General Hospital Wiki:Character page tutorial


 * This page is a basic sample character page. For a true example, look at the edit page of any character page.  Anything typed in italics is instructions.

If the page is a stub, that is, if it only includes the short paragraph about the character and no storylines, include the stub template first. ''Copy the following infobox (found at Template:Infobox soap character) onto the page. You don't have to include fields for information you don't have for the character, but it's nice to in case the information needs to be added later. For instructions on what to type in each field, see the template page linked above.''

''Type a brief paragraph about the character and actor(s)/actress(es) who have played him/her. The character's full (legal) name should be in bold and include their title (if any), suffix (Jr., Sr., etc, if any), and all previous (legal) names listed in parentheses (in order of birth to most recent, use né for birth names of males and née for birth names of females), followed by "was/is a fictional character on the soap opera General Hospital e.g.: Dr. John Doe Smith, Jr. (né Black, formerly White, Gray, and Johnson) is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. The character was originated in 2011 by actor Peter Martin.  Actor Paul Cooper has portrayed the character since 2012. ''Next, the sections should be included.  If there is information about the character before they appeared on the show, use ==Background== or the like, then use ==Storylines== for the storylines on the show. If the character is minor and doesn't have many storylines, you can simply use ==History== or the like to cover everything. If the character has many storylines, use subsections. Each new subsection should have an additional = on each side of the section name. The storlyines should (usually) be written in present tense. After the storylines, additional sections may be entered (e.g. ==Crimes committed==) '' ==Background== He was talked about before he appeared on the show, etc....  ==Storlyines== ===Arrival=== He arrives in PC in June of 2011, etc...  ===New girlfriend=== He gets a new girlfriend, etc.... ''After all the sections, ==References== should be listed, followed by. Additional references may be included using bullets ( * ).'' ==References== The appropriate show's navigation (usually General Hospital) should then be included. Then any family navigations the character belongs to should be included. ''Then the defaultsort template should be included. The name should be last, first. If the character is a Sr, Jr, III, etc, use I, II, or III so that it sorts the page properly''