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I think the style guide needs to include the recent guidance on capitalization of equipment types - AeroSpace Fighter versus aerospace fighter - and so on. [[User:BrokenMnemonic|BrokenMnemonic]] ([[User talk:BrokenMnemonic|talk]]) 00:47, 18 August 2014 (PDT) | I think the style guide needs to include the recent guidance on capitalization of equipment types - AeroSpace Fighter versus aerospace fighter - and so on. [[User:BrokenMnemonic|BrokenMnemonic]] ([[User talk:BrokenMnemonic|talk]]) 00:47, 18 August 2014 (PDT) | ||
:Added this information.--[[User:Mbear|Mbear]]<sup>([[User_talk:Mbear|talk]])</sup> 11:05, 18 August 2014 (PDT) | :Added this information.--[[User:Mbear|Mbear]]<sup>([[User_talk:Mbear|talk]])</sup> 11:05, 18 August 2014 (PDT) | ||
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+ | Since I'm new and probably missed the appropriate style rules: | ||
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+ | Should plural and possessive markers be inside or outside the italics of a unit's name? e.g. "The ''Locust'''s" or "The Locust's'' when using a possessive? | ||
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+ | Should Alternate Configuration be spelt out or abbreviated? It's inconsistent on the 'Mech pages I've looked at. | ||
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+ | I mostly edit at Wikipedia, where straight apostrophes are supposed to be used instead of curly ones, so this takes getting used to. Should I be changing straight apostrophes to curly ones when editing? [[User:Madness Divine|Madness Divine]] ([[User talk:Madness Divine|talk]]) 16:32, 20 December 2021 (EST) |
Latest revision as of 17:32, 20 December 2021
Military Unit Names[edit]
I'm slowly going through and adding redirects for the spelled-out versions of unit names. I think it might be worth adding a comment or example to the Manual of Style page saying something about creating such redirects if you create a new Military Unit, so that it doesn't have to be done later, but I'm not sure if that might be better placed in the Help & How To page for each unit type... only that's a lot of updating of help articles, whereas the Manual of Style is over-arching. BrokenMnemonic (talk) 11:32, 15 August 2014 (PDT)
Capitalization[edit]
I think the style guide needs to include the recent guidance on capitalization of equipment types - AeroSpace Fighter versus aerospace fighter - and so on. BrokenMnemonic (talk) 00:47, 18 August 2014 (PDT)
Advice[edit]
Since I'm new and probably missed the appropriate style rules:
Should plural and possessive markers be inside or outside the italics of a unit's name? e.g. "The Locusts" or "The Locust's when using a possessive?
Should Alternate Configuration be spelt out or abbreviated? It's inconsistent on the 'Mech pages I've looked at.
I mostly edit at Wikipedia, where straight apostrophes are supposed to be used instead of curly ones, so this takes getting used to. Should I be changing straight apostrophes to curly ones when editing? Madness Divine (talk) 16:32, 20 December 2021 (EST)