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This is heavily based on Gamepedia's own [https://help.gamepedia.com/Manual_of_Style Manual of Style].
This is heavily based on Gamepedia's own [https://help.gamepedia.com/Manual_of_Style Manual of Style].
Pages that are tagged as [[:Category:Guides]] are not required to closely follow this style guide, but are still encouraged to consider following any guidelines that are useful for them to follow. In particular, it is not necessary for them to explicitly call out opinions. Such pages should also make it obvious at a glance that they are guides.


==Article Layout==
==Article Layout==
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===Formality===
===Formality===
Unless the article is a guide, writing in the second person (referring to the reader directly with "you") usually has preferable alternatives. Consider using "the player" or "the player character" instead as appropriate, or something more suited to the context.
Writing in the second person (referring to the reader directly with "you") usually has preferable alternatives. Consider using "the player" or "the player character" instead as appropriate, or something more suited to the context.


Any recommendations or other opinions must be presented only in sections marked with [[Template:Opinion]], in order to help the reader distinguish verifiable fact from other additions.
Any recommendations or other opinions must be presented only in sections marked with [[Template:Opinion]], in order to help the reader distinguish verifiable fact from other additions.