Talk:Chronicles of Narnia

Project standards
The Chronicles of Narnia is meant to provide an extensive detailing of all things in the world of Narnia. An important goal of the project is to make this book a useful standalone guide not only for adults but for children and young adults of similar age to the protagonists of the Narnia stories. Therefore, several standards have been put in place to ensure proper quality of articles and the overall structure of pages in the book:


 * Follow the present structure of the site:
 * There are five main sections to the book: Books, Characters, Places, Major Events, and the Timeline. Place your content in one of these.
 * Sections and articles are normally very distinct entities within the book. A chapter in a Narnia book goes on its own page (i.e. Chapter 6 of The Horse and His Boy goes in like this). There is a hierarchical system stemming from the five main sections listed above.


 * Articles are generally not incredibly long. If the content is useful, by all means, include as much as possible, but remember to break up information into one of the five main sections if you can. Forming an intermixed yet individually distinct set of pages is ideal.


 * The Index provides an alphabetical lookup. This may be the single most useful page in the whole book, especially for readers only looking for reference information. Whenever you add a new article, make sure any important characters, places, or events in your article get referenced on the index page.


 * If you plan on making significant edits, by all means, be bold, but don't forget who you are writing for and what the rest of the book's authors would like. Any radical new formatting techniques should be discussed.


 * When writing articles, refer to events and characters in the present tense.


 * Several templates are available for use in articles. Please always use them in their appropriate sections:
 * Spoiler:
 * End Spoiler:
 * Beginner Spoiler:
 * Intermediate Spoiler:
 * Character:
 * Place:
 * Major Event:


 * Frameworks for each section of the book exist to make new page formatting easier. Please follow them exactly when creating or laying out a page.


 * Character page section descriptions should follow this format:
 * Attributes: general descriptive statistics. A small amount of text about how the character looks, acts, etc. No analysis (i.e. looks, demeanor, main activities and occupation).
 * Role in the Books: details of the character's actions in the book. Some reflection on the cause and effect surrounding a character but mostly factual and extremely light on analysis. This is still the descriptive phase of the page (i.e. teased X and was challenged to a duel in Book 5).
 * Strengths and Weaknesses: some analysis on where the character has faults, etc. Beginning of inserting facts to back up character statements (i.e. has trouble with confidence, crafty).
 * Relationships with Other Characters: interactions with other characters and the character's stance on others. Personal referencing (i.e. affectionate towards Y).
 * Analysis: general analysis on the character. Whereas the Role section covered how the character acted, this covers why the character acted. Some content here can tie in with relationship analysis the section above (i.e. X feels at home when at Y and feels a great sense of protectiveness over it).
 * Questions: reflection questions for the reader. Made to help the reader gain insight on the character (i.e. does this character really care about X?).
 * Greater Picture: present on many other pages, this is the true "tie-in" section. It points out what the character is likely to do / how likely to act. Point out future controversy and where the role of the character is headed, especially in reference to other characters (i.e. X is likely to go after Y in Book 7 due to his infatuation with Z. After Z's death this damaged X greatly).

Enjoy. Chazz (talk)