User:Russell D. Jones/Style Rules: Difference between revisions

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Pushing a boulder up the tallest peaks of the world

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These are the style rules for history articles.

The title of an article should be without punctuation.

Poor: Scarborough Castle, Siege of

The only exception to no punctuation should be in the case of disambiguation.

Poor: USS Enterprise

Chicago Manual of Style is appropriate for all history articles.

The first reference to any source should include at least five of the following: author, title, place of publication, publisher, date, and url.

Subsequent references can be shortened, e.g. "Morison, 35."

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+<big>'''DRAFT'''</big>
+These are the style rules for history articles.
+==Article Title==
+The title of an article should be without punctuation.
+:Good: [[Great Siege of Scarborough Castle]]
+:Poor: Scarborough Castle, Siege of
+The only exception to no punctuation should be in the case of disambiguation.
+:Good: USS [[Enterprise (CV-6)|''Enterprise'' (CV-6)]]
+:Poor: USS ''[[Enterprise]]''
+==Citation Style==
 Chicago Manual of Style is appropriate for all history articles.
+===First Reference===
+The first reference to any source should include at least five of the following: author, title, place of publication, publisher, date, and url.
+Subsequent references can be shortened, e.g. "Morison, 35."
+====Examples====
+[[Category:Editable user pages]]