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*Use the [[wikipedia:serial comma|Oxford comma]]
*As in usual written text, typically do not use numerals. Use "one" instead of "1", and so on. There are of course certain exceptions, such as dates.
*For possessives, use <code>'s</code> for singular nouns, even if they end with the letter s, and for plural nouns that do not end with a pronounced s; use just an apostrophe for other plural nouns.
==Titles==
Article titles should generally be the full name of their subject, though other factors, including what is commonly used in the books and any spoiler implications should also be considered. Article titles should also be singular, unless only the plural form of a name is known. However, it is easy to have wikilinks that are plural which direct to singular titles. For example: <code><nowiki>[[Highprince]]s</nowiki></code> instead of <code><nowiki>[[Highprinces]]</nowiki></code>. You can also use apostrophes similarly.
For characters, "full name" means what the character would consider to be their full name, which may not be the same as their birth name. For [[Shin]], this generally means the complete "Name-son/daughter-Parent" name. In most cases, [[Epic]] names are considered a new name representing a new identity and are used even when the Epic's original name is known, so the article title for most Epics is their Epic name. If a character's full name is not known ''and'' they are generally addressed with a title and surname (e.g., [[Mrs. Chamwit]] and [[Lady Lentin]]), the article's title should include the character's title. Titles may also be used when the article name needs to be made [[#Disambiguation|unambiguous]] (e.g., [[Lady ZoBell]] and [[General Khal]]). Characters with a title in their name should be added to [[:Category:Titled characters]].
In situations where a character is addressed both with and without a title and one isn't much more common than the other, consider the surrounding context (e.g. the two lords who switch their votes from [[Ashweather Cett|Cett]] to [[Ferson Penrod|Penrod]] are given the pages [[Lord Hue]] and [[Lord Habren]]; Lord Habren has an equal number of references with the "Lord" title and without it, but Lord Hue is always called Lord Hue, and so Lord Habren's page is titled "Lord Habren" to match Lord Hue's), but you should generally consult with the [[Coppermind:Keepers|Keepers]] when naming the articles in grey areas like this.
# Distinction by some other characteristic (e.g., [[Ton (Veden)]] and [[Ton (singer)]])
While those are the general guidelines used, the best practice is generally to ask a Keeper when you encounter something that needs to be disambiguated. This will often be necessary anyways, as only Keepers can move existing pages to a new title. Occasionally, if the topic of one page is significantly more important than the other topics with the same name, it may be kept at the exact name, without a parenthetical.
==== Italic Titles ====
It is possible to italicize article titles using the DISPLAYTITLE magic word. Article titles should only be italicized if they fall under the limited criteria listed in the [[#Italics]] section below.
===Section Titles===
*The names of the Defenses (i.e. Easton Defense)
*Warding Hall, Making Hall (and two others)
'''Things to never be capitalized:'''
*Pantheon
*the Ones Above
'''Things to never be capitalized:'''
*mindblade
*(cytonic) suppression
== Italics ==
Like capitalization, italics should generally be used as would be typical in English writing, generally matching the conventions used in the text. This includes italicizing the names of works (in-world books, broadsheets, plays, etc.) and proper names of vehicles like ships and spacecraft. Out-of-world articles follow similar criteria; titles of books and other works like movies and podcasts are italicized.
The following are a few notable instances where italics should be avoided:
*Series titles (e.g. The Reckoners, The Stormlight Archive) should not be italicized. Although style guides vary on this topic, the wiki mirrors Brandon's websites, which do not typically use italics.
*"Foreign" words like [[nuatoma]] and [[babsk]] are (inconsistently) italicized in the books to stand out from another language. They should not be italicized in articles unless there is a particular need to do so.
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