Thread:Chilopoda/@comment-24494906-20160229211826/@comment-24494906-20160302021408

I removed some typos.

Some of the text under "singular vs plural" makes no sense.

There are some guidelines there that don't apply here or have to be tweaked.

Furthermore, I think we should add a section on references/citations.

I'll give more feedback tomorrow.

New article titles
If the information merits a new article, following existing convention is a good rule of thumb:

Singular vs plural
When an object or theme occurs once, leave the article in the singular form. If the plural is significant to the story, e.g. species, use the plural rather than singular form. To link to Ghouls, for example, one can use ghouls or ghoul. If the article name was plural, one would have to use ghoul to change it to the proper sentence form a lot of the time.

Category names should always be plural.

Capitalization
Use lower-case, except for titles and proper names, for which a capital letter should be used. Like singular names, this reflects the most common way one would use the term in a sentence; for example - Kaneki saw a ghoul eating a corpse. There are exceptions to this; mainly acronyms. CCG is an acronym, for example.

A/An/The in page titles
Avoid using A/An in page titles, except for proper names when you should use a "The".

Almost every simple noun related to the series could be described with a "a/an". For consistency, and for making it easier to link to these subjects in a sentence, avoid using "a/an"; use "The" if that is part of the proper name of the item.

Proper names (people)
If part of the name is discovered at a later date or corrected, the article may be nominated for renaming (see below). Add a redirect by the nickname as well (see below).
 * Whenever possible, use the full name of the character.
 * Use non-canon nicknames only as a last resort, when canon names are not known.
 * If the character goes by a very common nickname, maintain it in quotes (").

Symbols
Wikitext does not read symbols well &mdash; whenever possible, spell these titles out.

For example: Instead of "&" (an ampersand), use "and".

Simplify
Generally, the simpler the title, the better. For example, rather than "List of all quinques used or shown in Tokyo Ghoul", the title Quinque says it all and is easier to find on doing a search. Exclude unnecessary words such as "List of", "Appearances of", etc. for this reason. If the specific purpose or significance of an article needs further explanation, go into detail in the body of the article. Use "Tokyo Ghoul" in page titles only when absolutely necessary; This is the Tokyo Ghoul Wiki &mdash; everyone knows what show you're referring to.

Headings

 * All headings should use the same capitalization rules used for article titles.
 * Italics, bold, and links should be avoided in headings. Links in particular may be difficult for some users to see within headings.

Use bold or italics for emphasis

 * Create bold text by wrapping the title in three single quotes; i.e.  Kaneki  results in Kaneki.
 * Create italicized text by wrapping the title in two single quotes; i.e.  Touka  will result in Touka.

Links

 * Wikify text where appropriate; i.e  Uta  will result in Uta.
 * Not every word in an article needs to be wikified; it is fine just to wikify the first mention of a word in that section of the article.

Use existing conventions

 * When referring to a specific title of a book, film, or other such major work, it is good practice to use italics. For example, Tokyo Ghoul: Hibi (double apostrophes, not quotation marks) becomes Tokyo Ghoul: Hibi.
 * When referencing the title of Tokyo Ghoul, use italics as well. However, episodes are considered subheading works, like chapters, and thus should be put in regular quotes. The template   automatically takes care of quoting and wikification, for example,     will display as.
 * A shortcut that works for all words is  . This will automatically wikify, add quotes or italics where dictated by this guide; otherwise, it will link to the Wikipedia article, when there is none on Lostpedia.

Categorize
Please place the article in any of our categories with the following line of code: at the very end of the article. For the complete list of categories, see Special:Categories. Be as specific as you can with the categories. Remember that sometimes articles will fit into more than one category. Do not categorize user blog posts or theory tab articles.
 * If you are unsure what category your article fits in, you can leave it uncategorized. Sysops and others can use a special page for uncategorized pages to see a list of pages that have no category.  The goal is to keep this list empty.

Never sign your contributions to articles
The wiki concept is not single authorship, but rather a collaborative effort. You might be extra proud of your article, but it will be mercilessly ripped apart by the rest of us. Signatures found in the articles are to be deleted, with the singular exception of long transcript articles (see below). (For any questions of authorship, refer to the Creative Commons license.)

Present versus past tense

 * Except for within episode and chapter articles, descriptions of events in the Tokyo Ghoul storyline should be written in the past tense.
 * Article biographies of living characters should begin in the present tense; biographies of deceased ones should begin in the past tense.
 * Picture captions should be written in the present tense, and should end with periods if they constitute complete sentences.

No personal pronouns
The second person pronoun "you", and the first person pronouns "I" and "we" as well as "one" should not be used in articles. The implicit second person pronoun "you" should not be used in imperative sentences. Examples:
 * Incorrect: When we saw Kaneki eat "Rize", we knew that he accepted his ghoul side.
 * Correct: Kaneki ate "Rize", signfying his acceptance of his ghoul side.
 * Incorrect: See this video for yourself!
 * Correct: This is a video about ____.

Spelling and grammar
Before submitting, use the Show preview button and read again what you wrote. You might find that you did not convey your idea as you wanted. Hit the preview button until you are happy and proud with your submission.
 * If you don't feel confident with your writing style, spelling and grammar, include the message "Proofread Me" in the edit summary, encouraging another active user to read and edit your contributions.
 * Utilize US English spellings. If British English spellings are used it is not a major priority to correct them but you may.
 * Do not change US English spellings into British English. The show is made in the US, and the site is updated to US airings.

A picture is worth a thousand words. If you can, put an image in your article. An image helps clarify the subject at hand. Presentation goes a long way. Wikisyntax makes it very easy to edit and categorise information. One extremely useful tool is multiple, nested layers of headings (see example)

Common Style Mistakes
Bad expressions/words strongly indicative of bad style: The story is not the subject of our writing. It's the characters.
 * "is shown"
 * "is seen"
 * "is presumed"
 * "is revealed"
 * "flashback"
 * "has a conversation/got into a conversation"
 * "KIA"

Almost meaningless expressions: Other bad style:
 * "professional relationship"
 * direct quotes in any section but the "Quotes" section.
 * paragraphs flip-flopping tense every five words.