Bulbapedia:Project Routes

Some Bulbapedia members have formed a project to better organize efforts to write and improve articles about Routes in the Pokémon World. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page or, if you would like to join this project, you can sign up below.

Project Routes

Scope and aims

Project Routes covers all articles about Routes in the Pokémon World.

The ultimate goal is to create and standardize articles for every route, numbered and not numbered, such as Hoenn's Jagged Pass or Kanto's Diglett's Cave, that has been featured in the Pokémon games and anime. Currently, this project covers every route in the regions of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and the Sevii Islands.

Participants

To join the project, simply add your name to the bottom of this list:

TwinsMetsFan - creator and leader of the project.
Tom Temprotran
Admachina
Chosen
Pokemonlover56
Pterodactal
Blueglasshead
Manaphy9
FrozenPandaMan
Poke-Matt
Flame alex
HoennMaster
Pikachu610
Berrymaster
LugiaFan
H4r8z0r
Chocolate
Leaf Storm
UltimateSephiroth
** LV X **
S1tHSL4y3r
Naruto Uzumaki
Galm
Clarky13
DAWN FAN
ShinjiLover
Cyndermew
Pokemonguy1

How you can help

You can help by opening the List of Routes in the Pokémon World and selecting any route in red (which means that there is no article for it yet) and starting that article, or opening any route that you can provide more information about.

Most of the existing route articles need to be modified to comply with the project standard (see below). You can open Category:Route articles needing work and review what has been noted to need work there. Also, you can check Category:Route stubs to see which articles need expanding.

Routes in Category:Routes needing screenshots have been converted to the new standard but are missing screenshots for the infobox. You can open this category, see which routes are listed and, if possible, upload a screenshot of that route to Bulbagarden Archives. Once the image has been uploaded, the Template:Routeimage tag can be removed.

Bulbapedia:Project Routes/To-do list

Structure

Infobox information

Articles should use Template:RouteInfo, and all known info should be supplied. Route maps may be taken from [1], as they are fair use.

Main Section

Untitled section that describes the route. Depending on the route this section may just name the direction (E/W or N/S) and termination points, or may go into considerable detail. However, the majority of detail, should be reserved for the next section.

Route description

This section is for describing the route itself. The progression of the main path of the route should be described from north to south, east to west unless it makes more sense to describe the route using other directions, such as Routes 3 and 25.

Items

A list of items found on the route as well as a description of their location on the route.

Pokémon

A list of Pokémon that appear along the route 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.

On routes that have multiple ways to encounter Pokémon, they should be listed in this order:

Grass (Sand in the case of Route 111; Seaweed for Underwater pathways)
Fishing
Surfing
Rock Smash
Headbutt
Dive

Any of the above items that does not apply to the route does not need to be listed.

Lists should be organised 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 NationalDex number.

The list should take the form of the following:

Gen I

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
	Pikachu	R	B	Y	Location	Levels	%
	Pikachu	R	B	Y	Location	Levels	%
	Pikachu	R	B	Y	Location	Levels	%
	Pikachu	R	B	Y	Location	Levels	%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Gen II

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Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Pikachu	G	S	C	Location	Levels	%
Morning
	Pikachu	G	S	C	Location	Levels	%
Day
	Pikachu	G	S	C	Location	Levels	%
Night
	Pikachu	G	S	C	Location	Levels	%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Gen III

RSE

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
	Pikachu	R	S	E	Location	Levels	%
	Pikachu	R	S	E	Location	Levels	%
	Pikachu	R	S	E	Location	Levels	%
	Pikachu	R	S	E	Location	Levels	%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

FRLG

Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
	Pikachu	FR	LG	Location	Levels	%
	Pikachu	FR	LG	Location	Levels	%
	Pikachu	FR	LG	Location	Levels	%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Gen IV

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
	Pikachu	D	P	Pt	Location	Levels	%
	Pikachu	D	P	Pt	Location	Levels	%
	Pikachu	D	P	Pt	Location	Levels	%
	Pikachu	D	P	Pt	Location	Levels	%
	Pikachu	D	P	Pt	Location (Any Gen III)	Levels	%
	Pikachu	D	P	Pt	Location (Ruby)	Levels	%
	Pikachu	D	P	Pt	Location (Sapphire)	Levels	%
	Pikachu	D	P	Pt	Location (FireRed)	Levels	%
	Pikachu	D	P	Pt	Location (LeafGreen)	Levels	%
	Pikachu	D	P	Pt	Location (Emerald)	Levels	%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

There are already several good examples of how to set these up, one of which is Route 2.

Differences among generations

If the route was featured in multiple versions and generations of Pokémon, the differences between those should be discussed here.

