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+ | Whole page, I think, according to [[https:// | ||
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+ | I have edited this page in order to merge the original editing_rules page to the " | ||
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+ | Adenda: Well, for some reason or another, my hour's worth of work is not appearing on the page when I save the edit. I see it in the editor, but not on the article page. *tired* Quitting for now. :( --- // | ||
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+ | The way in which you added that footnote put the parser on the wrong foot :-) \\ Look at how I fixed that footnote. Powerful syntax. | ||
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+ | >Back when I used to smoke and drink, I used to pay powerful sin taxes. HA! :-P Humor is a good thing. Yes, footnote syntax very cool. It even shows when you hover over the number. Thanks, Eric. G' | ||
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+ | >Most Slackdocs documentation, | ||
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+ | >> Titles and headings should tell the reader what the article or section is about, simple as that. The title and headings of the article that started this debate, Niki's HowTo on NTP, did that. And what is more important for the purposes of this site, the instructions in the article worked. I do not think that anyone who wants to write an article should be worrying about whether it meets the approval of The Chicago Manual of Style or NIVA. --- // | ||
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+ | I had the same thought about that. Capitalizing every word is typical US-english style. We are trying to not just cater to the US population, remember? I personally think capitalizing every word is ugly. Try capitalizing a whole sentence... it looks awful. \\ Nevertheless, | ||
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+ | If capitalization is a US-english style only, it should NOT be used. Its just my opinion, but the wiki is international, | ||
+ | Concerning this page, I removed the translation notes and linked to the translation guidelines. Also, shouldn' | ||
+ | I would move sections in this order: | ||
+ | * 1. A General Note on Style | ||
+ | * 2. Page Editing Etiquette | ||
+ | * 3. Editing Policy | ||
+ | * (everything else being left in the actual order)\\ | ||
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