Bleach Wiki talk:Manual of Style

Bolding/Italicizing of Words
Should we also add to the manual of style that all weapon names (Quincy, Zanpakutō, etc.) be bolded and all techniques italicized? Also, if we are going to do this, how would we count the Stern Ritter's epithet? As a weapon or a technique?

Powers & Abilities Standardization
Figure this is the best place to discuss this. I've been noticing for a while now that the P&A sections in articles tend to be all over the place in terms of the order in which different powers and abilities are listed, and I've been wondering if it would be worthwhile to come up with a fixed order that they would be listed in in order to provide some standardization and quality control, of a sort. This is what I've come up with as a general order:

Spiritual Power Level Swordsmanship Skill Level Hand-to-Hand Combat Skill Level Shunpo/Sonído/Hirenkyaku Skill Level Kidō/Quincy Spells Skill Level Intelligence Level Physical Strength Level Physical Speed Level (if character is not a Shinigami, Hollow, Arrancar, or Quincy) Physical Agility/Reflex Level Physical Endurance Level Physical Durability Level Unique Skills (Sternritter epithets, those weird Zanpakutō spirit techniques, etc.) Other Skills (Master Assassin, Master Chef, etc.)

Thoughts? Anything I missed?--Xilinoc (talk) 07:47, August 13, 2014 (UTC)

Well, the two main reasons they're all over the place is because of the piecemeal manner in which the information came to light over the course of the series and to a much lesser extent to allow pictures to be placed in the sections without causing large swathes of empty space. Afterall we don't have a pic to highlight many abilities, so the ones that have pics naturally got moved around if they were causing serious empty spaces. There needs to be flexibility to allow for that, which a set order across the board wouldn't cater for. But if say it was done as an ideal that could be adapted where necessary rather than a hard and fast rule its not a bad thing. Though what order to put them in is certainly up for debate. There is an element of a character's strengths being listed first (or near top) as that is what sets them apart from the crowd, which this order would eliminate. I prefer the highlighting of their character defining abilities, but others might think differently. People will have to give their opinion which way they prefer to list them, or post alternatives. 09:48, August 13, 2014 (UTC)

I agree with both of you. The issue of organization is prominent and needs to be a priority. Though I do think that the most defining capability should work as the focal point. I think the best organization seeing as I implemented the concepts in the P&A section in the first place, its probably makes sense if after all this time i took responsibility and attempted to fix this.

Shinigami
 * Focal Point Ability/Abilities (zanjutsu, hakudo, kido, healer, assassin, etc)
 * Standard Skills (zanjutsu, shunpo, hakuda, kido)
 * Spiritual Power level
 * Developed Skills (strength, durability, endurance, speed, agility/reflexes)
 * Zanpakuto (obviously this is its own section and therefore goes exactly where it always has at the bottom)

Arrancar
 * Focal Point Ability/Abilities (unique power, hand-to-hand, swordsmanship, etc)
 * Standard Skills (hand-to-hand, swordsmanship, sonido)
 * Spiritual Power level
 * Developed Skills (strength, durability, endurance, speed, agility/reflexes)
 * Zanpakuto (obviously this is its own section and therefore goes exactly where it always has at the bottom)

Quincy
 * Focal Point Ability/Abilities (Quincy epithet)
 * Standard Skills (swordsmanship, foot work, hand-to-hand, Ginto)
 * Spiritual Power level
 * Developed Skills (strength, durability, endurance, speed, agility/reflexes)
 * spirit weapon (obviously this is its own section and therefore goes exactly where it always has at the bottom)

Could probably do a mock up to get the idea but the point is after the focal power its to be standard layout for all characters of that racial type.--