Generally, the Battle for Dream Island Wiki's content style looks rather ordinary and can be easily read by its readers. To ensure that no page looks too outlandish compared to another, we have established a manual of page style.
Spelling, language, and grammar
Language
In the Battle for Dream Island Wiki, American English is primarily used because the show was created in The United States of America and uses American English spellings, pronunciations, and other language conventions. Generally, some different styles of English spellings come into place.
Examples
Generally, something present in British English, Australian English, and other types of English is the addition of a "u" in words, such as "humour", "colour", "favour" and "labour". This is absent in American English, so the "u" in the "or" suffix is dropped. Some terms, such as "aeroplane" in British English and Australian English, are transferred in American English as "airplane". Also, American English uses commas to separate thousands and a decimal point to separate units from tenths, for example: "2,763" or "1.99".
Grammar
This wiki generally tries to use good grammar when writing its articles. We ask our editors to try to use the best grammar possible. If English is not your first language and you make grammar mistakes, that's ok. Everyone is different. If you could improve grammar and/or spelling, many spell checkers are available online, so use them to your benefit.
Similarly to language, conventional grammar exists differently between the United States and overseas. Though language adheres to American conventions, grammar will more often than not use British conventions.
Capitalization
In capitalization, you use capital letters in the first letter of the word if that is your first word of the sentence, proper nouns (e.g., name of a person and places), the pronoun "I", and acronyms. (e.g., Currently, I am learning English.)
Punctuation
Punctuation marks are used for the reader to signal when they will pause, stop, or give emphasis on a specific sentence. The punctuation goes outside quotation marks unless the quoted information includes them. (e.g., The second episode of the second season is "Get Digging".)
Lists of three or more items use a serial or the Oxford comma (e.g., the alliance includes Bubble, Ruby, Match, and Pencil.)
Spelling
Misspelling words can be minor mishaps and become distracting if they are all over the article. Please avoid publishing edits with misspellings, and double-check your edit to see if any spelling errors are present.
Images
Images placed in articles should be screenshots of an episode, a transparent image of a character, or any other image that shows content relevant to the page or topic. When adding images, be aware that fanon images and characters are not allowed to be placed in articles. This counts as breaking a rule; in most cases, it is vandalism, and you may receive a warning or block. To have an "acceptable" image in an article, they have to meet at least one of these requirements:
- Not be heavily edited (having circles or arrows to point out an animation error is acceptable)
- Don't contain watermarks or black bars (like "bandicam.com" near the top of images)
- Be a shot from official BFDI-related media
- Be of canon info
- Have acceptable quality (heavily compressed, pixelated, blurred, or poorly cropped images are not allowed)
If you add these images to a page, they will most likely be removed. Be aware that these images are not outright banned on the wiki; they are not allowed on mainspace articles. You can still upload them and use them in your user pages, blogs, or other user-generated content.
Trivia & goofs
Trivia is to point out small tidbits of information that are trivial to the rest of the episode. It should "not" contain polls, questionnaires, speculation, or opinions.
Goofs are minor animation errors, continuity flaws, or other types of errors present in episodes or shorts. They should not contain plot holes or logic errors or ignore the context of style and humor, those may better suited as trivia on a case by case basis.
Wording
Wording should be in a neutral tone, not a negative or passive one. The articles should treat their contents objectively, free of bias and personal opinion.
Wording should also be primarily formal and use politically correct language. This includes proper grammar but should also avoid using sexist language, biases, stereotypes, overtones of prejudice, or languages typically found in conversations rather than serious text.