SmashWiki:Neutral tone guide

Writing with an encyclopedic tone can be a difficult task, especially when it comes to discussing controversial subjects such as characters' strengths and weaknesses. Nevertheless, SmashWiki is an encyclopedia and not a strategy guide. It is important to consider the connotations of mainspace content and to work towards writing in a neutral tone as much as possible.

General notes
Many words and phrases inherently skew towards representing a certain opinion as opposed to representing facts more neutrally. The following are a good sample of words to avoid when possible:
 * best
 * fantastic
 * viable
 * worst
 * awful
 * unfortunately
 * sadly
 * subpar
 * failing
 * gimmicky
 * abysmal

Articles in need of tone improvement may be tagged with tone.

Selected examples
The following examples are from the page histories of SSB4 character pages, and are presented alongside possible improvements that attempt to convey information in a more neutral way where appropriate.