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| - Just to prevent chaos and make things a little easier later on, I've written a small guideline of style. Please try your best to adhere to it if you're improving an article, but it's not the bible so don't worry too much when you're creating one. Add to this if you like:
* When the article's title crops up for the first time in an article, Bold it. For example: Lord Haart was a Knight from VARN who served Morglin Ironfist. If the character/thing has an alias, also bold that if you mention it. For instance: Escaton the Destroyer, also known as Ruin, Devil's Doom and The Spider in the Web Gate...
* Images should be in .png format wherever possible. Best quality and useful when making archives like this. Replace old .gifs or .jpgs with .pngs if you have the same image in better quality.
* Use discretion when redirecting articles to new names. If disambiguating characters, make sure they actually are two characters (i.e. Pomponderant from Swords of Xeen may well be Pomponderant from The Dreamwright, so keep them to one article).
* Characters from Heroes I and II who carried over from MM1-5 do not get their own Heroes article. Mention that they made a non-canon appearance in Heroes I or II in their Might and Magic article (like Kastore). The exceptions are heroes who returned in Heroes III or MM6, like Crag Hack or Fineous.
* Disambiguation pages should display the Disambiguation tag in a Disambiguation subsection at the bottom. Just copy and paste it from other disambig articles.
* If an article is solely linked to the original universe (like Solmyr ibn Wali Barad), add the Original universe category. If it's linked to the Ubisoft continuity (like Zehir), add the Ubisoft continuity category. If neither apply, don't add either.
* For the Heroes games, group creatures under one article. Use Hydra (Heroes) instead of Hydra (H5). Don't do the same for Might and Magic articles (includes Dark Messiah).
* Be sparing when adding templates at the bottom of articles. For instance, if writing an article about Magnus, don't add (Template:Ancients, Template:Bracada, Template:Enroth, Template:Conflux, Template:Axeoth). That makes a mess. Keep it to a maximum of three.
* For game names, always italicise (i.e. not Warlords of the Wasteland, but Warlords of the Wasteland). That's all for the moment, please add more if you have a suggestion and try to follow them where possible. Nobody will rip off your head if you don't, but it helps to keep things consistent.
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