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Also, please don't use '''boldface''' (generated with three single quotes) for emphasis. Bold text should be reserved for emphasis within block-quotes that are already in italics and for minor subheads in the main text. Also, the first time a work page mentions the work's name in its text, the name should be marked up in bold ''and'' italics (unless it's a short story or a single song, in which case it should be in boldface and quotes). There are almost no other cases when boldface is an appropriate style choice.
There are situations where you will want to put an apostrophe immediately after a word in italics, in order to indicate a possessive. This puts three apostrophes in a row, which is the markup for boldface text. In order to prevent the three apostrophes from being treated as boldface markup, put the third apostrophe in double braces, like so: {{tl|'}}. (The "nowiki" markup used on other wikis should not be used on All The Tropes as a matter of wiki style.) ''We have become aware that the visual editor does not follow the wiki's style in this case.''
Finally, do not put the trope links in a work's trope list in italics or bold. If a trope needs special attention brought to it, do it with the description.
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