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== Articles, titles, sections and headings == | |||
* Sentence case for titles of pages. Capitalize the initial letter (except in rare cases, such as eBay), but otherwise follow sentence case (Funding of UNESCO projects), not title case (Funding of UNESCO Projects), except where title case would be used in ordinary prose. | * Sentence case for titles of pages. Capitalize the initial letter (except in rare cases, such as eBay), but otherwise follow sentence case (Funding of UNESCO projects), not title case (Funding of UNESCO Projects), except where title case would be used in ordinary prose. | ||
* Do not use articles (a, an, or the) as the first word (Economy of the Second Empire, not The economy of the Second Empire), unless it is an inseparable part of a name (The Hague) or of the title of a work (A Clockwork Orange, The Simpsons). | * Do not use articles (a, an, or the) as the first word (Economy of the Second Empire, not The economy of the Second Empire), unless it is an inseparable part of a name (The Hague) or of the title of a work (A Clockwork Orange, The Simpsons). | ||
* The final character should not be punctuation unless it is an inseparable part of a name (Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) or an abbreviation (Inverness City F.C.), or when a closing round bracket or quotation mark is required (John Palmer (1814 schooner)). | * The final character should not be punctuation unless it is an inseparable part of a name (Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) or an abbreviation (Inverness City F.C.), or when a closing round bracket or quotation mark is required (John Palmer (1814 schooner)). | ||
== Capitalization == | |||
* Lowercase "r" in riso and risograph, when speaking of the generic digital duplicator / stencil printing machines and/or method of printmaking. This is used similarly to how kleenex can refer to any type of tissue, not the specific Kleenex brand only. "When making risograph prints, choosing the ink color..." is correct, not "When making Risograph prints, ..." | * Lowercase "r" in riso and risograph, when speaking of the generic digital duplicator / stencil printing machines and/or method of printmaking. This is used similarly to how kleenex can refer to any type of tissue, not the specific Kleenex brand only. "When making risograph prints, choosing the ink color..." is correct, not "When making Risograph prints, ..." | ||
* RISO in all caps when talking about the RISO Kagaku Corporation and the brand and products specific to the company. | * RISO in all caps when talking about the RISO Kagaku Corporation and the brand and products specific to the company. | ||
== Units of Measurement == | |||
* Where possible, include metric and imperial units. | |||
* When estimate costs are given for reference, include the currency and a date range if possible as well. | |||
* Most currency symbols are placed before the number, and unspaced ($123 not $ 123). | |||
== Related == | |||
Many conventions from: | Many conventions from: | ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style | ||
Revision as of 16:39, 11 September 2025
Articles, titles, sections and headings
- Sentence case for titles of pages. Capitalize the initial letter (except in rare cases, such as eBay), but otherwise follow sentence case (Funding of UNESCO projects), not title case (Funding of UNESCO Projects), except where title case would be used in ordinary prose.
- Do not use articles (a, an, or the) as the first word (Economy of the Second Empire, not The economy of the Second Empire), unless it is an inseparable part of a name (The Hague) or of the title of a work (A Clockwork Orange, The Simpsons).
- The final character should not be punctuation unless it is an inseparable part of a name (Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) or an abbreviation (Inverness City F.C.), or when a closing round bracket or quotation mark is required (John Palmer (1814 schooner)).
Capitalization
- Lowercase "r" in riso and risograph, when speaking of the generic digital duplicator / stencil printing machines and/or method of printmaking. This is used similarly to how kleenex can refer to any type of tissue, not the specific Kleenex brand only. "When making risograph prints, choosing the ink color..." is correct, not "When making Risograph prints, ..."
- RISO in all caps when talking about the RISO Kagaku Corporation and the brand and products specific to the company.
Units of Measurement
- Where possible, include metric and imperial units.
- When estimate costs are given for reference, include the currency and a date range if possible as well.
- Most currency symbols are placed before the number, and unspaced ($123 not $ 123).
Related
Many conventions from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style