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==General Article Guide== | ==General Article Guide== | ||
* Article title must follow the subject's official name, e.g. "[[ | * Article title must follow the subject's official name, e.g. "[[Scythe]]" instead of "Magus's Weapon". It must also be written in Singular instead of Plural, e.g. "Gun" instead of "Guns" - exceptions are only when the article is a List, e.g. "List of Guns". | ||
**For characters, the character's name should be given with no title, unless to avoid tags, e.g. "[[ | **For characters, the character's name should be given with no title, unless to avoid tags, e.g. "[[Queen Zeal]]''. | ||
* Always include basic information about the subject when starting an article. The first sentence should have the subject written in '''bold'''. The first sentence should detail the name, classification, and game (or compilation, or series if it recurs). In succeeding sentences, the place where the thing is found, what the thing looks like (or sounds like if it is audio), and its purpose within its appearance. | * Always include basic information about the subject when starting an article. The first sentence should have the subject written in '''bold'''. The first sentence should detail the name, classification, and game (or compilation, or series if it recurs). In succeeding sentences, the place where the thing is found, what the thing looks like (or sounds like if it is audio), and its purpose within its appearance. | ||
**If the subject is referred to by multiple names, these must be mentioned in bold followed by the situation, e.g. "[[Mikoto]]". If the subject has different names in different languages, these must be mentioned including the versions, e.g. "[[Rinoa Heartilly]]". | **If the subject is referred to by multiple names, these must be mentioned in bold followed by the situation, e.g. "[[Mikoto]]". If the subject has different names in different languages, these must be mentioned including the versions, e.g. "[[Rinoa Heartilly]]". | ||
* When writing the article content, game titles should be written in ''italics'', e.g. ''Chrono Cross'' and song titles should be with "quotation marks", e.g. "Fight with Magus". | |||
* When writing the article content, game titles should be written in ''italics'', e.g. '' | |||
* The definite article (the) and indefinite articles (a/an) should be avoided in article titles except if they are used as the official title. | * The definite article (the) and indefinite articles (a/an) should be avoided in article titles except if they are used as the official title. | ||
* Please write in third person: use "the player" instead of "you". Disregard this when writing walkthroughs. | * Please write in third person: use "the player" instead of "you". Disregard this when writing walkthroughs. | ||
* Please avoid writing abbreviations for game titles, e.g '' | * Please avoid writing abbreviations for game titles, e.g ''CT'' - it should be ''Chrono Trigger'', and gaming systems e.g. PS - it should be ''PlayStation''. Exceptions are for spaces where the full name would not fit. | ||
* Wikilinking is limited to the first occurrence of the word or phrase. | * Wikilinking is limited to the first occurrence of the word or phrase. | ||