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Proper English is always used unless it contradicts anything in this guide. Different forms of English have different styles. This guide highlights which ones are favored on this site.
 
Proper English is always used unless it contradicts anything in this guide. Different forms of English have different styles. This guide highlights which ones are favored on this site.
  
The following applies to the content part of the site. When editing User, Talk or Forum pages, users may use whatever styles they prefer.
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The following apply to the content part of the site. When editing User, Talk or Forum pages, users may use whatever styles they prefer.
  
 
==Spelling==
 
==Spelling==
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| colspan="5" style="text-align: center" | '''Word endings'''
 
| colspan="5" style="text-align: center" | '''Word endings'''
 
|-
 
|-
| -''ise''<br />-''isation''<br />-''yse'' || -''ize''<br />-''ization''<br />-''yze'' || organise, polymerisation, paralyse || organize, polymerization, paralyze ||  
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| -''ise''<br />-''isation''<br />-''yse'' || -''ize''<br />''ization''<br />-''yze'' || organise, polymerisaton, paralyse || organize, polymerization, paralyze ||  
 
|-
 
|-
| -''our'' || -''or'' || armour, colour || armor, color ||  
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| -''our'' || -''or'' || armour, colour || armour, color ||  
 
|-
 
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| -''re'' || -''er'' || centre, sabre || center, saber || "[[Lightsworn Sabre]]" uses the British spelling.
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| -''re'' || -''er'' || centre, sabre || center, saber ||  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| -''gue'' || ''g'' || catalogue, dialogue || catalog, dialog ||  
 
| -''gue'' || ''g'' || catalogue, dialogue || catalog, dialog ||  
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| colspan="5" style="text-align: center" | '''Double consonants'''
 
| colspan="5" style="text-align: center" | '''Double consonants'''
 
|-
 
|-
| -''ll''- || -''l''- || duellist, traveller || duelist, traveler || This applies to verbs ending in a vowel followed by "l". The "l" is doubled in British English, but not American English.
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| -''ll''- || -''l''- || counsellor, traveller || counselor, traveler || This applies to verbs ending in a vowel followed by "l". The "l" is doubled in British English, but not American English.
 
|-
 
|-
 
| colspan="5" style="text-align: center" | '''Silent letters'''
 
| colspan="5" style="text-align: center" | '''Silent letters'''
 
|-
 
|-
| ''e'' || || judgement || judgment || In some cases, "judgement" is also used. e.g. "[[The Judgement Hand]]", but in most cases "judgment" is used. e.g. "[[Judgment Dragon]]".
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| ''e'' || || judgement || judgment || In some cases, "judgement" is also used. e.g. "[[The Judgement Hand]]", but in most cases "judgment" is used.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
==Capitalization==
 
==Capitalization==
Words considered to be proper nouns, proper adjectives etc. have their first letters capitalized, while common nouns, common adjectives etc. do not unless used at the start of the sentence.
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Words considered to be proper nouns, proper adjectives etc. have their first letters capitalized, while common nouns, common adjectives etc. don't unless used at the start of the sentence.
  
Some card game terminology is capitalized, different than normal English. The capitalization used in gameplay terminology should be used on this site.
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Some card game terminology is capitalized different than normal English. The capitalizations used in gameplay terminology should be used on this site.
  
 
Gameplay terms which use all capital letters, include:
 
Gameplay terms which use all capital letters, include:
 
* Attributes: [[LIGHT]], [[DARK]], [[FIRE]], [[WATER]], [[EARTH]], [[WIND]] and [[DIVINE]]
 
* Attributes: [[LIGHT]], [[DARK]], [[FIRE]], [[WATER]], [[EARTH]], [[WIND]] and [[DIVINE]]
 
* [[ATK]] and [[DEF]]
 
* [[ATK]] and [[DEF]]
* FLIP (only when used at the beginning of [[Flip monster]]s' lores)
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* FLIP (only when used at the beginning of [[Flip Effect Monsters]]' lores)
* [[DRAW]] (the game result)
 
  
 
Gameplay terms which begin in capital letters include:
 
Gameplay terms which begin in capital letters include:
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* Battle positions: [[Attack Position]] and [[Defense Position]]
 
* Battle positions: [[Attack Position]] and [[Defense Position]]
 
* Types of cards e.g. [[Trap Card]], [[Normal Monster]], [[Continuous Spell Card]]
 
* Types of cards e.g. [[Trap Card]], [[Normal Monster]], [[Continuous Spell Card]]
** Secondary monster types such as [[Gemini monster|Gemini]] and [[Tuner monster|Tuner]] do not capitalize the "m" in monster.
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** Types of Effect monster such as [[Gemini Monsters|Gemini]] and [[Tuner Monsters|Tuner]] do not capitalize the "m" in monster.
 
