Blooncyclopedia:Style guide: Difference between revisions
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*If foreign text is written in a non-Latin script (i.e. Hangul or Cyrillic), then the [[wp:romanization|romanization]] of the text should be added using the {{temp|hover}} template. | *If foreign text is written in a non-Latin script (i.e. Hangul or Cyrillic), then the [[wp:romanization|romanization]] of the text should be added using the {{temp|hover}} template. | ||
*If foreign text does not have an official translation, then an unofficial translation should be | *If foreign text does not have an official translation, then an unofficial translation should be placed next to it in parentheses. This mainly applies to voice clips in foreign languages and content exclusive to the [[Bloons TD 6 (Chinese)|Chinese version of ''Bloons TD 6'']], and should ''not'' be used for content that already has an official English equivalent. | ||
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*Try to optimize links as much as possible. For example, you can use <code><nowiki>[[Monkey]]</nowiki>s</code> instead of <code><nowiki>[[Monkey|Monkeys]]</nowiki></code> to render the link text in plural form. (See [[Help:Links]] for more information.) | *Try to optimize links as much as possible. For example, you can use <code><nowiki>[[Monkey]]</nowiki>s</code> instead of <code><nowiki>[[Monkey|Monkeys]]</nowiki></code> to render the link text in plural form. (See [[Help:Links]] for more information.) | ||
**If you need to link to a subsection and it has a redirect, just link to the redirect instead of using a piped link. For example, use <code><nowiki>[[Paragon power]]</nowiki></code> instead of <code><nowiki>[[Paragon#Power|Paragon power]]</nowiki></code> when linking to the section about Paragon power. That way, the link doesn't need to be updated in case the section is split into its own article at a later point. | **If you need to link to a subsection and it has a redirect, just link to the redirect instead of using a piped link. For example, use <code><nowiki>[[Paragon power]]</nowiki></code> instead of <code><nowiki>[[Paragon#Power|Paragon power]]</nowiki></code> when linking to the section about Paragon power. That way, the link doesn't need to be updated in case the section is split into its own article at a later point. | ||
==Once and only once== | |||
"[https://deviq.com/principles/once-and-only-once Once and only once]" is a term in programming that essentially states that there is no point in doing something repeatedly when it only needs to be done once. The same principle applies to this wiki: '''don't repeat yourself'''. That is, you should avoid duplicating the same information across different articles because it makes it more difficult to keep that information up-to-date. For example, [https://bloons.fandom.com/wiki/Dart_Monkey_(BTD6)#Target_Priorities|stating what each targeting option does for every tower and upgrade in ''BTD6''] is unnecessary when targeting options have the same effect on most towers and upgrades and users can just go to the articles for those targeting options to find out what they do. These articles should only note exceptions to the rule, such as attacks that always target first. | |||
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