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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. [[Steel (type)|Steel-type]]
- 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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