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Below are the details of the various policies that have been agreed to by the Chroniclers.
In order to maintain consistency, please adhere to the following policies while editing or creating articles.


=Capitalisation=
=Capitalisation=
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:For example: "Toady Bellhops" should be "Toady bellhops" both in the article title and in the article itself.
:For example: "Toady Bellhops" should be "Toady bellhops" both in the article title and in the article itself.


* Do capitalise the words "House" and "Guild" when refering to those organisations that transitioned from Guilds to Houses. A "house" uncapitalised refers to things such as player subdivision housing or denizen houses (i.e. regular residential houses).
* Do capitalise the words "House" and "Guild" when referring to those organisations that transitioned from Guilds to Houses. A "house" uncapitalised refers to things such as player subdivision housing or denizen houses (i.e. regular residential houses).


* Do capitalise skill names as they are proper nouns.  
* Do capitalise skill names as they are proper nouns.  
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=Denizen Articles=
=Denizen Articles=


* In order to create an article for a denizen, there must be an actual living interactive NPC. Being mentioned in text, in room descriptions or by other methods, would not qualify. It would be fine to place these individual in a larger article, such as a city article, instead.
* In order to create an article for a denizen, there must be an actual living interactive NPC. Being mentioned in text, in room descriptions or by other methods, would not qualify. It would be fine to place these individual in a larger article, such as a city article, instead. Also consider other categories such as the [[:category:Historical Figures|Historical Figures]] category.


=Infoboxes=
=Infoboxes=
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:For example, don't link the word "tattoos" in the sentence, "He has cool rainbow tattoos." A more appropriate link for "tattoos" would be, "Salai sells inks for tattoos" because what you're linking to actually refers to the Tattoos skill.
:For example, don't link the word "tattoos" in the sentence, "He has cool rainbow tattoos." A more appropriate link for "tattoos" would be, "Salai sells inks for tattoos" because what you're linking to actually refers to the Tattoos skill.


[[Category: For Chroniclers]][[Category: Policy]]
=Merging=
 
* Articles and categories with the same name should be merged.
:For example, an "Arenas" article should be deleted and the contents moved appropriately to become the body of [[:Category:Arenas]].
 
[[Category: Policy]]