Bulbapedia:Manual of style
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This is the working space for the upcoming refresh of the Manual of Style.
Keeping Continuity with Existing Style
General Style Guidance
This section deals with general style issues across Bulbapedia.
Article Titles
Opening Line
Naming and Syntax
Subpoints
Placeholder for syntax subpoints.
Opinion
Templates and List Sorting
Sectional Style Guidance
This section will contain links to the Manuals of Style for specific subsections.
Anime
Core Games
TCG
Manga
Side Games
Language
American English should be used rather than Commonwealth English in Bulbapedia articles. This consistent with most English language Pokémon games, as well as much of Pokémon media as a whole.) In general, Bulbapedia follows standard American English style conventions, not all of which are listed here.
- Exceptions to the preference for American English are made if the spelling is officially the Commonwealth one, such as "Catalogue."
- 's should be included at the end of singular possessives ending in s. While it is correct to either omit or include the s after the apostrophe in these cases, Bulbapedia follows the games' convention (for a multitude of reasons, including the games' usage) and appends the s. For example, Iris's should be used, not Iris'.
- The serial comma should be used where applicable (matching the syntax of the Pokémon games).
- Evolutionary levels should be designated as "unevolved," "first evolution," and "second evolution" for Pokémon that have undergone zero, one, and two evolutions respectively during their development. The TCG terminology of "basic Pokémon," "stage 1 Pokémon" and "stage 2 Pokémon" do not apply to other media.
- For example, in the TCG Pikachu and several other Pokémon are considered Basic Pokémon, but have a pre-evolved form, making them first-evolution Pokémon. This discrepancy typically applies to evolutionary families that include a baby Pokémon.
Japanese
Kanji
Romanization
Multimedia and External Content
Addressing images, videos, and content from other websites and sources.
