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If a URL itself contains square brackets, the wiki-text should use the [[Wikipedia:URL encoding|URL-encoded]] form <code><nowiki>http://</nowiki>example.site/foo.php?query={{xt|%5B}}xxx{{xt|%5D}}yyy</code>, rather than ...<code>query={{xt|[}}xxx{{xt|]}}yyy</code>. This will avoid truncation of the link after <code>xxx</code>. | If a URL itself contains square brackets, the wiki-text should use the [[Wikipedia:URL encoding|URL-encoded]] form <code><nowiki>http://</nowiki>example.site/foo.php?query={{xt|%5B}}xxx{{xt|%5D}}yyy</code>, rather than ...<code>query={{xt|[}}xxx{{xt|]}}yyy</code>. This will avoid truncation of the link after <code>xxx</code>. | ||
== Ellipses == | |||
Use an ''[[ellipsis]]'' (plural ''ellipses'') to indicate an omission of material from quoted text or some other omission, perhaps of the end of a sentence, often in a printed record of conversation. The ellipsis is represented by ''ellipsis points'': a set of three dots. | Use an ''[[Wikipedia:Ellipsis|ellipsis]]'' (plural ''ellipses'') to indicate an omission of material from quoted text or some other omission, perhaps of the end of a sentence, often in a printed record of conversation. The ellipsis is represented by ''ellipsis points'': a set of three dots. | ||
; | ; Style | ||
: Ellipsis points, or ellipses, have traditionally been implemented in three ways: | : Ellipsis points, or ellipses, have traditionally been implemented in three ways: | ||
:* '''Three unspaced periods''' ({{xt|...}}). This is the easiest way and gives a predictable appearance in HTML. {{em|Recommended.}} | :* '''Three unspaced periods''' ({{xt|...}}). This is the easiest way and gives a predictable appearance in HTML. {{em|Recommended.}} | ||
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:* '''Three periods separated by spaces''' ({{!xt|. . .}}). This is an older style that is unnecessarily wide and requires non-breaking spaces to keep it from breaking at the end of a line. {{em|Not recommended.}} | :* '''Three periods separated by spaces''' ({{!xt|. . .}}). This is an older style that is unnecessarily wide and requires non-breaking spaces to keep it from breaking at the end of a line. {{em|Not recommended.}} | ||
; | ; Function and implementation | ||
: Use an ellipsis if material is omitted in the course of a quotation, unless square brackets are used to [[Gloss (annotation)|gloss]] the quotation | : Use an ellipsis if material is omitted in the course of a quotation, unless square brackets are used to [[Wikipedia:Gloss (annotation)|gloss]] the quotation ''(see {{section link||Brackets and parentheses}}, above, and the points below)''. | ||
:* Put a space on each side of an ellipsis ({{xt|"France, Germany, ... and Belgium"}}), except that there should be no space between an ellipsis and | :* Put a space on each side of an ellipsis ({{xt|"France, Germany, ... and Belgium"}}), except that there should be no space between an ellipsis and | ||
:** a quotation mark directly following the ellipsis ({{xt|"France, Germany, and Belgium ..."}}). | :** a quotation mark directly following the ellipsis ({{xt|"France, Germany, and Belgium ..."}}). | ||
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:** to keep the ellipsis from wrapping to the next line ({{xt|"France, Germany,<code>&nbsp;</code>... and Belgium"}}, not {{!xt|"France, Germany,<code>&nbsp;</code>...<code>&nbsp;</code>and Belgium"}}). | :** to keep the ellipsis from wrapping to the next line ({{xt|"France, Germany,<code>&nbsp;</code>... and Belgium"}}, not {{!xt|"France, Germany,<code>&nbsp;</code>...<code>&nbsp;</code>and Belgium"}}). | ||
; | ; Pause or suspension of speech | ||
: Three periods (loosely also called ''ellipsis points'') are occasionally used to represent a pause in or | : Three periods (loosely also called ''ellipsis points'') are occasionally used to represent a pause in or suspension of speech, in which case the punctuation is retained in its original form: {{xt|Virginia's startled reply was "Could he ...? No, I cannot believe it!"}}. Avoid this usage except in direct quotations. When it indicates an incomplete word, no space is used between the word fragment(s) and the ellipsis: {{xt|The garbled transmission ended with "We are stranded near San L...o", interpreted as a reference to either San Leandro or San Lorenzo.}} | ||
; | ; With square brackets | ||
: An ellipsis does not normally need square brackets around it, because its function is usually obvious—especially if the guidelines above are followed. Square brackets, however, may optionally be used for precision, to make it clear that the ellipsis is not itself quoted; this is usually only necessary if the quoted passage also uses three periods in it to indicate a pause or suspension. The ellipsis should follow exactly the principles given above but with square brackets inserted immediately before and after it ({{xt|Her long rant continued: "How do I feel? How do you {{em|think}} I ... look, this has gone far enough! [...] I want to go home!"}}). | : An ellipsis does not normally need square brackets around it, because its function is usually obvious—especially if the guidelines above are followed. Square brackets, however, may optionally be used for precision, to make it clear that the ellipsis is not itself quoted; this is usually only necessary if the quoted passage also uses three periods in it to indicate a pause or suspension. The ellipsis should follow exactly the principles given above but with square brackets inserted immediately before and after it ({{xt|Her long rant continued: "How do I feel? How do you {{em|think}} I ... look, this has gone far enough! [...] I want to go home!"}}). | ||