UniWiki:Manual of Style/Text formatting: Difference between revisions

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Use boldface in the remainder of the article only in a few special cases:

* To follow the "[[Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles#Principle of least astonishment|principle of least astonishment]]" after following a [[WP:redirect|redirect]], for terms in the first couple of paragraphs of an article, or at the beginning of a section of an article, which are the subjects of redirects to the article or section (e.g. sub-topics of the article's topic, rather than the synonyms as already boldfaced per the above)

* To follow the "[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles#Principle of least astonishment|principle of least astonishment]]" after following a [[Wikipedia:WP:redirect|redirect]], for terms in the first couple of paragraphs of an article, or at the beginning of a section of an article, which are the subjects of redirects to the article or section (e.g. sub-topics of the article's topic, rather than the synonyms as already boldfaced per the above)

*:~~{{crossref|~~(See ~~{{section link|~~Wikipedia:Redirect|What needs to be done on pages that are targets of redirects?}} for examples and further details.)}}

*:''(See [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Redirect#What needs to be done on pages that are targets of redirects?|Wikipedia:What needs to be done on pages that are targets of redirects?]] for examples and further details.)

* Mathematical objects traditionally written in boldface such as [[Vector (mathematics and physics)|vectors]] and the [[rational number]] symbols '''Q''' and '''Z'''

* Mathematical objects traditionally written in boldface such as [[Wikipedia:Vector (mathematics and physics)|vectors]] and the [[Wikipedia:Rational number|rational number]] symbols '''Q''' and '''Z'''

* In some citation formats, for the volume number of a journal or other multi-volume works

[[Citation template]]~~s, such as [[Template:citation]],~~ automatically supply all formatting (such as italic, boldface, and quotation marks). Therefore, applying manual formatting inside a citation template will cause undesired results.

[[Wikipedia:Citation template|Citation templates]] automatically supply all formatting (such as italic, boldface, and quotation marks). Therefore, applying manual formatting inside a citation template will cause undesired results.

=== When not to use boldface ===

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 Use boldface in the remainder of the article only in a few special cases:
-* To follow the "[[Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles#Principle of least astonishment|principle of least astonishment]]" after following a [[WP:redirect|redirect]], for terms in the first couple of paragraphs of an article, or at the beginning of a section of an article, which are the subjects of redirects to the article or section (e.g. sub-topics of the article's topic, rather than the synonyms as already boldfaced per the above)
+* To follow the "[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles#Principle of least astonishment|principle of least astonishment]]" after following a [[Wikipedia:WP:redirect|redirect]], for terms in the first couple of paragraphs of an article, or at the beginning of a section of an article, which are the subjects of redirects to the article or section (e.g. sub-topics of the article's topic, rather than the synonyms as already boldfaced per the above)
-*:{{crossref|(See {{section link|Wikipedia:Redirect|What needs to be done on pages that are targets of redirects?}} for examples and further details.)}}
+*:''(See [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Redirect#What needs to be done on pages that are targets of redirects?|Wikipedia:What needs to be done on pages that are targets of redirects?]] for examples and further details.)
-* Mathematical objects traditionally written in boldface such as [[Vector (mathematics and physics)|vectors]] and the [[rational number]] symbols '''Q''' and '''Z'''
+* Mathematical objects traditionally written in boldface such as [[Wikipedia:Vector (mathematics and physics)|vectors]] and the [[Wikipedia:Rational number|rational number]] symbols '''Q''' and '''Z'''
 * In some citation formats, for the volume number of a journal or other multi-volume works
-[[Citation template]]s, such as [[Template:citation]], automatically supply all formatting (such as italic, boldface, and quotation marks). Therefore, applying manual formatting inside a citation template will cause undesired results.
+[[Wikipedia:Citation template|Citation templates]] automatically supply all formatting (such as italic, boldface, and quotation marks). Therefore, applying manual formatting inside a citation template will cause undesired results.
 === When not to use boldface ===