Help:Style Manual - Revision history

Kay T: /* Books - Same Title */ +publisher imprint info

2008-02-03T01:50:04Z

Books - Same Title: +publisher imprint info

Amy: /* Books - Same Title */

2007-10-23T20:58:41Z

Books - Same Title

Kay T: added some sections

2007-10-12T19:43:44Z

added some sections

Kay T: added info on numbered series

2007-10-12T19:30:54Z

added info on numbered series

Kay T: default sort for categories

2007-10-10T21:11:14Z

default sort for categories

Kay T: /* Categories */ fix link

2007-10-01T01:48:12Z

Categories: fix link

Kay T: style ofr RomanceWiki

2007-09-16T23:05:33Z

style ofr RomanceWiki

Kay T: /* Article Titles */

2007-09-12T21:45:12Z

Article Titles

Kay T: /* Sections And Headings */

2007-09-07T20:36:06Z

Sections And Headings

Kay T: fixed link

2007-09-05T22:03:24Z

fixed link

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 <pre>
 [[Title - Publisher]]</pre>
 ===Ampersands===

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 <pre>
 [[Obsession - Monica Burns]]</pre>
 ===Ampersands===

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	You would use this style anytime you refer to that book, i.e., in the [[Books]] pages, author pages, numbered series lists.		You would use this style anytime you refer to that book, i.e., in the [[Books]] pages, author pages, numbered series lists.
		+
		+	==Article Contents==
		+	We have a few standardized formats for the contents of an article:
		+	*[[Help:Book Template]] gives the suggested format for the contents of a book page
		+	**[[Help:Same Title Multiple Authors]] gives the suggested format for contents of a disambiguation page when there is more than book with the same titles
		+	*[[Help:Author Template]] give the suggested format for the contents of an author page
		+	**[[Help:Authors With Same Name]] gives the suggested format for contents of a disambiguation page when there is more than author with the same name
		+
		+	===The [[Books]] Lists===
		+	When adding a book to the [[Books]] pages, use the following syntax:
		+	<pre>
		+	* ''[[book title]]'' - [[author name]], date (Publisher)
		+	</pre>
		+
		+	or
		+
		+	<pre>
		+	* ''[[book title]]''
		+	** [[book title - the existing author's name\|1]] - [[author name]], date, (Publisher)
		+	** [[book title - your new author's name\|2]] - [[author name]], date, (Publisher)
		+	etc.
		+	</pre>
		+
		+	===The [[Authors]] Lists===
		+	When adding authors to the [[Authors]] pages, use the following syntax:
		+
		+	<pre>[[First Last\|Last, First]]</pre>
		+

	==Sections And Headings==		==Sections And Headings==

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 The title of an [[Anthologies|anthology]] of novellas is italicized - ''[[Bad Boys Ahoy!]]''.
-===Italic Book Links===
+====Italic Book Links====
 Although the book title is within italic double apostrophes, the apostrophes must be outside the double brackets, or the link will not work; however, internal italicization can be used in [[#Pipes|piped links]] (next section).
 :::{|
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 then only <font color="blue">''Pride & Prejudice''</font> will show up in the article.
-Another example of this is when you have a book page with the author's name in the title:
+====Links To Books - Same Title====
 <nowiki>[[Obsession - Monica Burns]]</nowiki>.
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 and it will show up as [[Obsession - Monica Burns|''Obsession'']].
 ==Sections And Headings==

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:11, 10 October 2007
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−	[[category:Adding Content To The Romance Wiki]][[category:Editing Pages]] [[category:Help]]	+	{{DEFAULTSORT:Style Manual}}[[category:Adding Content To The Romance Wiki]][[category:Editing Pages]] [[category:Help]]
	The '''Style Manual''' is a guide that aims to make the RomanceWiki easier to read and edit. Because one way of presenting information is often just as good as another, choosing a consistent style promotes professionalism, simplicity and greater cohesion in our articles.		The '''Style Manual''' is a guide that aims to make the RomanceWiki easier to read and edit. Because one way of presenting information is often just as good as another, choosing a consistent style promotes professionalism, simplicity and greater cohesion in our articles.

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:48, 1 October 2007
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	On RomanceWiki we place the categories at the top of the page, even though when the page is saved the categories show up at the bottom of the page.		On RomanceWiki we place the categories at the top of the page, even though when the page is saved the categories show up at the bottom of the page.

−	:'''Note:''' Check [[~~Special~~:~~Categories~~]] for a list of categories that have already been created.	+	:'''Note:''' Check [[RomanceWiki:Category Index]] for a list of categories that have already been created.

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 [[category:Adding Content To The Romance Wiki]][[category:Editing Pages]] [[category:Help]]
 The '''Style Manual''' is a guide that aims to make the RomanceWiki easier to read and edit. Because one way of presenting information is often just as good as another, choosing a consistent style promotes professionalism, simplicity and greater cohesion in our articles.
 ==Article Titles==

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 This is different from the style used on Wikipedia, and different from what is known as "title case" (which might be Pride and Prejudice). This makes it easier to find and link to other pages. All the words are initial capitalized.
 ===Books - Same Title===
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 ===Ampersands===
 If there is an ampersand (&) in the title, it is better to spell it out as ''and'' because some browsers have trouble finding page titles with the ampersand.
 ==Using Article Titles ==

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 ==Sections And Headings==
-Headings and subheadings break an article into sections and provide an overview in the table of contents. This allow readers to navigate through the text more easily, and is particularly appropriate for breaking up longer articles. [[Help:Book Template]] and [[Help:Author Template]] suggest certain standard headings for the articles.
+Headings and subheadings break an article into sections and provide an overview in the [[Help:Table Of Contents|table of contents]]. This allow readers to navigate through the text more easily, and is particularly appropriate for breaking up longer articles. [[Help:Book Template]] and [[Help:Author Template]] suggest certain standard headings for the articles.
 ===Markup===
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 ===Section Management===
 * Because you can link to directly to the headings and subheadings on a particular page (see [[#Links|Links, above]]), only change the headings after careful consideration, because this will break any section links to them from the same and other articles.
 * If you refer to a section without linking, you can italicize the section name; for example, you are now reading the section on ''Section management''.
 ==Capital letters==

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 ==Using Article Titles ==
 ===Same Page===
-For book pages there is no need to repeat the title of the book in the body of the page. Generally follow the [[Book Template]] for the format of the book pages. The headings for author, publisher, year, etc. make it easier to identify the important information about the books.
+For book pages there is no need to repeat the title of the book in the body of the page. Generally follow [[Help:Book Template]] for the format of the book pages. The headings for author, publisher, year, etc. make it easier to identify the important information about the books.
 For author pages and other articles, the title is the subject of the first sentence of the article, for example, “'''Jane Austen''' is an author...” instead of “This article is about …”. The title of the article can be surrounded by triple apostrophes ( <nowiki>'''</nowiki> ) or enclosed with double brackets (<nowiki>[[Title]]</nowiki>) and this will make the title appear in boldface.
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 ==Sections And Headings==
-Headings and subheadings break an article into sections and provide an overview in the table of contents. This allow readers to navigate through the text more easily, and is particularly appropriate for breaking up longer articles. The [[Book Template]] and [[Author Template]] suggest certain standard headings for the articles.
+Headings and subheadings break an article into sections and provide an overview in the table of contents. This allow readers to navigate through the text more easily, and is particularly appropriate for breaking up longer articles. [[Help:Book Template]] and [[Help:Author Template]] suggest certain standard headings for the articles.
 ===Markup===