Arcphoenix and I are collaborating on this post to combine both a format and a checklist which users can use for making suggestions.

It will contain two parts:

A format you may use for different types of suggestions [By 50ap5ud5 and Arcphoenix]

Part 2: A checklist that helps the user reflect on improving their suggestion. [By ArcPhoneix]

 Note: If you making suggestions on Tardises, use the following threads.

Tardis exterior thread

Tardis interior thread

Blocks/items/ores:

Name of Block/item/ore:

Description:

Lore/Brief Background:

How does the player obtain it:

Why should this be implemented:

Image(rough sketch/draft acceptable):

Any other information:

 Mobs:

 Name of Mob:

 Description:

 Lore/Brief Background:

 Behaviour:

• How it attacks players:
• Spawning(Biomes/dimension, spawn rate):
• Nature (Hostile/Passive/Neutral):
• Anger Triggers:
• Special Traits:
• Drops:
• Abilities:
• Notable weaknesses:

Why should this be implemented:

Image(rough sketch/draft acceptable):

Any other information:

Feature/System (e.g. Tardis Flight/Currency System):

 Name of Feature:

Description:

Lore/Brief Background:

How does this affect gameplay:

Image(rough sketch/draft acceptable):

Any other information:

Food:

Crafting Recipe/Ingredients: 

(Include things here such as Mobs it drops from, grow-able crops, crafting station, etc.)

Effects:

Any other information:

 Planets/Timezone

Name of Planet:

Description of Planet:

Landscape:

Randomly Generating Structures:

• Make sure you do these as bullets.
• Only list them here.
  • You can describe them after the planet itself.

Hazards (if any):

Planets/Timezones Thorough/Advanced Format

These tend to take a bit more organization, but here's an example of a base outline that could be used: link

Vehicle Format

Vehicle:

As Seen in:

How to obtain:

Fuel (If the Vehicle uses Fuel): 

Mobility: (ie: Grounded, Flying, Hovering, On the Water, Underwater, etc)

Abilities:

Enchantment 

Enchantment Name:

Description:

Usable on: (Mention a tool or clothing item here. ie: Pickaxe, Shovel, Helmet)

Levels:

• (Include these as bullets and use Roman Numberals to differentiate between strengths. ie: Valeyard I)

Exp Cost Per Level:

• (Include these as bullets and use Roman Numberals to differentiate between strengths. ie: Valeyard I)

Any other Information: 

 Credit: Format is based on the IKingSSGC thread

Part 2: Suggestions Checklist: Please use this for review.

My suggestion for people making suggestions:

Please, ask yourself these things before posting a suggestion thread

1. Has it already been suggested? (please actually take the time to look.)

The forums don't need duplicate threads (it wastes  the time of the team when reading through suggestions) and you may be able to combine your ideas with someone else for an even better suggestion

2. Has the team already mentioned what I'm suggesting for future updates, was it in a past version, or is it already in the mod?

If so, don't post.

3. Am I suggesting a fix for a bug?

Then put it in the bug reporting section

4. Have I really said want I wanted?

Empty undetailed "one word" posts just don't really help anyone.

5. Have I been as thorough and detailed as I can be?

6. Would this cause any balancing issues? If so, have I covered them?

Nothing in game needs to be gamebreaking or OP 

7. Have I thought of how this might be exploited and how to prevent it?

8. Is this reasonably programmable?

People have to code these ideas you know.

9. Am I posting in the proper section?

The devs are less likely to notice your posts in other spots and quite arguably, it can be said you're making off-topic threads if you post suggestions in places other than the suggestions section.

10. Have I thought of potential bugs that may come up? Have I thought of how the team can deal with them if they do occur?

(ie: "Just make sure you test it though if it gets added, you don't want a user deleting 75% of the forums" -Me in my "Deleting threads and comments" suggestion)

11. Do I contradict myself anywhere in my suggestion?

12. Am I being clear and consistent?

13. Would someone who hasn't seen the story this originated from be able to understand what I'm suggesting?

14. Could I state this in a better way or use more proper wording?

15. Is my Post clean, neat, and organized?

• Take a look at this thread for instance. The traditional format wasn't used, but this is still a very clean neat, and ordered thread

16. Did I use proper grammar and spelling?

(This is something I see not done far more often than it should be done)

17. Have I properly Credited anyone I may have taken ideas from? Additionally, did I specify which ideas aren't mine and clearly indicate for each idea exactly which ideas came from which person?

