Last Epoch Wiki:Village Pump/When is a character stat a Character Stat?

I have searched the various discussion pages and have not found anything on this topic. It is a simple question, but I am sure that the answer is not simple.

The best way to ask it is to give an example.

Mana is one of the Character Stats defined in Last Epoch. It also has a wider more generic meaning when talking about gaming in general.

So when do we use mana, Mana or Mana in the wiki pages?

It gets a bit more complicated when talking about mana regeneration, which is another one of the Character Stats.

I am interested to hear thoughts on this topic. I would like to try and stay consistent in the pages that I create and edit.

ChillGameTheorist (talk) 19:02, 23 September 2018 (UTC)


 * If the question is when should the word be linked to it's wiki page then the general rule is the first time that it is mentioned in an article. There are of course exceptions, such as when it's first inclusion in an article is part of a template that you wouldn't wanted hyperlinked on other pages that it is included. The writer may also choose not to hyperlink the word if they can make the reasonable assumption that the reader would already be informed on the topic (Given the current infancy of this wiki, I don't think any such pages exist, however if one were to be writing an advanced strategy guide, they could omit the link to Health, for example.) Lastly, if you as the writer believe that it makes sense to include multiple links (due to another reference being significantly further down the page), then there is no harm in doing so.


 * If the question is whether or not should it be capitalized, I've been capitalizing all links (in the same manner that you would capitalize article titles), although there have been other editors that choose not to do so. As for non-linked instances of the word, it seems to be an eternal debate as to whether it should be capitalized (as a proper noun) or not. Unfortunately, looking at the game descriptions does not help in this matter, as they are also inconsistent. I generally choose to capitalize them as proper names, but I don't believe that there is an established consensus on this yet.

--GeoGalvanic (talk | testspace) 20:17, 23 September 2018 (UTC)