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− | CrawlWiki has no formal style guide as of yet. Changes should be discussed on the talk page.
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− | (currently this style guide is shamelessly copied from the nethackwiki style guide)
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− | == Tone ==
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− | CrawlWiki is not just an encyclopedia of ''DCSS'', but articles in the main namespace should be written in a largely encyclopaedic tone. That means clearly separating facts from comments, by putting strategy tips in their own section, and comments on the talk page. Spelling and grammar should follow (american/british standardized?) rules.
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− | Please keep your sentences short, especially if your native language favors long ones.
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− | == Article names ==
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− | Try to be consistent with existing articles:
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− | * Name most pages with lowercase letters, like [[scroll of identify]], but use uppercase for proper nouns, like [[Orb of Zot]].
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− | * Prefer singular to plural (i.e. [[Dragon]] instead of [[Dragons]])
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− | * Redirect acronyms like [[GDA]] to pages like [[gold dragon armour]]. However, [[identification]], [[scroll of identify]], and [[spellbook of identify]] can be three separate pages.
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− | The first time the article name appears in the main text, it should be '''bolded'''. This includes the titles of any redirects redirecting to the article. In-game messages documented in a definition list will be bolded automatically:
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− | ; "You feel centered in your personal space."
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− | : You gained teleport control through eating a corpse, while hallucinating
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− | formats into
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− | ; "You feel centered in your personal space."
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− | : You gained teleport control through eating a corpse, while hallucinating
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− | ===Redirects===
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− | When creating a new article, redirect variations on that name to it, to avoid someone duplicating the article under a slightly different title.
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− | For in-game messages, redirect the message (e.g. [[The golden haze around you disappears]]) to the article about the thing that caused it. If the message can have multiple causes, create a disambiguation page (e.g. [[Your skin feels warm for a moment]]).
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− | The syntax for a redirect is like this:
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− | #REDIRECT <nowiki>[[spellbook of protection]]</nowiki>
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− | See [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Redirect] for help creating redirects.
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− | ===Other links===
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− | [http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/NetHackWiki:Style_guide nethackwiki style guide]
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− | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style wiki's manual of style]
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