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This page is a style and formatting guideline on GuildWiki. It has general acceptance among editors and is considered a standard to which articles should adhere. However, it is not set in stone and should be treated with common sense and the occasional exception.

This article provides information on starting, expanding on and completing articles about Towns, Outposts and Mission locations in Guild Wars. This information should be taken into account along with the more general information in GuildWiki:Style and formatting.

Template

{{location box
| image = [[Image:image name.jpg]]
| campaign = Campaign name
| type = [[Town]] or [[Outpost]]
| parent = [[Region]]
| neighbors = [[Explorable area]]s or other exits seperated by commas}}
{{Mission info | title = Location Name}}  <-- only use if there is a corresponding (Mission) area.
{{Explorable info | title = Location Name}}  <-- only use if there is a corresponding (Explorable) area.
==Description==
''The in-game description given when you click on the icon in the map screen.''

A more detailed description can be added as another paragraph, not italicized.

==Getting there==
An explanation on how to get there. If it is different for people from other campaigns that should be listed as well.

==Exits==
*[[Exit 1]]
*[[Exit 2]]
*[[Exit 3]] (gate is blocked until you have completed [[Mission 1 (Mission)]])
*[[Exit 4]] by talking to [[NPC]] after receiving the quest [[Quest name]]

==NPCs==
*[[Name]] <-- generic NPCs: generic guards, quest givers, NPCs that are involved in quests, etc.
*[[Name]] ([[Arena Guard]])
*[[Name]] ([[Guild Emblemer]])
*[[Name]] ([[Guild Registrar]]) 
*[[Name]] ([[Skill Trainer]])
*[[Xunlai Agent]](s) ([[Storage]])
*etc... essentially any NPC that doesn't fall into the following:
*[[Collectors]]:
**[[Name]]
**[[Name]]
*[[Crafter]]s:
**[[Name]] ([[Armor Crafter]])
**[[Name]] ([[Armor Crafter]])
**[[Name]] ([[Armor Crafter]])
**[[Name]] ([[Weaponsmith]])
*[[Merchant]]s and [[Trader]]s:
**[[Name]] (Merchant)
**[[Name]] ([[Dye Trader]]) 
**[[Name]] ([[Material Trader]])
**[[Name]] ([[Rare Material Trader]])
**[[Name]] ([[Rune Trader]])
*[[Henchmen]] (level X):
**{{w}}[[Name]] (type)
**{{r}}[[Name]] (type)
**{{mo}}[[Name]] (type)
**etc...

==Quests==
{{:Location Name/Quests}}
or (if there are only one or two and no sub-page has been created)
*[[Quest giver]]: [[Quest name]]
*[[Quest giver]]: [[Quest name]]
*etc...

==Notes==
Anything of interest regarding this town that should be of note.

==Trivia==
Trivial things concerning the name or town concept.

[[Category:Region]] [[Category:Type (Campaign)]]

Guidelines

Sections

Location box

This box should have the basic info for the town, including the picture from the world map, the campaign, the type of location (Town/Outpost/Mission location), and all the areas that you can get to by exiting this area.

In the case of any location that has additional areas with the same name (mission or explorable areas) use the appropriate templates: Mission info and/or Explorable info.

Description

Add the description from the world map in italics. Any other detailed description can be added after that.

Getting there

Description on how to get there. If it is different for people from other campaigns that should be listed as well. If there are no special requirements for any characters to get to the town, this section should be omitted.

Exits

List the areas to which you can exit, if any exits have certain requirements (quests/missions that must be completed first, quests that must be active, etc...) make note of that after the exit area's name.

NPCs

List all the NPCs found in the town. Collectors, Crafters, Merchants/Traders and Henchmen should be grouped together near the bottom of the list. NPCs should be listed first by type then alphabetically by their name. The only exceptions being the Merchants should be listed before Traders, and Henchmen being listed in the order of their profession. Henchmen should also have their level listed and the symbol of their profession before their name. An example:

*Bob
*Jim
*John
*Tim
*Ed ([[Arena Guard]])
*Bill ([[Guild Emblemer]])
*Dave ([[Guild Registrar]]) 
*Zack ([[Skill Trainer]])
*[[Xunlai Agent]]s ([[Storage]])
*[[Collectors]]:
**Anne
**Neil
*[[Crafter]]s:
**Doug ([[Armor Crafter]])
**Steve ([[Armor Crafter]])
**Tom ([[Armor Crafter]])
**Teal ([[Weaponsmith]])
*[[Merchant]]s and [[Trader]]s:
**Ray (Merchant)
**Carlos ([[Dye Trader]]) 
**Rick ([[Material Trader]])
**Renee ([[Rare Material Trader]])
**Ryan ([[Rune Trader]])
*[[Henchmen]] (level 3):
**{{w}}Don
**{{r}}Jon
**{{r}}Zoe
**{{mo}}Gabriella
**{{e}}Mary

Quests

An included link to the town's quest page should go here if there is one, or a list in the form of Character name: Quest name if there is no separate quest page. If no quests are given in this town, this section should be omitted. If a particular quest is a primary quest, note it in parenthesis after it.

Notes

Any other notes can be added here. If there are no notes, this section should be omitted.

Trivia

Trivia notes can be added here. Omit if this section is empty.

Categories

All the categories must be listed right at the bottom. For each town, two categories are expected: a category for the region it is in (such as [[Category:Kryta]]), and the location type within a campaign (such as [[Category:Town (Factions)]] or [[Category:Outpost (Prophecies)]]).