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Hordes at 15:43, 13 February 2026

2026-02-13T15:43:34Z

Hordes: /* Tone */

2026-02-13T15:41:04Z

‎Tone

Hordes at 06:40, 26 February 2024

2024-02-26T06:40:48Z

Hordes at 22:43, 17 September 2023

2023-09-17T22:43:12Z

Hordes at 22:35, 17 September 2023

2023-09-17T22:35:28Z

Hordes: /* Section names */ +layout and +effect, which I've been using for a while

2023-09-16T23:11:13Z

‎Section names: +layout and +effect, which I've been using for a while

Hordes: species

2023-07-11T05:08:32Z

species

Hordes: /* Section names */ "Desirability" is common for many items

2023-07-06T20:44:07Z

‎Section names: "Desirability" is common for many items

Hordes: /* Section names */

2023-07-06T20:14:29Z

‎Section names

Ge0ff: /* Tone */ someone on #crawl-dev recommended this site for checking Australian spelling; links to other resources are welcome too

2023-07-06T14:37:59Z

‎Tone: someone on #crawl-dev recommended this site for checking Australian spelling; links to other resources are welcome too

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 Terms used in the game should use Dungeon Crawl's spelling ([[artefact]], [[armour]]...), which is generally in [https://australian-dictionary.com.au Australian English]. However, the rest of the wiki should use Americanized spelling and grammar. Example:
-*The brand [[valour]] uses Australian English.
+*When discussing the brand, [[valour]], use Australian English for "valour".
-*The phrase "digression is the better part of valor" uses American English for "valor".
+*When using the phrase, "discretion is the better part of valor", use American English for "valor".
 Articles about removed features should continue to use present tense, as many previous versions of Crawl are still readily available.

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 CrawlWiki is not just an encyclopedia of [[Dungeon Crawl]], but articles should be written in a largely encyclopedic tone. That means clearly separating facts from comments, by putting strategy tips in their own section, and comments on the talk page.
-Terms used in the game should use Dungeon Crawl's spelling ([[artefact]], [[armour]]...), which is generally in [https://australian-dictionary.com.au Australian English]. However, the rest of the wiki should use Americanized spelling and grammar.
+Terms used in the game should use Dungeon Crawl's spelling ([[artefact]], [[armour]]...), which is generally in [https://australian-dictionary.com.au Australian English]. However, the rest of the wiki should use Americanized spelling and grammar. Example:
 Articles about removed features should continue to use present tense, as many previous versions of Crawl are still readily available.

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 CrawlWiki is not just an encyclopedia of [[Dungeon Crawl]], but articles should be written in a largely encyclopedic tone. That means clearly separating facts from comments, by putting strategy tips in their own section, and comments on the talk page.
-Terms used in the game should use Dungeon Crawl's spelling (artefact, armour...), which is generally in [https://australian-dictionary.com.au Australian English]. However, the rest of the wiki should use Americanized spelling and grammar.
+Terms used in the game should use Dungeon Crawl's spelling ([[artefact]], [[armour]]...), which is generally in [https://australian-dictionary.com.au Australian English]. However, the rest of the wiki should use Americanized spelling and grammar.
 ==Article names==
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 ==Capitalization==
-Capitalizing should be done on proper nouns only. Capitalizing is reserved for uniques and artefacts. The ring of the Nine Firedrakes does get capitals, because that's its name. Notice how 'ring' isn't even capitalized, as being a ring isn't special. An amulet of faith is not in title case, either; it is a regular amulet with the faith ego. You don't call a long sword 'the Long Sword', after all.
+Capitalizing should be done on proper nouns only. Capitalizing is reserved for uniques and artefacts. The ring of the Nine Firedrakes does get capitals, because that's its name. Notice how the word 'ring' isn't even capitalized, as being a ring isn't special. An amulet of faith is not in title case, either; it is a regular amulet with the faith ego. You don't call a long sword 'the Long Sword', after all.
 [[Species]] names should generally be in uppercase, as formatted in the [https://github.com/crawl/crawl/blob/master/crawl-ref/docs/crawl_manual.rst#list-of-character-species manual].

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 *Desirability - for items, specifically [[artefact]]s
-*Sources - for items or [[brand]]s
+*Sources - for items, [[brand]]s, and [[status effect]]s
 *Layout - for [[branch]]es
-*Effect - for [[status effect]]s
+*Effect - for [[status effect]]s (see [[Slow]], which is both a status and spell)
 *Appreciates / Depreciates - for [[god]]s

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 Some sections are common to many articles. Try to use one of these for the section header rather than a variant like "Source", "Previous versions", or "External Links". Known standard sections are:
 *Useful Info
 *Strategy
 *Tips & Tricks
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 *History
 *References
 ==References==