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This page documents a Dragon Age Wiki guideline. It is a generally accepted standard that editors should follow, though it should be treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply. When editing this page, please ensure that your revision reflects consensus. When in doubt, discuss your idea on the talk page. |
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The following naming conventions apply for article titles, section headings, categories as well as text within an article. In general, they should be written in correct English, unless they refer to a name or a title.
Capitalization[]
When to use lowercase[]
- Creatures. While these types of creature encountered in-game are written are capitalized, they are not names.
"A rock wraith..."
"A Rock Wraith..."
When to capitalize[]
These are treated as names and should be capitalized as proper nouns.
- Quest, e.g., "The Way It Should Be"
- Item, e.g., "Stonehammer Boots"
- Ability, e.g., "Winter's Blast"
- Place, e.g., "The Hanged Man"
- Object, e.g., "Warrior's Grave"
- Any kind of title, event, etc., e.g., "Fifth Blight"
Exceptions[]
Some words must be always capitalized, regardless of the above guidelines.
- Archdemon. Since it's inconsistently capitalized in the Dragon Age series, Archdemon will be considered a name.
- Named creatures, such as Flemeth the Shapeshifter.
Differences between capitalized and non-capitalized words[]
- Chantry:
- Capitalized: "Chantry" refers to the organization or affiliation with it
- Non-capitalized: "chantry" refers to the structure (the distinction is essentially the same as "church/Church" through a Christian/English perspective)
- Blight:
- Capitalized: "Blight" is a period after darkspawn find and corrupt one of the Old Gods
- Non-capitalized: "blight" in the context of darkspawn would refer to the disease that Blights spread
- Qunari:
- Capitalized: "Qunari" refers to followers of the Qun, who can be of any race.
- Non-capitalized: "qunari" refers to the race of (usually) horned giants that came to Thedas in the Steel Age.
Game terminology[]
Sometimes, the terminology in Dragon Age: Origins differs from Dragon Age II. In order to keep the wiki consistent, use the established naming convention:
- Helmets (instead of helms)
- Battleaxes (instead of battle axes)
- Chestpieces (instead of chest pieces)
- Upkeep (instead of reserved)
Keep in mind that the list may be subject to changes, but do not change it without discussing it first.
Acts[]
Like the official game guide, the wiki refers to "Acts" for each timeskips in Dragon Age II. Always capitalize them and use the Arabic numeral system when referring to a specific act, e.g.:
"During Act 1..."- "During act I..."
Personal titles[]
When creating a page about a character who has a title, the title should not be used in the page name. This is done for the sake of brevity and because the title a character has may change over the course of their involvement in the series.
Plurals[]
In general only create page titles that are in the singular, unless that term is always in a plural form in English.
Exceptions
- Groups that are commonly referred in plural form. For example use Grey Wardens, instead of Grey Warden.