Blooncyclopedia:Style guide: Difference between revisions
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When not transcribing in-game text directly, numbers and quantities should be formatted in specific ways. | When not transcribing in-game text directly, numbers and quantities should be formatted in specific ways. | ||
*Numbers larger than 999 should always be delimited with commas. | *Numbers larger than 999 should always be delimited with commas. | ||
*Use | *Use unspaced en dashes (<code>–</code>) instead of the hyphen for ranges of numbers, ranges of dates, or comparing two numbers (such as score tallies). | ||
*Use | *Use hyphens (<code>-</code>) for notating [[upgrade]] tiers, e.g. "0-0-0 [[Dart Monkey (BTD6)|Dart Monkey]]". | ||
*Use multiplication signs (<code>×</code>) instead of the letter "x" for multiplication or for quantities in lists of numbers. | |||
{|class="wikitable" | {|class="wikitable" | ||
!Usage | |||
!Incorrect | !Incorrect | ||
!Correct | !Correct | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Delimiting numbers | |||
|<pre>Ground Zero has 2000 pierce</pre> | |<pre>Ground Zero has 2000 pierce</pre> | ||
|<pre>Ground Zero has 2,000 pierce</pre> | |<pre>Ground Zero has 2,000 pierce</pre> | ||
|- | |- | ||
!En dashes | |||
|<pre>Quincy shoots two arrows at a time at levels 6-18</pre> | |||
|<pre>Quincy shoots two arrows at a time at levels 6–18</pre> | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan="2"|Multiplication signs | |||
|<pre>Overdrive shoots 3x faster than Tack Sprayer</pre> | |<pre>Overdrive shoots 3x faster than Tack Sprayer</pre> | ||
|<pre>Overdrive shoots 3× faster than Tack Sprayer</pre> | |<pre>Overdrive shoots 3× faster than Tack Sprayer</pre> | ||