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→Capitalization: There was no consistency on how to capitalize scientific names. I checked Wikipedia's Guide of Style, and it says this. Let's start using it from here on out.
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*The words "Onion" and "Pikmin", whether it's referring to a game or the Pikmin family, must always be written in title case. | *The words "Onion" and "Pikmin", whether it's referring to a game or the Pikmin family, must always be written in title case. | ||
*[[The President]]'s "name" should be written as "the President", for consistency's sake. | *[[The President]]'s "name" should be written as "the President", for consistency's sake. | ||
*Scientific names use a capital first letter for the genus, and a lowercase for the rest. Example: "''[[Red Bulborb|Oculus kageyamii russus]]''". | |||
For the purpose of being clear, "title case" refers to names in which the first letter of each "non-minor" word is capitalized (e.g. "This Text is Written in Title Case Style"), and "lowercase" means that the words all start with a lowercase letter. Naturally, the names of subjects at the start of sentences, headers, etc. always start with an uppercase letter, with [[e-Reader|very few exceptions]]. Although the rules above exist for cases where the games cannot clearly label whether something should be written in title case or not, the community may create exception cases. These exceptions and their reasoning can normally be found in the subject's talk page. | For the purpose of being clear, "title case" refers to names in which the first letter of each "non-minor" word is capitalized (e.g. "This Text is Written in Title Case Style"), and "lowercase" means that the words all start with a lowercase letter. Naturally, the names of subjects at the start of sentences, headers, etc. always start with an uppercase letter, with [[e-Reader|very few exceptions]]. Although the rules above exist for cases where the games cannot clearly label whether something should be written in title case or not, the community may create exception cases. These exceptions and their reasoning can normally be found in the subject's talk page. | ||