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Editing guidelines

This page details how to format content on the wiki to create a uniform experience for readers and resolve editing conflicts.

If you're new to editing, don't worry about ensuring all of your edits are perfect. Adding new and relevant information to the wiki is highly important, even if it's not formatted as we'd like. We suggest using Source editing and Wikitext to be able to more efficiently format pages.

Information

As we strive to be an encyclopedia, all information included on the wiki should be factual and reference events that have either happened or have been confirmed by credible sources to occur in the future. All rumors, fan theories, and such, should be clearly worded as they are such, or they may be removed for spreading misinformation. All content is stronger with a reference, even if you're unsure about the validity of the information.

Examples

"Fans theorized that the "pin" announcement came after a copypasta tweet about "cannibalistic activity," commonly shared when a tour is announced by fans who want less demand for tickets, went viral on Twitter and TikTok, causing Frankie Grande to comment about it. Ariana has yet to say anything about it, and it's unclear whether the two events were connected at all."
"This song, the title of which is unknown, is an upcoming song by Kali Uchis that features Ariana Grande. So far no snippets have been leaked yet, and it is unknown if it was ever recorded."

Fanon content

If you would like to create Fanon content, please keep it on user pages. We recommend exploring the Ariana Grande Fanon Wiki to house that content.

Leaked content

Our most popular pages relate to the many songs that have unfortunately leaked from Ariana's vault and have made their way onto the internet. Pages with leaked information should state that the material was originally scrapped or unfinished, and credit the leaking source. Much like with events, all leaked content should be authentic. AI-generated or fan made music, images, etc. have no place on the wiki.

Grammar

Spelling

The English language varies depending on the country or region, but American English is the standard language used on the Wiki for all content.

Capitalization

Headings and article titles should be in sentence case. This means only the first letter of the first word is capitalized, except for proper nouns or acronyms, which should always be capitalized. Avoid writing titles entirely in uppercase (e.g., "Break Free" not "BREAK FREE"). Additionally, in titles, words like “by” or “of” are typically lowercase.

Examples

"R.E.M." & "NASA" (Acronyms)
Republic Records & Ariana Grande (Names)
"Sweetener", "Monopoly" & Eternal Sunshine (Song and other media titles are in sentence case despite how they may be commonly styled.)
Sweet Like Candy by Ariana Grande
List of awards and nominations received by Ariana Grande

Tense

Sentences should be in past tense unless they refer to an upcoming release or event.
- Past Tense: Use past tense for documenting events, releases, and any historical information. This is the default tense for most content on the wiki.
- Present Tense: Use present tense for general facts that are always true and for describing current characteristics or statuses.
- Future Tense: Use future tense for upcoming releases, events, or planned activities.

Examples

"Ariana Grande released her album Sweetener in 2018."
"Ariana Grande is an American singer and actress."
"Ariana Grande will release her new album next month."

Dates

All dates should appear the standard American way, with the month fully spelled out. For dates that are unclear, either the month and year or the month will suffice, but they should be marked as approximate.

Examples

"February 8, 2019"
"October 30, 2020"
"March 8, 2024"
"June 2008 (Approximate)"

Voice

Articles should be neutral and present information as it exists, without prescribing it a negative or positive connotation on inserting personal opinions. Content should also be expressed formally and use a professional tone of voice.

Examples

"On the night of July 4, 2015, Grande went to Wolfee Donuts in Los Angeles, California with friends and her boyfriend at the time, Ricky Alvarez. While waiting to be served, leaked CCTV footage of the shop shows Grande licking the donuts at the shop and saying "I fucking hate Americans, I hate America"."
"The album received universal acclaim from music critics. AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine made an early review of the album. He noted the difference between Thank U, Next with Grande's previous album Sweetener saying that "this time Grande is swaggering with the confidence that comes with unquestioned stardom." He added that "the album feels slighter than Sweetener."

Headings

Headings on song and album pages should appear in the following order, and any of which can be skipped if there's insufficient information to create a section.

