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#'''Everything but the kitchen sink''' - Padding on steroids. Basically, don't fill articles with descriptions of things that are only superficially similar to what the page is about. | #'''Everything but the kitchen sink''' - Padding on steroids. Basically, don't fill articles with descriptions of things that are only superficially similar to what the page is about. | ||
#'''Do it better''' - Unless it's too long or wrong, don't cut stuff out. Make it better instead. | #'''Do it better''' - Unless it's too long or wrong, don't cut stuff out. Make it better instead. | ||
#'''Get it?''' - Referential | #'''Get it?''' - Referential humor should be avoided unless it can be gleamed from the content alone. | ||
#'''Captain Obvious''' – Don't explain something if the name already specifies what it is. | #'''Captain Obvious''' – Don't explain something if the name already specifies what it is. | ||
#'''Yelling''' - Use of exclamation points and capital letters gives readers a headache. | #'''Yelling''' - Use of exclamation points and capital letters gives readers a headache. | ||
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#'''Fourth wall''' – Don't treat gameplay mechanics as if they were part of the story unless [[Fourth wall|they become so]]. | #'''Fourth wall''' – Don't treat gameplay mechanics as if they were part of the story unless [[Fourth wall|they become so]]. | ||
#'''All fluff no crunch''' - If inserting some playful writing, always pair it with something useful too. | #'''All fluff no crunch''' - If inserting some playful writing, always pair it with something useful too. | ||
#'''No yous''' - Article text should ''never'' refer to the reader directly, especially when it should be referring to the player character instead. | |||
#'''Don't correct what is correct''' - Unless something is incorrect, don't correct it. Things like the [[wikipedia:Serial comma|Oxford comma]] or [[wikipedia:Quotation marks in English#Order of punctuation|whether periods go inside quotes]], for example, are correct either way. | |||
==Use of jokes and | ==Use of jokes and humor in articles== | ||
WiKirby | WiKirby aims to be informative, but also to avoid being dry and authoritative. A matter-of-fact tone is encouraged; a sense of wit is also welcome, but should not take precedence over the essential information of an article. This includes things that are otherwise self-evident, such as image captions. We're not looking to make the reader laugh. | ||
==Inappropriate places== | ==Inappropriate places== | ||