Dragon Age Wiki talk:Manual of Style

This page still needs more work to fully orient it around this wiki, but at least it actually has some references to Dragon Age: Origins now. However, there are a few points that could be resolved.

1. Spelling

After a couple of months attempting to write in American, I honestly feel the wiki should accommodate both American and British English. The site has users from across the world and I think everyone should feel free to write in the dialect they feel most comfortable with. Perhaps the only exception should be when the game specifically writes something in American English in-game. Any armors, quests about honor etc., should be spelt how they are spelt in-game.

2. Capitals for Sub-headings

I’ve noticed there has been a bit of variance in whether sub-headings are capitalised or not. The article recommends first letter only, but personally I prefer them written with capitals for each new word. Maybe this is something where the policy should just be “use whatever style you feel is appropriate for your page, but be consistent”, though I’m not sure.

3. Referencing

After a bit of thinking, my personal standing is to try and reference things that players will likely not know after playing the game, so things like influences and trivia quotes, and to also provide a source where the article borrows heavily from developer quotes, or uses their words verbatim. As I think that a developer might feel a bit annoyed to see their words written down without any acknowledgement of who wrote them. I think when a page borrowing from the official page’s write-ups on creatures, characters and the world, it is less of an issue. Firstly no author is given and I also feel they were always intended to be a show-piece seen by a lot of people. I’m interested to see what other people think about this issue.

They’re the three main things I can think of, but there are also things like italicising titles of works, and we may as well get this page, and the wiki's rules, in order before the bulk of articles are written, so what do people think? Loleil 07:17, 9 August 2009 (UTC)