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This is {{SITENAME}}'s '''Manual of Style'''. All users are required to follow these guidelines on how text is written.

*'''Key:'''
**<span style="color: green">Correct</span>
**<span style="color: red">Incorrect</span>

==Writing==
===<u>Language</u>===
Because ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (TV series)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' is an American television series, all text is required to be written in American English. An example of how text is required to be written is below.

*<span style="color: green">SpongeBob is yellow in color.</span>
*<span style="color: red">SpongeBob is yellow in colour.</span>

This rule does not apply to talk pages and user pages.

===<u>Date and time</u>===
The date and time can be written in all sorts of ways, but what {{SITENAME}} strongly prefers is either '''21:30, May 1, 1999''' or '''May 1, 1999, 21:30'''. Like with the [[#Language|language rules]], this does not apply to talk pages and user pages.

==Wikitext==
All wikitext is required to be written like this for pages:
*<nowiki>[[Patrick Star]]</nowiki>
and this for external links:
*WikiOasis: <nowiki>[[wo:wikiname:pagename|pagename]]</nowiki>
**Example: <nowiki>[[wo:spongebob:Squidward Tentacles|Squidward Tentacles]]</nowiki>
*Non-WikiOasis:
**Wikipedia: <nowiki>[[w:pagename|pagename]]</nowiki>
***Example: <nowiki>[[w:SpongeBob SquarePants|SpongeBob SquarePants]]</nowiki>
**Non-Wikipedia: <nowiki>[link pagename]</nowiki>
***Example: <nowiki>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206512/ SpongeBob SquarePants]</nowiki>

==Filenames==
All files that are uploaded here are required to have a proper name. When uploading files, always remember to appropriately name them.
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