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The '''Conservapedia Manual of Style''' contains standardized information regarding how to edit pages on Conservapedia. This helps keep a consistent tone in most articles. | The '''Conservapedia Manual of Style''' contains standardized information regarding how to edit pages on Conservapedia. This helps keep a consistent tone in most articles. | ||
| − | == | + | ==Date style== |
| − | *''Always'' use BC and AD (as opposed to BCE and CE) when referring to dates. | + | *The style "July 4, 1776" is preferred. |
| − | *American English spellings, | + | *If the day of the week is involved, e.g., "Sunday, December 7, 1941", the comma after the day of the week is optional ("Sunday December 7, 1941" is allowed). |
| + | *US Military style is tolerated in context: "4 July 1776". | ||
| + | *''Always'' use BC and AD (as opposed to BCE and CE) when referring to dates. See [[Anno Domini]] for a full discussion. | ||
| + | *American English spellings are preferred but Commonwealth spellings, for ''de novo'' or otherwise well-maintained articles are welcome, and edit wars over the subject are seriously discouraged. | ||
==Other Topics== | ==Other Topics== | ||
[[Conservapedia:Manual of Style/Politicians|Politicians]] | [[Conservapedia:Manual of Style/Politicians|Politicians]] | ||
Revision as of 03:56, March 25, 2007
The Conservapedia Manual of Style contains standardized information regarding how to edit pages on Conservapedia. This helps keep a consistent tone in most articles.
Date style
- The style "July 4, 1776" is preferred.
- If the day of the week is involved, e.g., "Sunday, December 7, 1941", the comma after the day of the week is optional ("Sunday December 7, 1941" is allowed).
- US Military style is tolerated in context: "4 July 1776".
- Always use BC and AD (as opposed to BCE and CE) when referring to dates. See Anno Domini for a full discussion.
- American English spellings are preferred but Commonwealth spellings, for de novo or otherwise well-maintained articles are welcome, and edit wars over the subject are seriously discouraged.