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Revision as of 16:41, September 8, 2023

Writing tense

Keep all articles in the past tense, new or old games. As details develop or things are retconned, we can add more detail later. Present tense and past perfect make reading things more confusing as live developments are going to be very common.

Third Person Omniscient is the main perspective to keep. Objectivity is key, despite what terminals may read about a character's view on things, keep those views to the character's article or to the Quotes section.

Sourcing

Sources should be used as often as possible. Outside of plot synopsis, everything from AI roles to character origins should have a source. As Marathon tells its story in terminal format with wildly different interpretations, things need to be backed up with terminal entries. Also, make sure you understand the context of the terminal before sourcing.

Theorycrafting

Theorycrafting should be kept to a minimum. I know we all like Marathon, but the series' main appeal is piecing things together yourself and reaching your own conclusions. More ambiguous entries such as KYT, Gherrit White and the Infinity timelines should remain objective as to what transpires directly from the text. The connections between them and how they fold into the larger narrative should be left as open as possible.

References

References should contain be written as: Game, Mission name, Terminal number

With an embeded link to the corresponding terminal on the Marathon story page.

If done properly, the reference would look like this:

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 == Theorycrafting ==
-Theorycrafting should be kept to a minimum. I know we all like Marathon, but the series' main appeal is piecing things together yourself and reaching your own conclusions. More ambiguous entries such as [[Kill Your Television (Level)|KYT]], [[Gherrit White]] and the [[Marathon: Infinity|Infinity]] timelines should remain objective as to what transpires directly from the text. The connections between them and how they fold into the larger narrative should be left as open as possible.
+Theorycrafting should be kept to a minimum. I know we all like Marathon, but the series' main appeal is piecing things together yourself and reaching your own conclusions. More ambiguous entries such as [[Kill Your Television (Level)|KYT]], [[Gherrit White]] and the [[Marathon Infinity|Infinity]] timelines should remain objective as to what transpires directly from the text. The connections between them and how they fold into the larger narrative should be left as open as possible.
 == References ==