Help:Style Guide

This page outlines some guidelines for content written on Rushpedia.

Exceptions

 * Text from official media should maintain their original formatting styles and conventions, even if they contradict the principles in this guide.
 * User and Talk pages do not need to follow these conventions.

English

 * Pages should be written in proper American English. Please follow the standard rules for spelling, grammar, and punctuation, except where noted below.
 * Outside of pages addressed to the reader (like tutorials), avoid using personal pronouns like "I", "we", or "you".

Card Names

 * Card names should be encased within quotation marks when referenced (e.g., "Galactica Oblivion").
 * Try to avoid using the possessive suffix ('s) with these names. For example, say  instead of.

Gameplay Terminology
In general, capitalize gameplay terms and elements as they appear on the card text, relying on conventions from the North American ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game wherever official English sources for Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel'' are lacking.

The following terms use all-caps:
 * Attributes ("LIGHT", "DARK", "WIND", "WATER", "EARTH", and "FIRE")
 * ATK and DEF

These terms use title case:
 * Types of cards ("Monster Card", "Spell Card", and "Trap Card")
 * If these types have modifiers, capitalize all words (e.g., "Fusion Monster Card", "Non-Effect Monster", "Equip Spell Card", or "Normal Trap")
 * "Monster" should be lowercase if used by itself without any modifiers or "Card". "Spell" and "Trap" should always be written with a modifier and/or "Card" included.
 * Monster Types, even if written without "Monster" and/or "Card" (e.g., "Beast-Warrior", "Galaxy Type", or "Dragon Type Monster")
 * Do not use hyphens between the modifiers
 * Spell and Trap Card Types (e.g., "Field Spell" or "Normal Trap Card")
 * These names should always be followed by "Card" or "Spell/Trap Card"
 * Summons and Sets (e.g., "Normal Summon", "Set", or "Maximum Summon")
 * Effect types (e.g., "Trigger Effect" or "Multi-Choice Effect")
 * Battle Positions ("Attack Position" and "Defense Position")
 * Designated locations on the field (e.g., "Field Spell Zone" or "Graveyard")
 * "Hand" and "Field" should be written in lowercase
 * Phases of a turn (e.g., "Battle Phase")
 * Decks ("Main Deck", "Side Deck", and "Extra Deck")
 * "Material" is lowercase unless it has a modifier (e.g., "Fusion Materials")

Other terms should be lowercase by default. This includes:
 * battle
 * card
 * coin
 * damage (e.g., "effect damage" or "piercing battle damage")
 * die/dice
 * draw
 * effect
 * field
 * hand
 * piercing
 * roll
 * series
 * toss

Punctuation

 * Punctuation should appear outside of quotation marks if it is not part of the quoted material ("logical punctuation").
 * For example, this sentence will end with "Draco the Tiny". The period appears outside of the quotation mark.
 * Please use the "Oxford comma" in lists of three or more things.
 * If the possessive form of a word is used, add an apostrophe and "s" if the noun is singular. If it is plural, use only an apostrophe.
 * For example, write "Yudias's Duel Disk" instead of "Yudias' Duel Disk". In general, the way you say it should be how you write it (since we would say "Yuu-dee-us-es Dool Disk", we write it as "Yudias's Duel Disk").

Bold and Italics (/, /, and '/)
There are different ways to bold and italicize text. The most important difference is that the "strong" and "em" tags cause screen readers to note or emphasize the wrapped text (see here). All other methods only change the visual appearance of the text without giving a cue to screen readers. Therefore, if you want the text to be emphasized by a screen reader, use "strong" and "em" for bolding and italicizing, respectively. If you do not want the text to be spoken differently or stressed by a screen reader, use one of the other two options.

Italics and Quotation Marks

 * Italicize the names of works and series (e.g., the card game Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel and the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENs)
 * This includes albums, books, movies, product names, video games, and other types of works.
 * The "em" tags should not be used for this because the work titles are not meant to be emphasized when spoken; this is simply a stylistic convention.
 * Use quotation marks for subsets of larger works
 * Examples include episode titles and song titles

Dates

 * In tables, dates should be formatted as "YYYY-MM-DD" (e.g., "2020-04-04").
 * Outside of that, please write dates as "Month Day, Year" (e.g., "April 4, 2020").
 * Dates and times should be relative to the relevant area.
 * For instance, the release date for a Japanese product should be the date in Japan when it released.
 * If a time is include, please specify the timezone as well.