Editing Brighter Shores:Style guide (section)

==<span id="SECTION">Sections and headings</span>==
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Separating articles into sections makes them easy to read and navigate. Headings are used to split articles into sections.

===Markup===
Use two equal signs (<code><nowiki>==</nowiki></code>) style markup for headings. Start with <code><nowiki>==</nowiki></code>, add the heading title, then end with <code><nowiki>==</nowiki></code>.

This section's heading was created with the markup:
:<code><nowiki>==Sections and headings==</nowiki></code>

This subsection's heading was created with the markup:
:<code><nowiki>===Markup===</nowiki></code>

===Wording===
* In a heading, '''capitalise only the first letter of the first word and the first letter of any proper nouns''', and leave all of the other letters in lowercase. Quest titles, professions, names, rooms, and so on should all have the first letter capitalised. For example, "Combat equipment", not "Combat  Equipment".
* Avoid putting links in headings.
* Make sure that the heading has an appropriate and accurate title, as this is important to help readers navigate the article. For example, do not make a "Monsters" section in an article about an room and then include [[non-player character]]s in that section. Instead, make an "Features" section with "Monsters" and "NPCs" as subsections.
* Keep headings short.

===<span id="LEAD">Lead sections</span>===
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A lead (introduction) summarises the most important points of an article, creating interest in the topic. Thus, it should be limited to a few paragraphs. Certain information, such as strategies and trivia, should be in a separate section instead of in the lead. This applies only to articles that are of sufficient length to incorporate a lead.