MicroNations Fandom:Manual of style

Please note this page is only a concept. Also, keep in mind that some of issues addressed here are already informally considered official, such as "the" in article names.



Article titles and headings
General rules for article titles (for example MicroWiki:Manual of Style) and headings (insert a good example here).
 * 1) Must be re cognizable
 * 2) Must not be too long (preferably not over 30 letters, excluding spaces and easilly recognizable names).
 * 3) Must be consistent
 * 4) General titles (such as Ministry of Foreign Affairs) must not be nation specific.
 * 5) *In these cases, use "Ministry of Foreign Affairs (nationname)".
 * 6) Article names must not start with a "the", "a" or "an", unless it is official name of the subject, which must be proven by the contributor which made the most edits on the page (or with external references) and noted on the talk page or preferably in the article itself.
 * 7) Titles should be nouns or noun phrases, unless it is the official name of the subject. Proving the official name is the same as with article names.
 * 8) The final visible character should not be a punctuation mark, unless it is official name of the subject. Proving the official name is the same as with article names and titles.
 * 9) Headings must not be styled, overuse bold or italics.
 * 10) Must start with a capital letter, excluding cases when the first letter of the subject is officially lower case.

Section headings
General rules for section headings.
 * 1) Consistent (similiar) for all Wiki articles (see MicroWiki:Common section headings).
 * 2) Section headings, like article titles, must not start with "a", "the" or "an", unless it is official name of the subject, which again must be proved by the contributor who made the most edits or by an external reference.
 * 3) Section headings must not be styled and must not be in bold or italics.
 * 4) Section headings must not end with a punctuation mark.
 * 5) Section headings must not contain images, including flags.
 * 6) Section headings must not be a question.