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==Notes from the Editor==
Some things to keep in mind that I want frontpaged for now, but will edit into the Manual of Style when this thing goes public:
* When referencing an episode, for now italicize it, because we're going to have massive problems when we load ep guides onto the 'pedia otherwise.  It'll be easier--I think--to go through and link everything later, than to find all the broken links and direct them to where they need to go.  I don't want wars over the titles of episodes and the proper translation of as-yet-unreleased episodes.
* You don't need to ask permission to make articles.
* When referencing a type, like Steel or Water, put in the brackets Steel (type), not Steel Type.  However, you can use the | seperator to write "Steel-type" so it appears as such in the text, i.e. <nowiki> [[Steel (type)|Steel-type]] </nowiki>
* If possible, when English and Japanese names are provided, make a redirect to the page from the opposite language's name.  Just a reminder.
 
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function isCountable( $text )
{
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if ( 0 != $this->mTitle->getNamespace() ) { return 0; }
if ( $wgMwRedir->matchStart( $text ) ) { return 0; }
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if ( false === strstr( $text, $token ) ) { return 0; }
return 1;
}
 
This means that any article that is in the main namespace (i.e. not prefixed with Bulbapedia: or Help:) that is not a redirect that has a link (or at least a <nowiki>[[</nowiki>) is considered a countable article -- since virtually every article, even the stubs, have a category link, this can be considered a very inclusive article count.

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