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padding-left: 2px;"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Manual_of_Style_(regional)" title="Category:Wikipedia Manual of Style (regional)">Regional</a></div> <div class="NavContent" style="font-size:105%;padding:0.2em 0 0.4em;text-align:center"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names)#Specific_topics" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)">Specific naming conventions</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Canada-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Canada-related articles">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/China-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/China-related articles">China</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/France_%26_French-related" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/France & French-related" class="mw-redirect">France</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Hawaii-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Hawaii-related articles">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/India-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/India-related articles">India</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Ireland-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Ireland-related articles">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Japan-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Japan-related articles">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Korea-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Korea-related articles">Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Philippine-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Philippine-related articles">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Poland-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Poland-related articles">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Singapore-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Singapore-related articles">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Trinidad_and_Tobago_Wikipedians%27_notice_board/Style_guide" title="Wikipedia:Trinidad and Tobago Wikipedians' notice board/Style guide">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em"> <div class="NavFrame collapsed" style="border:none;padding:0"> <div class="NavHead" style="font-size:105%;background:transparent;text-align:left;background-color: #def; 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padding-left: 2px;"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Manual_of_Style_(sports)" title="Category:Wikipedia Manual of Style (sports)">Sports</a></div> <div class="NavContent" style="font-size:105%;padding:0.2em 0 0.4em;text-align:center"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Cue_sports" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Cue sports">Cue sports</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Snooker" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Snooker">Snooker</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em"> <hr/></td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em"> <div class="NavFrame collapsed" style="border:none;padding:0"> <div class="NavHead" style="font-size:105%;background:transparent;text-align:left;background-color: #def; padding-left: 2px;">Related guidelines</div> <div class="NavContent" style="font-size:105%;padding:0.2em 0 0.4em;text-align:center"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Categories, lists, and navigation templates</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Categorization</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Military_history" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Military history">Military history</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages" title="Wikipedia:Subpages">Subpages</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Talk page guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template namespace">Template namespace</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">Understandability</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_sister_projects" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects">Wikimedia sister projects</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">WikiProjects</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0.3em 0.4em 0.3em;font-weight:bold;border-top: 1px solid #aaa; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;"> <ul> <li><strong class="selflink">Overview</strong></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Directory</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;font-size:115%;padding-top: 0.6em;"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Style" title="Template:Style"><span title="View this template">v</span></a></li> <li class="nv-talk"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Style" title="Template talk:Style"><span title="Discuss this template">t</span></a></li> <li class="nv-edit"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Style&action=edit"><span title="Edit this template">e</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p>This <b>Simplified Manual of Style</b> is an overview of commonly used style guidelines taken from the <a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Wikipedia:Manual of Style</a> and its subpages (together called the <b>MOS</b>). When a MOS guideline offers a choice of style, use only one alternative consistently throughout an article; and do not unreasonably alter a choice that has already been made. The MOS has too many suggestions to memorize, or even to consult regularly; but because they are based on consensual discussion, they often settle time-wasting arguments. Wikipedia has no firm rules, but these suggestions help create consistent articles. For a descriptive directory of the pages which make up the Manual of Style see <a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents</a>.</p> <p></p> <div id="toc" class="toc"> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Capital_letters"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Capital letters</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Abbreviations"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Abbreviations</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Punctuation"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Punctuation</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Apostrophes_and_quotation_marks"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Apostrophes and quotation marks</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Periods_and_commas"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Periods and commas</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Dashes_and_hyphens"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Dashes and hyphens</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Dates_and_numbers"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Dates and numbers</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Markup"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Markup</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Usage"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Usage</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Capital_letters">Capital letters</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Capital letters">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Use <a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_case" title="Sentence case" class="mw-redirect">sentence case</a> for article titles and section headings – <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">Tips and pointers</span>, not <span class="example bad-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #8B0000;">Tips and Pointers</span>. