BTA-Mirror:Style guide

This page aims to guide users through the creation of a standardized page in the BTA-Mirror Wiki.

Grammar

Localization

American English should always be used in this wiki. British English is only allowed if it is a transcription of a game instance, in which the original text should be left untouched.

Contractions

Contractions, which are shortened versions of words and generally use apostrophes, must always be avoided. Examples of contractions are "it's", "they're", and "gonna", which are contractions of "it is", "they are" and "going to", respectively. In this case, the latter should be used to comply with the encyclopedic nature of this site.

Capitalization

Capitalization refers to the use of lowercase and uppercase letters when writing words. It has some standards, which are listed as follows:

Do not capitalize

Item and block names

Items and blocks should be treated as common nouns and therefore should not be capitalized. Note that exceptions are made when the item or block contains a proper noun in it, such as The Nether.

Examples:

Steel ingots are crafted with three pieces of crude steel.

Blast furnaces can use nether coal as a fuel source.

Entity names

Entity names should not be capitalized for the same reasons as items and blocks.

Examples:

Chunks which can generate slimes constantly spawn slime particles in them.

Cloth is an item dropped from zombies.

Wikitext formatting

This site has standards for wikitext formatting to improve readability and consequently make page editing and proofreading easier.

Section headings

• Page sections are created by wrapping text with equal (=) signs. They should always start with level 2 (== Example ==), increasing by one with each subsection created. Never use level 1 (== Example ==); it is reserved for the page's title.
• Use sentence-case capitalization instead of title-case, following the aforementioned rules.
• Do not create empty sections.
• Do not insert links in section headings. They should preferably be included under it, which can be in templates such as {{Main}}.