* Types of Summons and Sets e.g. [[Normal Summon]], [[Synchro Summon]], [[Set]]
 
* Types of Summons and Sets e.g. [[Normal Summon]], [[Synchro Summon]], [[Set]]
 
* Phases and Steps e.g. [[End Phase]], [[Damage Step]]
 
* Phases and Steps e.g. [[End Phase]], [[Damage Step]]
 
* Decks: Main Deck, Extra Deck, Fusion Deck, Side Deck
 
* Decks: Main Deck, Extra Deck, Fusion Deck, Side Deck
* Locations on the playing field. e.g. Graveyard, Monster Zone
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* Locations on the playing field. e.g. Graveyard, Monster Card Zone
 
* Effect types: [[Quick Effect]], [[Flip Effect]]
 
* Effect types: [[Quick Effect]], [[Flip Effect]]
 
* [[Spell Speed]]s
 
* [[Spell Speed]]s
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* Other words which are capitalized include:
 
* Other words which are capitalized include:
 
** [[Attribute]]
 
** [[Attribute]]
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** [[Battle Damage]]
 
** [[Tribute]]
 
** [[Tribute]]
 
** [[Type]]
 
** [[Type]]
  
The term "[[battle damage]]" used to be capitalized but is no longer written that way on official card texts.
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Gameplay terms which do not start with a capital letter, but are sometimes mistaken for starting with them include:
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* Battle (when used by itself)
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* Card (when used by itself)
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* [[Damage]] (when used by itself)
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* [[Damage calculation]]
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* [[Draw a card|Draw]] (The action, not the game result)
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* [[Hand]]
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* Monster (when used by itself or after types of Effect Monsters, such as Gemini or Tuner)
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* [[Remove from play]]
  
Gameplay terms which do not start with a capital letter, but are sometimes mistaken for starting with one include:
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==Quotation marks==
* [[archetype]]
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In prose, card names are always written in quotation marks. e.g. "[[Dark Magician]]". When a portion of a card name that may refer to a group of cards is used, it is also written in quotation marks. e.g. "[[Elemental Hero]]".
* [[banish]]
 
* [[battle]]
 
* card (when used by itself)
 
* [[damage]]
 
* [[draw a card|draw]] (the action, as in drawing a card)
 
* [[field]]
 
* [[hand]]
 
* monster (when used by itself or after abilities, such as Gemini or Tuner)
 
* [[piercing]]
 
* [[series]]
 
  
== Italics ==
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If the last word in a sentence is within quotation marks, the period is only placed inside the quotation marks if it is part of the material being quoted. If the period is not part of the quoted material it is left outside. The same applies for commas. This practice is known as '''logical punctuation'''. In the United States and Canada, it is more common to leave periods and commas inside the quotation marks irrespective of whether it is part of the material being quoted. This practice is known as '''traditional punctuation'''.
:''Wikipedia has best practices and guidelines related to italic face that may be followed, at [[wikipedia:MOS:ITALIC]].''
 
  
Italics should generally be used when writing the titles of longer or more standalone works. Some of these include:
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''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' cards use logical punctuation, so the same is usually used on this site.
 
 
* Books
 
* Games
 
* Films
 
* Musical albums
 
* Series
 
 
 
The titles of shorter works such as episodes, chapters, and musical compositions use [[#Quotation marks|quotation marks]] instead. Traditional games like [[chess]] and religious works or scriptures like the [[Book of the Dead]] are not written in italics or quotation marks.
 
 
 
Other instances where italics are to be used include:
 
* Card lores for [[Normal Monster]]s.
 
* Card sets
 
* Foreign words written in the Latin alphabet. This includes romanized Japanese text (''rōmaji'').
 
* Named vehicles, such as ''[[Bloody Kiss]]'' or ''[[Poseidon 3]]''. Manufacturer or model names like Ferrari or Ford Focus do not use italics.
 
 
 
== Punctuation ==
 
=== Quotation marks ===
 
:''Wikipedia has best practices and guidelines related to quotation marks that may be followed, at [[wikipedia:MOS:QUOTE#Quotation marks]].''
 
 
 
In prose, terms which should be written in quotation marks include:
 
* Card names
 
** Portions of a card name that refer to a group of cards, e.g. "[[Elemental HERO]]".
 
* Chapters of longer works
 
* Episodes of TV series
 
* Musical compositions
 
* Duel Puzzles
 
 
 
If the last word in a sentence is within quotation marks, the period is only placed inside the quotation marks if it is part of the material being quoted. If the period is not part of the quoted material it is left outside. The same applies for other commas, question marks and exclamation marks. This practice is known as '''logical punctuation'''. In the United States and Canada, it is more common to leave periods and commas inside the quotation marks irrespective of whether it is part of the material being quoted. This practice is known as '''traditional punctuation'''.
 
 
 
Cards use logical punctuation, so the same is usually used on this site.
 
  
 
'''Examples''':
 
'''Examples''':
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::(The period's presence in the source is uncertain and its usage within the quotation marks is unnecessary)
 
::(The period's presence in the source is uncertain and its usage within the quotation marks is unnecessary)
  
It is best to avoid adding a possessive apostrophe s ('s) that is not part of the source to a name in quotation marks.
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In all major forms of English, whether question marks and exclamation marks go inside or outside the quotes depend on whether they are part of the material being quoted.
 
