Item Names & Descriptions

Effectively immediately, the following standards are in place for all item names and descriptions.

Artists, please double-check your work when uploading images.
Item Administrators, please do not rely on the artists to get it right. Review item descriptions and names for proper grammar, spelling, and make any changes you deem necessary. Checking image names is also a good idea.

Use proper capitalization. Capitalize every word in item names. The only exceptions should be for articles or prepositions in book titles, e.g., Cleaning the Shell or The Big Book of Felis.
American spelling only. This isn't to discriminate; we really do need to be consistent and since the Subetapedia has to abide by these standards, it makes sense that our items and descriptions should too.
Check your compound/hyphenated words. Please don't assume that two words can be put together as a compound or a hyphenated word without double-checking first. Unless you're able to use creative license with a brand name, e.g., RebelTranquility or Rainyday, look up the proper context and use it instead.
Avoid apostrophes, ampersands, plus signs, quotation marks and most other symbols. These end up creating multiple slashes every time the item is edited, making our items and descriptions look sloppy. Try using ''Item of _______'' instead of ''_______'s item''. Likewise, do not give your item any name that requires an apostrophe or comma. Omitting these necessary symbols does not look any better than the slashes.
Item names should be at least four characters long. Users cannot search without at least four characters in the item name.
Do not use numbers in item titles. Spell it out or use Roman numerals instead.
Do not begin item titles with articles. This not only makes our events on site look sloppy, e.g., ''You have found a The Chrust!'' or ''The Wizard has just given you a A Sai!'' but it also just sounds plain odd. Books are exempt from this rule.
Do not put articles in minion names. Names like ''Darko the Ninja,'' ''Bobo the Balancer,'' ''Kelly the Guide Dog,'' and ''Pe-Nut the Disturbingly Happy Minion'' look incredibly awkward when given to a pet and named. See Cannibal and her minion. Keep in mind when drawing minions that you are not creating one unique character. You are creating an entire species that people will want to give their own unique names and personalities, much like pets.

These standards are repeated on this thread for future reference.

News PostsIn the same line of thought, all news posters should be double-checking their posts for proper spelling, grammar and punctuation. The news is one of the first things people see when they come to Subeta. While it seems like such a small issue, in reality it affects our professional image. If we want people to be impressed with this site, we need to take some pride in it and start worrying about these little things. Put simply, we need to be impressive.

Grammar is not everyone's forte, so if you're unsure of something, run it past someone who is strong with grammar. It's also a good idea to get into the habit of writing out news posts in a word processing program with a spelling and grammar checker like MS Word or OpenOffice Writer.

If we all make a concerted effort, we and the users will see fewer of these errors. It can only have a positive effect on our reputation. :)

Thank you.