Sonic News Network:Style/Attacks and moves

This is a set of general guidelines to follow when creating and editing mainspace articles concerning attacks and moves related to the Sonic the Hedgehog series franchise. Although this is an official guide, editors are encouraged to stray from them if it will improve the overall quality of the article.

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 * Yellow boxes are general guidelines meant to pertain to the main text on the page.
 * Red boxes are guidelines for anything else.

Some main space pages regarding levels may have an abundance of images and screenshots available which make render the page unnecessarily large and difficult to navigate. A separate gallery-tab page from the main level page is to be created and placed at the very top, here.

Add a quote here. Preferably a short description of the attack or move from official sources such as a game's manual or a quote said by a character's experience, viewpoints, history or significance in regards to the attack or move.

The "Infobox attack" template is to be inserted here. Information in regards to the attack or move are to be filled as much as possible including, but not limited to; media appearances, users and special features. Image of the attack or move, or character undergoing or using the attack or move for the infobox is preferred and is to be placed inside the image field of the infobox.

This is the summary. The purpose of this is to surmise the attack or move in accordance to the media in appears in. Information should include a very brief description of what the attack or move is, what it does and its common effects.

Conception
The purpose of the conception section is to surmise the origin, creation and introduction of the attack or move. Such information includes the media it first appeared in, as well as subsequent media and spin-off titles.

Description
This is the Description. The purpose of this section is to detail the appearance and functionality of the attack or move. If multiple characters are able to use or perform the attack or move, then each description are to be separated into paragraphs under different headings following the name of said characters. Information in regards to description includes which characters can use it, its effect(s) on the environment or other objects around the subject, or other requirements needed for the subject or character to be able to perform the attack or move.

Media appearances
The purpose of the media appearance section is to detail the appearance and functionality of the attack or move in other similar media. Each subsequent related media description are to be separated into paragraphs under sub-headings in relation to the name of said media it appears in. Each paragraph are to contain information similar to the 'Description' section above.

Variants
A link to the attack or move's main article between the paragraph and subheading utilizing the 'main ' template. The attack or move may appear under different carnations in different media but with similar functionality. The purpose of the variants section is to provide a brief summary of the variant of the attack or move from the particular media it comes from. Each subsequent related media description are to be separated into paragraphs under sub-headings in relation to the name of said media it appears in, with a link to the attack or move's main article between the paragraph and subheading utilizing the 'main ' template.

Performance instructions
A list of performance instructions such as which button/key or button/key combinations to press in order to activate or use the attack or move should be placed here within a table. The table of column/rows from left-to-right should include: Name of media (eg. game), primary button/key or button/key combination and secondary primary button/key or button/key combination (if any). An example will be provided below:

Trivia
The Trivia section is about small pieces of information about the attack or move that do not fit in any of the sections above. Here, the editor must make a list of these little-known facts by using bullet points (*), where each piece of information being given its own paragraph. Please note it is required that the Trivia is informative, not lengthy and pointless.

Gallery
This section is for images of the attack or move. It is recommended to be limited to insertion of significant images in relation to the attack or move. Such images should include screenshots of characters/subjects performing or undergoing said attack or move or external promotional material such as advertisement or other imagery which may feature the attack or move, or parts of the attack or move but may not be the sole focus of (eg. the cover-art of a game may feature a character performing the attack or move from it) and cameo appearances.


 * All imagery to be placed in the gallery must be of official sources only (Having appeared in at least 1 officially released, or licensed media.)
 * Imagery of an incarnation of the attack or move must be based off of the one being portrayed in the article. Imagery of different level incarnation should be placed in their respective pages or gallery-tab.