User:Sagsaw/Layout Checklist

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Contents 1 Meta 2 Lead section 3 Article layout 4 Images

[edit] Meta

1. There is a disambiguation link, if necessary, at the top of the article.
   1. If there is a disambiguation page for the article topic, there is an appropriate disambiguation template pointing at the disambiguation page.
   2. 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.
   3. If a term with an disambiguation page redirects here, there is an appropriate redirect template pointing at the disambiguation page.
   4. 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.

[edit] Lead section

1. Article contains a lead section or is very short.
   1. The lead section has no header.
      1. The first mention of the article subject in the lead section is bold
         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.
      2. 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.
         1. If an article's title has a parenthetical disambiguator, it is not included in the bold (or bold and italic) text.
   2. The context is clear within the first few words.
   3. There are no unreasonable links within the 'bold (or bold and italic) title words.

[edit] Article layout

1. There only a reasonable number of single sentence paragraphs, or is marked {{Cleanup-because|There are too many single-line paragraphs, which inhibit the flow of the text.}}
2. Bulleted lists are not overused, or the article is marked with {{Cleanup-laundry}}, {{Cleanup-laundryrack}}, {{Cleanup-list}}
3. The article makes use of hierarchical headings, where appropriate.
   1. The content under individual headings is neither excessively short nor excessively long.
4. Only a single blank line separates individual paragraphs and individual sections.
5. Sections which summarize another article contain a {{main|OtherArticle}} template.
6. The article makes use of the standard apendicies (See also, Notes, References (or Notes and references), Further reading (or Bibliography), External links when necessary).
7. 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".

[edit] 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.