Manual of Style

This is the Daybreak Wiki's Manual of Style, intended to provide a set of guidelines on the wiki's style and formatting for contributors.

Guidelines
By and large, the Daybreak Wiki follows stylistic and formatting standards similar to Halopedia's Manual of Style where applicable, with minor differences and further allowances for stylistic flair.

Perspective
The in-universe articles of this wiki are generally presented from a third-person limited perspective; as a general rule, we know only what the UNSC and the Covenant know. The wiki itself is generally detached from any specific point of view, though there is an overall human bias in which names and terms take priority. There is no fully-defined "present day" for the wiki's POV, but it can be assumed to be around the 2620s, coinciding with the dating of Project Footprint mentioned in Not All Who Wander.

Where possible or relevant, consider identifying the in-universe "sources" of a given bit of information, especially if said information is presented as controversial in-universe. For example, much of what we know about the Forerunners and other ancient civilizations is presented though this "modern" lens. Information may be intentionally left vague for stylistic or tonal reasons, or because it has not yet been defined by the project's authors. For example, Daybreak's "canon" stance is that the Forerunners originated as an offshoot population of Homo sapiens displaced from Earth by a precursor civilization, but the articles present this merely as the consensus within the scientific community while noting the various controversies involved in the matter, as opposed to a wholly unambiguous objective fact.

Note that while the above applies to the mainline articles, which are written in an in-universe style, out-of-universe guides (such as the Daybreak Reference Manual), project articles, and footnotes sections may be more relaxed in the way they present information. Most notably, authors may (and are indeed encouraged to) freely add their own comments and thoughts in "Behind the scenes" sections to provide background for their writing decisions, including inspirations, trivia, anecdotes, etc.

Originality
Avoid copying content from Halopedia or any other website, unless it's your own material (e.g. on Halo Fanon) or the author has given you permission to use it. Project Daybreak-related material is generally assumed to be free to be added to the wiki, but it is considered good practice to ask the original creator before significantly altering or expanding on an original subject.