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:#Article_titles" title="MOS:" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b><br/> Capitalize names of scriptures like <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">Bible</span> and <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">Qur'an</span>, but not <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">biblical</span>. Always capitalize <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">God</span> when it refers to a primary or only deity, but not pronouns that refer to deities: <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">he</span> not <span class="example bad-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #8B0000;">He</span>. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:#Religions.2C_deities.2C_philosophies.2C_doctrines" title="MOS:" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>Avoid capitalizing names of plants and animals. Among the exceptions are scientific names (<span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;"><i>Felis catus</i></span>), birds, and <a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proper_noun" title="Proper noun">proper nouns</a> occurring as part of a name. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:#People.2C_animals.2C_plants.2C_and_other_organisms" title="MOS:" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>The seasons (<span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">summer</span>, <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">winter</span>, <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">spring</span>, and <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">fall</span>/<span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">autumn</span>) are not to be capitalized. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:#Calendar_items" title="MOS:" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Abbreviations">Abbreviations</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Abbreviations">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>To indicate <i>approximately</i>, the non-italicized abbreviation <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">c.</span> (followed by a space) is preferred over <span class="example bad-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #8B0000;">circa</span>, <span class="example bad-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #8B0000;">ca.</span>, or <span class="example bad-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #8B0000;">approx.</span> <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:YEAR" title="MOS:YEAR" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>Write <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">US</span> or <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">U.S.</span>, but not <span class="example bad-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #8B0000;">USA</span>. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:NOTUSA" title="MOS:NOTUSA" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>Use "and" instead of the "&" sign, except in official names like <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">AT&T</span>. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:%26" title="MOS:&" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Punctuation">Punctuation</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Punctuation">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Apostrophes_and_quotation_marks">Apostrophes and quotation marks</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Apostrophes and quotation marks">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Use straight quote marks <kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap" style="border: 1px solid #aaa; -moz-border-radius: 0.2em; -webkit-border-radius: 0.2em; border-radius: 0.2em; -moz-box-shadow: 0.1em 0.2em 0.2em #ddd; -webkit-box-shadow: 0.1em 0.2em 0.2em #ddd; box-shadow: 0.1em 0.2em 0.2em #ddd; background-color: #f9f9f9; background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #eee, #f9f9f9, #eee); background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #eee, #f9f9f9, #eee); background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #eee, #f9f9f9, #eee); background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #eee, #f9f9f9, #eee); padding: 0.1em 0.3em; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.85em;">"</kbd> and apostrophes <kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap" style="border: 1px solid #aaa; -moz-border-radius: 0.2em; -webkit-border-radius: 0.2em; border-radius: 0.2em; -moz-box-shadow: 0.1em 0.2em 0.2em #ddd; -webkit-box-shadow: 0.1em 0.2em 0.2em #ddd; box-shadow: 0.1em 0.2em 0.2em #ddd; background-color: #f9f9f9; background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #eee, #f9f9f9, #eee); background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #eee, #f9f9f9, #eee); background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #eee, #f9f9f9, #eee); background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #eee, #f9f9f9, #eee); padding: 0.1em 0.3em; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.85em;">'</kbd> as available from the keyboard, and not alternatives such as <span class="example bad-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #8B0000;">“ ”</span> and <span class="example bad-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #8B0000;">‘ ’</span>. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:#Apostrophes" title="MOS:" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>Italicize names of books, films, TV series, music albums, paintings, and ships – but not short works like songs or poems, which should be in quotation marks. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:#Italics" title="MOS:" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>Both <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">James' house</span> and <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">James's house</span> are correct. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:POSS" title="MOS:POSS" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Periods_and_commas">Periods and commas</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Periods and commas">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Place a period or a comma <a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_Mark#punctuation" title="Quotation Mark" class="mw-redirect"><i>before</i></a> a closing quotation mark if it belongs as part of the quoted material; otherwise put it after: <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">The word <i>carefree</i> means "happy"<span style="background:#bfb">.</span></span> But <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">She said, "I'm feeling carefree<span style="background:#bfb">.</span>"</span> (Please do so irrespective of any rules associated with the variety of English in use.) <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:LQ" title="MOS:LQ" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>An <a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis" title="Ellipsis">ellipsis</a> should be written as three separate dots (<span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">...</span>): not spaced (<span class="example bad-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #8B0000;">. . .</span>), and not using the single-character option (<span class="example bad-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #8B0000;">...</span>). <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:ELLIPSIS" title="MOS:ELLIPSIS" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>The <a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma" title="Serial comma">serial comma</a> (for example the comma before <i>and</i> in "ham, chips, and eggs") is optional; but be sensitive to possible ambiguity from thoughtless use or thoughtless avoidance. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:SERIAL" title="MOS:SERIAL" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>Avoid <a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_splice" title="Comma splice">comma splices</a>. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:#Semicolons" title="MOS:" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>Picture captions should not end in a period unless they are complete sentences. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:CAPTIONS" title="MOS:CAPTIONS" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Dashes_and_hyphens">Dashes and hyphens</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Dashes and hyphens">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Avoid using a hyphen after a standard -ly adverb (<span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">a newly available home</span>). <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:HYPHEN" title="MOS:HYPHEN" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>A hyphen is not a <a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash" title="Dash">dash</a>. Hyphens are used within words or to join words, but not in punctuating the parts of a sentence. Use an en dash (–) with <code>&nbsp;</code> before and a space after; or use an em dash (—) without spaces. See <a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_make_dashes" title="Wikipedia:How to make dashes">Wikipedia:How to make dashes</a>. Avoid using two hyphens <span class="nowrap">(--)</span> to make a dash; and avoid using a hyphen for a minus sign. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:DASH" title="MOS:DASH" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>Use an en dash, not a hyphen, between numbers: <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">pp. 14–21</span>; <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">1953–2008</span>. An en dash is also to connect parallel terms: <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">red–green colorblind</span>; <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">a New York–London flight</span>. Use spaces around the en dash only if the connected terms are multi-unit dates: <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">January 1999 – December 2000</span>. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:ENDASH" title="MOS:ENDASH" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Dates_and_numbers">Dates and numbers</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Dates and numbers">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Write <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">number 1</span> or <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">No. 1</span>, but not <span class="example bad-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #8B0000;">#1</span>. Comic books are an exception. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:NUMBERSIGN" title="MOS:NUMBERSIGN" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>Write <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">12,000</span> for twelve thousand, not <span class="example bad-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #8B0000;">12.000</span>. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:NUM#Delimiting_.28grouping_of_digits.29" title="MOS:NUM" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>Both <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">10 June 1921</span> and <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">June 10, 1921,</span> are correct, but be consistent within an article. A comma is not used if only the month is given, such as <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">June 1921</span>. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:#Choice_of_format" title="MOS:" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p><span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">400 AD</span> and <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">400 BC</span> are correct; but so are <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">400 CE</span> and <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">400 BCE</span>. As always, use one style consistently in an article. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:NUM#Year_numbering_systems" title="MOS:NUM" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>Use <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">one, two, three, ..., eight, nine</span> in normal article text, not <span class="example bad-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #8B0000;">1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9</span> (although there are many exceptional circumstances; and some other numbers may be written as words also). <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:#Numbers" title="MOS:" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Markup">Markup</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Markup">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Instead of an ordinary space, use <code>&nbsp;</code> (a <i>hard space</i> or <i>non-breaking space</i>) to prevent a line from ending in the middle of expressions like <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">17 kg</span>, <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">AD 565</span>, <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">2:50 pm</span>, <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">£11 billion</span>, <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">129 million</span>, <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">March 2015</span>, <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">5° 24′ 21.12″ N</span>, or <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">Boeing 747</span>; also after the number in <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">123 Fake Street</span>, and before <a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals" title="Roman numerals">Roman numerals</a> in <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">World War II</span> and <span class="example good-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #006400;">Pope Benedict XVI</span>. Use <code>&nbsp;</code> in the same way inside a wikilink. (An alternative: enclose the whole expression using the template {{<a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Nowrap" title="Template:Nowrap">nowrap</a>}}.) <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:NBSP" title="MOS:NBSP" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>It does not matter how many spaces come after a period, because extra spaces will not show, although blank lines will create one extra line. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:#Spaces_following_terminal_punctuation" title="MOS:" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>Use <a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikilinks" title="Wikilinks" class="mw-redirect">wikilinks</a>, but only for words and phrases that are most likely to be helpful if clicked. Make sure each link goes to an article on the intended subject, and not to a disambiguation page or incorrect destination. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:#Links" title="MOS:" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>There are multiple <a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cite" title="Wikipedia:Cite" class="mw-redirect">citation</a> styles. The most common uses <code class="nowrap" style=""><ref>...