• ~ Landing header ~
• ~ Table of contents ~
• Background
• Audios
• Promotion
  • Live performances
• Cover art
• Music video
  • Lyric video
• Critical reception
• Commercial performance
  • Billboard Hot 100 history
• Remix
  • Background
  • Critical reception
  • Music video (remix)
• Singles
• Tour
• Trivia
• Merchandise
  • Physical releases
• Gallery
  • Videos
  • Spotify link
• Lyrics
• Track listing
• References
  • Notes
  • Citations
• See also
• External links
• Navigation

Landing header

Describing the subject of the article as concisely as possible, it's the first section that readers encounter when clicking on a page. Free from lots of details, it should cover the rest of the article shortly, providing the most general information.

Examples

"7 Rings" (stylized in all lowercase) is the second single and tenth track from Ariana Grande's fifth studio album, Thank U, Next. It was released on January 18, 2019, through Republic Records. Rapper 2 Chainz is featured on the remix of the song, which was released two weeks later, on January 31, 2019. A live version of the song is featured on K Bye For Now (SWT Live), which was released on December 23, 2019.
K Bye for Now (SWT Live) (stylized in all lowercase) is Ariana Grande's first live album, released on December 23, 2019, through Republic Records. The album was recorded between March and October 2019 and features Grande's set from her Sweetener World Tour.

Background

Covering the events leading to the release of the song or album, the background section highlights how the release was teased, leaked, or otherwise came to light.

Links

Wiki links are highly essential in making sure that pages are accessible from other pages, and so that readers can find additional context that may not have been available on the page. Create them by enclosing the title of the page you want to link to in two sets of brackets.

Links preferably should be formatted the same way as the title of the page they link to, unless the title wouldn't otherwise integrate into the sentence. Some pages have a disambiguation in their title, in parenthesis, which should be removed when adding links to it, as the linking page should have sufficient context as to which page you are linking to. When linking to albums and songs, album titles should be italicized and song titles should be in quotes, such as with Eternal Sunshine and "Nasty".

Examples

Albums: ''[[Eternal Sunshine (album)|Eternal Sunshine]]'', ''[[K Bye For Now (SWT Live)]]''
Songs: "[[Nasty]]", "[[Be Alright (Ariana Grande song)|Be Alright]]"
This was followed by the [[Merchandise - Physical Music#Boyfriend|physical release]] of the single."
AVOID: "[[Bloodline|bloodline]]", "Grande later released ''[[Sweetener (album)]]'' in 2018, which became her 3rd album to hit #1 on the ''Billboard'' 200..."

Albums: Eternal Sunshine, K Bye For Now (SWT Live)
Songs: "Nasty", "Be Alright"
"This was followed by the physical release of the single."
AVOID: "bloodline", "Grande later released Sweetener (album) in 2018, which became her 3rd album to hit #1 on the Billboard 200..."

Another type of link is known as a red link. A red link appears if the article a page links to does not exist yet. They also appear if the linked text is incorrect, as links are case-sensitive (e.g., the honeymoon tour instead of The Honeymoon Tour). To avoid red links, ensure the title is typed correctly and matches the case of the intended page.

Another type of link is known as an Interwiki link, which links to other Fandom wikis or Wikipedia. These links are useful for directing users to informative pages about a particular subject that is not covered on our wiki. Below are some examples of how to create these links:

Examples

Other Fandom wikis: [[w:c:victorious:Tori Vega|Tori Vega]] & [[w:c:samandcat:Sam Puckett|Sam Puckett]]
Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind|Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]

Other Fandom wikis: Tori Vega & Sam Puckett
Wikipedia: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Links may also direct to outside sites (or webpages in the Fandom site that aren't articles, such as discussion posts.) Outside links should have a title of some sort, or otherwise they are rendered with just a number, which highly undescrptive to readers. As with other links, they should be limited to three words or fewer if they are embedded into a page. Links to sources should be formatted as a reference instead. Additionally, remember to remove tracking sections of links, which appear after a question mark (?.)

