Hermitcraft Wiki:Manual of Style

• Files should be given a relevant name. If you do not know how to name a file, see this blog.
• Episodes are to be written as, "[Hermit]'s Season #: Episode #" (e.g. MumboJumbo's Season 7: Episode 5).
• Use Arabic numerals when writing numbers, not Roman numerals.
  • Incorrect: MumboJumbo's Season VII: Episode V
  • Correct: MumboJumbo's Season 7: Episode 5
• If a Hermit has not interacted with the server in a month, they are inactive.
• Bold the title of an article.
• Do not use contractions in articles.
  • Incorrect: Don't use contractions in articles.
  • Correct: Do not use contractions in articles.
• Do not shorten Hermits' names in articles either.
  • Incorrect: When a Hermit enters Etho's Ice Shop, they must take off their shoes.
  • Correct: When a Hermit enters EthosLab's Ice Shop, they must take off their shoes.
• The c in Hermitcraft is not capitalized.
  • Incorrect: HermitCraft Season 7 is the only season where no new Hermits have joined.
  • Correct: Hermitcraft Season 7 is the only season where no new Hermits have joined.
• Use the subject's local "dialect" in an article (e.g. American English on an article of and American Hermit or any build they made and organization or event they started). Otherwise, there is no preference for a specific dialect of English. If you are unsure how one dialect spells a word, consult this Wikipedia guide.
  • However, use language intelligible to all varieties wherever it is possible.
  • When quoting, use their preferred national variety of English whether it is the article's variety or not. Do not reformat quotes to be grammatically correct. However, one may leave footnotes on grammatical mistakes explaining how they are incorrect only if they are universally considered mistakes.
• Use the serial comma unless it would cause confusion.
  • Incorrect: Architech is composed of Grian, Iskall85 and MumboJumbo.
  • Correct: Architech is composed of Grian, Iskall85, and MumboJumbo.
• When Hermit refers to a member of the Hermitcraft server, capitalize it.
  • Incorrect: When a hermit enters EthosLab's Ice Shop, they must take off their shoes.
  • Correct: When a Hermit enters EthosLab's Ice Shop, they must take off their shoes.
• For writing dates, use the UTC time zone.
• XisumaVoid's episodes should have redirects to them based on what number XisumaVoid gave the episode. For example, XisumaVoid's Episode 902 should redirect to XisumaVoid's Season 7: Episode 21.
• When a subject's gender is unknown or neither male nor female, use the singular they.
  • Incorrect: When a Hermit enters EthosLab's Ice Shop, he must take off his shoes.
  • Incorrect: When a Hermit enters EthosLab's Ice Shop, he or she must take off his or her shoes.
  • Incorrect: When a Hermit enters EthosLab's Ice Shop, he/she must take off his/her shoes.
  • Correct: When a Hermit enters EthosLab's Ice Shop, they must take off their shoes.
• NEVER use you in an article, use one.
  • Incorrect: When you enter EthosLab's Ice Shop, you must take off your shoes.
  • Incorrect: When one enters EthosLab's Ice Shop, one must take off one's shoes.
  • Correct: When one enters EthosLab's Ice Shop, they must take off their shoes.
• When updating the Subscribers and Followers amount, put a footnote down saying "Last Updated: <date>". Click here to learn about footnotes.
• When writing lists, do so in alphabetical order.
  • Incorrect: Architech is composed of MumboJumbo, Grian, and Iskall85.
  • Correct: Architech is composed of Grian, Iskall85, and MumboJumbo.
• Avoid the words amidst, amongst, whomst, and whilst. The -st suffix changes nothing and whilst is not used in American English.
• Use the straight apostrophe (') and quotation marks ("), not the curly ones (‘ ’ “ ”).
• Americans would read "10/3/20" as "October 3, 2020" while the British and Canadians would read it as "10 March 2020". To avoid confusion, simply write out the dates so people know by the written out month.
• Do not use an em dash (—) or en dash (–) instead of a colon (:), round brackets (()), or quotation marks (" ').
  • Incorrect: Architech is composed of three members—Grian, Iskall85, and MumboJumbo.
  • Incorrect: Architech is composed of three members – Grian, Iskall85, and MumboJumbo.
  • Correct: Architech is composed of three members: Grian, Iskall85, and MumboJumbo.
• Do not use the ampersand (&). Instead, spell out and.
  • Incorrect: Architech is composed of Grian, Iskall85, & MumboJumbo.
  • Correct: Architech is composed of Grian, Iskall85, and MumboJumbo.
• The name of an article is italicized to distinguish it from the article's subject. "Rename MumboJumbo" refers to the article; "Rename MumboJumbo" refers to the YouTuber.
• Plural and possessive suffixes should be in links; however, punctuation should not.
  • Incorrect: Sahara is just one shop of Architech's.
  • Incorrect: Sahara is just one shop of Architech's.
  • Correct: Sahara is just one shop of Architech's.