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{{mosnav|p=Point of view|Out-of-universe perspective|Neutral point of view|c=Point of view}} | {{mosnav|p=Point of view|Out-of-universe perspective|Neutral point of view|We're Wikipedia's evil twin|c=Point of view}} | ||
{{moss|When writing the in-universe portion of an article, imagine that you know everything about your topic, but that it no longer exists. Write in the '''past tense only'''.}} | {{moss|When writing the in-universe portion of an article, imagine that you know everything about your topic, but that it no longer exists. Write in the '''past tense only'''.}} | ||
{{sc|T:IU}}It's important that our articles be consistently written from the same point of view. Otherwise, we'd end up with one article written in past tense, another in future tense, and yet another in present tense. Or maybe, some of the articles would be written from a character's perspective rather than the audience's. | {{sc|T:IU}}It's important that our articles be consistently written from the same point of view. Otherwise, we'd end up with one article written in past tense, another in future tense, and yet another in present tense. Or maybe, some of the articles would be written from a character's perspective rather than the audience's. | ||
