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* they are generally used without an article such as "a" or "the" by the community. 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]]. | * they are generally used without an article such as "a" or "the" by the community. 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 | 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 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]]. | ||
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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. | ||
* 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]. | * 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, the official term should always be capitalized within the name even if the community-coined term is | * If a community-coined term contains an official term that is a proper noun, the official term should always be capitalized within the name even if the community-coined term is a common noun, such as in the terms [[Cappy return cancel]] and [[Rocket Flower refresh]]. | ||
==Page creation== | ==Page creation== | ||