This page is an outline for current and future character pages on the Touhou Wiki (including those from Seihou Project, Uwabami Breakers, Fan-made characters, etc.). The other purpose of this project is to revise existing character pages to fit the structure described on this page.
A few preliminary guidelines:
== to ===). Also, the h3 sections (===) should use ; before the sections name and not ====.Please use the talk page to deliver suggestions, concerns, and anything else that has to do with this standardization.
Name pronunciation in Japanese IPA with sound link (♫) (opt.) The Translated Name Alter. name or alter./incorrect romaji possibly in use (opt.) More Alternative Spellings | |
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Character image with their latest or colorous appearance (opt.) The source of where the image came from Their latest or commonly used title (opt.)More Character Titles | |
| Species |
Their Species (opt.) |
| Abilities |
What their powers are (opt.) |
| Age |
Their age (exact or approximate) (opt.) |
| Occupation |
Their Occupation (opt.) |
| Location |
Where they live or frequent (opt.) |
Music Themes | |
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Titles of Songs (opt.) | |
Appearances | |
| Official Games | |
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Official Games (Mystic Square, Ten Desires etc. but no non-Touhou game unless it's a non-Touhou character) (opt.) | |
| Print Works | |
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Print Works (Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, Wild and Horned Hermit etc.) (opt.) | |
| Music CDs | |
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CDs (On the cover or story coming with the CD) (opt.) | |
| Miscellaneous Works | |
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Appearances in other official material (opt.) | |
| Other | |
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Appearances in non-Touhou series if ZUN or Amusement Makers was who decided to add the character, e.g. Seihou (opt.) | |
The Main Summary (主な概要, Omona gaiyo) is the main introduction of the article, above the content box and all other content in the article. It should be a good self-contained section, brief and concise, that should follow generally the same structure for each character. This structure is as follows, in this order:
For reference on how to follow this structure, please see character pages made under this revised standardization template.
Information central to the character is described here. Sub-sections are used to organize large subjects. Otherwise, small pieces of less-important information that cannot be treated to a full explanation belong in Additional Information.
Describes the characters personality strictly based on official sources. Each claim needs to have a citation to an official source. Actions of the character in this section should be clear and self-evident on how it reflects their personality (if it requires you to explain how that illuminates their personality, it doesn't belong here).
In-universe observations of the character's personality by another character are applicable if it is reliable and clearly stated to be from that character's perspective. Information that belong in other places of the article (e.g. Occupation) more than the Personality section should go to said section.
Not every character can or should have this section, especially if there is very little official information about it.
A detailed description of the ability (or abilities) a character has. The name of the ability should always be taken from an official character profile, if applicable (e.g "Manipulation of wind" instead of "The power to control the wind"). Each ability should have an explanation of what they can do and the extent of their ability, and how it works if applicable.
What the character does - a detailed specification of any duties and frequent activities.
This section is for items the character owns. If the item in question has an article, put a link to that article and give a short description. Otherwise, give a short description of what the item is, any properties it has, and how the character uses it.
Mainly used for characters from the Seihou Project and Project Blank. Similar to Possessions, this describes the machines the character owns.
An optional section information for the species of a character.
This section is for descriptions of any storylines that led up to the character's appearance in the games, as well as their history.
Official Profiles should be in a show/hide section. Please use this code to create it:
{{hidden begin|title = Official Profiles|titlestyle = background:#dbccf7; text-align:center}}
{{hidden end}}
Next, use the following template with of course the proper information filled in:
{{hidden begin|title = ''[[Imperishable Night]]'' - {{H:title|キャラ設定.txt|Character Settings.txt}}|titlestyle = background:lightblue; text-align:center}}
{{Profile Quote
| image = [[File:WaHHReimu.jpg|Example Image]]
| text = This is the original text
| translation = This is the translated text
}}
{{hidden end}}
Place multiple ones for multiple profiles. It should produce something like this.
