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In general, follow Wikipedia's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style Manual of Style] when creating articles. Here are some guidelines: | In general, follow Wikipedia's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style Manual of Style] when creating articles. Here are some guidelines: | ||
* Remember that your article is about the named topic ''as it relates to the Folger and the Folger collection'' | * Remember that your article is about the named topic ''as it relates to the Folger and the Folger collection'' | ||
* Use sentence case for article titles (unless the article title is, itself, the title of something, e.g. "Manual of Style") | * Use sentence case for article titles and headings (unless the heading or article title is, itself, the title of something, e.g. "Manual of Style") | ||
* Begin each article with a sentence or two summarizing the topic (the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section Lead section]") | * Begin each article with a sentence or two summarizing the topic (the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section Lead section]") | ||
* Use level 2 headings for subsections within the article (four or more level 2 headings automatically create a table of contents) | * Use level 2 headings for subsections within the article (four or more level 2 headings automatically create a table of contents) | ||
* Use level 3 headings for subsections that will not display in a table of contents (UPDATE: currently, all headings display in the Table of Contents, and we might keep it that way, using tags around specific headings to keep them from displaying.) | * Use level 3 headings for subsections that will not display in a table of contents (UPDATE: currently, all headings display in the Table of Contents, and we might keep it that way, using tags around specific headings to keep them from displaying.) | ||
* Create articles rather than uploading existing documents (unless there's a reason to keep the original formatting, e.g. a form that needs to be filled in by hand) | |||
Revision as of 11:19, 28 March 2014
In general, follow Wikipedia's Manual of Style when creating articles. Here are some guidelines:
- Remember that your article is about the named topic as it relates to the Folger and the Folger collection
- Use sentence case for article titles and headings (unless the heading or article title is, itself, the title of something, e.g. "Manual of Style")
- Begin each article with a sentence or two summarizing the topic (the "Lead section")
- Use level 2 headings for subsections within the article (four or more level 2 headings automatically create a table of contents)
- Use level 3 headings for subsections that will not display in a table of contents (UPDATE: currently, all headings display in the Table of Contents, and we might keep it that way, using tags around specific headings to keep them from displaying.)
- Create articles rather than uploading existing documents (unless there's a reason to keep the original formatting, e.g. a form that needs to be filled in by hand)