RuneScape:Style guide/Transcripts

A quest transcript is a lengthy, largely uninteresting manuscript, although many of them hold hidden gems of information not found elsewhere. This guide is designed to make those transcripts easier to navigate and read.

Header
All quest transcripts should have quest at the top of the article. This adds it to the correct category and adds attribution to Jagex as the copyright holder.

Next should be the list of notable NPCs that are featured in the quest. As a rule of thumb, if they have a page describing them as a separate personality/character they should be noted. For example, Moia would get a mention whereas Man would not. This list should be in the format: NPC 1, NPC 2, NPC 3, and NPC 4 This produces:

Following this should be the first header. Use appropriate names relating to the location of event occurring at that time in the quest. A new header should be used for every change of location.

Format
Dialogue should be in the following format:
 * Player: Dialogue
 * NPC: Dialogue
 * Player: Dialogue (Option 1)
 * NPC: Dialogue
 * Player: Dialogue
 * Player: Dialogue (Option 2)
 * NPC: Dialogue
 * Player: Dialogue
 * NPC: Dialogue
 * Player: Dialogue

Every time a new option is a explored another indent should be used, until that line of conversation is exhausted.

Separating dialogue
Dialogue in separate chat boxes, but spoken by the same personality should not be split, unless it is interrupted by another personality. For example: Would become In the next example nothing would change due to an interruption:
 * NPC: Dialogue.
 * NPC: More dialogue.
 * NPC: Even more dialogue.
 * NPC: Dialogue. More dialogue. Even more dialogue.
 * NPC 1: Dialogue.
 * NPC 2: More dialogue.
 * NPC 1: Even more dialogue.

Actions
qact is to be used each time there is an action or event that is not explicitly stated by dialogue. This is to make the dialogue easier to follow. Examples of this might include:
 * A player teleporting.
 * A cutscene starting.
 * A player picking something up relevant to the quest.

Transcripts in progress
An incomplete transcript should be labelled with reasons for incompleteness. This allows other editors to know how far you've got and can help you finish the transcript quicker. It also allows for options that are not shown by quest videos or options you might not have picked up when you went through the quest. There have been glitches where some dialogue becomes inaccessible after certain points.

Inuse should be used to denote when you are working on a transcript. As transcripts are generally large, edit conflicts are inevitable somewhere down the line. This template lets other editors know when you are working on a transcript, but remember to remove it when you are finished.