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This is the original text | This is the translated text |
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This is the original text | This is the translated text |
Skills the character has as a playable character (special moves that are not considered spell cards). They should be contained in a pale turquoise show/hide section.
{{hidden begin|title = Skills|titlestyle = background:paleturquoise; text-align:center;}}
{{#lsth:List of Skills|[[Joon Yorigami]]}}
{{hidden end}}
The result should look something like this:
A character's spell cards. They should be contained in a pale green show/hide section.
You should use the following code (with the character name and number replaced, careful not to spell it as "spellcard"!):
{{hidden begin|title = Spell Cards|titlestyle = background:palegreen; text-align:center;}}
{{#lsth:List of Spell Cards/Touhou Project 3|[[Raiko Horikawa]]}}
{{hidden end}}
The result should look something like this:
| Name | Translated | Comments | Games | Stage | ||
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| Total: 15 | ||||||
| 一鼓「暴れ宮太鼓」 | First Drum "Raging Temple Taiko" | DDC | St. Ex | |||
| 二鼓「怨霊アヤノツヅミ」 | Second Drum "Vengeful Spirit Aya-no-Tsuzumi" | DDC | St. Ex | |||
| 三鼓「午前零時のスリーストライク」 | Third Drum "Three Strikes at Midnight" | DDC | St. Ex | |||
| 死鼓「ランドパーカス」 | Death Drum "Land Percuss" | DDC | St. Ex | |||
| 五鼓「デンデン太鼓」 | Fifth Drum "Den-Den Daiko" | DDC | St. Ex | |||
| 六鼓「オルタネイトスティッキング」 | Sixth Drum "Alternate Sticking" | DDC | St. Ex | |||
| 七鼓「高速和太鼓ロケット」 | Seventh Drum "High Speed Taiko Rocket" | DDC GoU |
St. Ex — | |||
| 八鼓「雷神の怒り」 | Eighth Drum "Thunder God's Anger" | DDC | St. Ex | |||
| 「ブルーレディショー」 | "Blue Lady Show" | DDC | St. Ex | |||
| 「プリスティンビート」 | "Pristine Beat" | DDC GoU |
St. Ex — | |||
| 雷符「怒りのデンデン太鼓」 | Thunder Sign "Den-Den Daiko of Rage" | ISC | St. 5 | |||
| 太鼓「ファンタジックウーファー」 | Taiko "Fantastic Woofer" | ISC | St. 5 | |||
| 輝天符「迅雷のドンドコ太鼓」 | Shining Heaven Sign "Thunderclap Dondoko Daiko" | Co-owner with Iku | VD | Nightmare Thursday - 2 | ||
| 輝神符「謎のドンドコ人だかり」 | Shining Divine Sign "Mysterious Dondoko Crowd" | Co-owner with Mamizou | VD | Nightmare Thursday - 3 | ||
| 輝星符「正体不明のドンドコ太鼓」 | Shining Star Sign "Unidentified Dondoko Daiko" | Co-owner with Nue | VD | Nightmare Thursday - 6 | ||
This section is to describe things related to the creation of the character of how ZUN stylized them, including their name and appearance. The strictness of "no interpretation in wiki articles" is lifted slightly in this section, because it is disconnected from discussing information about the character in-universe. For example, it is alright to discuss how a character is (or is based on) a historical figure, such as Suika being Shuten-douji.
This explains what the character was/may be based on - i.e real person, god, other media etc.
Describe what the translations of the characters name is, what it means, and some other relations such as nicknames from other characters. Fanmade names should be included in the Fandom articles, unless the character doesn't have a name (e.g. Tokiko, the Five Magic Stones); this is an exception so we can allow visitors to understand the reasoning of the article's name coming from a fandom source.
This section is a description of the character. Describe their outfit and character design with general detail, and how it changes from appearance to appearance, with the earliest appearance first and descends to the latest. Please DO NOT merge this section with any other section.
This section may also contain ZUN's thought process when designing the character, if applicable. Remember to source any comments by ZUN that you put in the article.
