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We also have a <a href="/index.php/HelpThing_Style_Guide" title="HelpThing Style Guide">HelpThing Style Guide</a>. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc"><div id="toctitle" class="toctitle"><h2>Contents</h2></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Overview"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Overview</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#thingScore"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">thingScore</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#General_meaning_of_thingScores"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">General meaning of thingScores</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Development_history"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Development history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p><br /> </p> <p> <b>Translations via Google</b><br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.librarything.com%2Fwiki%2Findex.php%2FHelpThing%3AProfile&sl=en&tl=fr">Fran莽ais</a><br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.librarything.com%2Fwiki%2Findex.php%2FHelpThing%3AProfile&sl=en&tl=nl">Nederlands</a><br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.librarything.com%2Fwiki%2Findex.php%2FHelpThing%3AProfile&sl=en&tl=de">Deutsch</a><br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.librarything.com%2Fwiki%2Findex.php%2FHelpThing%3AProfile&sl=en&tl=it">Italiano</a><br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.librarything.com%2Fwiki%2Findex.php%2FHelpThing%3AProfile&sl=en&tl=el">螘位位畏谓喂魏维</a><br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.librarything.com%2Fwiki%2Findex.php%2FHelpThing%3AProfile&sl=en&tl=fi">suomeksi</a> </p> </div> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Overview">Overview</span></h2> <p><b>Published Reviews</b> are short snippets of book reviews from non-LibraryThing sources (e.g. New York Times Book Reviews, London Review of Books). 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