Copy this code format if you forget by pressing "Edit Page", then copy the format between the lines. Or simply refer to it, as all pages are at least partly following it already.
This is for all basic Dinosaur Pages; Altered Dinosaur pages will lack the General Statistics section and name "Statistics" instead of "Dinosaur King Statistics", but should otherwise follow the same format with the full-sized image moved to the bottom Gallery. Parentheses ( ) indicate fields to fill in (if in italics) or parentheses used in the format (if not in italics), while brackets [ ] are notes to follow that are not on the actual pages. Also, the new Anime format can be seen at Dino Page Format/Anime (outdated, just ignore it, optional anime roles are included in this page).
This is not an actual dinosaur page. This is only a guideline to help organize the dinosaur pages.
General Statistics[]
[[File:(Kyoryu King Museum image)|thumb|210px|full-sized (Dinosaur)]]
- Name: (genus and species)
- Name Meaning: (meaning of the genus name, not including the species; the etymology is placed next to it, in parenthesis and abbreviated as etym.)
- Diet: (Herbivore, Carnivore, Piscivore, Omnivore)
- Length: (length in meters (with feet in parentheses))
- Time Period: (Early/Middle/Late Triassic/Jurassic/Cretaceous)
- Classification: (one to three incremental clades that recognizably and accurately show its place on the family tree separated by "-->", try to include a family level ("-idae") clade somewhere)
- Place Found: (make it as accurate as possible)
- Describer: (the person who created the dinosaur's official name)
Dinosaur King Statistics[]
Arcade Stats[]
[[File:(some good-looking arcade card)|thumb|210px[if landscape, no size if portrait]|(Dinosaur) arcade card (name the wave it's from)]]
- Attribute: (Fire, Water, Lightning, Earth, Grass, Wind, Secret, or Normal)
- Sign: (Rock, Paper, or Scissors)
- Power: (the dinosaur's health, the larger-text number)
- Technique: (the dinosaur's technique, the smaller-text number)
- Compatibility: Tab # [only if featured in a wave which shows the tabs]
- Attack: [only if featured in a wave which shows the stats]
- Sign (Critical): (Critical sign)
- Sign/Sign: (the other signs are equal)
- Types:
- (Type Name) (name languages and series it has this type; new lines as necessary)
- Arcade Nickname:
- Japanese: (Japanese symbols)
- English: (English words)
- Taiwanese: (Mandarin symbols)
- Card Rarity: (only if Gold, Silver, or Bronze)
- Owner: (only if notably owned in Story Mode)
- Nickname: (only if appearing in Dainason)
- Other: (any other info)
Availability[]
(specify if only available in the Japanese version)
- Japanese [list all waves and special cards featuring it like this:]
- (Series) (number) Edition (New [if first wave]; ###-竜; (Type Name) Type [if applicable])
- English
- (Series) (number) Edition (New [if first wave]; ###-Dino; (Type Name) Type [if applicable])
- Taiwanese
- (Series) (number) Edition (New [if first wave]; ###-龍; (Type Name) Type [if applicable])
Anime Stats[]
[only if applicable]
[[File:(Anime card screenshot from episode)|thumb|(Dinosaur) anime card]]
- Attribute: (probably same as above, but be sure)
- Name: (only if nicknamed by characters, but it probably won't be)
- Owner: (list owners in order: "Wild", "Max Taylor (D-Team), etc.; sometimes there are multiple dinos, so use a semicolon to separate them)
- Location: (debut location, one per season if applicable)
- Debut: (name of first episode it notably featured in, linking numbered episode page)
- Appeared In: (number all episodes it even briefly appeared in, linking named episode page redirects)
- Dinosaur Defeated: ("None" if appropriate)
- Other: (anything else to note)
Move Cards[]
[only if applicable]
- (Linked Name of Move Card)
- (how it works, how it was gotten, and when it was used if it only appeared briefly)
TCG Stats[]
[only if applicable]
Dinosaur variant's name[]
[no variant name heading if only one exists]
[[File:(TCG card image)|thumb|(Dinosaur) TCG card]]
- Attribute: (likely same as above, but be sure)
- Sign: (Rock, Paper, Scissors, often different from arcade)
- Power: (attacking power)
- Level: (the 1-digit number)
- Life: (number of stars)
- Card Code: (wave abbreviation)-###/###
- Card Rarity: (Common, Silver Rare, or Gold Rare; Colossal Rare listed separately)
- Image From: ("(cropped, if appropriate) (wave abbreviation) arcade card" or "Ep. (#) anime scene" or "(new art)")
- Other Forms: (in-TCG Alpha, Black, or Spectral Armor forms, not variant forms, they're already on the page) [only used in the basic dinosaur's listing, not variants]
- Other: (any special notes, only used in special cases)
- Abilities/Flavor Text: [whichever is appropriate]
- [Name of Ability in brackets] if applicable
- (text of ability with same bold words or flavor text in italics)
DS Stats[]
[only if enough info is available; it probably won't be, fold this info into Arcade Stats if it doesn't warrant its own section]
- Attribute: (rinse, repeat)
- Owner: (which non-player character always uses it)
- Other: (typically to note a special unlock code)
Anime[]
[if appropriate]
Dinosaur King[]
[if in season 1; describe its appearances and story rolls, even minor cameos, each episode getting a new paragraph]
Mesozoic Meltdown[]
[if in season 2; same as above]
DS Game[]
[only if it was relevant to the DS game's story, which it probably won't be]
Character Design[]
[only if in the anime]
Personality[]
[describe how it acts and why, trying not to repeat the story explanations from just above]
Trivia[]
- [any unique/interesting/important details that don't fit above, only if applicable]
- [try to organize the points as arcade, then anime, then TCG, but this is not strictly enforced]
Gallery[]
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(any templates which list the dinosaur, such as {{Fire Anime Dinosaurs}}, {{Water Dinosaurs}}, {{Gold Rare Arcade Dinosaurs}}, etc.)
[Categories default to the bottom of the page in certain editing formats, but should otherwise be put in through the Add Categories text box at the side; relevant Categories may be "Earth Dinosaurs", "Arcade", "Anime", "TCG", "DS Game", "D-Team", "Alpha Gang", "Spectral Space Pirates", "Dinosaurs with Nicknames", etc.]