Charles Matthews wrote:
Brian McNeil wrote:
I don't think WMUK needs a style guide as long as Wikinews' but, it might be an idea to note points as we go along that should be consistent.
Oooh, let's do the endash-hyphen thing right here ... not. The press do have their own style guides, so the message is more important than the medium.
I have moved material around to get the punch into the first para. "Mary Rose" is good: on everyone's radar, apparently.
Charles
Style guides? A few weeks back, I contacted The Guardian to correct the spelling of "PARC" quoting a well known online encyclopedia as a reliable source. I also pointed out that "parc" appeared to be a registered trademark.
They were adamant. Their style guide said that it should be "Parc".
"One of those who has spent his time studying what happens on Wikipedia is Ed H Chi, a scientist who works at the Palo Alto Research Center (Parc) in California."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/aug/12/wikipedia-deletionist-inclu...
But elsewhere (Technology Guardian) the spelling is correct:-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2004/feb/25/formerxeroxpa
Go figure.
Gordo