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=== Person or office? ===

It is necessary for a reference work to distinguish carefully between an office (such as president) and an incumbent (such as [[Barack Obama]]); a newspaper does not usually need to make this distinction, for a newspaper "President Obama" and "the President" are one and the same from 2009 to 2017.

It is necessary for a reference work to distinguish carefully between an office (such as president) and an incumbent (such as [[Wikipedia:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]]); a newspaper does not usually need to make this distinction, for a newspaper "President Obama" and "the President" are one and the same from 2009 to 2017.

* {{!xt|President Obama nominates new justices of the US Supreme Court}} – No, whoever is president at the time does.

* {{xt|[[President George W. Bush]] nominated John Roberts as Chief Justice}} – Yes, as this will always be true.

* {{xt|[[Wikipedia:President George W. Bush|President George W. Bush]] nominated John Roberts as Chief Justice}} – Yes, as this will always be true.

* {{xt|The President nominated [[John Roberts]] as Chief Justice in 2005}} – Yes, as the year makes this clear.

* {{xt|The President nominated [[Wikipedia:John Roberts|John Roberts]] as Chief Justice in 2005}} – Yes, as the year makes this clear.

* ~~{{xtn|~~The guest list included [[Charles, Prince of Wales]]}} – This is usually acceptable, as a confusion with [[Charles I of England]], Prince of Wales until 1625, is highly unlikely.

* '''The guest list included [[Wikipedia:Charles, Prince of Wales|Charles, Prince of Wales]]''' – This is usually acceptable, as a confusion with [[Wikipedia:Charles I of England|Charles I of England]], Prince of Wales until 1625, is highly unlikely.

* {{!xt|Former President [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] met with [[Mao Zedong|Mao]] in 1972}} – This is technically incorrect, as Nixon was not the former president at the time; he was actually in office. Write {{xt|President Nixon met with Mao in 1972.}} The construction ~~{{xtn|~~then-President Nixon}} is usually superfluous, unless the context calls for distinctions between different periods of Nixon's career.

* {{!xt|Former President [[Wikipedia:Richard Nixon|Nixon]] met with [[Wikipedia:Mao Zedong|Mao]] in 1972}} – This is technically incorrect, as Nixon was not the former president at the time; he was actually in office. Write {{xt|President Nixon met with Mao in 1972.}} The construction '''then-President Nixon''' is usually superfluous, unless the context calls for distinctions between different periods of Nixon's career.

=== Neologisms and new compounds ===

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 === Person or office? ===
-It is necessary for a reference work to distinguish carefully between an office (such as president) and an incumbent (such as [[Barack Obama]]); a newspaper does not usually need to make this distinction, for a newspaper "President Obama" and "the President" are one and the same from 2009 to 2017.
+It is necessary for a reference work to distinguish carefully between an office (such as president) and an incumbent (such as [[Wikipedia:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]]); a newspaper does not usually need to make this distinction, for a newspaper "President Obama" and "the President" are one and the same from 2009 to 2017.
 * {{!xt|President Obama nominates new justices of the US Supreme Court}} – No, whoever is president at the time does.
-* {{xt|[[President George W. Bush]] nominated John Roberts as Chief Justice}} – Yes, as this will always be true.
+* {{xt|[[Wikipedia:President George W. Bush|President George W. Bush]] nominated John Roberts as Chief Justice}} – Yes, as this will always be true.
-* {{xt|The President nominated [[John Roberts]] as Chief Justice in 2005}} – Yes, as the year makes this clear.
+* {{xt|The President nominated [[Wikipedia:John Roberts|John Roberts]] as Chief Justice in 2005}} – Yes, as the year makes this clear.
-* {{xtn|The guest list included [[Charles, Prince of Wales]]}} – This is usually acceptable, as a confusion with [[Charles I of England]], Prince of Wales until 1625, is highly unlikely.
+* '''The guest list included [[Wikipedia:Charles, Prince of Wales|Charles, Prince of Wales]]''' – This is usually acceptable, as a confusion with [[Wikipedia:Charles I of England|Charles I of England]], Prince of Wales until 1625, is highly unlikely.
-* {{!xt|Former President [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] met with [[Mao Zedong|Mao]] in 1972}} – This is technically incorrect, as Nixon was not the former president at the time; he was actually in office. Write {{xt|President Nixon met with Mao in 1972.}} The construction {{xtn|then-President Nixon}} is usually superfluous, unless the context calls for distinctions between different periods of Nixon's career.
+* {{!xt|Former President [[Wikipedia:Richard Nixon|Nixon]] met with [[Wikipedia:Mao Zedong|Mao]] in 1972}} – This is technically incorrect, as Nixon was not the former president at the time; he was actually in office. Write {{xt|President Nixon met with Mao in 1972.}} The construction '''then-President Nixon''' is usually superfluous, unless the context calls for distinctions between different periods of Nixon's career.
 === Neologisms and new compounds ===