Examples

"The collection first appeared on R.E.M. Beauty's [https://rembeauty.com/ official site] on January 2, 2021, appearing to be a surprise release, but later..."
"Ariana's name spiked on [https://trends.google.com/ Google Trends] following the announcement, becoming the most-searched term in the United States."
AVOID: "On the [https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2024-03-23/ ''Billboard'' 200 chart dated March 23, 2024], ''Eternal Sunshine'' debuted at #1.", "''Spotify'' - [https://open.spotify.com/album/5Csjy4XeA7KnizkhIvI7y2?si=PcljiV-IQ6qTdko1tD7BBA Ariana Grande: "eternal sunshine (slightly deluxe)"]"

"The collection first appeared on R.E.M. Beauty's official site on January 2, 2021, appearing to be a surprise release, but later..."
"Ariana's name spiked on Google Trends following the announcement, becoming the most-searched term in the United States."
AVOID: "On the Billboard 200 chart dated March 23, 2024, Eternal Sunshine debuted at #1.", "Spotify - Ariana Grande: "eternal sunshine (slightly deluxe)""

References

References are essential in ensuring that information that is in the wiki is verifiable and correct. To create a reference, use the <ref> tag after the sentence that includes that information. If you don't like using tags, the {{refn}} template works the same way. References can also have a "name" attribute, useful when inserting the same reference in multiple parts of the page. They also can have a group, so that they are separated from the rest of the references. The wiki uses the group name "note" when inserting information that provides additional context but is too long to be included in parenthesis along with the rest of the content.

Examples

A reference: <ref>''Twitter'' - [https://twitter.com/chartdata/status/1322026115213467649 @chartdata: ".@ArianaGrande’s "34+35" is impacting US Pop radio immediately"]</ref>
A named reference: <ref name="playbill-stephen">''Playbill'' - [https://playbill.com/article/stephen-schwartz-confirms-new-songs-for-wicked-movies-leaves-room-for-single-film-cut- "Stephen Schwartz Confirms New Songs for Wicked Movies"]</ref>
Using a named reference again: <ref name="playbill-stephen" />
A note: <ref group="note">Ariana's webstore showed a black vinyl for "Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" on the site. However, her team sent out emails notifiying that the vinyl would all be clear, and all units shipped were clear.</ref>
Using the {{refn}} template: {{refn|''Twitter'' - [https://x.com/teamariana/status/1813576186783805806 @teamariana: "we can't be friends. digital bundle out friday..."]}}

A reference: A named reference: Using a named reference again: A note: Using the {{refn}} template:

References should appear after any punctuation, such as the end of a sentence, after the period. When inserting a reference inside of a sentence, it should likewise appear directly after a word, (with no space in between,) or after a comma, parenthesis, or quotation mark, if there is one.

Examples

Soon after the release of Positions, Tommy Parker (a producer who helped work on "Love Language" and "Worst Behavior")^[3] revealed that Grande and Tommy Brown had started working on an album in early-2020, allegedly titled Starlight,^{[note 1]} and invited him to come help.^[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Grande eventually scrapped that entire early version of what would have been her sixth studio album,^[4] and created Positions in quarantine instead.^[5]

References should always include a link to the web material they are pulling from. Both primary sources, such as a tweet from @TeamAriana, along with secondary sources, such as a Daily Mail article about Ariana, are essential and should be used to supplement each other. Sometimes secondary sources can be written from biased points of view, and sometimes primary sources lack context.

To format the inside of the reference; it should contain the name of the website; the author or poster, if there is one; and the title of the article or the beginning of the post's caption. If using a summary of the post to explain the source instead of it's title or the caption, quotes should not be used.

