User:Sagsaw/Layout Checklist

Meta

 * 1) There is a disambiguation link, if necessary, at the top of the article.
 * 2) If there is a disambiguation page for the article topic, there is an appropriate disambiguation template pointing at the disambiguation page.
 * 3) If there confusion with another topic is likely, but there is no disambiguation page, there is an appropriate disambiguation template pointing at the other page.
 * 4) If a term with an disambiguation page redirects here, there is an appropriate redirect template pointing at the disambiguation page.
 * 5) If a term with another use redirects here, but there is not disambiguation page, there is an appropriate redirect template pointing at the other page.

Lead section
If the article is about a work of art, literature, or is the name of an album, the first mention of the article subject in the lead section is bold and italic'''.
 * 1) Article contains a lead section or is very short.
 * 2) The lead section has no header.
 * 3) The first mention of the article subject in the lead section is bold
 * 1) If the article subject is known by more than one name, each name appears in bold (or in bold and italic') in the lead paragraph.
 * 2) If an article's title has a parenthetical disambiguator, it is not included in the bold (or bold and italic) text.
 * 3) The context is clear within the first few words.
 * 4) There are no unreasonable links within the 'bold (or bold and italic) title words.

Article layout

 * 1) There only a reasonable number of single sentence paragraphs, or is marked
 * 2) Bulleted lists are not overused, or the article is marked with,  ,
 * 3) The article makes use of hierarchical headings, where appropriate.
 * 4) The content under individual headings is neither excessively short nor excessively long.
 * 5) Only a single blank line separates individual paragraphs and individual sections.
 * 6) Sections which summarize another article contain a  template.
 * 7) The article makes use of the standard apendicies (See also, Notes, References (or Notes and references), Further reading (or Bibliography), External links when necessary).
 * 8) Any succession boxes and navigational footers are at the very end of the article, following the last appendix section, but preceding the "categories and interwiki links".

Images

 * 1) The articule uses a reasonable number of images.
 * 2) All images are located alongside the relevant section of the article.
 * 3) All images have an explicative caption.
 * 4) All images are of a reasonable size.