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Overview

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The MoS makes it easier for readers to read our articles.

The MarioWiki has a Manual of Style (MoS) that editors can follow. You can use this as an editing guide when creating and editing articles. When creating an article, it is expected that the article is informative, collective and organized.

Infoboxes

Infoboxes should always be above the article's introduction.

Article titles

Article titles show the readers what the subject is about. It helps the reader search for specific articles. Articles may have official names, conjectures or common words. It is required that the article title is referred by the official names. For subjects with alternative names, please use either the most recent name of the most frequent name used. Abbreviations are not allowed.

Writing style

Grammar

Grammar is important when writing an article and must always be written in proper English.

  • Write the article in third-person view. Writing in first-person view shows that the article is opinionated.
  • Place a full stop (.) at the end of the sentence.
  • Do not use contraction such as don't and you'll. Instead, extend the contractions like do not and you will.
  • Capitalize proper nouns and words at the start of the sentence.
  • Use past tense when the event already happened, such as history.
    • Incorrect: Mario rescues Princess Peach from Bowser.
    • Correct: Mario rescued Princess Peach from Bowser
  • Write the article in a neutral point of view.
    • Incorrect: A marvelous plumber named Mario lived in a cool home in Brooklyn.
    • Correct: Mario is a plumber who lives in his home in Brooklyn.
  • Avoid overusing adverbs and fillers.
    • Incorrect: Bowser usually kidnaps Princess Peach.
    • Correct: Bowser kidnaps Princess Peach.

Formatting

  • When starting the article based upon the subject, the name of the article must be marked in bold.
    • Example: The Mega Mushroom is an item that debuted in Mario Party 4.
  • Video games and other media must have italics. The media may be linked regardless of italics.
    • Example 1: ''Super Mario Sunshine'' to Super Mario Sunshine.
    • Example 2: ''[[Mario Sports Superstars]]'' to Mario Sports Superstars.
  • If the game or person's full name has already been mentioned several times. It is acceptable to shorten the title or name since it saves space. Abbreviation is not allowed on articles.
    • Example 1: Shigeru Miyamoto is the creator of Mario. Miyamoto is the video game designer and producer of Nintendo.
    • Example 2

Over-linking

Do not over-link a page. It is okay for the same thing to be linked at least twice on the same page usually if there is one link in an infobox and another on the same page. However, do not link the same thing a bunch of times on the same page.

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