On 11/17/05, Tom Cadden thomcadden@yahoo.ie wrote:
The Manual of Style is mandatory but is being overturned in once off cases as though it was purely a matter for local decision, not Wikipedia-wide policy.
From [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/jguk 2]]:
2.2) The Manual of Style is a set of guidelines governing appropriate editing on Wikipedia. Editors are expected to follow the Manual of Style, although it is not policy and editors may deviate from it with good reason.
I think you misrepresent the import of the Manual of Style.
Kelly