Bulbapedia talk:Manual of style

As PM97 said in his recent MftE, we're updating our policies, and this is the perhaps biggest and most impactful of them all. If any users have input on this MoS, suggestions for changes/additions which are needed, or want to provide other input, please comment here on the Talk Page. -- evkl _{(need to talk?)} 14:29, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

Avoid unintuive links

Readers should have a clue where the link will go. In particular, if words are articles, they should generally link to that article and not elsewhere.

Examples:

• "Ash catches Zapdos, the Electric-type Legendary bird" over "Ash catches the Electric-type Legendary bird."
• "Stone evolutions can still be triggered by a specific glitch in Generation I." rather than "Stone evolutions can still be triggered by a specific glitch in Generation I."

Nescientist (talk) 07:38, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Avoid consecutive links

Also see the above, but they're particularly bad for mobile users who have no mouseover.

Examples:

• "Charmander is the only Fire-type Pokémon in the regional Pokédex, apart from its evolutionary relatives Charmeleon and Charizard." over "Charmander is the only Fire-type Pokémon in the regional Pokédex, apart from its evolutionary relatives."
• "Ash battles Archer, the Executive of Team Rocket." over "Ash battles Team Rocket Executive Archer."

Nescientist (talk) 07:38, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Avoid unnecessary links

There shouldn't be links just because there's an article, but only when it's sensible.

Examples:

• "Ash takes a break in the forest." over "Ash takes a break in the forest."
• "In order to do that, players need to press the A button." over "In order to do that, players need to press the A button."

Nescientist (talk) 07:38, 16 August 2020 (UTC)