Help:Format
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To foster consistency in presentation, we have some formatting conventions that editors should follow when arranging components of an article.
Beginning of the Article
Descriptive Templates
{{Hatnotes}}, {{Amboxes}}, and an {{Infobox}} go at the very top of the article, in that order, before any normal text. Hatnotes describe the title of the article, so it's important that they appear directly below the title. Amboxes describe the entire article, and an infobox is a part of the article which summarizes key information. Not all of these templates will appear on every page (in fact, some pages may have none of them).
Summary
A summary should immediately follow the infobox so that readers can quickly get an overview of the subject without scrolling down. The subject of the article should appear bolded in the first sentence. Alternate titles should also be bolded. (i.e. Format, also known as Layout, ...)
End of the Article
Trivia
The Trivia section should briefly outline interesting points about the subject, even if they appeared previously in the article. Everything in each trivia point should be linked to its article if one exists, even things that had previously been linked, and even the subject itself. This is because Trivia points will appear on the Main Page, so viewers should be able to reach any page mentioned in the trivia point.
Gallery
References
This section appears if and only if the article uses <ref> tags, and contains only the following text: <references />
The very last things on any article are {{Navboxes}} followed by categories. No content should go below navboxes, and categories should not appear anywhere except the very bottom of the page (except those transcluded from templates). Not all pages have a navbox, and some have more than one.