Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-209421-20130612043741/@comment-1272757-20130703104526

These elements are descriptions that set a kind of "standard" for the wiki and how these elements are used, but that's purely for people who wish to follow these articles in their stories or roleplays. They don't HAVE to follow the articles to the letter if the case is different in their story. It could be a different style, or it could involve not using the actual element at all. Like in the discussion we previously had with Xi and others were the Pokemon move "Smokescreen" doesn't qualify as an Elemental move.