Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-209421-20130612043741/@comment-209421-20130703105044

Kagimizu wrote: 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, where the Pokemon move "Smokescreen" and others similar to it don't qualify as Elemental moves. Eh, well, it all comes down to whether it's a Roleplay, which should incorporate elements shared in ALL stories (I.E. These do nicely as while not all stories use them, they serve as templates for people to use, despite very few doing so) or a fanfic, where a single user controls the aspects.