[WikiEN-l] "Consistent" Section naming & order rules?
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Fri Nov 23 17:36:15 UTC 2007
Steve Bennett wrote:
> Consistent rules should be laid out in the Manual of Style.
> Unfortunately, frequently the MoS gives up and says "you can do it
> this way or this way, there's no consensus".
>
That's fine. No consensus needs to be taken at face value. Over an
extended period of time one style may come to dominate, but there should
be no rush to impose one way or the other. Consistency is a secondary
feature.
> Fwiw, I think "sources" and "further reading" are better terms. Most
> of our references *are* external links - we just want to distinguish
> between those sites that contributed to the information in the
> article, and those which go beyond it.
If the principal editor of an article sees it differently it's not worth
arguing with him about it.
Ec
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