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In the case of the first two examples, please make sure to link to the specific section that details the episode you are trying to cite.
Welcome to the UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH series' Wiki!
The following page details how the text hosted on the website should be formatted, serving as its Style Guide. When it comes to general rules, Wikipedia's Manual of Style can be referenced as well. This, however, is the main guideline when it comes to this Wiki.
Grammar Guide
Generally, follow these rules:
- American English over British English, but one won't be penalized for using the latter.
- Use present tense for every section of an article. If the subject is something that is no longer true like a deceased character or defunct faction, use past tense in sections relevant to it.
- When writing articles, use a professional and non-conversational tone. Internet lingo like shortening "you" to "u" is forbidden. Instead of referring to the reader as "you", say "the player" instead.
- The "UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH" part of game titles must be spelled in all caps when used in citations.
- The titles of games as well as their shortened versions must be italicized.
- The shortened versions of game names must only be used when naming / labeling files or adding trivia when the game's full name has already been mentioned on the page. The shortened versions the wiki uses are as follows:
- UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH or the series as a whole - UNI
- UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late - Exe:Late
- UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[st] - Exe:Late[st]
- UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[cl-r] - Exe:Late[cl-r]
- UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II [Sys:Celes] - [Sys:Celes]
- BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle - BBTAG
Grammar
- Use the Possessive "S".
- EXAMPLE: Chaos' as opposed to Chaos's. Licht Kreis' as opposed to Licht Kreis's.
- The spellings for In-Birth and Re-Birth officially have the word after the dash capitalized as well, so pay attention to that. Other than these two examples, there's no need to capitalize the word after the dash, such as when "(Non-playable)" is listed in a character's Infobox.
- The stories viewed in Chronicle Mode are officially referred to as "scenarios" and the Arcade Mode stage conversations are officially referred to as "stories". Thus, "Chronicle Mode scenario(s)" and "Arcade story(ies)/Arcade Mode story(ies)" is how they are called on the Wiki.
- Within parentheses, the sentence or word must start with the first letter capitalized.
Gendered Language
- Use singular they/them pronouns for human characters or affiliated real-life personnel without a specified gender. For non-human characters without a specified gender like Kuu, use it/its pronouns.
- Opt for using "they" instead of "his/her" when it comes to describing things that can happen to anyone, such as turning into an In-Birth.
- Use gender neutral language when describing affiliated persons regardless of gender.
- EXAMPLE: voice actor for both genders instead of voice actress for just the women.
Names
- Always refer to anything by their latest official English name, even it changed between games.
- EXAMPLE: Dual Moon Clan (Name used in Yuzuriha's [Sys:Celes] profile) instead of Sougetsu Clan (Name used in Power Beat). Kaguya Jingu (Official translation) Instead of Kaguya Jinguu (Alternative spelling).
- Characters are to be referred to with their most commonly used name, so "Wagner" instead of "Erika" and "Phonon" instead of "Yoshiko". Other official aliases and monikers given by other characters can be placed in the "Alias" section of the character Infobox.
- All names must be spelled in the western "given name first, surname last" order. Japanese names that require diacritics will be spelled with them. The exceptions are:
- When referring to a staff member or other related personnel, they must be referred to with their role and then their full name. When being mentioned later, only the surname will be used.
- EXAMPLE: Series battle planner Kamone Serizawa has mentioned that Hyde's 17th color palette among others were made by him. [...] Serizawa additionally stated that colors such as Hilda's 26th color palette and Gordeau's 29th palette were based on his ideas, but made by the sprite artist team.
Linking
- When linking a Wiki article on another for a topic that has been mentioned more than once, only link it in the first iteration. This rule does not apply to Infoboxes, which have links of their own, and only for the article body itself.
- When linking to any wiki article, do not link to the redirects. If you want to link to the "Abyss" section on the article "Hollow Night", write
[[Hollow Night#Abyss|Abyss]]instead of[[Abyss]].
Linking game pages
- As MediaWiki does not allow the creation of pages with square brackets in their titles, the titles of game pages are altered to fit the conventions. However, when linking to them, write the following:
[[UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Latest|''UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[st]'']][[UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late cl-r|''UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[cl-r]'']][[UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes|''UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II [Sys:Celes]'']]
Instead of the game page titles as they are.
Citations
- When it comes to citing sources, everything whose origin can't be discerned immediately from the article must be cited. To give an example; a character's statistics and personality must be cited from the places they appear in, but not their role in a given Arcade Story or Chronicle Mode Scenario if the name of the story, such as "A Saint Appears" is clearly visible nearby. The pages "Wagner" and "Hilda" possess prime examples on how to label your cited sources from in and out of game story material.
- In the case of conflicting information about a specific topic, Chronicle Mode and sources released after it take utmost priority. Outdated information shared in earlier sources can be listed as trivia and nothing else.
- When citing something at the end of a sentence, the citation will be placed after the dot and not between it and the last word.
Formatting for citing specific sources
- FRENCH-BREAD Information Station: FRENCH BREAD Information Station - Episode (NUMBER)
- UNIPEDIA: UNIPEDIA - Episode (NUMBER)
- Arcade Mode: (GAME NAME), Arcade Mode - (CHARACTER)
- Chronicle Mode: UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[st], Chronicle Mode, (CHARACTER) - (TITLE)
- Win Quotes: (GAME), (CHARACTER), (Win quote specification) - "QUOTE"
- Example: UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II [Sys:Celes], Izumi, Unique win quote against Seth - "Here's a question: Do your swords turn into some sort of animal companion? Just wondering. This fish of mine doesn't turn into a weapon or anything..."
- Example: UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH, Hyde, General win quote 9 - "Damn... My right arm feels like it's going to explode. I can't control this power! Is this... what it feels like to be an In-Birth?"
Gameplay pages
The CHARACTER/Gameplay pages must only display the move-sets of the given character in a table format, showcasing their moves for every available revision and separated by Tabbers. Using the Mizuumi template, on the top of the page but below the tabs, you will link to the character's applicable Mizuumi pages.
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