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The Tenth Fleet Wiki's '''Manual of Style''' is a collection of guidelines and rules of thumb that are designed to set a rough standard for the appearances of all articles. Although style is generally not considered the most important factor in the writing of an article, it ''is'' an important factor in the writing of good articles (or even [[TenthFleet:The Perfect Article|the perfect article]]). The manual of style is designed to make articles easier to read and comprehend, to make articles better organized and easier to edit.

Above all, realize that ''these rules are not set in stone!'' They are considered ''guidelines'' for making an article appear more attractive to the reader, to make them easier to work with. If you think you have a better way of writing an article, by all means go ahead and [[TenthFleet:Be bold in updating pages|be bold]]! Copy-editors will come along later and start the weeding process, and rework pages to better conform to the guide if necessary. Better yet, add your own idea [[~~TRMN~~ talk:Manual of Style|on this page]] as an additional option for adding style to an article. (However, please don't remove existing guidelines, just add your own new ones.)

Above all, realize that ''these rules are not set in stone!'' They are considered ''guidelines'' for making an article appear more attractive to the reader, to make them easier to work with. If you think you have a better way of writing an article, by all means go ahead and [[TenthFleet:Be bold in updating pages|be bold]]! Copy-editors will come along later and start the weeding process, and rework pages to better conform to the guide if necessary. Better yet, add your own idea [[TenthFleet talk:Manual of Style|on this page]] as an additional option for adding style to an article. (However, please don't remove existing guidelines, just add your own new ones.)

If you're looking for information on how to write an article in wiki markup, please see [[Help:Editing|how to edit a page]] for instructions. As that article is more about ''how'' to use markup, this article is concerned about the ''when'', ''where'', and ''why'' of using specific markup. Please also read the [[TenthFleet:Guide to layout|Guide to Layout]] for suggestions on how to ''organize'' your article.

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The wiki engine will automatically create a table of contents based on the headers in an article.

In all cases, you should capitalize the first word and all proper nouns of the header, and leave all other words lowercase~~. The only place this does not apply is on episode and movie articles. These pages have their own unique format with all of the words capitalized~~.

In all cases, you should capitalize the first word and all proper nouns of the header, and leave all other words lowercase.

Avoid using links in headers. Depending on the browser's default settings, some users may not be able to see the links properly. It is much more useful to place the appropriate link in the first sentence after the header.

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:Honor first appeared in the novel, "On Basilisk Station".

For uniformity and to avoid problems with the wiki software and the [[Help:Search|search]] utility, use '''straight''' quotation marks and apostrophes, and avoid curved marks such as the backtick or so-called "smart quotes". Punctuation marks should be placed inside of the quotation marks, unless the quotation marks surround a title (i.e., ~~episode~~, ~~comic~~, etc.), as shown in the third example above.

For uniformity and to avoid problems with the wiki software and the [[Help:Search|search]] utility, use '''straight''' quotation marks and apostrophes, and avoid curved marks such as the backtick or so-called "smart quotes". Punctuation marks should be placed inside of the quotation marks, unless the quotation marks surround a title (i.e., a novel, short story, etc.), as shown in the third example above.

==Citations==

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 The Tenth Fleet Wiki's '''Manual of Style''' is a collection of guidelines and rules of thumb that are designed to set a rough standard for the appearances of all articles. Although style is generally not considered the most important factor in the writing of an article, it ''is'' an important factor in the writing of good articles (or even [[TenthFleet:The Perfect Article|the perfect article]]). The manual of style is designed to make articles easier to read and comprehend, to make articles better organized and easier to edit.
-Above all, realize that ''these rules are not set in stone!''  They are considered ''guidelines'' for making an article appear more attractive to the reader, to make them easier to work with. If you think you have a better way of writing an article, by all means go ahead and [[TenthFleet:Be bold in updating pages|be bold]]!  Copy-editors will come along later and start the weeding process, and rework pages to better conform to the guide if necessary. Better yet, add your own idea [[TRMN talk:Manual of Style|on this page]] as an additional option for adding style to an article. (However, please don't remove existing guidelines, just add your own new ones.)
+Above all, realize that ''these rules are not set in stone!''  They are considered ''guidelines'' for making an article appear more attractive to the reader, to make them easier to work with. If you think you have a better way of writing an article, by all means go ahead and [[TenthFleet:Be bold in updating pages|be bold]]!  Copy-editors will come along later and start the weeding process, and rework pages to better conform to the guide if necessary. Better yet, add your own idea [[TenthFleet talk:Manual of Style|on this page]] as an additional option for adding style to an article. (However, please don't remove existing guidelines, just add your own new ones.)
 If you're looking for information on how to write an article in wiki markup, please see [[Help:Editing|how to edit a page]] for instructions. As that article is more about ''how'' to use markup, this article is concerned about the ''when'', ''where'', and ''why'' of using specific markup. Please also read the [[TenthFleet:Guide to layout|Guide to Layout]] for suggestions on how to ''organize'' your article.
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 The wiki engine will automatically create a table of contents based on the headers in an article.
-In all cases, you should capitalize the first word and all proper nouns of the header, and leave all other words lowercase. The only place this does not apply is on episode and movie articles. These pages have their own unique format with all of the words capitalized.
+In all cases, you should capitalize the first word and all proper nouns of the header, and leave all other words lowercase.
 Avoid using links in headers. Depending on the browser's default settings, some users may not be able to see the links properly. It is much more useful to place the appropriate link in the first sentence after the header.
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 :Honor first appeared in the novel, "On Basilisk Station".
-For uniformity and to avoid problems with the wiki software and the [[Help:Search|search]] utility, use '''straight''' quotation marks and apostrophes, and avoid curved marks such as the backtick or so-called "smart quotes". Punctuation marks should be placed inside of the quotation marks, unless the quotation marks surround a title (i.e., episode, comic, etc.), as shown in the third example above.
+For uniformity and to avoid problems with the wiki software and the [[Help:Search|search]] utility, use '''straight''' quotation marks and apostrophes, and avoid curved marks such as the backtick or so-called "smart quotes". Punctuation marks should be placed inside of the quotation marks, unless the quotation marks surround a title (i.e., a novel, short story, etc.), as shown in the third example above.
 ==Citations==

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