Conservapedia:Editing article and talk pages
The Conservapedia Manual of Style contains standardized information regarding how to edit pages on Conservapedia. This helps keep a consistent tone in most articles.
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Creation of a new article
At Conservapedia it is easy to create a new article as can be seen by our resource: How to create a new article.
When you create a new article, please do one or both of the following so people can find your article:
- Link your article from one or more other articles as appropriate.
- Put one or more Category tags at the bottom of your article, preferably for a category that already exists.
Persons
To facilitate the the alphabetization of individuals, add {{DEFAULTSORT: Surname, Given Middle}} to an article. In this format, Surname, Given and Middle are placeholders. The placeholder Surname is the person's last name, and the placeholder Given is the person's given name or Christian name in the case of individuals baptized into the Christian faith. Middle is optional, and can either be the complete middle name or an initial. Names of individuals with multiple or concatenated last names should substitute whatever is appropriate to generate correct the alphabetical listing for surname. E.g., Hillary Rodham Clinton should be {{DEFAULTSORT: Rodham Clinton, Hillary}} and Vicente Fox Quesada should be {{DEFAULTSORT: Fox Quesada, Vicente}}.
Article Name
The article name should be at or very close to the start of the article, and this use of it should be in bold. See the first line of this page for an example.
What Not To Include In Articles
The inclusion of sexual orientation in a biography is generally prohibited due to the Commandment against gossip. In the rare instance where the subject himself has publicly insisted that his sexuality is important, then the subject's own quotes are necessary as a source.
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".
- If it is necessary for clarity to show the era of the year, Always use BC and AD (as opposed to BCE and CE). See Anno Domini for a full discussion.
Check spelling
Always use correct spelling. All recent browsers, as with Google, can be equipped with spelling checkers that integrate directly into the browser. If you have one of the following browsers, please download the spelling checker at the link provided:
- Internet Explorer - download at iespell
- Opera - download at GNU Aspell
- Mozilla Firefox - download at Spellbound or update to the latest version of Firefox, which has a built-in spelling checker.
Bad spelling doesn't inspire confidence in your article.
Spelling
- 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. The context of the article should help resolve edit wars; an article about Britain would use Commonwealth spelling, while an article about the United States would use American English.
Names
The country between Canada and Mexico should be referred to as "United States" or "United States of America", not simply "US" or "U.S."
Citing Sources and Using Footnotes
Always cite and give credit to your sources, even if in the public domain. Please do not cite wikis as sources, except when specifically talking about that wiki. If you come across an article or section without citations we prefer for you to leave a message on the contributors discussion page, asking for them. If no response is given, you can add them yourself, or put {{Uncited}} at the top of the article as a last resort.
Please also see: Conservapedia: footnotes - technical help
Discussion page
Conservapedia: Discussion page - technical help
