Editing Brighter Shores:Style guide (section)

===<span id="WORKS">Titles of works</span>===
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Titles of works (e.g., books, movies) have standards in styling that should be appropriately followed here as well. Common examples for each type are listed below. For an exhaustive list, see {{WP|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles|Wikipedia's Manual of Style for titles}}.

====Italics====
Below are commonly encountered examples of types of works that should use italics.
* Books; e.g., ''The Picture of Dorian Gray''
* Video games; e.g., ''Brighter Shores''
* Films; e.g., ''Casablanca''
* Television shows; e.g., ''The Simpsons''

====Quotation marks====
Below are commonly encountered examples of types of works that should use quotation marks.
* Short stories; e.g., "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
* Songs; e.g., "Sandstorm"
* Use '''"'''straight'''"''' quotes, not '''“'''curly'''”'''. (For single quotes or apostrophes: '''<nowiki>'</nowiki>'''straight'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>''', not '''‘'''curly'''’'''.)
** Typographical, or curly, quotation marks and apostrophes might be read more efficiently, and many think they look better. However, for practical reasons the straight versions are used on the Brighter Shores Wiki.
** '''Consistency keeps searches predictable.''' Though most browsers don't distinguish between curly and straight marks, Internet Explorer still does (as of 2016), so that a search for Necrovarus' notes will fail to find Necrovarus’ notes and vice versa.
** '''Straight quotation marks''' are easier to type reliably on most platforms.