Count Duckula Wiki:Manual of Style: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 22:10, 4 September 2025

This is Count Duckula Wiki's Manual of Style. All users are required to follow these guidelines on how text is written.

Key:
- Correct
- Incorrect

Writing

Language

Because Count Duckula is a British cartoon, all text is required to be written in British English. Examples of how text is required to be written are below.

Count Duckula's favourite food is broccoli sandwiches.
Count Duckula's favorite food is broccoli sandwiches.

Hoomite and Yoobee are both the colour red.
Hoomite and Yoobee are both the color red.

This rule does not apply to talk pages and user pages.

Date and time

The date and time can be written in all sorts of ways, but what Count Duckula Wiki strongly prefers is either 00:00, September 6th 1988 or September 6th 1988, 00:00. Like with the language rules, this does not apply to talk pages and user pages.

Wikitext

All wikitext is required to be written like this for pages:

[[Nanny]]

and this for external links:

WikiOasis: [[wo:wikiname:pagename|pagename]]
- Example: [[wo:countduckula:Igor|Igor]]
Non-WikiOasis:
- Wikipedia: [[w:pagename|pagename]]
  - Example: [[w:Count Duckula|Count Duckula]]
- Non-Wikipedia: [link pagename]
  - Example: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088500/ Count Duckula]

Filenames

All files that are uploaded here are required to have a proper name. When uploading files, always remember to appropriately name them.

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-This is {{SITENAME}}'s '''Manual of Style'''. All users should follow these guidelines on how text is written.
+This is [[Count Duckula Wiki]]'s '''Manual of Style'''. All users are required to follow these guidelines on how text is written.
-*'''Key:'''
+* '''Key:'''
-**<span style="color: green">Correct</span>
+** <span style="color: green">Correct</span>
-**<span style="color: red">Incorrect</span>
+** <span style="color: red">Incorrect</span>
 == Writing ==
 === <u>Language</u> ===
-All text should be written in British English and ''not'' American English. Examples of how text should be written are below.
+Because ''[[Count Duckula (TV series)|Count Duckula]]'' is a British cartoon, all text is required to be written in British English. Examples of how text is required to be written are below.
 * <span style="color: green">Count Duckula's favourite food is broccoli sandwiches.</span>
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 * <span style="color: red">Hoomite and Yoobee are both the color red.</span>
-Despite this, however, this rule does not apply to user pages, talk pages, comments, and blog posts.
+This rule does not apply to talk pages and user pages.
-=== <u>Date and Time</u> ===
-The date and time can be written in all sorts of ways, but what {{SITENAME}} recommends is either of these ways:
-* 00:00, September 6th 1988
-* 00:00, 6th September 1988
-<center>or</center>
-* September 6th 1988, 00:00
-* 6th September 1988, 00:00
-Like the language rules, this does not apply to user pages, talk pages, comments, and blog posts.
+=== <u>Date and time</u> ===
+The date and time can be written in all sorts of ways, but what {{SITENAME}} strongly prefers is either '''00:00, September 6th 1988''' or '''September 6th 1988, 00:00'''. Like with the [[#Language|language rules]], this does not apply to talk pages and user pages.
-== WikiText ==
+== Wikitext ==
-All WikiText should be written like this for pages:
+All wikitext is required to be written like this for pages:
 * <nowiki>[[Nanny]]</nowiki>
 and this for external links:
-* Fandom: <nowiki>[[w:c:wikiname:pagename|pagename]]</nowiki>
+* WikiOasis: <nowiki>[[wo:wikiname:pagename|pagename]]</nowiki>
-** Example: <nowiki>[[w:c:countduckula:Igor|Igor]]</nowiki>
+** Example: <nowiki>[[wo:countduckula:Igor|Igor]]</nowiki>
-* Non-Fandom:
+* Non-WikiOasis:
-** Wikipedia: <nowiki>[[Wikipedia:pagename|pagename]]</nowiki>
+** Wikipedia: <nowiki>[[w:pagename|pagename]]</nowiki>
-*** Example: <nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Count Duckula|Count Duckula]]</nowiki>
+*** Example: <nowiki>[[w:Count Duckula|Count Duckula]]</nowiki>
 ** Non-Wikipedia: <nowiki>[link pagename]</nowiki>
 *** Example: <nowiki>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088500/ Count Duckula]</nowiki>
-== File names ==
+== Filenames ==
-All files that are uploaded here should have a proper name. When uploading files, always remember to appropriately name them.
+All files that are uploaded here are required to have a proper name. When uploading files, always remember to appropriately name them.
 [[Category:{{SITENAME}}]]
 [[Category:Policy]]