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==General Article Guide==
==General Article Guide==
* Article title must follow the subject's official name, e.g. "[[Revolver]]" instead of "Squall'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 Airships".  
* 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. "[[King Horne]]''.
**For characters, the character's name should be given with no title, unless to avoid tags, e.g. "[[Queen Zeal]]''.
**For subjects without official names, please use the most accepted title - discussions encouraged - and place {{tl|Nameless}} at the top of the article, e.g. "[[First Tsurugi]]".
* 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.  
**For gameplay articles such as enemies and items, the exact name must be used. For character and location articles, the full name should be used including titles, e.g. "[[Cecil Harvey]]".
**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]]".
** The Japanese term should be included in the intro after the bold subject term within parentheses and included with the romaji, written in italics, e.g. '''Light of Judgment''' (裁きの光, ''Sabaki no Hikari''). Pages that use infoboxes are exempt of this since the infoboxes already have sections for the Japanese term.
* 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".
** The "International Phonetics Alphabet" (IPA) guide should be mentioned on the introductory sentences; for voiced characters, in the sentence which notes the character's voice actor/actress. Pages that use infoboxes are exempt of this, since the infoboxes already have sections for the IPA.
* When writing the article content, game titles should be written in ''italics'', e.g. ''Final Fantasy IX'' and song titles should be with "quotation marks", e.g. "Prelude".
* 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 ''FFVII'' - it should be ''Final Fantasy VII'', and gaming systems e.g. PS - it should be ''PlayStation''. Exceptions are for spaces where the full name would not fit.
* 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.
* Follow the official game title and use roman numerals, it's ''Final Fantasy III'', ''NOT'' Final Fantasy 3.
* Wikilinking is limited to the first occurrence of the word or phrase.
* Wikilinking is limited to the first occurrence of the word or phrase.


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