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===Text Formatting=== |
===Text Formatting=== |
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*All articles must be written in English. |
*All articles must be written in formal American English. |
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*The title of the article must be the first word in the article (or as close to the first word as it can possibly get). Any alternate terms, alternate spellings, and abbreviations must be placed immediately after it. |
*The title of the article must be the first word in the article (or as close to the first word as it can possibly get). Any alternate terms, alternate spellings, and abbreviations must be placed immediately after it. |
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*The first sentence must be a definition of the term. Any other information is secondary to the definition. Do not directly copy/paste the definition from somewhere else without ensuring it meets our criteria for formatting. The definition cannot be written as a quote. |
*The first sentence must be a definition of the term. Any other information is secondary to the definition. Do not directly copy/paste the definition from somewhere else without ensuring it meets our criteria for formatting. The definition cannot be written as a quote. |
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*Do not italicize random words. Italics should only be used for: words in languages other than English, and titles of books, movies, games, and other media. |
*Do not italicize random words. Italics should only be used for: words in languages other than English, and titles of books, movies, games, and other media. |
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*Do not: type any words in all caps or in non-standard type registers, replace letters in words with numbers, symbols, or slashes, or do any other things that would prevent a text to speech program from being able to read the text unless it is part of a term's name or in a direct quote. |
*Do not: type any words in all caps or in non-standard type registers, replace letters in words with numbers, symbols, or slashes, or do any other things that would prevent a text to speech program from being able to read the text unless it is part of a term's name or in a direct quote. |
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*Do not add unnecessarily large spaces between paragraphs - one press of the enter key is enough. |
*Do not add unnecessarily large spaces between paragraphs - one press of the enter key is enough. |
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====Links==== |
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===Spelling and Grammar=== |
===Spelling and Grammar=== |
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Spelling and grammatical errors are highly undesirable. |
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*American English spelling should be used, except for in direct quotes. |
*American English spelling should be used, except for in direct quotes. |
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