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==Language== | ==Language== | ||
American English should be used rather than Commonwealth English in Bulbapedia articles. This consistent with most English language Pokémon games, as well as much of Pokémon media as a whole.) In general, Bulbapedia follows standard American English style conventions, not all of which are listed here. | |||
* Exceptions to the preference for American English are made if the spelling is officially the Commonwealth one, such as "[[Décor|Catalogue]]." | |||
* 's should be included at the end of singular possessives ending in s. While it is correct to either omit or include the s after the apostrophe in these cases, Bulbapedia follows the games' convention (for a multitude of reasons, including the games' usage) and appends the s. For example, Iris's should be used, not Iris'. | |||
* The {{wp|serial comma}} should be used where applicable (matching the syntax of the Pokémon games). | |||
* Evolutionary levels should be designated as "unevolved," "first evolution," and "second evolution" for Pokémon that have undergone zero, one, and two evolutions respectively during their development. The TCG terminology of "basic Pokémon," "stage 1 Pokémon" and "stage 2 Pokémon" do not apply to other media. | |||
** For example, in the TCG {{p|Pikachu}} and several other Pokémon are considered Basic Pokémon, but have a pre-evolved form, making them first-evolution Pokémon. This discrepancy typically applies to evolutionary families that include a [[baby Pokémon]]. | |||
===Japanese=== | ===Japanese=== | ||
===Kanji=== | |||
{{Mos|Kanji}} | |||
===Romanization=== | |||
{{Mos|Romanization}} | |||
==Multimedia and External Content== | ==Multimedia and External Content== | ||