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Mods and unofficial spin-offs are not allowed.</li> 50<li>Make sure you use proper grammar.</li> 51<li>You may use helping tools like ChatGPT for grammar checks, but don't rely on it to write the actual content, as it tends to hallucinate!</li></ul> 52<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Naming">Naming</span></h2> 53<ul><li>Original, official titles should be used for naming games in the series: 54<ul><li>Gothic, Gothic II and Gothic 3 are official names for the trilogy, Gothic 1, Gothic 2 or Gothic III are not.</li></ul></li> 55<li>Avoid using brackets when tagging an article name with a game: 56<ul><li>Potions (Gothic), Armors (Gothic) should be Potions from Gothic and Armors from Gothic.</li></ul></li></ul> 57<h2><span id="Character.2FMonster_Pages"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Character/Monster_Pages">Character/Monster Pages</span></h2> 58<ul><li>Make sure you are using the multitab system and display how characters on monsters look in each game in the series with their respective stats and additional information. Use <a href="/w/Corristo" title="Corristo">Corristo</a> or <a href="/w/Diego" title="Diego">Diego</a> as reference.</li></ul> 59<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Infobox_Pictures">Infobox Pictures</span></h2> 60<h3><span id="Armors.2C_Dresses.2C_Robes"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Armors,_Dresses,_Robes">Armors, Dresses, Robes</span></h3> 61<ul><li>Armors shown in screenshots should be worn by the Nameless Hero. If the armor is unobtainable during regular gameplay, the use cheat codes is obviously allowed.</li> 62<li>If armor acquired through cheats cannot be worn by the Nameless Hero, then screenshots should be made by capturing a character that can be encountered during normal gameplay, for example <a href="/w/Bikini_Babe" title="Bikini Babe">Bikini Babe</a>.</li> 63<li>A minimum width of a picture is 260 pixels (px).</li> 64<li>Women's apparel should be captured on randomly selected female characters, but a certain level of consistency is appreciated.</li> 65<li>A very specific perspective should be applied while capturing a picture, see the example image below.</li></ul> 66<figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/w/File:Tips-armor.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://cdn.gothic.wiki/local-public/2/2f/Tips-armor.png?width=350" decoding="async" width="350" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://cdn.gothic.wiki/local-public/2/2f/Tips-armor.png?width=525 1.5x, https://cdn.gothic.wiki/local-public/2/2f/Tips-armor.png?width=700 2x" /></a><figcaption>An example of correct and incorrect perspectives.</figcaption></figure> 67<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Characters">Characters</span></h3> 68<ul><li>Screenshots of the character should be taken from the proper angle, ensuring that the right side of their body is closer to the camera.</li> 69<li>Screenshots should be taken with the character in their regular environment (for example Xardas should be in his tower's library).</li> 70<li>The picture should be framed with a small amount of free space around the character to prevent the photo from appearing cramped and to ensure no body parts of the character are cropped off.</li> 71<li>
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