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In order to avoid ambiguity, certain considerations should be followed for specific topics and words.
In order to avoid ambiguity, certain considerations should be followed for specific topics and words.


*'''"Binds":''' Many players don't play on PC, and even those that do often times don't use default key assignments. References to commands should refer to those commands in simple, bind-neutral terms, including default key assignments only as extra information (possibly added in parentheses, and not repeated at additional mentions of the same command within the article). For example, "hit mouse1 to fire a blue portal" would be more appropriately phrased "fire a blue portal (default key mouse1 on PC, left trigger on XBox 360, R1 on PS3)" or, if recently described with key bindings already, simply "fire a blue portal."
*'''"Binds":''' Many players don't play on PC, and even those that do often times don't use default key assignments. References to commands should refer to those commands in simple, bind-neutral terms, including default key assignments only as extra information (possibly added in parentheses, and not repeated at additional mentions of the same command within the article). For example, "Hit mouse1 to fire a blue portal" would be more appropriately phrased "Fire a blue portal (default key mouse1 on PC, left trigger on XBox 360, R1 on PS3)" or, if recently described with key bindings already, simply "Fire a blue portal."


== See also ==
== See also ==