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:: I believe the best thing to do is enforce UTF-8 Asian characters if JIS is a problem. <span style="border: 1px solid #888; padding: 1px">'''[[User:Echelon|<span style="color:#6f6f6f;background-color:#eee;">ech</span>]][[User_talk:Echelon|<span style="color:#6f6f6f;background-color:#eee;">elon</span>]]'''</span> 15:45, 2 February 2007 (CST) | :: I believe the best thing to do is enforce UTF-8 Asian characters if JIS is a problem. <span style="border: 1px solid #888; padding: 1px">'''[[User:Echelon|<span style="color:#6f6f6f;background-color:#eee;">ech</span>]][[User_talk:Echelon|<span style="color:#6f6f6f;background-color:#eee;">elon</span>]]'''</span> 15:45, 2 February 2007 (CST) | ||
::: So wait, I would have to change settings in my browser(s)? Also Ech, we would want the japanese mirror to be a "jp" not "ja" to reflect the commonly used abbreviation (perhaps www.strategywiki.jp?). --[[User:Notmyhandle|Notmyhandle]] 17:57, 2 February 2007 (CST) | ::: So wait, I would have to change settings in my browser(s)? Also Ech, we would want the japanese mirror to be a "jp" not "ja" to reflect the commonly used abbreviation (perhaps www.strategywiki.jp?). --[[User:Notmyhandle|Notmyhandle]] 17:57, 2 February 2007 (CST) | ||
:::: Nope, Echelon is absolutely correct. The Japanese wikipedia is located at http://ja.wikipedia.org/, so the Japanese StrategyWiki should be located at http://ja.strategywiki.org because it matches wikipedia's naming convention. [[User:Procyon|Procyon]] 18:01, 2 February 2007 (CST) | |||
== Attribution == | |||
The article says "When writing, always maintain a single focussed "voice". Do not refer to yourself ("I", "me", etc.) in the guide, unless it is specifically necessary (e.g. "User:NameHere has found that collecting all five keys within 30 seconds can actually be done, as long as...". However this is solely for the purpose of asserting that something is possible, rather than claiming glory for having achieved it." | |||
The example given isn't particularly good. Does the fact that a named person has found something assert it is true, anymore than just saying "Collecting all five keys within 30 seconds can actually be done, as long as..."? It looks very much to me like someone is claiming glory. | |||
Personally I think having any usernames listed in the article text looks unprofessional. Maybe I could be persuaded if there was a better example of where a username really is necessary. [[User:Pelago|Pelago]] 15:37, 13 July 2007 (CDT) | |||
:I think it's in there just in case a situation where it is necessary actually comes up, but I don't think there have been any as of yet. As for the example, it's only an example. Picking it apart doesn't do anyone good. If you could, however, come up with a better one, feel free to change it. --{{User:Ryan Schmidt/sig}} 15:47, 13 July 2007 (CDT) | |||
::Well, I was more in favour of changing it to "When writing, always maintain a single focused "voice". Do not refer to yourself ("I", "me", etc.) or to other users by name." but I didn't want to just change it without asking first. [[User:Pelago|Pelago]] 15:52, 13 July 2007 (CDT) | |||
One example is [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire/Sky Pillar|catching Rayquaza with a Pokéball]], yup, I did it.--[[User:Rocky|Rocky]] [[File:Rally-X Rock.png|25px|link=User:Rocky]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Rocky|Talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Rocky|Contributions]])</sup> 15:53, 13 July 2007 (CDT) | |||
== Writing style == | |||
Is there any more advice on writing style, other than what is on this page? I was thinking about changing [[Paper_Mario/Prologue:_A_Plea_from_the_Stars]] from its current confused mix of past and present tense, and its current mixture of "Mario does this" and "You do this", but I wasn't sure if there was a preferred style. Should the style be imperative (I think that's the right word) and refer to the main player character as "you", i.e. "Go there, do this, defend yourself against, etc"? [[User:Pelago|Pelago]] 15:56, 13 July 2007 (CDT) | |||
:See [[StrategyWiki_talk:Community_Portal#Stylistic_issue:_2nd_person_vs._3rd_person|this debate at the moment]]--[[User:Rocky|Rocky]] [[File:Rally-X Rock.png|25px|link=User:Rocky]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Rocky|Talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Rocky|Contributions]])</sup> 15:58, 13 July 2007 (CDT) | |||
::Thanks, I'll take a look. [[User:Pelago|Pelago]] 16:01, 13 July 2007 (CDT) | |||
:::One other suggestion for writing style is to not edit the same post that you started six times ⌐_⌐; [[User:Procyon|Procyon]] ([[User talk:Procyon|Talk]]) 16:12, 13 July 2007 (CDT) | |||
:::: Warning! Grumph in residence! (Although he does have a point.) --[[User:DrBob|DrBob]] ([[User_talk:DrBob|Talk]]) 16:42, 13 July 2007 (CDT) | |||
==Redirects and alternate names== | |||
Useful redirects should be added to main game pages. | |||
* For games with two parts to the title, such as [[Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship]] and [[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]], redirects from one or both halves should be created (ie. [[Solar Jetman]] and [[A Link to the Past]] both redirect to their proper guides). | |||
* Common abbreviations or acronyms for popular games should also link to the proper guide. For example, [[FFVII]] and [[FF7]] both redirect to [[Final Fantasy VII]]. | |||
* For games with roman numerals in their names, redirects should be created where the name is in Arabic notation. For example, [[Final Fantasy 7]] redirects to [[Final Fantasy VII]]. | |||