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The '''Manual of Style''' ('''MOS''') provides a series of guidelines for users when creating articles. It serves the purpose of maintaining consistency throughout the ''[[MediEvil Wiki:About|MediEvil Wiki]]'' in order to ensure that its articles are easy to read and edit for all. Any questions regarding this manual may be directed at the [[Special:ListAdmins|administrators]] or posed in the [https://discord.com/invite/S7PSNrVNxt Wiki's Discord server].
The '''Manual of Style''' ('''MOS''') provides a series of guidelines for users when creating articles. It serves the purpose of maintaining consistency throughout the ''[[MediEvil Wiki:About|MediEvil Wiki]]'' in order to ensure that its articles are easy to read and edit for all. Any questions regarding this manual may be directed at the [[Special:ListAdmins|administrators]] or posed in the [https://discord.com/invite/S7PSNrVNxt Wiki's Discord server].


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==Article structure==
==Article structure==
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Articles should generally be structured in this way, from top to bottom:
Articles should generally be structured in this way, from top to bottom:
* Disambiguation
* Disambiguation
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Please make attempts to avoid making multiple links to the same article. For example, if you already have a link to the page [[The Desecrated Church]] in an article, please don't add another link to the same page later in the article.
Please make attempts to avoid making multiple links to the same article. For example, if you already have a link to the page [[The Desecrated Church]] in an article, please don't add another link to the same page later in the article.
==Perspective==
==Perspective==
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===In-universe===
===In-universe===
If something is '''in-universe''', or is described as such, it belongs to the ''MediEvil'' universe exclusively and not to the real world. Characters, for example, are in-universe, but the voice actors who portray them are out-of-universe.
If something is '''in-universe''', or is described as such, it belongs to the ''MediEvil'' universe exclusively and not to the real world. Characters, for example, are in-universe, but the voice actors who portray them are out-of-universe.
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==Sources==
==Sources==
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Under most circumstances, a source for a given article will be officially released media. For general information that the average user could obtain on their own, such as a game ending, no source needs to be cited.
Under most circumstances, a source for a given article will be officially released media. For general information that the average user could obtain on their own, such as a game ending, no source needs to be cited.