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Terms coined by the community are generally considered proper nouns if: | Terms coined by the community are generally considered proper nouns if: | ||
* they refer to a strategy or phenomena that occurs in only one or a few specific places, such as [[Dram Strat]] or [[Letter Escape]]. | * they refer to a strategy or phenomena that occurs in only one or a few specific places, such as [[Dram Strat]] or [[Letter Escape]]. | ||
* they are generally | * they are generally not preceded by an article such as "a" or "the". The exception to this is tricks that are phrased as a [[wikipedia:Gerund|gerund]] or similar ordinary form of speech, such as [[nut jumping]] or [[coin duplication]]. | ||
Terms coined by the community are generally considered common nouns if: | Terms coined by the community are generally considered common nouns if: | ||
* they are something that can occur in a variety of locations or for many different applications, such as [[Triple jump|triple jumps]], [[Moon clip|moon clips]], or [[Loading error|loading errors]]. | * they are something that can occur in a variety of locations or for many different applications, such as [[Triple jump|triple jumps]], [[Moon clip|moon clips]], or [[Loading error|loading errors]]. | ||
* they are generally | * they are generally preceded by an article such as "a" or "the", such as the [[suckage glitch]]. | ||
Official terms used by the game itself will follow their own capitalization rules in the game or other official resources, which is often not consistent with the guidelines for community-coined terms. | Official terms used by the game itself will follow their own capitalization rules in the game or other official resources, which is often not consistent with the guidelines for community-coined terms. |