Wikipedia:WikiProject Dungeons & Dragons/style

Introduction
Each Dungeons & Dragons article should begin with either:

"In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, subject is. . ."

OR

"Subject is . . . in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game."

History
Each article should strive to include some historical overview of the subject, where appropriate. At some point, it may be necessary for some articles to split off this section into a separate article (such as "History of the Nine Hells").

Creative origins
When known, the real-life inspiration or circumstances leading to the subject's creation should be listed in this section, which should appear before the "See also," "Notes," "References," and "External links" sections. The published source of the information should be listed in References.

Citation templates
Here are some example citations:


 * A module (see above)
 * A magazine article (use "cite journal"):


 * A book (see module example, above)

Campaign settings
Articles on individual campaign settings should best be handled by related Wikiprojects, should any exist, as should characters, deities, monsters, places, etc exclusive to those campaign settings.

Deities
The text of deity articles should utilize the following sections, in order, after the introduction. See Heironeous for an example.
 * Description
 * Aspects (other forms by which the god is known)
 * Relationships
 * Dogma
 * Scriptures
 * Worshippers
 * Clergy (other subsections, like Paladins or Druids may also exist as subsections of Worshippers)
 * Temples (perhaps Temples and rituals, or add a Rituals subsection, if lengthy enough)
 * Holy days
 * Artifacts
 * History
 * Myths and legends
 * Creative origins
 * Notes
 * References
 * External Links

Monsters

 * A discussion of the D&D monster articles on Wikipedia is occurring at WikiProject Dungeons & Dragons/Monsters. Please contribute there if you have any views on the matter.

The text of monster articles should generally follow the layout found in the Monster Manual IV, utilizing the following sections after the introduction:
 * Publication history
 * Ecology
 * Environment
 * Typical physical characteristics
 * Alignment


 * Society

Additional sections may come after, such as:
 * History
 * Subspecies
 * Monster X in campaign setting X
 * Monster X in other media

Etc. Note that the "Creative origins," "See also," "Notes," "References," & "External links" sections should come at the end of the article, in that order.

Minor topics
Some articles on what might be termed minor topics, e,g. characters, classes, deities, monsters or places which only appear in a single product are often better placed in a list. Articles can be split off from the list if they grow very large. Some very minor characters are probably not worth writing about, and it would be better placed in the article for the product or product series in which they appear.