Meta:Fact

What’s a fact?

A fact in Amapedia is a piece of information about the subject of an article. Every article can have many facts; each fact consists of a name and optionally a list of values.

What do they look like?

For example, a "singleton fact" (name-only) such as Side Quests on a computer game would indicate, presumably, that it featured side quests; "multi-part facts" (facts with a name and a list of values) such as Publisher: Atari or Designer: Sid Meyer, Brian Reynolds can convey specific information about different aspects of a product.

Why use facts?

Navigating 

From any fact name or value page, you can quickly jump to any article that refers to it in a fact.

Comparing 

In comparison tables, fact names become rows or columns, and fact values appear in the cells.

Searching 

Facts are searchable. For example, search for "Atari" to get all articles in Amapedia with a fact like Publisher: Atari.

How do I give facts to an article?

Add each fact on its own line in the Facts box on the article’s edit page. For a singleton fact, just type the name. For a multi-part fact, type the name, a colon (:), and each value. Separate multiple values with commas (,). If the value itself contains a comma, precede that comma with a backslash (\). Some examples:

As you type, amapedia will suggest names and values users typically enter for other like products.

Can facts be subjective or imprecise?

Yes, despite the name. Should a fact you list become controversial or lead to a revert war, it probably belongs in the Description section as a "controversial issue".

The thing is, there can only be one current set of facts for an article. It is up to the community to decide if something belongs there or not, whether it should be a singleton or multi-part fact (or even a "This Is A" tag), what the fact’s name should be, and what standard format (if any) the values should take.