Community Style Guidelines

This is intended to be an overview of community-driven stylistic decisions for the Victory Belles wiki. As items arise, they will be added.

Accents and Language Marks

Where possible, a belle/ship name should retain any accents or other markings of its native language. For example, Algérie retains its accented letter.

Belle Name, Ship Name

Wiki Page

The current (September 2021) consensus is that the page should be the name of the ship the belle represents without any national modifiers (like "USS") or class designators (like "CA"). For example, Admiral Graf Spee follows this convention while USS New Orleans CA-32 does not. New pages should follow this rule. Existing pages may be re-created under this rule.

Character

The current (September 2021) consensus is to refer to the belle in the same way as the page.

"Maury is one of the starting belles available to the United States faction."

Ship

The current (September 2021) consensus is to refer to the historical ship using its national designator ("USS," "HMS," etc.) and hull number if needed (in cases of multiple ships sharing the same name).

There is no consensus on whether historical ship names should be italicized when used in the wiki. When a consensus is reached, this page shall be updated.

"USS Maury (DD-401) was one of the most decorated ships of World War 2."

Capitalization

There is no current (September 2021) consensus on whether "belle" and "morgana" should be capitalized or not when used on this wiki. However, once a consensus emerges, we should strive for consistency. This page will be updated once a decision is made.

Information Box

Belle

A belle information box should have a minimum of a clean image (the belle on a transparent background), type, class, and nation. Voice actresses should be credited where known. Belle:La Motte-Picquet is an example of a quality information box.

Equipment

To be filled in.