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== Manual of Style == | == Manual of Style == | ||
=== Editing pages === | === Editing pages === | ||
* As this wiki is primarily for an English-speaking audience and is focused on a band from the United States, please make all edits in American English in order to avoid potential misconceptions. | * As this wiki is primarily for an English-speaking audience and is focused on a band from the United States, please make all edits in American English in order to avoid potential misconceptions. | ||
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=== Text formatting === | === Text formatting === | ||
* Capitalize proper nouns, including names, locations, and titles where applicable. | * Capitalize proper nouns, including names, locations, and titles where applicable. | ||
* The umlaut (Ö, ö) is never to be omitted from a word or phrase that originally contained it. To type an Ö, use | * The umlaut (Ö, ö) is never to be omitted from a word or phrase that originally contained it. To type an Ö, use Alt+0214. To type an ö, use Alt+0246. | ||
* The first mention of a song, album, person, or otherwise notable concept that has a page on the wiki should link to that page. This applies to the main body of a page's text ''and'' the page's infobox independently of one another. For example, if [[Sandy Pearlman]] is mentioned in both the infobox and the page's main body, both of the instances where his name first appears are to be links to that page. Any subsequent appearances should ''not'' be links. | * The first mention of a song, album, person, or otherwise notable concept that has a page on the wiki should link to that page. This applies to the main body of a page's text ''and'' the page's infobox independently of one another. For example, if [[Sandy Pearlman]] is mentioned in both the infobox and the page's main body, both of the instances where his name first appears are to be links to that page. Any subsequent appearances should ''not'' be links. | ||
* Song titles, when appearing in the main body of an article, should be posted "in quotation marks." This does not apply to song titles inside of infobox or navbox templates. | * Song titles, when appearing in the main body of an article, should be posted "in quotation marks." This does not apply to song titles inside of infobox or navbox templates. | ||
* Album titles should always be typed in ''italics''. This can be done via the toolbar or by adding two apostrophes (') before and after the desired text. For example, typing <code><nowiki>''Fire of Unknown Origin''</nowiki></code> in the source editor returns the text ''Fire of Unknown Origin''. | * Album titles should always be typed in ''italics''. This can be done via the toolbar or by adding two apostrophes (') before and after the desired text. For example, typing <code><nowiki>''Fire of Unknown Origin''</nowiki></code> in the source editor returns the text ''Fire of Unknown Origin''. | ||
* The first mention of the page's subject (usually the first word or phrase in an article's text) should always be typed in '''bold'''. This can be done via the toolbar or by adding three apostrophes (') before and after the desired text. For example, typing <code><nowiki>'''Albert Bouchard'''</nowiki></code> returns the text '''Albert Bouchard'''. | * The first mention of the page's subject (usually the first word or phrase in an article's text) should always be typed in '''bold'''. This can be done via the toolbar or by adding three apostrophes (') before and after the desired text. For example, typing <code><nowiki>'''Albert Bouchard'''</nowiki></code> returns the text '''Albert Bouchard'''. | ||
=== Lyric formatting === | === Lyric formatting === | ||
Lyrics are given their own special rules to follow. When adding lyrics, maintain consistency by adhering to | Lyrics are given their own special rules to follow. When adding lyrics, maintain consistency among them by adhering to them. | ||
* Spoken dialogue, e.g. "''My cosmic soul, it goes on for eternity''", is to be rendered in ''italics''. This also applies to phrases uttered outside of the established song structure, e.g. "''Wait! There's more!''" | * Spoken dialogue, e.g. "''My cosmic soul, it goes on for eternity''", is to be rendered in ''italics''. This also applies to phrases uttered outside of the established song structure, e.g. "''Wait! There's more!''" | ||
* Backup vocals, e.g. "''(Starlight, starbright)''", are to be rendered in ''(parentheses and italics)''. | * Backup vocals, e.g. "''(Starlight, starbright)''", are to be rendered in ''(parentheses and italics)''. | ||
* The above does not apply to instances of non-verbal vocalization, e.g. "ooh" or "ahh." These are not necessary to note. | * The above does not apply to instances of non-verbal vocalization, e.g. "ooh" or "ahh." These are not necessary to note. | ||
[[Category:Guidelines]] | [[Category:Guidelines]] | ||