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Hyphenation involves many subtleties that cannot be covered here; the rules and examples presented above illustrate the broad principles.

=== Dashes~~ =~~==

== Dashes ==

~~{{shortcut|MOS:DASH|WP:MOSDASH|MOS:EMDASH|MOS:MDASH|MOS:ENDASH|MOS:NDASH}}~~

Two forms of dash are used on ~~Wikipedia~~: '''[[en dash]]''' ({{xt|–}}) and '''[[em dash]]''' ({{xt|—}}). Enter them as <code>&ndash;</code> or <code>&mdash;</code>~~; or click on them to the right of the "Insert" dropdown beneath the edit window~~. Do not substitute a double hyphen (<code>--</code>).

Two forms of dash are used on the UniWiki: '''[[Wikipedia:En dash|en dash]]''' ({{xt|–}}) and '''[[Wikipedia:Em dash|em dash]]''' ({{xt|—}}). Enter them as <code>&ndash;</code> or <code>&mdash;</code>. Do not substitute a double hyphen (<code>--</code>).

* In [[Wikipedia:Article titles|article titles]], do not use a hyphen ({{xt|-}}) as a substitute for an en dash, for example in [[eye–hand span]] (since ''eye'' does not modify ''hand''). Nonetheless, to aid searching and linking provide a redirect with hyphens replacing the en dashe(s), as in [[eye-hand span]]~~. Similarly, provide [[Template:Category redirect|Category redirects]] for categories containing dashes~~.

* In [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Article titles|article titles]], do not use a hyphen ({{xt|-}}) as a substitute for an en dash, for example in [[Wikipedia:Eye-hand span|eye–hand span]] (since ''eye'' does not modify ''hand''). Nonetheless, to aid searching and linking provide a redirect with hyphens replacing the en dashe(s), as in [[Wikipedia:Eye-hand span|eye-hand span]].

Sources use dashes in varying ways, but for consistency and clarity ~~Wikipedia~~ adopts the following principles.

Sources use dashes in varying ways, but for consistency and clarity the UniWiki adopts the following principles.

==== Punctuating a sentence (em or en dashes) ====

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 Hyphenation involves many subtleties that cannot be covered here; the rules and examples presented above illustrate the broad principles.
-=== Dashes<span id="Em dashes"></span><span id="Unspaced em dash"></span><span id="En dashes"></span><span id="Spaced en dash"></span> ===
+== Dashes ==
-{{shortcut|MOS:DASH|WP:MOSDASH|MOS:EMDASH|MOS:MDASH|MOS:ENDASH|MOS:NDASH}}
-Two forms of dash are used on Wikipedia: '''[[en dash]]''' ({{xt|–}}) and '''[[em dash]]''' ({{xt|—}}). Enter them as <code>&amp;ndash;</code> or <code>&amp;mdash;</code>; or click on them to the right of the "Insert" dropdown beneath the edit window. Do not substitute a double hyphen (<code>--</code>).
+Two forms of dash are used on the UniWiki: '''[[Wikipedia:En dash|en dash]]''' ({{xt|–}}) and '''[[Wikipedia:Em dash|em dash]]''' ({{xt|—}}). Enter them as <code>&amp;ndash;</code> or <code>&amp;mdash;</code>. Do not substitute a double hyphen (<code>--</code>).
-* In [[Wikipedia:Article titles|article titles]], do not use a hyphen ({{xt|-}}) as a substitute for an en dash, for example in [[eye–hand span]] (since ''eye'' does not modify ''hand''). Nonetheless, to aid searching and linking provide a redirect with hyphens replacing the en dashe(s), as in [[eye-hand span]]. Similarly, provide [[Template:Category redirect|Category redirects]] for categories containing dashes.
+* In [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Article titles|article titles]], do not use a hyphen ({{xt|-}}) as a substitute for an en dash, for example in [[Wikipedia:Eye-hand span|eye–hand span]] (since ''eye'' does not modify ''hand''). Nonetheless, to aid searching and linking provide a redirect with hyphens replacing the en dashe(s), as in [[Wikipedia:Eye-hand span|eye-hand span]].
-Sources use dashes in varying ways, but for consistency and clarity Wikipedia adopts the following principles.
+Sources use dashes in varying ways, but for consistency and clarity the UniWiki adopts the following principles.
 ==== Punctuating a sentence (em or en dashes) ====