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diff --git a/data/docs/5 b/data/docs/5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..12456b38 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/docs/5 @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +:TITLE:General guidelines +:INC:notfinished +:INC:index + + +:SUB:Romanization +<p> + The main audience of VNDB are the English speaking fans of visual novels. In + creating the database, we assume the intended audience can't read or recognise + anything not written in the roman script. Therefore, romanization is applied + to many fields in the database: The main title of visual novels, releases and + producers should all be properly romanized if they arent in roman script + already.<br /> + To keep the database consistent, we have decided to use + <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepburn_romanization">Hepburn romanization</a> + for all fields. This is also consistent with + <a href="http://wiki.anidb.net/w/Romanisation">AniDBs romanization</a>. +</p> + + +:SUB:Capitalization +<p> + Some Japanese producers use titles for their games that are already in the roman + alphabet. However - as the disctinction in uppercase and lowercase characters + does not exist in Japanese - these titles are often entirely in uppercase or + lowercase. If there is no real reason for this choise of capitalization, these + titles and names should be properly converted to normal English capitalization + (as described <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization">on + Wikipedia</a>) for titles and names before being entered in the database. +</p> + + +:SUB:...and more! +<p> +Misc documentation:<br /> +- Edit summary<br /> +- Quoting sources in descriptions<br /> +- Piracy<br /> +- Spoilers<br /> +</p> + |