</ref></code> (<i>ref tags</i>) to create footnotes (sometimes called endnotes or notes), which will appear in the reference or endnote section. This citation should immediately follow the text to which it applies, including any punctuation (with some exceptions). <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:REFPUNC" title="MOS:REFPUNC" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Usage">Usage</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Usage">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>English Wikipedia prefers no major national variety of the language over any other. These varieties (e.g. <a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._English" title="U.S. English" class="mw-redirect">U.S. English</a>, <a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" title="British English">British English</a>) differ in vocabulary (<i>soccer</i> vs. <i>football</i>), spelling (<i>center</i> vs. <i>centre</i>), and occasionally grammar. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:ENGVAR" title="MOS:ENGVAR" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>Avoid words like <i>I</i>, <i>we</i>, and <i>you</i>, except in quotations and names of works. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:FIRSTPERSON" title="MOS:FIRSTPERSON" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b> – <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:YOU" title="MOS:YOU" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <p>Avoid phrases like <span class="example bad-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #8B0000;">note that</span> and <span class="example bad-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #8B0000;">remember that</span> (which assume "you" for the reader); and avoid such expressions as <span class="example bad-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #8B0000;">of course</span> and <span class="example bad-example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: #8B0000;">obviously</span>. <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:NOTED" title="MOS:NOTED" class="mw-redirect">read more ...</a></b></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> 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style="text-align: center;">Formatting</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Abbreviations" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations">Abbreviations</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Capital_letters" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters">Capitalization</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Dates and numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Pronunciation" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation">Pronunciation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Proper_names" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Proper names">Proper names</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Spelling" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Spelling">Spelling</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Text_formatting" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting">Text formatting</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Titles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles">Titles</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Images</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Captions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Captions">Captions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Galleries" title="Wikipedia:Galleries" class="mw-redirect">Galleries</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Icons" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Icons">Icons</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Images</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Layout</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Layout</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Lead section</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Tables" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables">Tables</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Trivia_sections" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections">Trivia sections</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Lists</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Embedded_lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists">Embedded lists</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists_of_works" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists of works">Lists of works</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Road_junction_lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Road junction lists">Road junctions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Stand-alone_lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stand-alone lists">Stand-alone lists</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Legal</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Legal" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Legal">Legal</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Trademarks" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trademarks">Trademarks</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Arts</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Anime-_and_manga-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Anime- and manga-related articles">Anime & Manga</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Comics" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Comics">Comics</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Film" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film">Film</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lyrics_and_poetry" title="Wikipedia:Lyrics and poetry">Lyrics and Poetry</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Novels" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Novels">Novels</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Television" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Television">Television</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Visual_arts" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Visual arts">Visual arts</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Writing_about_fiction" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction">Writing about fiction</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Music</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Music" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Music_samples" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music samples">Music samples</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Record_charts" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Record charts">Record charts</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Regional</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Canada-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Canada-related articles">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/China-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/China-related articles">China</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/France_and_French-related" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/France and French-related">France</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Hawaii-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Hawaii-related articles">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/India-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/India-related articles">India</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Ireland-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Ireland-related articles">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Japan-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Japan-related articles">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Korea-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Korea-related