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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 16th 2023 at 5:37:57 PM
Yah; a series title is italicised, and an episode/chapter/song title is put in quote marks. It helps distinguish it, I guess, though I don't know where the convention came from.
That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.Yes, our formatting rules are to italicize the name of a work, such as a series, novel, manga, etc. For chapters, songs, essays, and the like, use "quotations" instead. This is commonly accepted writing protocol.
I think it's just MLA guidelines that are carried across most writing conventions.
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I've heard once that one should spell out numbers that are twelve or less, but to write as numerals those that are 13 or greater. The exception would be if it referred to a statistic, so you would say, for Desperation Attack, for instance "In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the Power Rush badge increases Mario's attack by 2 whenever he has 5 or fewer HP remaining."
edited 4th Jul '12 1:11:44 PM by DarkConfidant
Up to you. Would you like me to add that one again now, or do a final checking post?
That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.I guess you can either post this one again (fully correct) as a sort of final check and it'll be added after that, or you can ask for it to be added to the page now and I or someone else (Mom will probably kick me off within an hour, as it's nearing my bedtime) will do so. Whatever you do is fine, and it will end up on the page correctly regardless.
- The Command & Conquer series has the Mammoth Tank, which can basically be described as a tank with two cannons, four treads, and an insane amount of armor. It appears in all but one game, but has nothing to do with the plot whatsoever.
Done. Never really figured out why they do that.
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Fixed.
edited 4th Jul '12 2:07:59 PM by serialkillerwhale
It needs to be namespaced. Put VideoGame/ right before Command And Conquer.
Also, a comma after Tank.
edited 4th Jul '12 1:31:38 PM by DarkConfidant
I was going to add it to the Recurring Extra page, but the page is about characters, so it doesn't actually belong there.
There's Series Mascot, but according to the definition on Mascot, it has to be "a character, animal, or animate object".
- Command & Conquer has the Assault Destroyer, which is a warship with treads and a Stone Wall. But in real life, a destroyer is considered a unarmored warship meant for all-purpose combat with low survivability mitigated by firepower and speed. They also do not have treads.
How was that one?
I said anti-submarine, surface, and air which, I hope would mean Anti-Air Anti-Submarine and Anti-surface
FLYING DESTROYERS!!!! AWESOMENESS!!!
edited 5th Jul '12 4:03:17 PM by serialkillerwhale
The first comma (after Command And Conquer) needs to go, and I'm not sure about the second comma (it's probably correct). Apart from that, it looks alright. By the way, a ship with air duties sounds like some kind of flying ship to me. Do you mean air defence?
I would give you another shot, serialkillerwhale. Consider it given. But you forgot the period to end that last sentence. So... be careful, please? Keep coming back here if you have questions. Practice will make perfect, and I'd rather you delay your edits a bit then get suspended again, this time for good.
edited 5th Jul '12 4:09:47 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Hello I have recently been told that my writing is not good enough for this wiki, and it has a several spelling grammatical and sentence structure errors. I will post one of my entries and could you please tell me what is wrong with it
This is from the Western Animation page of the Missing Episode trope.
- Three late episodes of the Scooby Doo show were not syndicated or re-ran after there initial broadcast they were called "The Beast is Awake in Bottomless Lake","A Menace in Venice", "Don't Go Near the Fortress of Fear". It is unknown why these were not included with the rest but they did eventually air on Cartoon Network a couple decades after they were first released.
edited 15th Jul '12 9:57:25 AM by Ranonamis
How about this?
Three episodes of The Scooby-Doo Show were not syndicated or re-run after their initial broadcast - "The Beast is Awake in Bottomless Lake", "A Menace in Venice", and "Don't Go Near the Fortress of Fear". They eventually aired on Cartoon Network decades after their first release.
edited 15th Jul '12 10:00:23 AM by DarkConfidant

Hmmmm ok. And it's the norm to have the names of the series be in italics?
Oh, and you guys missed it but "Two cannons 4 treads" where I put 4 in the wrong way, i was about to correct it but it's more fun to say it here now.
edited 4th Jul '12 1:08:56 PM by serialkillerwhale