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#All "generic" entity types should also be tagged their "specific" type. To provide an illustrative example:

## If we have an NPC that is not a human, and we also don't know what it actually is (demon? god? ghost?), then only tag the generic entity type NPC.

Please see the following article for a guide on colours: [[Tags:Colours]]

In general, when a person is from a fictional nationality, the fictional nationality should be tagged, and only the fictional nationality. When a person is from a real world nationality, the real world nationality should be tagged, and only the real world nationality.

Anime can be set in the real world and therefore contain real world nationalities. It can be set in a fictional world and therefore contain fictional nationalities. It can also be set in a fictional world, but contain fictional nationalities based on real world ones.  This policy provides guidance as to the possible scenarios and how characters should be tagged. This policy was discussed and confirmed [http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=creq&creq.show=1&creq.id=8092334#msg16321679 here].

Where possible, create tags for fictional nationalities. They should also be marked franchise specific.

Where the anime is set in the real world: tag the real world nationality. A large segment of anime would fall here, as many are just set in modern-day Japan.

Where the anime is:

* set in a fictional world,

Tag the real world nationality. A good example is {{a|4521|Code Geass}}. It contains several real world nationalities, such as China, Japan (now Area 11), India, etc, along with fictional nationalities such as Britannia. China, Japan, and India are easily identified with a cursory look.

Where the anime is:

* set in a fictional world,

The real world nationality should '''NOT''' be tagged. This is a theoretical possibility, but is the rarest case.

Where the anime is:

* set in a fictional world,

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To ensure tag-naming consistency, please abide by these rules:

:* Tag names are basically all '''lower case''', just like they would be '''used in sentences''' with '''British English''' spelling, e.g.

''Examples:'' <tt>{{tag|1413|great OP song}}, {{tag|1856|Japanese mythology}}, {{tag|426|tsundere}}, {{tag|3912|engaged to an alien}}, {{tag|1952|Weekly Shounen Jump}}</tt>

When adding a new tag name, please add a description text as well. This helps all the users out there understand why you defined the tag, and will make your tags all the more valuable and useful:

{{eyecatch|1|Note|Tag maintainers are much more likely to delete an obscure tag that does '''not''' have a description.}}

A tag can very well be a huge spoiler. To avoid giving away information you can either check mark it as a ''global spoiler'' (tag name is always considered to be a spoiler) or as a ''local spoiler'' (tag name is only a giveaway for the current anime).

Not verified tags won't be shown anywhere except for the edit pages!

When suggesting a tag name change, add a descriptive comment in the text box explaining your reasons.

The rating is used to show how relevant the used tag is for this anime.

There are '''six''' levels starting with + (''little'') right up to *** (''lots''). As a rule of thumb, to be included at all, a tag must be relevant to more than one episode of a series.

To better help distinguish between these three tag weight interpretations, colour-coded '''tag Weight''' info boxes have been placed at the top of each tag page / sub-page. Should a specific tag need to be interpreted differently another info box will point that out.

Categories should be interpreted by the '''amount''' of their occurrence:

{{CatWeightInfo|amount|1}}

Categories should be interpreted by the '''worst case''' seen in the anime:

{{CatWeightInfo|worstcase|1}}

Categories should either be set or not set at all:

{{CatWeightInfo|onoff|1}}