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Similarly, in content written from a real-world perspective, more well-known nomenclature should take precedence; for example, "Elites" instead of "Sangheili". Do note that certain instances of "popular" terminology (e.g. titles such as "the Master Chief" and "the Arbiter" in reference to [[John-117]] and [[Thel 'Vadam]], respectively) are also proper in-universe terms and their use is perfectly acceptable in in-universe content as long as the subject's proper name has been previously established in the context. | Similarly, in content written from a real-world perspective, more well-known nomenclature should take precedence; for example, "Elites" instead of "Sangheili". Do note that certain instances of "popular" terminology (e.g. titles such as "the Master Chief" and "the Arbiter" in reference to [[John-117]] and [[Thel 'Vadam]], respectively) are also proper in-universe terms and their use is perfectly acceptable in in-universe content as long as the subject's proper name has been previously established in the context. | ||
Phrases like "his ultimate fate is unknown" or "what happened to the ship after that is a mystery" should not be included in most cases in which the subject's fate is simply not covered in released media. However, if the subject's status is noted to be unknown to the characters ''in-universe'', this is acceptable to mention in the article. | |||
=== Do not use conversational style === | === Do not use conversational style === | ||