Trainer tips

Any trainer tips that are displayed on signs on the route in question should be listed here.

References

Place all references here.

External links

Place all external links which are not references here.

"Best-Practice" Articles

Best-practice articles have been set up at Route 2, Route 38 and Route 111. These articles will serve as the model articles for the rest of the project.

Goals

To organize, standardize, and expand the articles on Routes in the Pokémon World.
Numbered route articles should be named "Route N" where N is the route number. Non-numbered route articles should be named after the route in question.

List

The list page for Project Routes is List of Routes in the Pokémon World.

Infobox

Numbered Route

This is for a route that is numbered, such as Route 1, Route 29, Route 101, Route 201, and so on.

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Route 0

０番道路
Route 0

Connecting locations

None

Location
Kanto Route 0
Location of {{{name}}} in Kanto.

Template:RouteInfo. An example is to the right.

Cut and paste this into the route article:

{{RouteInfo 
|article_route=
|type=
|direction_a=
|terminus_a=
|junction=
|direction_b=
|terminus_b=
|region=
|generation=
|before=
|after=
}}

Substitutions as follows (if you have no info, then enter the tag with the equalsign and no value):
image (optional)	is the name of the image file name at Bulbagarden Archives. (If omitted - Route num.png, num representing the Route number.)
article_route	is the number of the route (e.g. 2 or 12 or 112)
alternate_name (optional)	is any alternate names of the route (e.g. 17 is Cycling Road)
type	is the type of route - land, road, water, or cave. This decides how the infobox is colored. (If omitted, color is white.)
direction_a	is north or east
terminus_a	is the northern or eastern terminus of the route, along with the next route(s) in that direction if possible
junction	is a list of the major junctions with other routes (e.g. Route 46 with Route 29) not including termini
direction_b	is south or west
terminus_b	is the southern or western terminus of the route, along with the next route(s) in that direction if possible
regionmap (optional)	is the map of the region the route is in with the route highlighted - (If omitted - (Region) Route(Number) Map.gif.)
region	is the region the route is located in
generation	is a list of all generations of games this route has appeared in. Handy template shortcuts include {{subst:Gen\|I}} for Generation I, {{subst:Gen\|II}} for Generation II, and {{subst:Gen\|III}} for Generation III.
before	Route prior to the article route
after	Route following the article route

Named Route

This is for the routes in the Sevii Islands or other, non-numbered routes between places.

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Sevault Canyon

０番道路
Route 0

File:SevaultCanyon.png

Connecting locations

None

Location
Sevii Islands Route 0
Location of Sevault Canyon in Sevii Islands.

Cut and paste this into the route article:

{{RouteInfo 
|name=
|size=
|image=
|sevii_island=
|type=
|direction_a=
|terminus_a=
|direction_b=
|terminus_b=
|regionmap=
|region=
|generation=
|junction=
|before_special=
|after_special=
}}

Substitutions as follows (if you have no info, then enter the tag with the equalsign and no value):
image (optional)	is the name of the image file name at Bulbagarden Archives. (If omitted - Route num.png, num representing the Route number.
name	is the name of the route as it appears on the map
sevii_island (optional)	if the route is part of the Sevii Islands, the name of the island (Knot, Boon, Kin, Floe, Chrono, Fortune, Quest) it is part of
type	is the type of route - land, road, water, or cave. This decides how the infobox is colored. (If omitted, color is white.)
direction_a	is north or east
terminus_a	is the northern or eastern terminus of the route
junction	is a list of the major junctions with other routes (e.g. Route 46 with Route 29) not including termini
direction_b	is south or west
terminus_b	is the southern or western terminus of the route
regionmap	is the map of the region the route is in with the route highlighted
region	is the region the route is located in
generation	is a list of all generations of games this route has appeared in. Handy template shortcuts include {{subst:Gen\|I}} for Generation I, {{subst:Gen\|II}} for Generation II, and {{subst:Gen\|III}} for Generation III.
before_special	Route encountered prior to the article route
after_special	Route encountered following the article route

Other templates

What to type

What it makes

Notes

This article is part of Project Routes, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every route in the Pokémon world.

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.

	This user is a member of Project Routes.

Userbox for participants of this project.

Template:Route cleanup

Designates the current article as in need of a cleanup, especially with regards to updating it to current standards as outlined in the Routes Bulbapedia Project.

Template:Route stub

Designates this article relating to Pokémon World routes as a stub.

Other projects

Parent project

The parent of this project is Project Locations.

Subprojects

No subprojects have been defined.

Related projects

Related projects include:

Project Cities and Towns