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| − | Diacritical marks are used in many | + | '''Diacritical marks''' are used in many [[language]]s other than [[English]] to indicate variations in pronounciation. A good example of such marks are accent marks over vowels in [[French]] words, or umlauts in [[German]]ic languages. While it is Conservapedia's policy to require [[American English]] spelling in articles, it is recognized that personal names and place names may contain such marks and that editors may wish to use them for the sake of accuracy. This article is offered as guidance in how to create such marks for use where desired in articles about people and places outside the [[United States]]. |
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Revision as of 21:06, May 7, 2007
Purpose
Diacritical marks are used in many languages other than English to indicate variations in pronounciation. A good example of such marks are accent marks over vowels in French words, or umlauts in Germanic languages. While it is Conservapedia's policy to require American English spelling in articles, it is recognized that personal names and place names may contain such marks and that editors may wish to use them for the sake of accuracy. This article is offered as guidance in how to create such marks for use where desired in articles about people and places outside the United States.
Help
If an author wishes to use such marks but is unsure how to create them, the following procedure is suggested:
- Enclose the letter and desired diacritical mark, in that order, between a pair of exclamation marks, to indicate which letter and mark are supposed to be together
- Use the substitutions listed below to indicate which mark is required:
| Diacritical Mark | Substituted Punctuation | Examples | ||||
| Acute accent | ' | apostrophe | !E'! → É | !e'! → é | !I'! → Í | !u'! → ú |
| Grave accent | ` | left apostrophe | !a`! → à | !e`! → è | !U`! → Ù | !o`! → ò |
| Circumflex | ^ | circumflex (usually Shift-6) | !a^! → â | !A^! → Â | !i^! → î | !O^! → Ô |
| Cedil | s | !cs! → ç | ||||
| Umlaut | : | colon | !a:! → ä | !E:! → Ë | !I:! → Ï | !u:! → ü |
| Tilde | ~ | tilde | !A~! → Ã | !a~! → ã | !o~! → õ | !N~! → Ñ |
| Slash | / | forward slash | !O/! → Ø | |||
- Request help with converting the substitution into the proper mark by including the {{diacritical}} template at the top of the article. This will appear as follows:
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The author requests help with diacritical marks. The author of this page does not know how to create characters with accents and other diacritical marks for use in proper names, and requests the assistance of Conservapedia in correcting this article. See Help:Diacritical marks for further information. |
This will also add the article to the category Editing help requested so that more experienced editors who wish to assist may readily find all articles requiring such assistance.