UniWiki:Manual of Style: Difference between revisions

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** {{xt|The door flew open with a BANG! that made them jump.}} (Not encyclopedic, but acceptable in transcription from audio, or in direct quotation.)

=== Spacing ===

== Spacing ==

~~{{shortcut|MOS:PUNCTSPACE}}~~

In normal text, never put a space {{em|before}} a comma, a semicolon, a colon, or a terminal punctuation mark (even in quoted material~~; see allowable typographical changes in {{section link||Typographic conformity}}, above~~). Put a space {{em|after}} these, unless they end a paragraph or are followed by a closing parenthesis, quotation mark, or similar.

In normal text, never put a space {{em|before}} a comma, a semicolon, a colon, or a terminal punctuation mark (even in quoted material). Put a space {{em|after}} these, unless they end a paragraph or are followed by a closing parenthesis, quotation mark, or similar.

==== Spaces following terminal punctuation ====

=== Spaces following terminal punctuation ===

The number of spaces following the terminal punctuation of a sentence in the wiki markup makes no difference on ~~Wikipedia~~; the MediaWiki software condenses any number of spaces to just one when rendering the page (see [[Sentence spacing]]). For this reason, editors may use any spacing style they prefer on ~~Wikipedia~~. Multiple spacing styles may coexist in the same article, and adding or removing a double space is sometimes used as a [[Help:dummy edit|dummy edit]].

The number of spaces following the terminal punctuation of a sentence in the wiki markup makes no difference on the UniWiki; the MediaWiki software condenses any number of spaces to just one when rendering the page (see [[Wikipedia:Sentence spacing|Sentence spacing]]). For this reason, editors may use any spacing style they prefer on the UniWiki. Multiple spacing styles may coexist in the same article, and adding or removing a double space is sometimes used as a [[Wikipedia:Help:dummy edit|dummy edit]].

=== Consecutive punctuation marks ===

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 ** {{xt|The door flew open with a BANG! that made them jump.}} (Not encyclopedic, but acceptable in transcription from audio, or in direct quotation.)
-=== Spacing ===
+== Spacing ==
-{{shortcut|MOS:PUNCTSPACE}}
-In normal text, never put a space {{em|before}} a comma, a semicolon, a colon, or a terminal punctuation mark (even in quoted material; see allowable typographical changes in {{section link||Typographic conformity}}, above). Put a space {{em|after}} these, unless they end a paragraph or are followed by a closing parenthesis, quotation mark, or similar.
+In normal text, never put a space {{em|before}} a comma, a semicolon, a colon, or a terminal punctuation mark (even in quoted material). Put a space {{em|after}} these, unless they end a paragraph or are followed by a closing parenthesis, quotation mark, or similar.
-==== Spaces following terminal punctuation ====
+=== Spaces following terminal punctuation ===
-The number of spaces following the terminal punctuation of a sentence in the wiki markup makes no difference on Wikipedia; the MediaWiki software condenses any number of spaces to just one when rendering the page (see [[Sentence spacing]]). For this reason, editors may use any spacing style they prefer on Wikipedia. Multiple spacing styles may coexist in the same article, and adding or removing a double space is sometimes used as a [[Help:dummy edit|dummy edit]].
+The number of spaces following the terminal punctuation of a sentence in the wiki markup makes no difference on the UniWiki; the MediaWiki software condenses any number of spaces to just one when rendering the page (see [[Wikipedia:Sentence spacing|Sentence spacing]]). For this reason, editors may use any spacing style they prefer on the UniWiki. Multiple spacing styles may coexist in the same article, and adding or removing a double space is sometimes used as a [[Wikipedia:Help:dummy edit|dummy edit]].
 === Consecutive punctuation marks ===