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This page provides information about the standards used for '''spelling''' and '''capitalization''' on LifeWiki. | This page provides information about the standards used for '''spelling''' and '''capitalization''' on LifeWiki. | ||
==Spelling== | |||
LifeWiki is written using International (a.k.a. British) English. Although contributions written in American English are still welcome, ideally those contributions will later be revised to match the site standards; International English spellings should not be replaced by American English spellings. Redirect pages can be made to cover discrepancies if needed (e.g., if there were an article named [[Colour]] then a redirect page could be created at [[Color]]). | LifeWiki is written using International (a.k.a. British) English. Although contributions written in American English are still welcome, ideally those contributions will later be revised to match the site standards; International English spellings should not be replaced by American English spellings. Redirect pages can be made to cover discrepancies if needed (e.g., if there were an article named [[Colour]] then a redirect page could be created at [[Color]]). | ||
==Capitalization== | |||
Capitalization should in general follow regular English rules. A few notable points are: | Capitalization should in general follow regular English rules. A few notable points are: | ||
* In sentences, the first word and any proper nouns should be capitalized. | * In sentences, the first word and any proper nouns should be capitalized. | ||
Revision as of 02:25, 14 January 2009
This page provides information about the standards used for spelling and capitalization on LifeWiki.
Spelling
LifeWiki is written using International (a.k.a. British) English. Although contributions written in American English are still welcome, ideally those contributions will later be revised to match the site standards; International English spellings should not be replaced by American English spellings. Redirect pages can be made to cover discrepancies if needed (e.g., if there were an article named Colour then a redirect page could be created at Color).
Capitalization
Capitalization should in general follow regular English rules. A few notable points are:
- In sentences, the first word and any proper nouns should be capitalized.
- In titles and subtitles, only the first word and proper nouns should be capitalized; do not capitalize every word of titles or subtitles.
- Pattern names should not be capitalized when they are referred to within a wiki page unless they would otherwise be capitalized. Consider the following examples:
Correct:
This pattern looks like a boat.
My favourite pattern is the B-52 bomber.
Incorrect:
This pattern looks like a Boat.
My favourite pattern is the b-52 bomber.