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[edit] Common errors of mine

[edit] A vs. The

  • A – Indefinite Article – Ambiguous – A house can be green. (any)
  • The – Definite Article – Specific – The house is green. (specific)

[edit] e.g vs. i.e.

  • e.g., – Lists examples : "For example" – The house is indigo (e.g., ???).
  • i.e., – Defining : "That is" "In Example" – The house is indigo (i.e., blue).

[edit] Templates

Full list of Wikipedias templates

[edit] Style Guide

[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]

[edit] Intro : Max 3 paragraphs

[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Article titles |MoS: Article Intro]]

[edit] Capitalisation

[edit] In titles

  • MoS: Capitalisation
    • When proceeding a persons name
    • When used as the formal title
      • King of England / Englands king / President of the U.S. / U.S. president
        • a U.S. president / President Smith / President of the United States
        • Republican as a party: John Smith (Republican)
        • republican as a ideology: many republicans say
[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Titles |MoS: Capitalisation]]

[edit] In calendar names: days, months, holidays, seasons

  • MoS: Calendar
    • Months (Jan, Feb..), Days (Mon. Tues..), and Holidays (New Years, Fourth of July)
    • Not seasons, unless used within a noun, Winter Solstice, It is cold in winter
[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Calendar items |MoS: Calendar]]

[edit] In directional use

  • MoS: Direction
    • Northern Lights / Southern Nevada / west coast / eastbound traffic
    • North 1st St. / Southerner / from the south
[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Directions and regions |MoS: Direction]]

[edit] Exceptions: US->U.S., U.S.A.->USA

[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#National varieties of English |MoS: U.S. or USA]]

[edit] Numbers

  • MoS: Measurements
    • Distance / Area
      • acres miles yards feet inches
      • hectares kilometres metres centimetres millimetres
    • Weight
      • tons pounds ounces grams | gallons pints cups ounces | cups tablespoons teaspoons
[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Style for numbers, weights, and measures |MoS: Measurements]]

[edit] Abbreviations of Measurement

See: U.S. customary units

[edit] Percentage
[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Percentages |MoS: Percentages]]

[edit] Dates

MoS: Dates - No Ordinal sufixes

[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Dates and times |MoS: Dates & Times]]
[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Dates |MoS: Full Date Linking]]
  • MoS: Dates of birth & death
    • Living: (born Mmm DD, YYYY)
    • Dead: (Mmm DD, YYYY – Mmm DD, YYYY) (Use  –[space] )
    • Unknown: (c. YYYY)
[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Dates of birth and death |MoS: Dates of birth & death]]

[edit] Headings

[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings)#Wording of heading titles |MoS: Headings]]
[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings)#Capitalisation |MoS: Capitalisation in Headings]]
[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings)#Links within headings |MoS: Headings & Links]]

[edit] Links

  • MoS: Internal Links (Examples are BAD links)
    • MMM DD, YYYY should always be wikified
    • >10% of words
    • Number of links > number of lines
    • >10% are
      • wanted or
      • Unrelated links [years, terminology, etc...])
[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links)#Internal links |MoS: Internal Links]]
[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links)#Position in article |MoS: External Links - Location]]

[edit] Font Usage

  • MoS: Italics
    • Book titles, court cases, movies, albums, TV shows, magazines, ships, software titles and major orchestral works
[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (titles)#Italics |MoS: Italics]]

[edit] Quotation Marks

  • MoS: Quotation marks
    • Short stories, articles, statues, short films, songs, individual episodes of TV shows, and poems
[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (titles)#Quotation marks|MoS: Quotation marks]]

[edit] Avoid Contractions

[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Contractions |MoS: Avoid Contractions]]

[edit] Avoid "See also" and "Related topics"

[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#"See also" and "Related topics" sections |MoS: Avoid "See also"]]

[edit] Template

(Template for adding new links)

*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (XXX)#ZZZ |MoS: YYY]]
::<nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (XXX)#ZZZ |MoS: YYY]]</nowiki>

(Summmary)

[[Special:Randompage|Randomly Selected]] for copyediting –

[edit] Guide to Layout

(Template for adding new links)

*[[Wikipedia:Guide to layout (XXX)#ZZZ |Layout: YYY]]
::<nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Guide to layout (XXX)#ZZZ |Layout: YYY]]</nowiki>


[edit] Proposal of new shortcuts for WP:MOS

Style and formatting
Manual of Style and its subpages
Related policies and guidelines
Other advice, including essays and proposals
Related to specific cultures

User:Guy M/Manual of Style Proposal

[edit] Other things

[edit] Not Wiki Pages

html2wiki converter (for tables)

[edit] Frequently Used Categories

[edit] Strip Resort/Hotel/Casino

[[Category:Casinos in the United States]]
[[Category:Casinos]]
[[Category:Resorts/Las Vegas]]
[[Category:Hotels of the United States]]
[[Category:Las Vegas]]