Cities Skylines Wiki:Style

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All players of the game are welcome to contribute to the wiki. This style guide provides guidance on how to make the best contributions. If these guidelines seem too difficult to follow (non-native speakers, etc.) -- don't let them stop you from contributing! It is more important that the wiki have contributions than that everything be "done right", and once content is in the wiki, other contributors can participate by putting it into a better style.

Writing style[edit]

  1. Write objectively, not in the first person.
    • Incorrect: I always build a lot of merchants.
  3. Use a semi-formal register.
    • Correct: It's recommended for ... to attack his neighbor in order to obtain more base tax and manpower.
    • Incorrect: ... should obviously attack his neighbor to get tax and manpower.
  4. Paradox games allow for limitless possibilities.
    • Incorrect: The best way for the Ottoman's to engage in Eastern Europe is to start with Hungary...'
  5. Write in general, abstract terms.
  6. Do not emphasize text with CAPITALS; use italics instead.
  8. Capitalization should only be used for the first letter in a sentence, and proper nouns. The names of game mechanics do not count as proper nouns. The names of individual buildings and similar count as proper nouns.

Article organization[edit]

  1. Naming articles: