Project:Editing guidelines
The following contains general editing guidelines for this entire wiki. These guideline are selected in order to keep all the editors involved here to be "on the same page" and to maintain some level of consistency.
Scope
Otherwise known as Riichi mahjong, Japanese mahjong is the general scope of this Wiki. Therefore, all other mahjong variations are not to be included here. Nevertheless, any material pertaining to Japanese mahjong either from referenced work and/or original material from game play experience may be included here.
Purpose
To the West, this game is a little known game. However, thanks to a few anime like Akagi and Saki, the game has taken a limelight. A number of published work regarding the game exists. Unfortunately, they are mostly printed in Japanese. So, players unfamiliar with the language do not have easy access to this material.
Editing guide
- Article pages contain information on various aspects of the game from basic rules, terminology, and strategy.
- Talk pages are available for each article to be best used for article editing notes, discussion, and debate.
Viewpoints
It is important to note for any Wiki. Multiple users each have their own viewpoints. With regards to editing, we do our best to supplement as many readers and editors as possible. While agreement is ideal, dispute may be unavoidable. Individuals or groups of individuals should do their best arrive at some sort of compromise, in order to proceed with the editing process and ultimately produce a good referential product.
Standardization
While this Wiki is written in English, the standard choice is American English. Here, all rules pertaining to grammar and vocabulary pertaining to American English applies.
Article naming
All articles begins with an uppercase letter. Other words in the title are to begin in lowercase. In other words, article names are to follow the pattern using all lower case besides the first letter, unless the article specifically uses a proper noun.
For example: Kokushi musou. Not Kokushi Musou.
Proper nouns
It is established that the yaku are not to be treated as proper nouns. Therefore, proper noun capitalization does not apply to them.
Japanese italicization
To emphasize some terminology, some lesser common words are italicized. The common Japanese terms will not be italicized due to the frequency of usage. The following common words are not subject to italicization: ron, tsumo, riichi, dora, pon, kan, chi, and the names for all the yaku.