elanthipedia:Manual of Style
This page is part of the Elanthipedia's Manual of Style section. This page lists information for the standardization of articles and templates, as set down by community consensus.
- If you disagree with or have suggestions for improvement of the standards, please post on the accompanying talk page and give ample time for debate before making any edits. Failure to follow this proceedure will result in removal of your edits.
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This Manual of Style lists the accepted styles for the naming, presentation, and standardization of various types of pages. Please consult it if you are unsure as to how to do your page.
General Style
Naming
Capitalization of articles should follow the rules that would apply as if you were typing the article into a sentence. "Zoluren shops" not "Zoluren Shops" and "Warrior Mage spells" not "Warrior Mage Spells." The only capitalized things should be names, titles, place names, and guilds, with some exceptions.
The default naming style for all pages is singular. A page about maces would be "Mace;" a page about the creature Dragon Priest would be "Dragon Priest." This is because in general we're not describing all maces, just the concept of what a mace is. However, there are several exceptions.
- All categories or category-like pages should be plural. If a page's primary purpose is to be a list, then it most likely should be plural.
- Organizations that are plural in their name should remain plural.
- Items that are inseperable and plural should remain so. "A set of rings" should remain plural. This does not apply to separable items, such as "bolts" or "arrows."
Forms
Forms have been created to help ease the addition of information for those who are not familiar with editing Wikis.
Redirects
The general rule for redirects is that if you need to consider it, do it. If you create a page name "Blahblah flower" and think someone might instead look for it under "Blahblah blossom," then a redirect can be useful.
References and Credit
While we greatly appreciate the work of other websites in cataloging data, this is not the same thing as saying that it should be referenced in the text. Unless the information is directly or paraphrased from another site (which should be avoided whenever possible), no credit is necessary.
Any information that is a direct output from the game or information that can be derived by anyone, is by its nature not the work of the writer.
If for some reason it is necessary to credit another site for their work, then the best method is via the <ref></ref> reference tags.