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"[[Terastal phenomenon|Tera Type]]" should be on the list of things that should always be capitalized. (Yes, "Tera Type" is capitalized on both words, even though "type" by itself is not capitalized). [[User:Anzasquiddles|Anzasquiddles]] ([[User talk:Anzasquiddles|talk]]) 10:48, 11 December 2022 (UTC) | "[[Terastal phenomenon|Tera Type]]" should be on the list of things that should always be capitalized. (Yes, "Tera Type" is capitalized on both words, even though "type" by itself is not capitalized). [[User:Anzasquiddles|Anzasquiddles]] ([[User talk:Anzasquiddles|talk]]) 10:48, 11 December 2022 (UTC) | ||
== Italics and quotation marks == | |||
Maybe we can try to use italics and quotation marks for all kinds of titles in a more standard way? Last year, we [[Bulbapedia talk:Editor's Hub#Italic game titles|discussed]] this a little bit. There are also a couple of older discussions above about this ([[#Why aren't titles formatted here?]] posted in 2016; [[#Italicized episode titles]] posted in 2020). | |||
I suppose this would mean at least: | |||
* italics for titles of games like ''[[Pokémon Legends: Arceus]]'', manga series like ''[[Pokémon Adventures]]'', anime series like ''[[Pokémon Origins]]'', and anime films like ''[[M04|Pokémon 4Ever]]'' | |||
* quotation marks for titles of anime episodes like "[[EP002|Pokémon Emergency!]]" and manga chapters like "[[PS001|A Glimpse of the Glow]]" | |||
This would involve editing templates that link to those kinds of titles, like [[Template:game2]]. | |||
As far as official text is concerned, it seems at least the gen 4 and 5 game manuals use italics for game titles in running text, like in the quote: | |||
* "This is the ''Pokémon Black Version''. The types and likelihood of Pokémon that appear differ from ''Pokémon White Version''." | |||
Anyway, to be fair, the gen 1-3 game manuals seem to use no italics in this manner anyway (as far as I have seen). | |||
As mentioned in the previous discussion, arguably the italics looks better in running text at least for the ''Let's Go!'' games, making it clear that the exclamation point is part of the game title as opposed to regular punctuation: | |||
* In Let's Go! Pikachu and Eevee, Jessie and James appear. | |||
* In ''Let's Go! Pikachu'' and ''Eevee'', Jessie and James appear. | |||
It seems the other NIWA wikis also use italics and quotation marks this way, like ''[[smw:Super Mario World|Super Mario World]]'' (video game), ''[[smw:The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!|The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' (TV series), and "[[smw:Mario and the Beanstalk|Mario and the Beanstalk]]" (episode from the TV series). | |||
Looks like the [https://assets.pokemon.com//assets/cms2/pdf/trading-card-game/rulebook/pal_rulebook_en.pdf Pokémon TCG manual] uses italics for TCG series and expansions like ''{{TCG|Sword & Shield}}-{{TCG|Fusion Strike}}'' (this one seen on page 27). In other official pages like [https://tcg.pokemon.com/en-us/expansions/fusion-strike/ this] from Pokémon.com, this kind of italics can also be seen in running text. | |||
Please let me know if you have any thoughts or opinions so far. --[[User:Daniel Carrero|Daniel Carrero]] ([[User talk:Daniel Carrero|talk]]) 07:05, 5 July 2023 (UTC) | |||