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* 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 used with an article such as "a" or "the", such as the [[suckage glitch]].
* they are generally used with 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.
* A generally reliable way to check the capitalization of an in-game term is to search for the relevant article on the [https://www.mariowiki.com/ Super Mario Wiki].
* If a community-coined term contains an official term that is a proper noun within it, the official term should always be capitalized within the name even if the community-coined term is an improper noun, such as in the terms [[Cappy return cancel]] and [[Rocket Flower refresh]].


==Page creation==
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