articles">Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Philippine-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Philippine-related articles">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Poland-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Poland-related articles">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Singapore-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Singapore-related articles">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Trinidad_and_Tobago_Wikipedians%27_notice_board/Style_guide" title="Wikipedia:Trinidad and Tobago Wikipedians' notice board/Style guide">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Religion</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Islam-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Islam-related articles">Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Latter_Day_Saints" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Latter Day Saints">Latter Day Saints</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Science</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Chemistry" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Chemistry">Chemistry</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Command-line_examples" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Command-line examples" class="mw-redirect">Computer commands</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Mathematics" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Mathematics">Mathematics</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Medicine-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Medicine-related articles">Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Taxobox/doc" title="Template:Taxobox/doc">Taxonomy</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Sports</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Cue_sports" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Cue sports">Cue sports</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Snooker" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Snooker">Snooker</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Related</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a></li> <li><a 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title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects">Wikimedia sister projects</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">WikiProjects</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"> <div> <ul> <li><img alt="Wikipedia book" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150322054440im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Symbol_book_class2.svg/16px-Symbol_book_class2.svg.png" title="Wikipedia book" width="16" height="16" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150322054440im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Symbol_book_class2.svg/23px-Symbol_book_class2.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150322054440im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Symbol_book_class2.svg/31px-Symbol_book_class2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" 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href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Rule_summaries" title="Template:Rule summaries"><span title="View this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;">v</span></a></li> <li class="nv-talk"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Rule_summaries" title="Template talk:Rule summaries"><span title="Discuss this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;">t</span></a></li> <li class="nv-edit"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Rule_summaries&action=edit"><span title="Edit this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;">e</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="font-size:110%">Unofficial summaries of Wikipedia rules</div> </th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_in_brief" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia in brief">Wikipedia in brief</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Core_content_policies" title="Wikipedia:Core content policies">Core content policies</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">All policies, in brief</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Best_practices_for_editors_with_close_associations" title="Wikipedia:Best practices for editors with close associations">Conflict of interest tips</a> (see also <a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales/Paid_Advocacy_FAQ#Jimmy_Wales.27_position_on_paid_advocacy" title="User:Jimbo Wales/Paid Advocacy FAQ">Jimbo on paid advocacy</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Plain_and_simple_guide_for_medical_editors" title="Wikipedia:Plain and simple guide for medical editors">Medical editors' guide</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Plain_and_simple" title="Wikipedia:Plain and simple">New editors' guide</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_answer_to_life,_the_universe,_and_everything" title="Wikipedia:The answer to life, the universe, and everything">Notability / verifiability / independent sources guide</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Keep_in_mind" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial/Keep in mind">Neutral point of view / No original research</a></li> <li><strong class="selflink">Simplified Manual of Style</strong></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px"> <table class="nowraplinks hlist collapsible collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Help_navigation" title="Template:Help navigation"><span title="View this template" style="text-align:center;;;background:none transparent;border:none;">v</span></a></li> <li class="nv-talk"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Help_navigation" title="Template talk:Help navigation"><span title="Discuss this template" style="text-align:center;;;background:none transparent;border:none;">t</span></a></li> <li class="nv-edit"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Help_navigation&action=edit"><span title="Edit this template" style="text-align:center;;;background:none transparent;border:none;">e</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="font-size:110%"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Directory" title="Help:Contents/Directory">Wikipedia help pages</a></div> </th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"> <div>Visit the <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse" title="Wikipedia:Teahouse">Teahouse</a></b> if you are a new editor looking for interactive help, or the <b><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk" title="Wikipedia:Help desk">Help desk</a></b> for an interactive <abbr title="questions and answers">Q & A</abbr> forum</div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Principles</a> (<a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_in_brief" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia in brief">Wikipedia in brief</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policies and guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer" title="Wikipedia:General disclaimer">Disclaimer</a> (<a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Advice_for_parents" title="Wikipedia:Advice for parents">parental advice</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests" title="Wikipedia:Requests">Making requests</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Questions" title="Wikipedia:Questions">where to ask questions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="Wikipedia:Contact us">contact Wikipedia directly</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Who_writes_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Who writes Wikipedia">Who writes Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_create_an_account%3F" title="Wikipedia:Why create an account?">Why create an account?