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I'm not sure if this is being needlessly specific, but it's good to have the guidelines listed somewhere.
(Catchphrases always work the best. Also, "not advisable to avoid" may not have been the most clear wording.) |
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In general, the second or subsequent words in article titles should not be capitalized unless the title is a proper noun that would always be capitalized, even in the middle of a sentence. For example, even though words such as "Frigate" or "Point Defense System" are capitalized in infoboxes in ''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide'', these should be considered secondary to the more grammatically correct lowercase spellings found in most canonical material. Likewise, while weapon names are capitalized in most of the games (e.g. "Plasma Rifle"), the wiki follows the lowercase renderings used in the novels ("plasma rifle"). It should be noted, however, that ''proper names'' and ''formal designations'' should be capitalized accordingly; thus, the descriptor "BR55HB SR battle rifle" is rendered in lower case, while the weapon's formal name "BR55 Heavy Barrel Service Rifle", uses capital letters. Similarly, proper names like "Warthog" or "Pelican" are invariably capitalized. | In general, the second or subsequent words in article titles should not be capitalized unless the title is a proper noun that would always be capitalized, even in the middle of a sentence. For example, even though words such as "Frigate" or "Point Defense System" are capitalized in infoboxes in ''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide'', these should be considered secondary to the more grammatically correct lowercase spellings found in most canonical material. Likewise, while weapon names are capitalized in most of the games (e.g. "Plasma Rifle"), the wiki follows the lowercase renderings used in the novels ("plasma rifle"). It should be noted, however, that ''proper names'' and ''formal designations'' should be capitalized accordingly; thus, the descriptor "BR55HB SR battle rifle" is rendered in lower case, while the weapon's formal name "BR55 Heavy Barrel Service Rifle", uses capital letters. Similarly, proper names like "Warthog" or "Pelican" are invariably capitalized. | ||
*The same applies for species names. Even though the names of alien species, such as "[[Sangheili]]" or "[[Forerunner]]", are invariably capitalized, "[[human]]" is not, following the standard in virtually all official sources. | |||
*There are certain idiosyncrasies to Halopedia's capitalization standards which may not be immediately obvious from official fiction due to contradictions between different pieces of media. One of these is the capitalization of "Spartan". When referring to the [[SPARTAN programs]] in a formal sense, the word "SPARTAN" is written in all capitals. However, the soldiers produced by the programs are referred to only as "Spartans". This applies to the programs both as a whole and individually (e.g. the [[SPARTAN-II program]], which produced the Spartan-II supersoldiers). The same rules apply to the usage of the name [[MJOLNIR]]. | |||
The same applies | Articles' titles are always capitalized on top of the page even if that term would not be capitalized in running text. For example, [[assault cannon]] is rendered as "Assault cannon" in the title. However, this does not mean that such descriptive titles should be spelled with a capital letter in running text. The same applies to the titling of image categories. For example, the image category for [[armor abilities]] should be titled [[:Category:Images of armor abilities]] rather than "Images of Armor abilities" despite the article's title appearing as "Armor abilities" on top of the page. | ||
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*'''Spelling''': unless written as otherwise, the preferred spelling is American English. | *'''Spelling''': unless written as otherwise, the preferred spelling is American English. | ||
*'''Italics''': titles of any media and ships in the Halo universe should always be italicized (i.e. ''Halo 3'', ''The Art of Halo'', ''Halo: Landfall'', UNSC ''Forward Unto Dawn'', ''Truth and Reconciliation''). An exception to this would be those for [[Help:References|citation purposes]]. | *'''Italics''': titles of any media and ships in the Halo universe should always be italicized (i.e. ''Halo 3'', ''The Art of Halo'', ''Halo: Landfall'', UNSC ''Forward Unto Dawn'', ''Truth and Reconciliation''). An exception to this would be those for [[Help:References|citation purposes]]. | ||
*''' | *'''Boldface''': in any article introduction, the article's title/name must be '''bolded'''. The introduction title/name should not have links within them. | ||
*'''Measurement''': unless presented as such, always use the [[wikipedia:Metric system|Metric system]] over [[wikipedia:United States customary units|US customary units]] as the primary measurement. Make sure to present the US customary units in brackets after the metric system (i.e. 130 kg (286 lbs), 2.18 meters (7'2")). | *'''Measurement''': unless presented as such, always use the [[wikipedia:Metric system|Metric system]] over [[wikipedia:United States customary units|US customary units]] as the primary measurement. Make sure to present the US customary units in brackets after the metric system (i.e. 130 kg (286 lbs), 2.18 meters (7'2")). | ||