Text Structure
Orthography
When writing articles, the orthography that is expected to be used is British English. This is because BEAR was released in the United Kingdom.
| Correct | Incorrect |
|---|---|
| 1903 is a grey. | 1903 is a gray. |
| BEAR XP was cancelled. | BEAR XP was canceled. |
Bold
- Addressing an article's title, for the first time. (If the article is about a game, then the title should also be italic as well.)
- Addressing the date when an event, skin, kill effect, gear, etc. released, concluded, went unobtainable, was removed, etc.
- Addressing the price and currency of a skin, kill effect, and gear.
- Adding a link.
Italics
- Addressing an article's title, after the first time.
- When text is being quoted "Example", or is in parenthesis (Example).
- Addressing a game from BEAR, or another franchise.
Links
Each article should include one link to each article of the wiki. Articles may have the same link appear in infoboxes, etc. However, the link should only appear once within them as well.
Categories
Categories should only be used in articles and not in user articles.
Abbreviated Titles
- BEAR (Alpha) - Alpha
- B.A. [DELUXE DEMO] - Deluxe Demo
- BEAR* - Star
- bear star with 40 people - Star (40 people)
- April Fools' Day Events:
- BEAR (Beta) - Beta
- BEAR SIGMA - Sigma
- THE RUN AND FALL OF MYSTO ft. BEAR SIGMA AREA 51 - The Run and Fall
Templates
Notice Templates
- Candidate For Deletion - For articles that go against the Rules and Guidelines.
- Community Header - For articles that are centered around a community member in BEAR.
- Completed - For articles that are protected and don't need any further information to be added.
- Conjecture - For articles that don't have a official name.
- Controversial - For articles that are centered around a controversial topic in the BEAR community.
- Event - For articles that are centered around an update that contains limited-time content for BEAR (Alpha) or BEAR*.
- Exclusive - For articles that are centered around content that is exclusive to an individual or group of people.
- Lore - For articles that are centered around content that is involved with the lore of BEAR (Alpha) or BEAR*.
- Non-Canon - For articles that are centered around content that isn't canon to the lore of BEAR (Alpha) or BEAR*.
- Removed - For articles that are centered around content that has been removed.
- Stub - For articles that are incomplete and require more information.
- Unconfirmed - For articles that are centered around content that has yet to be confirmed true.
- Unobtainable - For articles that are centered around content that is no longer obtainable.
- Upcoming - For articles that are centered around content that has yet to be released.
- Update Header - For articles that are centered around an update to BEAR (Alpha) or BEAR*.
Infobox Templates
- Ability - For articles that are about abilities.
- Badge - For articles that are about badges.
- Character - For articles that are about characters, skins, enemies, and bosses.
- Community - For articles that are about the community.
- Experience - For articles that are about games.
- Gamepass - For articles that are about gamepasses.
- Gear - For articles that are about gears.
- Group - For articles that are about groups.
- Kill Effect - For articles that are about kill effects.
- Sub-Place - For articles that are about sub-places.
- Map - For articles that are about maps.
- Puzzle - For articles that are about puzzles.
- Update - For articles that are about updates and events.
- Weapon - For articles that are about weapons.
When importing an infobox into an article, make sure to make the infobox's parameters spread out in order for editors to have an easier time editing the parameters of the infobox.
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{{Character
|title=
|image1=
|debut/s=
|release/s=
|contributor/s=
|location/s=
|audio/s=
|health/s=
|attack/s=
|weakness/es=
|price/s=
|rarity/s=
|category=
|obtainable=
}}
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{{Character|title=|image1=|debut/s=|release/s=|contributor/s=|location/s= |audio/s=|health/s=|attack/s=|weakness/es=|price/s=|rarity/s=|category=|obtainable=}}
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Third-Person Perspective
Articles should always be written in the third-person, using either player or a playable character (depending on the context). Never use the second-person as it will be referring to the reader of this wiki.
| Correct | Incorrect |
|---|---|
| As Bear, the player must traverse the map to find and kill survivor(s), | As Bear, you must traverse the map to find and kill survivor(s), |
Articles
EraIcons
EraIcons help establish which games the content of the article comes from. There can be more than one EraIcon, as some content can exist through multiple games. Just make sure to list the correct games.
ALPHA
STAR
BETA
PROTO- DELUXE
Headers
Headers should always be written in title case. Sentence case and proper case will not be tolerated.
Sub-Pages
If a gallery and audio section have over 25 files, then they will be become a sub-page.
Trivia
Trivia sections in articles should only include the following:
- Easter eggs.
- Confirmed inspirations and references to other media.
- Bugs, glitches, and errors.
- Concepts, ideas, and older designs.
- Observations.
Gallery • Audio
- Official content is tolerated.
- In-game assets are tolerated.
- In-game assets that have been tampered with while being uploaded to the wiki is not tolerated.
- High-quality screenshots for the gallery is tolerated.
- Fanmade content is not tolerated.
- Low-quality screenshots are not tolerated.
- Taking a screenshot (and removing the background) of an image that acts as an in-game asset is not tolerated.
- Audio that is recorded during gameplay that acts as an in-game asset is not tolerated.
- For kill effects, gears, and abilities, a showcase of how they function should be added as a GIF in the article's gallery.
| Correct | Incorrect |
|---|---|
High-quality screenshot of the BEAR* lobby. |
Low-quality screenshot of the BEAR* lobby. |
In-game asset of R.A.D.I.O.B.'s icon. |
Edited screenshot of R.A.D.I.O.B.'s icon. |