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Best practices and tips for writing articles on the Ashes of Community Wiki. This guide is based on [[wikipedia:en:WP:SMOS|Wikipedia's Simplified Manual of style]].
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==Capital letters==
 
[[wikipedia:en:SMOS:CAP|SMOS:CAP]]
 
* Use [[wikipedia:en:sentence case|sentence case]] for article titles and section headings – '''Tips and pointers''', not '''Tips and Pointers'''.
 
* Capitalize the significant words of [[wikipedia:en:proper noun|proper nouns]], such as '''Intrepid Studios''' and '''Ashes of Creation'''.
 
 
 
==Citations (References)==
 
[[metawikimedia:Help:Footnotes]]
 
* All significant claims must be supported by a citation to source material.
 
* A citation should immediately follow the text to which it applies, including any punctuation.
 
* We recommend using <code>&lt;ref&gt;</code> (''ref tags'') to create footnote citations, which appear in the notes section of the article.
 
* The markup <code>&lt;ref&gt;</code> ''Citation text'' <code>&lt;/ref&gt;</code> produces a footnote linking to the citation text, providing the tag <code>&lt;references/&gt;</code> is present on the page.
 
* We recommend that <code>&lt;references/&gt;</code> is placed in a <code><nowiki>== Notes ==</nowiki></code> section at the end of the article.
 
 
 
==Abbreviations==
 
[[wikipedia:en:SMOS:ABB|SMOS:ABB]]
 
* In general, try to avoid using abbreviations unless they are commonplace.
 
* To indicate ''approximately'', the non-italicized abbreviation '''c.''' (followed by a space) is preferred over '''circa''', '''ca.''', or  '''approx.'''
 
* Write '''US''' or '''U.S.''', but not '''USA'''.
 
* Use "and" instead of the "&" sign, except in tables, infoboxes, and official names like '''AT&T'''.
 
 
 
==Punctuation==
 
===Apostrophes and quotation marks===
 
[[wikipedia:en:SMOS:A&Q|SMOS:A&Q]]
 
* Use straight quote marks <code><nowiki>"</nowiki></code> and apostrophes <code><nowiki>'</nowiki></code> as available from the keyboard, and not alternatives such as '''“&nbsp;”''' and '''‘&nbsp;’'''.
 
* Italicize names of books, films, TV series, music albums, paintings, and ships—but not short works like songs or poems, which should be in quotation marks.
 
* Both '''James' house''' and '''James's house''' are correct.
 
 
 
===Periods and commas===
 
[[wikipedia:en:SMOS:P&C|SMOS:P&C]]
 
* Place a [[wikipedia:en:full stop|full stop]] (a period) or a comma [[wikipedia:en:Quotation Mark#punctuation|''before'']] a closing quotation mark if it belongs as part of the quoted material; otherwise put it after.
 
* An [[wikipedia:en:ellipsis|ellipsis]] should be written as three separate dots ('''...'''): not spaced ('''.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.'''), and not using the single-character option ('''…''').
 
* The [[wikipedia:en:serial comma|serial comma]] (for example the comma before ''and'' in "ham, chips, and eggs") is optional; be sensitive to possible ambiguity from thoughtless use or thoughtless avoidance.
 
* Avoid [[wikipedia:en:comma splice|comma splice]]s.
 
* Picture captions should not end in a full stop (a period) unless they are complete sentences.
 
 
 
===Dashes and hyphens===
 
[[wikipedia:en:SMOS:D&H|SMOS:D&H]]
 
* Avoid using a hyphen after a standard -ly adverb ('''a newly available home''').
 
* A hyphen is not a [[wikipedia:en:dash|dash]]. Hyphens are used within words or to join words, but not in punctuating the parts of a sentence. Use an en dash (–) with <code>&amp;nbsp;</code> before and a space after; or use an em dash (—) without spaces. See [[wikipedia:en:How to make dashes|How to make dashes]]. Avoid using two hyphens <code><nowiki>--</nowiki></code> to make a dash; and avoid using a hyphen for a minus sign.
 
* Use an en dash, not a hyphen, between numbers: '''pp.&nbsp;14–21'''; '''1953–2008'''. An en dash is also to connect parallel terms: '''red–green colorblind'''; '''a New York–London flight'''.  Use spaces around the en dash only if the connected terms are multi-unit dates:  '''January 1999&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;December 2000'''.
 
 
 
== Dates and numbers ==
 
[[wikipedia:en:SMOS:D&N|SMOS:D&N]]
 
* Write '''number&nbsp;1''' or '''No.&nbsp;1''', but not '''#1'''. Comic books are an exception.
 
* Write '''12,000''' for twelve thousand, not '''12.000'''.
 
* Both '''10&nbsp;June 1921''' and '''June&nbsp;10, 1921,''' are correct, but be consistent within an article. A comma is not used if only the month is given, such as '''June 1921'''.
 
* '''400&nbsp;AD''' and '''400&nbsp;BC''' are correct; but so are '''400&nbsp;CE''' and '''400&nbsp;BCE'''. As always, use one style consistently in an article.
 
* Use '''one, two, three,&nbsp;..., eight, nine''' in normal article text, not '''1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9''' (although there are many exceptional circumstances; and some other numbers may be written as words also).
 
 
 
==Markup==
 
[[wikipedia:en:SMOS:MKP|SMOS:MKP]]
 
* Instead of an ordinary space, use <code>&amp;nbsp;</code> (a ''hard space'' or ''non-breaking space'') to prevent a line from ending in the middle of expressions.
 
* It does not matter how many spaces come after a period, because extra spaces will not show, although blank lines will create one extra line.
 
* Use [[wikipedia:en:wikilinks|wikilinks]], but only for words and phrases that are most likely to be helpful if clicked. Make sure each link goes to an article on the intended subject, and not to a disambiguation page or incorrect destination.
 
 
 
==Usage==
 
[[wikipedia:en:SMOS:USG|SMOS:USG]]
 
* Ashes of Community Wiki prefers no major national variety of the language over any other. These varieties (e.g. [[wikipedia:en:U.S. English|U.S. English]], [[wikipedia:en:British English|British English]]) differ in vocabulary (''soccer'' vs. ''football''), spelling (''center'' vs. ''centre''), and occasionally grammar.
 
* Avoid words like ''I'', ''we'', and ''you'', except in quotations and names of works.
 
* Avoid phrases like '''note that''' and '''remember that''' (which assume "you" for the reader); and avoid such expressions as '''of course''' and '''obviously'''.
 
 
 
== Internationalization and localization ==
 
* All pages on Ashes of Community Wiki are candidates for translation into multiple languages
 
* If a page has been translated, then click 'Edit source' to edit the entire page. The translation tag markers around section headings confuse section editing.
 
* You can copy and paste existing idioms, but if in doubt leave out all translation machinery and just write English.
 
 
 
== See also ==
 
* [[wikipedia:en:WP:SMOS|WP:SMOS]] Wikipedia's Simplified Manual of style
 
* [[wikipedia:en:WP:MOS|WP:MANUAL]] Wikipedia's Manual of Style
 
* [[wikipedia:en:mw:Style_guide|mw:Style_guide]] MediaWiki's Documentation/Style guide
 
 
 
== External links ==
 
* [https://developer.wordpress.com/themes/documentation-style-guide/|Wordpress Documentation Style Guide]
 
 
 
[[Category:Guidelines]]
 

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