 
'''Examples'''
 
* ''Correct'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #006F00;">The effect of "Rescue Cat".</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">"Rescue Cat"'s effect.</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">"Rescue Cat's" effect.</span>
 
 
 
===Commas===
 
Commas are mainly used to separate parts of a sentence such as clauses and lists of three or more things.
 
 
 
Logical punctuation is used when there is a comma at the end of a quotation. i.e. the comma is only included inside the quotation marks if it is part of the source material.
 
 
 
'''Examples'''
 
* ''Correct'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #006F00;">"Elemental HERO", "Destiny HERO", or "Evil HERO".</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">"Elemental HERO," "Destiny HERO," or "Evil HERO."</span>
 
 
 
A serial comma is to be used in a conjunction in a list with three or more items.
 
 
 
'''Examples'''
 
* ''Correct'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #006F00;">"Green Gadget", "Red Gadget", and "Yellow Gadget"</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">"Green Gadget", "Red Gadget" and "Yellow Gadget"</span>
 
 
 
===Apostrophes===
 
Generally when forming possessives of words ending with the letter s, just add an apostrophe to the end, rather than an apostrophe and another letter s. More accurately speaking, if the word ends with an /s/ or /z/ sound, just append an apostrophe. If it does not end in an /s/ or /z/ sound, add an apostrophe and the letter s.
 
 
 
'''Examples'''
 
* ''Correct'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #006F00;">Horus' Servant</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">Horus's Servant</span>
 
* ''Correct'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #006F00;">Debris's effect</span> ("debris" is pronounced /ˈdɛbɹiː/, /ˈdeɪbɹiː/ or /dəˈbɹiː/; [[commons:File:En-us-debris.ogg]])
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">Debris' effect</span>
 
 
 
If a word ends in a double s, such as goddess, an apostrophe and an s are appended. However an abstract noun followed by sake, does not use the extra s.
 
 
 
'''Examples'''
 
* ''Correct'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #006F00;">Goddess's Punishment</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">Goddess' Punishment</span>
 
* ''Correct'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #006F00;">For goodness' sake</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">For goodness's sake</span>
 
 
 
As covered in the [[#Quotation marks|quotation marks]] section, when forming the possessive of a term in quotation marks, the sentence should be reformatted to avoid the apostrophe.
 
 
 
'''Examples'''
 
* ''Correct'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #006F00;">The effect of "Rescue Cat".</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">"Rescue Cat"'s effect.</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">"Rescue Cat's" effect.</span>
 
  
 
==Date formats==
 
==Date formats==
Official sources usually use American date formats. e.g. January 5, 2000 or 1/5/2000. Sometimes 2000-01-05 is used.
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Official sources usually use American date formats. e.g. January 5, 2000 or 1/5/2000. Sometimes 2000-1-5 is used.
  
 
January 5, 2000 is favored over 1/5/2000, as some readers may read the latter as 1 May 2000.  
 
January 5, 2000 is favored over 1/5/2000, as some readers may read the latter as 1 May 2000.  
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* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">5th of January 2000</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">5th of January 2000</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">5/1/2000</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">5/1/2000</span>
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* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">1/5/2000</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">1/5/2000</span>
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* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">2000-1-5</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">2000-1-5</span>
* ''Correct'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #006F00;">2000-01-05</span> (Rarely used in prose. Acceptable in table cells. "January 5, 2000" can be added as hover text.)
 
  
When giving years, B.C. and A.D. (Before Christ and Anno Domini) are favored over B.C.E. and C.E. (Before Common Era and Common Era). Although the A.D. is omitted when giving years in its range.
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When given years BC and AD (Before Christ and Anno Domini) are favored over BCE and CE (Before Common Era and Common Era). Although the AD is omitted when giving years in its range.
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Newspapers in the manga, have used BC, which is why it is favored here.
  
 
'''Examples'''
 
'''Examples'''
 
* ''Correct'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #006F00;">2000</span>
 
* ''Correct'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #006F00;">2000</span>
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* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">2000 AD</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">2000 A.D.</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">2000 A.D.</span>
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">2000 AD</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">2000 C.E.</span>
 
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">2000 CE</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">2000 CE</span>
  
* ''Correct'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #006F00;">2000 B.C.</span>
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* ''Correct'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #006F00;">2000 BC</span>
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">2000 BC</span>
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* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">2000 B.C.</span>
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">2000 B.C.E.</span>
 
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">2000 BCE</span>
 
* ''Incorrect'': <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #B20000;">2000 BCE</span>
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
* [[Project:Card Rulings]]: Manual of style of rulings pages.
 
* [[Project:Card Rulings]]: Manual of style of rulings pages.
* [[Project:Character articles]]: Manual of style for character articles.
 
* [[Project:Image policy]]: Manual of style of image names when uploading images.
 
  
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