In the case of sections Spells, Mistakes and Debuts, if there are none then type: None. (include the period)
 * 2) Pictures:
 * 3) All pictures must be cropped. This is the only part of the Wikia where we allow cropped images. It is best not to have a whole page, just as a precaution to copyright.
 * 4) Be sure to remove any text from the speech bubbles (which can be done via Paint), although they describe what the characters are doing, the photo's caption will suffice. This is also another precaution to copyright.
 * 5) Spells Used Section
 * 6) Spells that have been used in comics will be added, linking the ones that are present in the animated series.
 * 7) Include the incantations that were spoken as well.
 * 8) For those that have only appeared in the comics, they will also be added too but is not to be linked/create a separate page for.
 * 9) *The spells of the non-animated ones will also have images of them being used as well, following the same format as all of the pictures but will have a caption denoting what spell it is. This does not apply to the animated ones.
 * 10) For a good example of all of this please see: Prisoner of the Dark
 * 11) Please be able to tell the difference between a spell/incantation and conversational sentences/statements.
 * 12) *Example: "Now I'm tired and I'm going to rest, so if I may..." - "used" by Flora to create a sofa for her and Helia to sit on.
 * 13) **This is not a spell or incantation, this is just a statement; not everything the Winx or other magical beings, say or do is a spell just because they said something while they are using magic.
 * 14) *Example: "Tables bloom and planks grow bark, tender buds emerge from the dark, soft vines are transformed your way, so through this door pass, we may." - Used by Flora to turn the door into a hedge.
 * 15) **This is a spell/incantation because magic is being used to change/manipulate/influence something.
 * 16) Characters Section
 * 17) Note: You can create pages for most of the comic characters, so as long as they play a part in the story.
 * 18) Be sure to label the characters; for example:
 * 19) *Winx Club
 * 20) **Bloom
 * 21) **Stella
 * 22) **etc.
 * 23) *Humans
 * 24) **Mike
 * 25) **Vanessa

Blog Posts Elaborating on Rules
This section will list the blogs that will expand on certain rules. PLEASE READ THEM.


 * As for February 22nd
 * Attention All Users - Picture Qualities/Gallery