UniWiki:Manual of Style/Tables: Difference between revisions

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=== Captions and headers ===

[[Help:Table caption|Table captions]] and column and row headers should be succinct and self explanatory. In most cases, individual words or [[sentence ~~fragment~~]]s should be used, and thus [[Article (grammar)|~~article~~]]s (''a'', ''an'', ''the'') and sentence-ending punctuation are unnecessary. Only the first word in the caption or header should be capitalized (except for [[proper ~~noun~~]]s), in keeping with ~~Wikipedia~~'s conventions for [[~~MOS~~:~~CAP~~|capital letters]]. In some rare cases, judicious use of [[soft ~~hyphen~~]]s may be helpful~~; see [[MOS:HYPHEN]] for details~~.

[[Wikipedia:Help:Table caption|Table captions]] and column and row headers should be succinct and self explanatory. In most cases, individual words or [[Wikipedia:Sentence fragment|sentence fragments]] should be used, and thus [[Wikipedia:Article (grammar)|articles]] (''a'', ''an'', ''the'') and sentence-ending punctuation are unnecessary. Only the first word in the caption or header should be capitalized (except for [[Wikipedia:Proper noun|proper nouns]]), in keeping with the UniWiki's conventions for [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters|capital letters]]. In some rare cases, judicious use of [[Wikipedia:Soft hyphen|soft hyphens]] may be helpful.

Much of {{section link|WP:Manual of Style|Article titles, headings, and sections}} also pertains to table headers: Use [[sentence case]]; avoid redundantly including the subject's name in a header; do not put images in the header (including flag icons), unless this is the best way to present tabular information in a particular case; and do not use questions as headers. Title headers are often suitable places for reference citations (e.g., to source a specific row or column of data). Unlike section headings, they often begin with or consist entirely of numbers (such as model numbers, dates, version numbers, etc.). Table headers do not automatically generate link anchors the way section headings do~~; use the {{tlx|Vanchor}} template to turn a header's text (or part of it) into an anchor~~.

Much of {{section link|UniWiki:Manual of Style|Article titles, headings, and sections}} also pertains to table headers: Use [[Wikipedia:Sentence case|sentence case]] when appropriate; avoid redundantly including the subject's name in a header; do not put images in the header (including flag icons), unless this is the best way to present tabular information in a particular case; and do not use questions as headers. Title headers are often suitable places for reference citations (e.g., to source a specific row or column of data). Unlike section headings, they often begin with or consist entirely of numbers (such as model numbers, dates, version numbers, etc.). Table headers do not automatically generate link anchors the way section headings do.

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 === Captions and headers ===
-[[Help:Table caption|Table captions]] and column and row headers should be succinct and self explanatory. In most cases, individual words or [[sentence fragment]]s should be used, and thus [[Article (grammar)|article]]s (''a'', ''an'', ''the'') and sentence-ending punctuation are unnecessary. Only the first word in the caption or header should be capitalized (except for [[proper noun]]s), in keeping with Wikipedia's conventions for [[MOS:CAP|capital letters]].  In some rare cases, judicious use of [[soft hyphen]]s may be helpful; see [[MOS:HYPHEN]] for details.
+[[Wikipedia:Help:Table caption|Table captions]] and column and row headers should be succinct and self explanatory. In most cases, individual words or [[Wikipedia:Sentence fragment|sentence fragments]] should be used, and thus [[Wikipedia:Article (grammar)|articles]] (''a'', ''an'', ''the'') and sentence-ending punctuation are unnecessary. Only the first word in the caption or header should be capitalized (except for [[Wikipedia:Proper noun|proper nouns]]), in keeping with the UniWiki's conventions for [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Capital letters|capital letters]].  In some rare cases, judicious use of [[Wikipedia:Soft hyphen|soft hyphens]] may be helpful.
-Much of {{section link|WP:Manual of Style|Article titles, headings, and sections}} also pertains to table headers: Use [[sentence case]]; avoid redundantly including the subject's name in a header; do not put images in the header (including flag icons), unless this is the best way to present tabular information in a particular case; and do not use questions as headers.   Title headers are often suitable places for reference citations (e.g., to source a specific row or column of data). Unlike section headings, they often begin with or consist entirely of numbers (such as model numbers, dates, version numbers, etc.).  Table headers do not automatically generate link anchors the way section headings do; use the {{tlx|Vanchor}} template to turn a header's text (or part of it) into an anchor.
+Much of {{section link|UniWiki:Manual of Style|Article titles, headings, and sections}} also pertains to table headers: Use [[Wikipedia:Sentence case|sentence case]] when appropriate; avoid redundantly including the subject's name in a header; do not put images in the header (including flag icons), unless this is the best way to present tabular information in a particular case; and do not use questions as headers. Title headers are often suitable places for reference citations (e.g., to source a specific row or column of data). Unlike section headings, they often begin with or consist entirely of numbers (such as model numbers, dates, version numbers, etc.).  Table headers do not automatically generate link anchors the way section headings do.
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