Use italics. Nothing looks more juvey than to use ALLCAPS or those mis-used asterisks.
edited 4th Mar '12 10:10:46 AM by FastEddie
Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty
Rats! The disclaimer I added to the /DethroningMoment/ pages does include a ban on italics for emphasis.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Well, that is just wrong.
Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty
There are three different uses for italics that I know of of which I know:
1. Work titles.
2. Emphasis on specific words to make the flow of the text make sense and clue the reader in to read it as the author intended.
3. Tropers trying to make examples seem harsher than they are/unnecessary emphasis.
Uses 1 and 2 are important enough not to ban italics.
I'm not crazy, I just don't give a darn!
In uffish thought
The power of the Darth Wiki invested in me allows me to necro this thread! 
I would like permission to expand on the "no allcaps, bold, or italics for emphasis" thing to cover multiple exclamation points too — it can come up as a way to get around the existing rule. Although it appears the ban on italics is up for debate, this is closer to the problems caused by *s or caps (e.g. being so messy).
That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.
I for one wouldn't mind to ban any emphasis altogether.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Pronounced YAK-you-luss
Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a diseased mind.
What's precedent ever done for us?
Lost in Space
I've been getting annoyed by Fallen Creator of late. I see a number of video game companies listed there that break the rules by being successful and profitable. I nuked Capcom, but apparently EA and THQ are there as well. Really? I think we have a major problem with people misunderstanding it.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
With Fallen Creator, I see basically two options: Either curate it and remove bad examples or remove it through TRS.
Also seeking opinions about Wall Banger in the linked TRS thread.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Pronounced YAK-you-luss
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Maybe we could make like with Complete Monster and manage it through its own thread? The entries seem to require a bit more thought and research behind them than our norm.
For a complaining page? I don't think it's worth it.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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What to do about Darth Wiki, specifically, the complaining pages.
I would suggest using asterisks to emphasize certain non-title words. *Kinda like this*. I can agree with a ban on allcaps, but there's gotta be some way to allow such nuances. It's only a natural part of human speech.