</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_to_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia">Contributing<br/> to Wikipedia</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Plain_and_simple" title="Wikipedia:Plain and simple">A plain and simple overview</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:A_primer_for_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:A primer for newcomers">A primer for newcomers</a> (<a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Getting_started" title="Help:Getting started">getting started</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ask_for_help" title="Wikipedia:Ask for help">Asking for help</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Guidance_for_younger_editors" title="Wikipedia:Guidance for younger editors">Advice for young editors</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoiding_common_mistakes" title="Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes">Avoiding common mistakes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a> (<a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Expectations_and_norms_of_the_Wikipedia_community" title="Wikipedia:Expectations and norms of the Wikipedia community">community expectations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Learning_the_ropes" title="Wikipedia:Learning the ropes">Learning the ropes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Instructional_material" title="Wikipedia:Instructional material">Instructional material</a></li> <li><strong class="selflink">Simplified Manual of Style</strong></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplified_ruleset" title="Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset">Simplified rule-set</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">"Ignore all rules"</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_rules_are_principles" title="Wikipedia:The rules are principles">"The rules are principles"</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Styletips" title="Wikipedia:Styletips">Style-tips</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tip_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Tip of the day">Tip of the day</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Your_first_article" title="Wikipedia:Your first article">Your first article</a> (<a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_wizard" title="Wikipedia:Article wizard">article wizard</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor" title="Wikipedia:VisualEditor">VisualEditor</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction" title="Wikipedia:Introduction">Introductions</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction_2" title="Wikipedia:Introduction 2">Editing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction_3" title="Wikipedia:Introduction 3">Exploring</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_uploading_images/1" title="Help:Introduction to uploading images/1">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_the_Manual_of_Style" title="Help:Introduction to the Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_help" title="Wikipedia:Media help">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_navigating_Wikipedia/1" title="Help:Introduction to navigating Wikipedia/1">Navigating</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_policies_and_guidelines" title="Help:Introduction to policies and guidelines">Policies</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_referencing/1" title="Help:Introduction to referencing/1">Referencing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table/Introduction_to_tables" title="Help:Table/Introduction to tables">Tables</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_talk_pages" title="Help:Introduction to talk pages">Talk pages</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial">Tutorials</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Training/Newcomers/Welcome" title="Wikipedia:Training/Newcomers/Welcome">Newcomers' welcome</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Adventure">The Wikipedia Adventure</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Editing" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial/Editing">Editing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Formatting" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial/Formatting">Formatting</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphics_tutorials" title="Wikipedia:Graphics tutorials">Graphics</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial" title="Wikipedia:Picture tutorial">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial" title="Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial">IRC <span style="font-size:90%;">(live chat)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Wikipedia_links" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial/Wikipedia links">Links</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Keep_in_mind" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial/Keep in mind">Policies</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Registration" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial/Registration">Registration</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial/Citing sources">Sources</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Talk_pages" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial/Talk pages">Talk pages</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User_guide" title="Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User guide">VisualEditor</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ" title="Wikipedia:FAQ">Frequently asked<br/> questions (FAQ)</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Overview" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Overview">Overview</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Administration" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Administration">Administration</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Article_subjects" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Article subjects">Article subjects</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Categories" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Categories">Categories</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Contributing" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Contributing">Contributing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright">Copyright</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Editing" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Editing">Editing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Forking" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Forking">Forking</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IRC" title="Wikipedia:IRC">IRC (live chat)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Miscellaneous" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations">Organizations</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Problems" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Problems">Problems</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Researching_with_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Researching with Wikipedia">Researching</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers">Readers</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Schools" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Schools">Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Technical" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Technical">Technical</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Help:Contents">Help:<span class="Unicode"> </span>Contents</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse" title="Help:Contents/Browse">Help