Tub Book: Style Guide

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Revision as of 04:59, 25 Feb 2008

The main thing is to be consistent -- so if you see inconsistent patterns punctuation, let us all know!

glossary terms should be lower case unless they are proper nouns (e.g., ablation vs. Tampa)
each definition should end in a period (or exclamation point or question mark).
watch the 2.a. ... 2.b. layout -- be sure that you have a period after the number & after the letter

Use double dashes (--) instead of em-dashes because em-dashes don't work so well in this wiki
if we're going Yank style, periods, question marks, and exclamation marks go inside quotes. (Personally, I prefer British style, which puts the end punctuation outside of the quote unless the end punctuation is part of the quote -- but I think we have mostly been following the Yank style, so let's keep the end punctuation inside quotes unless someone else wants to argue otherwise.)
one space after periods and colons (speak up if you'd prefer 2 spaces)
dates -- like this: 3 March, 2007 (speaks up if you'd prefer March 3, 2007)
Ellipses (i.e., ...) -- surround them by spaces (e.g., "and then ... she went to the sky")

 '''Internal Links:'''
 * Internal links that properly name the entry -- leave as is
-* Misdirects (e.g., [[Stinking Weed|Wacky Tobaccy]] actually takes you to Stinking Weed) -- leave as is, but add a "see" reference to the [[Tub Book: Index|index]] (i.e., [[Wacky Tobaccy]] '''see''' [[Stinking Weed]])
+* Misdirects (e.g., [[Stinking Weed|Wacky Tobaccy]] actually takes you to Stinking Weed) -- leave as is, but add a "see" reference to the [[Tub Book: Index|index]] (e.g., [[Wacky Tobaccy]] '''see''' [[Stinking Weed]])
-* Dead links (they take you know where) -- delete 'em
+* Dead links (they take you know where) -- fix 'em (preferably) or delete 'em (when imagination or patience lacks) (e.g., change [[giant]] to [[The Worship of Dong|giant]] -- now live, pointing to "The Worship of Dong")
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