Editing Dragon Quest Wiki:Manual of Style

The following is the {{SITENAME}} 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|{{SITENAME}} policies article]].  

===Adherence to Wikipedia Manual of Style===
In general, this wiki adheres to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style 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==

===Article names for spells===
'''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:
* [[Ruura]] (article name in Romaji)
* ルーラ (article's original Kana)
* [[Return]], [[Zoom]] (redirects to the article ''Ruura'')

'''Policy added by [[User:Zenithian|Zenithian]] 14:37, 24 May 2010 (EDT)'''. See also the discussion page for more on how this policy was created.