menu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Navigating_Wikipedia" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Navigating Wikipedia">Navigating</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Joining_Wikipedia" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Joining Wikipedia">Joining</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Editing_Wikipedia" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Editing Wikipedia">Editing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Links" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Links">Links and references</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Images_and_media" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Images and media">Images and media</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Tracking_changes" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Tracking changes">Tracking changes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Policies_and_guidelines" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Policies and guidelines">Policies and guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Asking_questions" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Asking questions">Asking questions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/The_Wikipedia_community" title="Help:Contents/Browse/The Wikipedia community">Wikipedia community</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Resources_and_lists" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Resources and lists">Resources and lists</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Account_settings_and_maintenance" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Account settings and maintenance">Account settings</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Technical_information" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Technical information">Technical info</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Site_map" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Site map">Site map</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><i><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual">The Missing Manual</a></i></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Introduction" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Introduction">Introduction</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Editing_for_the_First_Time" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Editing for the First Time">First edit</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Documenting_Your_Sources" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Documenting Your Sources">Sourcing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Setting_Up_Your_Account_and_Personal_Workspace" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Setting Up Your Account and Personal Workspace">Account setup and personal space</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Creating_a_New_Article" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Creating a New Article">Creating articles</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Who_Did_What:_Page_Histories_and_Reverting" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Who Did What: Page Histories and Reverting">Page history and reverting</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Monitoring_Changes" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Monitoring Changes">Monitoring changes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Dealing_with_Vandalism_and_Spam" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Dealing with Vandalism and Spam">Vandalism and spam</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Collaborating_with_Other_Editors/Communicating_with_Your_Fellow_Editors" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Collaborating with Other Editors/Communicating with Your Fellow Editors">Communicating with others</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Collaborating_with_Other_Editors/WikiProjects_and_Other_Group_Efforts" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Collaborating with Other Editors/WikiProjects and Other Group Efforts">WikiProjects</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Collaborating_with_Other_Editors/Resolving_Content_Disputes" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Collaborating with Other Editors/Resolving Content Disputes">Content disputes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Collaborating_with_Other_Editors/Handling_Incivility_and_Personal_Attacks" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Collaborating with Other Editors/Handling Incivility and Personal Attacks">Incivility</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Collaborating_with_Other_Editors/Lending_Other_Editors_a_Hand" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Collaborating with Other Editors/Lending Other Editors a Hand">Helping others</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Formatting_and_Illustrating_Articles/Article_Sections_and_Tables_of_Contents" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Formatting and Illustrating Articles/Article Sections and Tables of Contents">Sections</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Formatting_and_Illustrating_Articles/Creating_Lists_and_Tables" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Formatting and Illustrating Articles/Creating Lists and Tables">Lists and tables</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Formatting_and_Illustrating_Articles/Adding_Images" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Formatting and Illustrating Articles/Adding Images">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia/Getting_Readers_to_the_Right_Article:_Naming,_Redirects,_and_Disambiguation" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Building a Stronger Encyclopedia/Getting Readers to the Right Article: Naming, Redirects, and Disambiguation">Naming, redirects and disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia/Categorizing_Articles" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Building a Stronger Encyclopedia/Categorizing Articles">Categorizing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia/Better_Articles:_A_Systematic_Approach" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Building a Stronger Encyclopedia/Better Articles: A Systematic Approach">Better articles</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia/Deleting_Existing_Articles" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Building a Stronger Encyclopedia/Deleting Existing Articles">Deletions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Customizing_Wikipedia/Customizing_with_Preferences" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Customizing Wikipedia/Customizing with Preferences">Personal preferences</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Customizing_Wikipedia/Easier_Editing_with_JavaScript" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Customizing Wikipedia/Easier Editing with JavaScript">JavaScript</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Appendixes/A_Tour_of_the_Wikipedia_Page" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Appendixes/A Tour of the Wikipedia Page">Wikipedia Pages</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Appendixes/Reader%E2%80%99s_Guide_to_Wikipedia" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Appendixes/Reader’s Guide to Wikipedia">Reader’s guide</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Appendixes/Learning_More" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Appendixes/Learning More">Learning more</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_how-to" title="Category:Wikipedia how-to">How-to