The Age of Decadence Wiki:Style Guide

This style guide is to help all editors on The Age of Decadence Wiki to have a common template to refer to. This is a short version adopted from the official Gamepedia:Manual_of_style.

This guide is meant as a starting point. Editors may choose to discuss changes to these guidelines.

Lead section
An article should begin with an introductory lead section, before the first subheading. The lead should be capable of standing alone as a concise overview of the article, establishing context, and explaining why the subject is interesting or notable. It should be between one or two paragraphs long, and should be written in a clear and accessible style so that the reader is encouraged to read the rest of the article. The lead should not be explicitly entitled  or any header with equivalent meaning.

If possible, make the title the subject of the first sentence of the article. For example, write "Health Potions' are a basic item used to heal your character" as the first sentence on the page titled "Health Potions."

The first time the article mentions the title, put it in bold using three apostrophes&mdash; produces article title. Avoid other uses of bold in the first sentence, except for alternative titles of an article; for example:

Lord Antidas is the current ruler of House Daratan.

Follow the normal rules for italics in choosing whether to put part or all of the title in italics. This will mainly apply to the titles of books and games:

The Age of Decadence captured me much like The Magic Candle.

Do not put links in the bold reiteration of the title in the article's lead sentence. For example, "The Old Empire is dead." versus "The Old Empire is dead."

Categories and interwiki links
Categories and interwiki links should be added at the very end of the article, with category links followed by interwiki links. A full list of categories can be found on Special:Categories. They take the form, and should be named in the same fashion as articles. Ideally all pages on a wiki should be categorized.

Capitalization
Capitalization generally follows the rules used in-universe, even in cases where the term could be used in both in- and out-of-universe contexts. This provides a consistent standard without bogging down editors in trying to figure out which is correct in every individual case. When in doubt, follow the precedent set by other page titles.

Titles of works
Italics are used for the titles of works, such as books and games. The titles of articles, chapters, and other short works are not italicized but are enclosed in double quotation marks.

For example, italicize The Age of Decadence and Dungeon Rats, and use quotes for "Qantari demons at the doors" since the former two are real-world works and the latter a fictional in-game work.