Mass Effect Wiki:Manual of Style/Weapons

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A table below can be used for weapon formatting.

Contents 1 Weapon's brand name 2 Weapon's brand name 3 Avalanche 4 Avalanche

[edit] Weapon's brand name

{| border="0" style="border:1px solid #666999; margin-bottom: 1.5em;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|- align="center" 
| align="left" | '''Weapon Level:''' || width="20px"|I ||  width="20px"|II ||  width="20px"|III || width="20px"|IV || width="20px"|V || width="20px"|VI || width="20px"|VII || width="20px"|VIII || width="20px"|IX || width="20px"|X
|- align="center"
| align="left" |'''Manufacturer:''' || colspan="10"|[[Manufacturer's name]]
|- align="center"
| align="left" |'''Damage:''' || I || II || III || IV || V || VI || VII || VIII || IX || X
|- align="center"
| align="left" |'''Shots Before Overheat:''' || I || II || III || IV || V || VI || VII || VIII || IX || X
|- align="center"
| align="left" |'''Accuracy Rating:''' || I || II || III || IV || V || VI || VII || VIII || IX || X
|-
|}

Which produces:

[edit] Weapon's brand name

Weapon Level:	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
Manufacturer:	[[Manufacturer's name]]
Damage:	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
Shots Before Overheat:	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
Accuracy Rating:	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X

Take the usage above and:

1. Replace Weapon's brand name with the brand name of the weapon, for example Avalanche. Avalanche being a brand name of shotgun.
2. Replace Manufacturer's name with the name of the manufacturer. In the Avalanche example the manufacturer is Armax Arsenal.
3. Enter the damage, shots before overheat, and accuracy rating for that model number I-X in the numbered column.

Adding the avalanche stats produces:

[edit] Avalanche

Weapon Level:	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
Manufacturer:	Armax Arsenal
Damage:	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	260	VIII	IX	X
Shots Before Overheat:	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	6.1	VIII	IX	X
Accuracy Rating:	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	81	VIII	IX	X

To be listed under the == Weapon types == with other models. Specific models of specific types of firearms can then be linked to using [[Name of the weapon#Model]] (e.g. Shotguns#Avalanche or Avalanche shotguns).

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Alternatively: Repeating the levels (I-X) for each row makes it difficult to see the stats. A neutral marker (like '-') sometimes works better and makes it *much* easier to see values. Also, this version moves the manufacturer up so it doesn't separate the values from the headings.

[edit] Avalanche

Manufacturer:	Armax Arsenal
Weapon Level:	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
Damage:	-	-	-	-	-	-	260	-	-	-
Shots Before Overheat:	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.1	-	-	-
Accuracy Rating:	-	-	-	-	-	-	81	-	-	-