18. Is my suggestion easy to follow, easy to read, and easy to look at? (See some of my posts) 

19. Have I properly Inserted my images

Here's how you insert Images 

1.  Find the image you want in google
2.  CLick on it to make it bigger
3.  Right click and choose "Open image in a new Tab"
4.  Copy the url from the top
5.  Go back to the swd page and edit your post
6. Choose insert image
7. Paste the url and set the dimensions (size) of your image

20. Does any of my suggestion contradict Who Canon and did I research my suggestion (if it came from the show)?

Basically, this just is making sure you have your facts straight and that your suggestion wouldn't conflict with the Who Canon (ie: 1st having a Sonic screwdriver, Lumic Cybermen being weak to gold, or something like the Brigadier as a Unit Soldier (although this is debatable) would all conflict with the show's canon or be very innacurate) 

21. Tips for researching for more infrmation and a note about the Canocity of Doctor Who

If you only watch Post-Rose, there's a lot you're missing. I recommend checking out the Tardis wiki when you have ideas.

You can often find more information abut things that you may have never even known about.

Did you know that Doctor Who's canon includes

• The first 8 Doctors (Technically, the so called "revived series" is really just a continuation of the so called "classic series." It isn't a reboot.)
• The Comic Stories
• The Audio Stories
• A number of the books
• The games
• Quite a lot of other things actually. To be honest, pretty much anything that hasn't been called "non-canon" is usually considered canon.

I personally only watch the show, but taking a good look at the pages of Tardis wiki can really help provide to you more information on what you are posting about.

I recommend taking a look at source material too if you can,  but it's more of a preference to me than a necessity.  

22. Here's an example of a good suggestion 

 I give the name and an image, and I talk about where the mob spawns, taming, statistics, breeding (it can't breed), special spawning conditions, its behavior, where it came from, and special traits. I mention what makes it an awesome steed while still giving some good reasons to still use vanilla horses as an alternative.

I also did research for this topic within Tardis wiki. I don't own Spare Parts, but I read enough about it to put together my suggestions related to the story.

50. (Yes, I just skipped the numbers 22-49.) (Aka "50's Nitpick") "Please try and use proper spelling ,grammar and full stops. It's recommended if you would like your idea to be considered."

AN. ( aka "Number Arc's Nitpick") (Optional, but helpful) Never ever ever say Season 1 when referring to the 9th Doctor. It's Series 1. It may seem a bit nitpicky, but it REALLY makes a difference when posting suggestions. The 9th Doctor's actual season number is really 27. It can be tough to remember that sometimes so it can help to use the "Series 1" Name when refferring to the 9th Doctor's first season. Alternately, you can use the terms "Pre-Rose" to refer to the episodes from Unearthly Child to Survival and or "Post-Rose" to refer to episodes from Rose to the most recent episode. Both terms I thought up and this whole rule isn't really necessary tbh. It does however help people to know whether you're referring to this (Season 1) or this (Series One) when you say season 1. Again, just a minor nitpick by me (thus the name of this number) but it really helps with communication about Doctor Who as a whole.

Helpful tip: If you want to convert a Series into a season number, just add 26 (The Season of the current Series (Series 9) is really Season 35 for instance) 

 Feedback: If there's anything else I should add here, please feel free to leave a comment, thank you

Tips:

1. Look at how other people format their suggestions. It can help sometimes
2. This is only a recommended format, you may of course change it according to your needs. As long as it's organised and well written, it's fine.
3. Feel free to come up with your own style of formatting

Think you could add a food format based on this?

https://swdteam.com/forum?p=thread&tid=605

Food:

As Seen in (Optional):

Crafting Ingredients/Obtaining:

• Include things here such as Mobs it drops from, grow-able crops, crafting station, etc.

Effects:

• Effect 1
  • Details on Effect 1
• Effect 2

Products (What you can make with it):

As a Food (Recommended, but not necessary):

• Details on how it effects Saturation/Hunger

Any other information:

what would i use for suggesting a planet??

 Planets... Well, Planets are VERY complicated. I can link a few of mine for examples if you'd like

that would be nice thanks arc

If it's going to be a REALLY detailed post, I'd do something a bit like this.

If you're only suggesting the planet itself, I'll see if I can put together some kind of format you can use

thank you arc, appreciate it

Example Planet format

question: how do i get the underline to stop carrying on

 You can mouse over the part you don't want underlined, then hit ctrl+u

ah thank you

Accidentally made a new comment :P

link to Planet suggestion

https://swdteam.com/forum?p=thread&tid=961&page=1#t_post_id_7316

Can you make a suggestion format for Vehicles pls?

 I'll see what I can put together