Documentation: Standard

This page provides guidelines for wiki contributors to approach page and file naming conventions in such a way that minimizes Japanese knowledge required to create content, keep information in a consistent format, and minimize page content maintenance effort.

=Naming Conventions=

Song Titles

 * Use alphanumeric characters and avoid the use of Japanese characters
 * ✅ Good Example: Watashi no Kare wa Pilot
 * Ｘ Poor Example: 私の彼はパイロット
 * Titles that are in Japanese should be in Romanji even if there is a widely accepted translation to minimize inconsistency
 * Titles that are already in English or Romanji should maintain the capitalization and spellings used in Uta Macross.
 * ✅ Good Example: SEVENTH MOON
 * Ｘ Poor Example: Seventh Moon
 * Ｘ Poor Example: 7th MOON
 * This allows for information to be quickly ported from other Japanese resources such as Wikipedia (JP) and the official Uta Macross Game Wiki.

Diva Costumes
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 * Diva costume images uploaded for display in the Costumes page should follow the following format:
 * It is also important to maintain capitalization of the first letter in each word for readability.
 * Special and Japanese characters used in a costume name should be avoided at all costs.
 * While naming the costume files with Japanese characters allows for consistency, not all costumes are derived from English, so usage of alphanumeric characters will give readers and contributors an idea of what language the name is derived from.
 * ✅ Good Example: FreyjaWalkureUniform.png
 * Ｘ Poor Example: Freyjawalkureuniform.png
 * Ｘ Poor Example: FreyjaWalküreUniform.png
 * Conventions to address other image files related to the diva's costume will be addressed later

Valkyries
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 * Valkyrie images uploaded should follow the following format:
 * Valkyrie fighter file names should use it's abbreviated model name. Avoid adding the model's code name into the file's title as this can make the file's name excessively long.
 * ✅ Good Example: VF-1D.png
 * Ｘ Poor Example: VF-1DValkyrie.png
 * If the fighter is a variant or custom type, try to maintain the above rule to the best of your ability.
 * ✅ Good Example: VF-19Kai.png
 * ✅ Good Example: YF-29SP.png
 * Ｘ Poor Example: VF-19KaiFireValkyrie.png
 * Ｘ Poor Example: YF-29SuperPack.png

Episode Plates
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 * Episode plate image file names should be kept in Japanese so that it will follow the following format:
 * If the episode plate art changes with a rarity up, the rarity up art should should have the same name with a "2" after it.
 * Translation for the plate names can be widely inconsistent based on the context of the scene the plate is on and the Japanese of the contributor.
 * ✅ Good Example: 絶対に帰らん.png
 * ✅ Good Example: 絶対に帰らん2.png
 * Do not upload rarity up art for base 1-3★ rarity plates!! The art does not change and there is little purpose to having the extra file lying around.

Song Cover Art
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 * Song cover art image file names should follow the following format:
 * The song title should follow the following guidelines in the above section, Song Titles

Event Banner Art
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 * Event banner art should follow the following format:
 * ✅ Good Example: May2019TicketEvent.png
 * Because the translation for event names can be inconsistent among translators and contributors, the best compromise is to use the date to identify the banner.