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The following are guidelines about article content established by consensus among Wikipedians and members of the WikiProject 24. This article contains basic principles.If the Manual of Style does not specify a preferred usage, discuss your issues on the talk page of this article.

General principles

Internal consistency

See also Consistency within articles

An overriding principle on Wikipedia is that style and formatting should be applied consistently within articles, though not necessarily throughout the encyclopedia as a whole. One way of presenting information may be as good as another is, but consistency within articles promotes clarity and cohesion.

Stability of articles

The Arbitration Committee has ruled that the Manual of Style is not binding, that editors should not change an article from one guideline-defined style to another without a substantial reason unrelated to mere choice of style, and that revert-warring over optional styles is unacceptable.

Organization

For Seasons:

  • Lead section: The name of the season and followed by the day in bold, go first. Followed by a brief summary of the season. Such as premiere date and finale day. Also, additional information that that is unique to the other seasons. Lastly, the hour in which the season started.
  • Infobox: The infobox should contain country of origin, network, original run, number of episodes, DVD release, previous and next season.
  • Overview: an overview of the significant parts of the season. If necessary, the section should have subheadings for the story's setting, major plots, and a prequel section. In the major plot section, there should be summaries of the episodes.
  • Characters: should have 3 different categories including stars, recurring characters and special guest stars.
  • External links and references. Make sure to cite sources. \

For Characters:

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