Bulbapedia:Project Locations

Welcome to Project Locations! Project Locations is a Bulbapedia project which aims to create and expand articles on locations in the Pokémon world. If you have any questions about how to contribute, make sure to drop a line on the Project talk page and we'll help you out! Scope and aims • Goals for November • Contacts • How you can help • Structure • Key templates
Scope and aims Project Locations covers all articles about locations in the Pokémon world. The ultimate goal is to create, expand and standardize articles for every location in the Pokémon world, ranging from popular locations (Underground) to the obscure (Seabreak Path). All locations in the Pokémon world fall under the scope of this project, except for numbered routes and major named routes, which are under the scope of Project Routes, a subproject of Project Locations, as well as cities and towns, which are covered by Project Cities and Towns, another subproject.	Goals for November Create the following pages: Weird Forest — location in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Kigan Island — manga-exclusive location in GDZ36 Jewel Tower — location in Pokémon Duel The following articles are in need of expansion: House of Memories Pokétopia East Road Add images to articles lacking images Add maps to: Fiore locations Oblivia locations	Contacts abcboy Deputy Editor-in-Chief SnorlaxMonster Leadership Board Landfish7 Leadership Board 4iamking Administrator Welkamo Junior Administrator

How you can help You can help by opening the List of locations by name and selecting any location that is a stub (or not a stub) and expand it using your general knowledge or from other facts and figures. Most of the existing location articles need to be modified to comply with the project standard (see below). You can check Category:Location stubs to see which articles need expanding. Some articles need pictures. Help them by adding a picture of the location from the Bulbagarden Archives or uploading a new one. If you see an article without a location map in its infobox template, add one immediately. Also, some articles do not have an infobox template, if you come across one, add it immediately.

Structure Locations in the core series games should follow the following structure. Locations in spin-off games and those exclusive to the anime should follow the structure established on other locations from the same game or from the anime, respectively. Infobox information Articles should use {{Infobox location}}, and all known information should be supplied. This is the basic syntax you need to get a complete routebox on the article page, just place this before any other text and fill in the variables. {{Infobox location |image= |type= |location_name= |japanese_name= |translated_name= |mapdesc= |location= |region= |generation= }} Safari Zone サファリゾーン Safari Zone "Wild Missingno. appeared!" Map description: An amusement park outside Fuchsia City where many rare Pokémon can be observed in the wild. Catch them in a popular game!FRLG Location: North of Fuchsia City Region: Kanto Generations: I, III Location of Safari Zone in Kanto. Pokémon world locations For the above parameters, here's what you should fill in: image: name of an image for the location on Bulbagarden Archives type: is the type of place the location is located on, or what it is - land, road, water, or cave. This determines how the infobox is colored. (If omitted, color is white.) location_name: name of the location japanese_name: Japanese name of the location translated_name: romanization of the location's Japanese name other_info: (optional) use for alternate names, an additional descriptor, etc. mapdesc: description on the map location: a brief description of where the article location is found region: the region that the location is in generation: a list of all generations of games this location has appeared in. A handy template shortcut is {{gen|<generation>}}. For example, {{gen|III}} will display III. By completing the infobox as follows, you'll get a routebox like the one to the right. {{Infobox location |image=FL Safari Zone.png |type=land |location_name=Safari Zone |japanese_name=サファリゾーン |translated_name=Safari Zone |mapdesc=An amusement park outside Fuchsia City where many rare Pokémon can be observed in the wild. Catch them in a popular game!{{sup/3|FRLG}} |location=North of [[Fuchsia City]] |region=Kanto |generation={{gen|I}}, {{gen|III}} }} Main section Untitled section that describes the location. Depending on the location, this section may just describe where it is located in the Pokémon world and basic details regarding the area, or may go into considerable detail. Regardless, all text describing the location should be in this section. Geography A geographical description of the location, including similarities to places in reality. This is to include all parts of the location. Items A list of items found in this location as well as a description of where the items are. These are to be placed in dot points with a short description on how to find it. Pokémon A list of Pokémon that appear in this location as well as encounter rates and times of encounter if possible. Lists should be separated by Generation using third-level headlines. If the route appeared in only one Generation, then the Generation heading is not necessary. See Route 1 and Route 132 for examples of tables. Lists should be organized in order of location, then highest to lowest encounter rate. If the encounter rate for a Pokémon is lower in a different game, a repeat of the entry should be made directly underneath except with that particular game highlighted (instead of in the initial entry), and the different encounter rate stated. In the case of multiple Pokémon with the same encounter rate, Pokémon should be listed in order of games they are available in, then their National Pokédex number. Trainers A list of trainers, using the appropriate template. They should be separated by Generation using third-level headlines. If the route appeared in only one Generation, then the Generation heading is not necessary. Layout If the location has been featured in multiple games or has multiple areas, maps of each of the areas in each game should be placed here in a table. Differences between generations If the location was featured in multiple versions and generations of Pokémon, the differences between those should be discussed here. A gallery of different generations can be placed in the Layout section to show the differences. In the anime An image of the location and a brief description of any events that occurred here. In the manga An image of the location and a brief description of any events that occurred here. Trivia Any notable, trivial information about the location. In other languages The names of the location in other languages. Generally, {{langtable}} is used here. See also Place all internal links here, that have reference or significance to the article. References Place all references here. External links Place all external links which are not references here. Categories All articles should use the following category: [[Category:(Region) locations]] where (Region) is either Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Orre, Sevii, Sinnoh, or Unova All articles should use the following categories where applicable: [[Category:Red, Blue and Yellow locations]] [[Category:Gold, Silver and Crystal locations]] [[Category:Ruby and Sapphire locations]] [[Category:Emerald locations]] [[Category:FireRed and LeafGreen locations]] [[Category:Diamond and Pearl locations]] [[Category:Platinum locations]] [[Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver locations]] [[Category:Black and White locations]] [[Category:Black 2 and White 2 locations]] [[Category:X and Y locations]] [[Category:Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire locations]] [[Category:Colosseum locations]] [[Category:XD locations]]

Key templates {{Infobox location}} — Main infobox for Project articles. {{Project Locations notice}} — To be placed on the bottom of all articles covered by this project below the article to designate the article as part of this project. {{User Project Member|Locations}} — Userbox for participants of this project. {{stub|Location}} — Designates this article relating to Pokémon world locations as a stub.