Worms Wiki talk:Manual of Style

UK or US English
I'd love to hear your opinions about this. I would personally prefer UK, because Team17 is from the UK. Though, I understand that US English is more widely used.

Koenachtig (talk) 16:36, January 20, 2015 (UTC)


 * It would be better indeed if it were in UK English spelling, but unfortunately everyone here uses US English spelling and may not be used to UK English, and although I know a lot about UK English (or the basics at least), it'd still be a bit of a hassle for me to constantly use UK English since I'm so used to US English, I might even forget and just use US English once again. We'll see what the community says about this.


 * Boggy B (talk) 21:01, January 20, 2015 (UTC)


 * I prefer the UK spelling, as it matches AU spelling in almost every, and that is the spelling I use normally.


 * PartHunter (talk) 07:06, January 21, 2015 (UTC)


 * Everyone else here uses American English, though...


 * This may take a lot of debating.


 * Boggy B (talk) 14:25, January 21, 2015 (UTC)

Rules for specific pages
I think that the rules for specific pages should specify rules about the usage of certain templates, like weapon infobox and the navigational templates for weapons on weapons pages, along with the usage of pictures, audio, videos and the layout of the pages. Rules need to be made for the contents of the category pages, categorisation of pages, pages for games, pages for developers, pages for the rules of the games (like the Turn Time page) and the contents and location of the documentation of how to use templates.

PartHunter (talk) 07:06, January 21, 2015 (UTC)
 * Not a bad idea.


 * Boggy B (talk) 14:25, January 21, 2015 (UTC)

Capital letters
I would say to write commons nouns such as 'worm', 'sheep' and 'crate' lower case, and game titles upper case, to make it easier to tell the difference between Worms and worms. Again, I'd love to hear your opinions.

Koenachtig (talk) 16:38, January 20, 2015 (UTC)


 * I do believe they should be capitalized, along with every weapon/utility name. Team17 are indeed inconsistent about this, but since this was done in most (or at least half) of their games, and since it looks better this way (in my opinion), I believe they should be capitalized. Also, I'm certain that the italicization makes the Worm characters and the Worms games distinctive enough.
 * Boggy B (talk) 21:01, January 20, 2015 (UTC)


 * The only case where I dissagree with Boggy B is for worm, as the name of the series does not qualify for italics, and is not important enough for bold, so using worm in lowercase for the creatures and uppercase for the series and the games of that name would make each one distinct. Also, the use of worms in relation to the creatures is closest to using the word soldier, as that is what they all are. By the way, the words lowercase and uppercase exist, so using them is better gramatically.
 * PartHunter (talk) 07:06, January 21, 2015 (UTC)


 * I'll have to disagree with that too, since "Worm" is intentionally capitalized in a lot of games in the series, half or most of them, and of course the name of the series qualifies for italics too. Why not the name of the series (Worms) and just the games in the series (for example, Worms 4: Mayhem)? I do agree that in this case "soldier" would be like a synonym for "Worm", but "Worm" was capitalized in-game while "soldier" isn't, and "soldier" is not used often, as "Worm" is more commonly used to refer to the Worms in-game. The italicization makes it distinct enough, as I said.


 * This could be debated, but I won't my change my mind - this is my final answer. I strongly believe we should do it this way, and it's too late to change it since most of the articles on the wiki already have "Worm" capitalized. We'll see what everyone else says, though. Thanks for replying.


 * Boggy B (talk) 14:25, January 21, 2015 (UTC)