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Conservapedia talk:Footnotes - technical help (view source)
Revision as of 15:40, June 17, 2010
, 15:40, June 17, 2010→Mechanical/Grammatical Errors
: I don't follow you. In the [[MiG-21]] article, you have done it correctly. Or did you fix that after posting this? [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 18:25, 8 November 2008 (EST)
: I don't follow you. In the [[MiG-21]] article, you have done it correctly. Or did you fix that after posting this? [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 18:25, 8 November 2008 (EST)
:: Sorry, I did, and I should have added to the comment afterward. I fixed it by cutting and pasting from the help page on the subject. I still don't know what I did wrong, but it was obviously my error, and now it's fixed. I'm cutting and pasting it from now on; I always seem to run into trouble when I try to type it in myself. Thanks.--[[User:Frey|Frey]] 22:05, 8 November 2008 (EST)
:: Sorry, I did, and I should have added to the comment afterward. I fixed it by cutting and pasting from the help page on the subject. I still don't know what I did wrong, but it was obviously my error, and now it's fixed. I'm cutting and pasting it from now on; I always seem to run into trouble when I try to type it in myself. Thanks.--[[User:Frey|Frey]] 22:05, 8 November 2008 (EST)
==Mechanical/Grammatical Errors==
(1) Swallowed d
Under the "Creating the References section [sic for Section]" the first line contains a "swallowed d":
:"References sections should be place [sic for 'placed'] in all articles below the . . . ."
(2) Inconsistent title style
::In this article the titles of the same order are inconsistent in style. A decision should be made as to capitalization: Choose a system and stay with it. For example, one may choose to capitalize only the first word of a title or one may choose to capitalize all the words in the title, except articles and prepositions. In the above case the title should be either "Creating the references section" or "Creating the References Sections." Then all the same level titles should conform.
(3) Lack of number agreement, subject and predicate; misplaced parentheses
:Again, under the "Creating the References section [sic for Section]," one reads:
::"Keep an eye out for articles with references ( [sic] which, as previously mentioned, are identifiable by the superscript text and link color) [sic] but does [sic for "do"] not display the references or displays [sic] them not inside the References subsection."
:::The antecedent of "which" is "articles"; thus "which" is plural. Therefore, the predicate of "which" should also be plural; "do," not "does"; "display," not displays. The parentheses should be moved so that the sentence makes sense when the parenthesis is removed:
::::Suggested correction:
::::Keep an eye out for articles with references which (as previously mentioned) are identifiable by the superscript text and link-color but do not display the references or do not display them inside the References subsection.
::::The hypen in "link-color" is suggested since as written, the words may give the impression that "link" is a verb with direct object "color."
([[User:Thunkful|Thunkful]] 10:57, 17 June 2010 (EDT))