Examples

''YouTube'' - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvofj7K_5Iw Ariana Grande: "pov (official lyric video)"]
''Twitter'' - [https://x.com/arianatoday/status/1811527220294484322 @arianatoday: "ariana via instagram stories"] 
''Billboard'' - [https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9511791/ariana-grande-3435-remix-megan-thee-stallion-doja-cat "Ariana Grande Unleashes '34+35' Remix With Megan Thee Stallion & Doja Cat: Listen"]
''Spotify'' - [https://open.spotify.com/episode/2LEIC8IxVdOpi5GJw5tiJn Shut Up Evan: "Ariana Grande"]
''Reddit'' - [https://www.reddit.com/r/EDM/s/dP9aA8mwuI The songs in the album are not gonna be more older than 1 year]

YouTube - Ariana Grande: "pov (official lyric video)"
Twitter - @arianatoday: "ariana via instagram stories"
Billboard - "Ariana Grande Unleashes '34+35' Remix With Megan Thee Stallion & Doja Cat: Listen"
Spotify - Shut Up Evan: "Ariana Grande"
Reddit - The songs in the album are not gonna be more older than 1 year

Lastly, references need a home. Most pages just need one section for references, which can be created with the <references /> tag or by using the {{reflist}} template. The most popular usage of the {{reflist}} template is with two columns and to be scrollable, by adding {{reflist|2|scroll=yes}}. They should also appear under their own "References" heading.

If a page has notes, they need a separate tag, added with <references group="note" />. The "References" section should also be reorganized to include a "Notes" section for the notes and a "Citations" section for the regular citations.

Templates

Many templates are in use on our wiki, these are only some of the most important and commonly used ones. Category:Templates should cover all templates in the wiki, categorized into various subcategories. Additionally, the Template namespace (found from Special:Allpages) always has all templates in the wiki, sorted alphanumerically.

Wiki templates provide a means to insert the same content over and over on pages. This saves editors the hassle of duplicating the same text multiple times and also helps ensure consistency. Templates are generally shown with the format required to use the template (e.g. {{stub}}). Clicking the template name takes you to the template's page, where you can see what it looks like and how it is used.

If you see templates on other wikis that you are interested in using here as well, they can be copy-pasted over (usually), or taken from Wikia Templates. Wikipedia templates may be copied with the proper acknowledgment, but some need tweaking to work properly on Wikia, so use a Wikia one if possible. When adding a new template, make sure to add instructions to a subpage using {{documentation}} or the template page itself inside "<noinclude>" tags.

General wiki templates

Clear: {{clr}}, plus {{clrl}} and {{clrr}} This template is used to reduce the amount of non-wiki code used on pages, replacing the code <br style="clear:both;" />. As a general rule of thumb, if the article text includes a lot of code, it should probably be changed to a template. You can use {{clr}} instead of the HTML tag that clears space below content like images, pictures, and tables, so the following content doesn't begin until the bottom of the prior content. You can also use {{clrl}} or {{clrr}} to clear only left or right floats.

For: {{for|<name>|<link>}} Use at the top of articles as a simple "for x see y" template.

Main: {{main|<main article>}} Use to create a link at the start of a section to another article that describes that section in more detail.

Sandbox: {{sandbox}} Sandboxes are a great tool to be able to test out your edits if the "Show Changes" feature is insufficient for whatever reason. Create a sandbox page by adding a subpage to your user page, (create a page called "User:USERNAME/Sandbox" or something similar after the slash,) and test out your new edits.

Template: {{t|<template>}} This template allows you to show example template code (with a link to the templates) without using the template itself. It is used extensively on this page.

Notices

Notices help provide context information about the article itself. However, they do not appear on mobile and are useful to hint to other editors if the article needs some help. Notices should be the first template appearing in the article, before the infobox.

If an article's title is unconfirmed it should be marked with {{ConjecturalNotice}}, or if it's primarily based on rumors it should be marked with {{RumoredNotice}}. Articles related to an upcoming event or release should be marked with {{UpcomingNotice}}. Lastly, articles containing mostly outdated information should be marked with {{OutdatedNotice}}. {{Stub}} and {{Delete}} are the built-in notices, and should be included on all pages with little content, and pages that are no longer useful.

Examples