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===Quotes and italics=== | ===Quotes and italics=== | ||
* Italics should be used for the titles of complete works, such as books (e.g.: ''[[Masters of Doom]]''), movies, albums (e.g. ''[[Delta-Q-Delta]]''), and games (e.g.: ''[[Wolfenstein 3D]]''). | * Italics should be used for the titles of complete works, such as books (e.g.: ''[[Masters of Doom]]''), movies, albums (e.g. ''[[Delta-Q-Delta]]''), and games (e.g.: ''[[Wolfenstein 3D]]''). | ||
− | ** Exception: The games covered by this wiki (Doom, Heretic, Hexen, etc.) need not to be italicized, unless you want to emphasize that you are talking about the game in particular | + | ** Exception: The games covered by this wiki (Doom, Heretic, Hexen, etc.) need not to be italicized, unless you want to emphasize that you are talking about the game in particular. For example, "Doom" might refer globally to all Doom games (and usually to ''Doom II'' which is the most-played of the classic Doom titles), the [[Doom engine]], and other related things; whereas "''Doom''" refers specifically to the first three-episode Doom game. |
* Quotes should be used for the titles of short or fractional works, such as book chapters, music tracks, poems, etc. | * Quotes should be used for the titles of short or fractional works, such as book chapters, music tracks, poems, etc. | ||
* Program names (e.g. [[Doom Builder]]), mod names (e.g. [[Suspended in Dusk]]), episode names (e.g. [[Knee-Deep in the Dead]]), and map names (e.g. [[E1M8: Phobos Anomaly]]) are neither italicized nor quote-marked. | * Program names (e.g. [[Doom Builder]]), mod names (e.g. [[Suspended in Dusk]]), episode names (e.g. [[Knee-Deep in the Dead]]), and map names (e.g. [[E1M8: Phobos Anomaly]]) are neither italicized nor quote-marked. |