The Vampire Diaries Wiki:Spelling

This page is an official policy on The Vampire Diaries Wiki. It has wide acceptance among editors and is considered a standard that all users should follow. When editing this page, please ensure that your revision reflects consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on the talk page.

Although the wiki attracts visitors and editors from all over the world, many speaking British English, we ask that all users use American English on the wiki, this is due to the fact that the show is produced by an American Broadcasting Company and airs in the United States. We especially ask that users are careful with the z and s way of spelling words. American English primarily uses z where BrEng would primarily use s variants of the word. Although users are asked to follow this, we understand that any variation of the English language is not some user's first language. Due to this, we do run a bot that will automatically clean up some variation of the words, however, it is not an extensive list. The bot will also correct grammar and capitalization issues after sentences end.

Please Note: Below is a full list of how words should be capitalized.

Incorrect	Correct	Notes
The Ancestors	the Ancestors	"the" determiner should always be lowercase unless occupying the initial position.
The Strix	the Strix
The Hollow	the Hollow
The Regent regent of the nine covens	the Regent Regent of the Nine Covens	As above, "the" lowercase. As being Regent is a title, in all instances Regent and the full title must be capitalized.
original vampires Original Vampires	Original vampire(s)	Capitalize in all instances only the adjective.
enhanced original enhanced Original Enhanced original	Enhanced Original vampire	As with Original vampire, only the premodifiers are capitalized.
Vampire Witch(es) Seer Werewolf	vampire witch(es) seer werewolf	Species are not proper nouns and should not be capitalized unless they are in the initial position. As above, any premodifiers such as "Evolved werewolf"/"Harvest witch" should be capitalized as above.
Spirits	the Spirits Spirits of Nature	Spirits itself, as a species, per above, should not be capitalized. The only instance when it is applicable and acceptable to capitalize "Spirits" is when it is referring to the Spirits, the collective group of spirits that resided on the Other Side.
Phoenix Sword Phoenix Stone	phoenix sword phoenix stone	Phoenix sword and phoenix stone should not be capitalized unless in the initial position; if linking and not initial position, use Phoenix Sword|phoenix sword, etc.
Klaus's The Originals's	Stefans' The Originals'	Despite s's being grammatically correct in many languages, including BrEng and American English, please refrain from using it on this community. We use s' format on this community for conformity and the simple matter that it looks cosmetically better.
Salvatore school	Salvatore School	Whilst conventionally "Salvatore school" is grammatically correct, please use "Salvatore School" on articles. The school has been referred to numerous times as the "Salvatore School", so this can be seen as an alternative name to its full name, the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted.
ancestral magic ancestral plane	Ancestral Magic Ancestral Plane	Ancestral Magic and Ancestral Plane should always be capitalized. The Vampire Diaries Wiki always endeavours to capitalize the use of differing types of magic in articles (such as Expression v. expression, etc), Ancestral Magic should follow suite. The latter is a place and as such follows the conventions of grammar.

Abbreviations

There are several abbreviations used throughout The Vampire Diaries Wiki and also throughout The Vampire Diaries Universe. There may also be alternate abbreviations which are used by some people, but not widely throughout the Universe. As such, we ask that, notwithstanding the abbreviations you—as an editor—may use personally, that when editing on The Vampire Diaries Wiki, you use the abbreviations below.

Abbreviation	Meaning	Notes
TVD	The Vampire Diaries	Needn't be italicised when used as an abbreviation. But should be capitalised when used in its full form per the MoS. Pleas do not use "VD" as an abbreviation.
TO	The Originals	As above.
LGC	Legacies	As above.
MF	Mystic Falls
FQ	French Quarter
NOLA	New Orleans	The abbreviation refers to "New Orleans, Los Angeles". Please use this in articles when abbreviating rather than using "NO".