pages</a><br/> <a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_information_pages" title="Category:Wikipedia information pages">Information pages</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_appealing_blocks" title="Wikipedia:Guide to appealing blocks">Appealing blocks</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Guide to deletion">Article deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Books" title="Help:Books">Books</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Citations_quick_reference" title="Help:Citations quick reference">Citations / references</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">Referencing for beginners</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Citation_Style_1" title="Help:Citation Style 1">Citation Style 1</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cite_errors" title="Help:Cite errors">Cite errors</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:References_and_page_numbers" title="Help:References and page numbers">References and page numbers</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Copyright" title="Help:Copyright">Copyright</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Diff" title="Help:Diff">Diff</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing" title="Help:Editing">Editing</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_toolbar" title="Help:Edit toolbar">toolbar</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_conflict" title="Help:Edit conflict">edit conflict</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Email_confirmation" title="Help:Email confirmation">Email confirmation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Find_sources" title="Help:Find sources">Find sources</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Files" title="Help:Files">Files</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Footnotes" title="Help:Footnotes">Footnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Glossary" title="Help:Glossary">Glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_image_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Guide to image deletion">Image deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Infobox" title="Help:Infobox">Infoboxes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Link" title="Help:Link">Linking</a> (<a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Link_color" title="Help:Link color">link color</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Logging_in" title="Help:Logging in">Logging in</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Viewing_media" title="Help:Viewing media">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Merging" title="Help:Merging" class="mw-redirect">Merging</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Mobile_access" title="Help:Mobile access">Mobile access</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Namespaces" title="Help:Namespaces" class="mw-redirect">Namespaces</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Navigation" title="Help:Navigation">Navigation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Other_languages" title="Help:Other languages">Other languages</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Page_name" title="Help:Page name">Page name</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Redirect" title="Help:Redirect">Redirect</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:How_to_move_a_page" title="Help:How to move a page">Renaming pages</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Reset_password" title="Help:Reset password">Passwords</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Reverting" title="Help:Reverting">Reverting</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Searching" title="Help:Searching">Searching</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Using_talk_pages" title="Help:Using talk pages">Talk pages</a> (<a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Archiving_a_talk_page" title="Help:Archiving a talk page">archiving</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Student_help" title="Help:Student help">Students</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:URL" title="Help:URL">URL</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:User_contributions" title="Help:User contributions">User contributions</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_markup" title="Wiki markup">Coding wiki markup</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup" title="Help:Wiki markup">Wiki markup</a> (<a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet" title="Help:Cheatsheet">cheatsheet</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Barchart" title="Help:Barchart">Barcharts</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Calculation" title="Help:Calculation">Calculations</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Special_characters" title="Help:Special characters">Characters</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Citation templates">Citation templates</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Columns" title="Help:Columns">Columns</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:HTML_in_wikitext" title="Help:HTML in wikitext">HTML</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:List" title="Help:List">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words" title="Help:Magic words">Magic words</a> (<a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words_for_beginners" title="Help:Magic words for beginners">introduction</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Musical_symbols" title="Help:Musical symbols">Music symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Section" title="Help:Section">Sections</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Sound_file_markup" title="Help:Sound file markup">Sounds</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table" title="Help:Table">Tables</a> (<a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table/Introduction_to_tables" title="Help:Table/Introduction to tables">introduction</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template" title="Help:Template">Templates</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_documentation" title="Wikipedia:Template documentation">documentation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages" title="Wikipedia:Template messages">messages</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion" title="Wikipedia:Transclusion">Transclusion</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Visual_file_markup" title="Help:Visual file markup">Visual files</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools" title="Wikipedia:Tools">Wiki tools</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk">Reference desks</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Computing" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing">Computing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Entertainment" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Entertainment">Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities">Humanities</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Language" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language">Language</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Mathematics" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Mathematics">Mathematics</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Miscellaneous" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Science" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science">Science</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Noticeboards" title="Wikipedia:Noticeboards">Noticeboards</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150322054440/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' 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