Talk:Wiki standards

Please sign your addition with four tildes (~). Will 09:31, 7 November 2011 (PST)

Also please indent replies with added colons(:) to clarify threads.

Like this.Will 09:39, 7 November 2011 (PST)

Discussion

Formatting References

Old-school style says to italicize book-length works, quotation marks for articles (big enough to stand on its own/a portion of a collected work). The exception is religious works: the Bible, the Koran. Our lives would be easier if we agree the NM titles fit the rule on religious works (except for me, who will take italics off everywhere I put them). I've asked DM for feedback on citation style. --Mary s 18:38, 15 November 2011 (PST)

My habit is not to capitalize but to abbreviate the words "chapter," "page" and "volume." Going to be hard to break. Will I have to? --Mary s 19:04, 15 November 2011 (PST)

Footnotes

I really want to be able to paraphrase for brevity, and then cite long quotes at the bottom of the page. However, I don't know the best way to do this, especially since footnote numbering will all get messed up when you add new ones out of order. Any ideas? I'm tempted by the cite extension but it'll take some work.Will 09:40, 7 November 2011 (PST)

Any other issues with cite extension? Delegating the work to one individual could be a spot fix. I.e., I could take it on (with some help translating the technical instructions provided by Mediawiki), following up on Recent changes. I find myself loathe to paraphrase except to outline and would be happy if a more advanced student could do it. Mary s 11:02, 8 November 2011 (PST)

I agree with this criticism found on the Cite.php help page, along with the just more tedious remark, because many casual Wikipedia users are not familar with the cryptic Wikitext tags that they find with the use of Cite.php, it is likely that the net effect of Cite.php is often to deter new users from making edits to reference sections These criticisms don't outweigh the advantages, once we do have paraphrased copy as intro. Mary s 14:56, 11 November 2011 (PST)

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Mitch 01:00, 10 November 2011 (PST)mitch

Not sure, Will, if that is what you meant by marking our additions with four tildes. Please acknowledge or correct. If so, it appears the intention is for the eye to more easily identify the various inputs.

Hello. See the Help page (last item on Navigation menu) Mary s 14:56, 11 November 2011 (PST)

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Creation/article (delete) Mary s 14:56, 11 November 2011 (PST)

Creation (add category footer) Mary s 14:56, 11 November 2011 (PST) That's right, I can't get it.

Freedom is precious (delete) content moved to "Freedom"Mary s 18:17, 11 November 2011 (PST)

the greatest possible gift (delete) content moved to "Prayer"Mary s 18:17, 11 November 2011 (PST)

Judgement Day (delete) content moved to "Judgment Day"Mary s 19:43, 12 November 2011 (PST)