TV Burp Wiki:Manual of Style: Difference between revisions

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This is TV Burp Wiki's Manual of Style. All users are required to follow these guidelines on how text is written.

Key:
- Correct
- Incorrect

Writing

Language

Because Harry Hill's TV Burp is a British programme, all text is required to be written in British English. Examples of how text is required to be written are below.

Unintentional humour is common on the programme.
Unintentional humor is common on the program.

The colours purple and yellow are present in the programme's logo.
The colors purple and yellow are present in the program's logo.

This rule does not apply to talk pages and user pages.

Date and time

The date and time can be written in all sorts of ways, but what TV Burp Wiki strongly prefers is either 00:00, December 22nd 2001 or December 22nd 2001, 00:00. Like with the language rules, this does not apply to talk pages and user pages.

Wikitext

All wikitext is required to be written like this for pages:

[[Harry Hill]]

and this for external links:

WikiOasis: [[wo:wikiname:pagename|pagename]]
- Example: [[wo:tvburp:Harry's Hill TV Burp|Harry's Hill TV Burp]]
Non-WikiOasis:
- Wikipedia: [[w:pagename|pagename]]
  - Example: [[w:Harry's Hill TV Burp|Harry's Hill TV Burp]]
- Non-Wikipedia: [link pagename]
  - Example: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352110/ Harry's Hill TV Burp]

Filenames

All files that are uploaded here are required to have a proper name. When uploading files, always remember to appropriately name them.

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-This is TV Burp Wiki's Manual of Style. All users should follow these guidelines on how text is written.
+This is [[TV Burp Wiki]]'s '''Manual of Style'''. All users are required to follow these guidelines on how text is written.
-*'''Key:'''
+* '''Key:'''
-**<span style="color: green">Correct</span>
+** <span style="color: green">Correct</span>
-**<span style="color: red">Incorrect</span>
+** <span style="color: red">Incorrect</span>
 == Writing ==
 === <u>Language</u> ===
-All text should be written in British English and ''not'' American English. Examples of how text should be written are below.
+Because ''[[Harry Hill's TV Burp]]'' is a British programme, all text is required to be written in British English. Examples of how text is required to be written are below.
-* <span style="color: green">Unintentional humour is common on the show.</span>
-* <span style="color: red">Unintentional humor is common on the show.</span>
-* <span style="color: green">The colours purple and yellow are present in the show's logo.</span>
+* <span style="color: green">Unintentional humour is common on the programme.</span>
-* <span style="color: red">The colors purple and yellow are present in the show's logo.</span>
+* <span style="color: red">Unintentional humor is common on the program.</span>
-Despite this, however, this rule does not apply to talk pages, comments, and blog posts.
+* <span style="color: green">The colours purple and yellow are present in the programme's logo.</span>
+* <span style="color: red">The colors purple and yellow are present in the program's logo.</span>
-=== <u>Date and Time</u> ===
+This rule does not apply to talk pages and user pages.
-The date and time can be written in all sorts of ways, but what TV Burp Wiki recommends is either of these ways:
-* 00:00, December 22nd 2001
-* 00:00, 22nd December 2001
-<center>or</center>
-* December 22nd 2001, 00:00
-* 22nd December 2001, 00:00
-Like the language rules, this doesn't apply to talk pages, comments, and blog posts.
+=== <u>Date and time</u> ===
+The date and time can be written in all sorts of ways, but what {{SITENAME}} strongly prefers is either '''00:00, December 22nd 2001''' or '''December 22nd 2001, 00:00'''. Like with the [[#Language|language rules]], this does not apply to talk pages and user pages.
-== WikiText ==
+== Wikitext ==
-All WikiText should be written like this for pages:
+All wikitext is required to be written like this for pages:
 * <nowiki>[[Harry Hill]]</nowiki>
 and this for external links:
-* Fandom: <nowiki>[[w:c:wikiname:pagename|pagename]]</nowiki>
+* WikiOasis: <nowiki>[[wo:wikiname:pagename|pagename]]</nowiki>
-** Example: <nowiki>[[w:c:tvburp:Harry's Hill TV Burp|Harry's Hill TV Burp]]</nowiki>
+** Example: <nowiki>[[wo:tvburp:Harry's Hill TV Burp|Harry's Hill TV Burp]]</nowiki>
-* Non-Fandom: <nowiki>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry's_Hill_TV_Burp Harry's Hill TV Burp]</nowiki>
+* Non-WikiOasis:
+** Wikipedia: <nowiki>[[w:pagename|pagename]]</nowiki>
+*** Example: <nowiki>[[w:Harry's Hill TV Burp|Harry's Hill TV Burp]]</nowiki>
+** Non-Wikipedia: <nowiki>[link pagename]</nowiki>
+*** Example: <nowiki>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352110/ Harry's Hill TV Burp]</nowiki>
-== File names ==
+== Filenames ==
-All files that are uploaded here should have a proper name. When uploading files, always remember to appropriately name them.
+All files that are uploaded here are required to have a proper name. When uploading files, always remember to appropriately name them.
+[[Category:{{SITENAME}}]]
+[[Category:Policy]]