UniWiki:Manual of Style/Layout: Difference between revisions

# [[#Standard appendices and footers|Bottom matter]]

## [[#Navigation templates|Navigation templates]] (footer navboxes)  

## [[Wikipedia:Categorization|Categories]]<ref>While categories are entered on the editing page ahead of stub templates, they appear on the visual page in a separate box after the stub templates. One of the reasons this happens is that every stub template generates a stub category, and those stub categories appear after the "main" categories.</ref>

=Body sections=

Articles longer than a stub are generally divided into sections, and sections over a certain length are generally divided into paragraphs; these divisions enhance the readability of the article. Articles should  follow good organizational and writing principles regarding sections and paragraphs.

=== Headings and sections ===

Headings introduce sections and subsections, clarify articles by breaking up text, organize content, and populate the [[Wikipedia:WP:TOC|table of contents]]. Very short or very long sections and subsections in an article look cluttered and inhibit the flow of the prose. Short paragraphs and single sentences generally do not warrant their own subheading.

===Paragraphs===

Sections usually consist of paragraphs of running [[Wikipedia:Prose|prose]]. Between paragraphs&mdash;as between sections&mdash;there should be a ''single'' blank line and the first line of each paragraph is ''not'' indented. [[Wikipedia:Bullet point#Bullet points|Bullet points]] should be minimized in the body and lead of the article, if they are used at all; however, a bulleted list may be useful to break up what would otherwise be a large, grey mass of text, particularly if the topic requires significant effort on the part of readers. However, bulleted lists are typical in the reference and further-reading sections towards the end of the article. Bullet points are usually ''not'' separated by blank lines, as that causes an accessibility issue (''See: [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Lists|Lists]]''.)

==="See also" section===

Editors should provide a brief annotation when a link's relevance is not immediately apparent, when the meaning of the term may not be generally known, or when the term is ambiguous.  For example:

'''Title:''' The most common title for this section is "See also".

'''Contents:''' This section, or series of sections, may contain any or all of the following:

It is most common for only citation footnotes to be used, and therefore it is most common for only one section to be needed. Usually, if the sections are separated, then explanatory footnotes are listed first, short citations or other footnoted citations are next, and any full citations or general references are listed last.  

If multiple sections are wanted, then some possibilities include:

* For a list of full citations or general references: "References" or "Works cited"

===Further reading===

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===External links===

===Navigation templates===

===Images===

When placing images, be careful not to stack too many of them within the lead, or within a single section;

Avoid referring to images as being on the left or right. Image placement is different for viewers of the mobile version of Wikipedia, and is meaningless to people having pages read to them by assistive software. Instead, use captions to identify images.

==See also==

===Specialized layout===

==Footnotes==

{{Reflist}}