BattleTechWiki:Manual of Style/BattleTech Style Guide

Note: This style guide details stylistic elements that all editors should incorporate to help present a uniform style for the BattleTechWiki articles. It was borrowed from a similar guide being built by Editor Mbear.

BattleTech-specific cases

The following words must always appear in the form shown below:

• AeroSpace Fighter
• BattleMech
• BattleTech
• DropPort
• DropShip
• JumpShip
• 'Mech
• MechWarrior
• OmniMech
• OmniFighter
• ProtoMech
• WarShip

This section is an adaptable part of the guide; as new terms are introduced—in a stylistic way—with new products, they will be added here.

English language

There are many different countries that speak and write in English, leading to different spellings of some words. Since BattleTech is created by an American company, it is most appropriate to write articles using American spelling and grammar. Editors who are familiar with other methods of spelling are not mandated to write articles in 'American' English since they are unfamiliar with it, but the article should be converted to American style by those that do.

Numbers

• Write out any number under 11.

Ex: Three, Seven, Nine, 13, 15, 23

• Use commas to aid in understanding every three spaces.

Ex: 2,983,802,928

• Use decimal points to indicate numbers smaller than one, not commas.

Ex: 394.09

Military Commands

• When military command article titles involve numbers, the text should always be represented as a number.

Ex: 1st Davion Guards, 304th Assault (Clan Ghost Bear)

• When writing about military commands in the body of an article, the numerical portion of the command's title should be spelled out, unless it is higher than one hundred.

Ex: First Davion Guards, 304th Assault (Clan Ghost Bear)