[WikiEN-l] Manual Of Style

[Steve Bennett]

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 5:23 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> When was the last time you looked at the Wikipedia Manual of Style for
> use in your own writing? And not to tell someone else they were wrong
> about something.

What's wrong with that? That's how most rulebooks work - people
internalise the rules, and only consult the written form when two
people's understanding of the rule differs.

The reverse case would be worse: if you were frequently consulting the
MoS before making changes, it would imply that the rules were
arbitrary, hard to remember, and lacked internal logic and
consistency.

Steve