Dragon Quest Wiki:Manual of Style
The following is the Dragon Quest Wiki manual of style. It is considered the "Style policy" for this wiki and all articles and content should adhere to it. Questions and comments can be made on the this article's discussion page as necessary. New style rules or modifications to existing rules should be suggested on the Dragon Quest Wiki policies article.
Adherence to Wikipedia Manual of Style
In general, this wiki adheres to Wikipedia's Manual of Style. Specific exceptions to these styles are given below on a case by case basis. However, it is generally advisable to follow the Wikipedia guidelines in areas which are not specifically addressed.
General style rules
- The article name, when first mentioned, should be bold.
- Game names and song titles should be italicized.
- In general, abbreviations or other shorthand should be avoided: when referring to Dragon Quest V, spell out the full title of the game, don't abbreviate it as DQV or DQ5. The same goes for role-playing game. Even though most editors will likely understand what you mean, the casual user may not be familiar enough with gaming terminology to make sense of what many of us take for granted.
- Games in the Dragon Quest series are numbered using Roman numerals, not Arabic numerals. In other words, you should refer to Dragon Quest IX, not Dragon Quest 9.
Localization rule
Generally, articles shall use the most recent English localization for the article name. In the first sentence, the Japanese kana and corresponding romanji should be given; any alternate English localization(s) should be given and bolded; a redirect to the article from the alternate English name is required.
Exceptions
- Abbreviations. Where the name has been abbreviated due to text size limitations, the name as it is intended to be written in English should be used.
Spell articles
(Policy replaced by current localization rule. zenithian 14:59, 30 November 2010 (CST))
Articles for spells from Dragon Quest shall be created using the original Japanese, with a combination of the Kana and Romaji. Redirects from the various English localizations are also required.
Example:
Policy added by Zenithian 14:37, 24 May 2010 (EDT). See also the discussion page for more on how this policy was created.