Descriptions of the character's appearances in official media and their role in the story. To separate sections (e.g "Games", "Spin-offs"), use tabber formatting. Each section should be given its own tab. If there is only one section, do not use tabber formatting. The formatting looks like this:
<tabber> |-|Games= Text goes here |-|Spin-offs= Text goes here |-|Literature= Text goes here </tabber>
Used to separate the character from the Windows games. Use a "PC-98" section under the "Games" tab if that is used.
;''Title of the Game''
:{{Main|Game Title#Location of the page for the character's scenario|l1=Name of scenario}}
This is where you summarize the exploits of the character.
;''Title of the Game''
:{{Main|Game Title#Location of the page for the character's scenario|l1=Name of scenario}}
This is where you summarize the exploits of the character.
;''Title of the Game''
:{{Main|Gane Title#Location of the page with that character's spell cards|l1=Name of game and name of stage}}
This is where you summarize the exploits of the character.
;''Title of the Print Work''
:{{Main|Print Work#Location of the translated article/chapter that the character appears in|l1=Name of chapter}}
This is where you summarize the exploits of the character.
In this section, you describe the character's position relative to other characters, and interactions with them. Refrain from making interpretations or speculations about their attitude and thoughts toward other characters, unless explicitly stated by official material.
Note that not everything is notable enough to be listed in the relationships section. At the very least, a character needs to have a recorded instance of interacting with the other character to be considered a relationship. This can be from part of a backstory or omake as well. Interacting as part of a small cameo does not count.
Here you explain what that character's relation is to the character on this page, interactions, how they met, etc. DO NOT write about how the characters feel about each other, unless explicitly stated in official material.
This is for characters who have only interacted a small amount of times and have no lasting relationship with each other. Before putting a relationship in this section, carefully consider whether it is notable enough to write about.
This section is reserved for images of the character found in official media.
Use the following code:
<gallery> File:Sh03Gates1.png File:Sh03Gates2.png File:Sh03Gates3.png </gallery>
to get something like this:
Arrange the subsections of Gallery as follows:
Reimu and Marisa in Touhou Gouyoku Ibun.
Depiction of Miko on a ability card in Unconnected Marketeers
This section is for information and small tidbits that do not belong in any other section of the article - whether in-universe or out of universe. For example, certain color palettes in the fighting games resembling other characters, or the character's silhouette appearing on the cover of a game is information that would go here. Please keep it significant - "character X is the Nth girl with feature Z" isn't good information if it's placed anywhere other than this section. Place each piece of trivia into a bulleted list (using *) and keep it to one or two sentences if possible. If not, then they could be moved to another part of the article.
Make sure the character page contains the Fandom section and that it contains the "main" link, as you can see from above. To do this, only add the following string of text: {{main|Fandom/Highly Responsive to Prayers#SinGyoku|l1=Fandom: SinGyoku}}; this is an example, where you can change the game title to the character's first game/literacy appearance, as well as the character's name so it can link directly to the character's fandom content.
This section should not contain anything except this link.
This is another show/hide section. Place this code, and replace what's necessary:
{{hidden begin|title = Official sources|titlestyle = background:pink; text-align:center;}}
*2004/08/11 '''[[Imperishable Night]]''' - Extra Stage dialogue; キャラ設定.txt (official profile)
*2005/08/11 '''[[Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red]]''' - Article and Interview: Mokou
{{hidden end}}
It'll produce something like this:
For external links and/or links to the other relevant webpages/articles related to the topic.
If <ref> </ref> are used somewhere on this article, please end the page with this heading and use the {{smallrefs|2}} code. You may also use <references/> or {{smallrefs}} if there is not much to be referenced in the page.
And finally, all the templates should be placed here:
 | This page is part of Project Characters, a Touhou Wiki project that aims to write proper descriptions for all official characters of Touhou Project. Please keep the character page guidelines in mind when contributing. |