https://folgerpedia.folger.edu/_mw/index.php?title=Folgerpedia_talk:Manual_of_Style&feed=atom&action=historyFolgerpedia talk:Manual of Style - Revision history2024-03-29T00:59:18ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.6https://folgerpedia.folger.edu/_mw/index.php?title=Folgerpedia_talk:Manual_of_Style&diff=1005&oldid=prevErinBlake: Reply to "neutral point of view" question.2014-05-06T20:58:58Z<p>Reply to "neutral point of view" question.</p>
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</table>ErinBlakehttps://folgerpedia.folger.edu/_mw/index.php?title=Folgerpedia_talk:Manual_of_Style&diff=1001&oldid=prevErinBlake: Response to hyphen question2014-05-06T19:59:28Z<p>Response to hyphen question</p>
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</table>DeborahLesliehttps://folgerpedia.folger.edu/_mw/index.php?title=Folgerpedia_talk:Manual_of_Style&diff=406&oldid=prevDeborahLeslie: /* First person plural */ new section2014-03-19T21:00:25Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">First person plural: </span> new section</span></p>
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</table>DeborahLesliehttps://folgerpedia.folger.edu/_mw/index.php?title=Folgerpedia_talk:Manual_of_Style&diff=282&oldid=prevDeborahLeslie: Signed my comment2014-03-14T17:40:30Z<p>Signed my comment</p>
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</table>DeborahLesliehttps://folgerpedia.folger.edu/_mw/index.php?title=Folgerpedia_talk:Manual_of_Style&diff=278&oldid=prevErinBlake: ErinBlake moved page Talk:Folgerpedia style guide to Folgerpedia talk:Manual of Style: Manual of Style belongs in the Folgerpedia namespace.2014-03-14T16:14:44Z<p>ErinBlake moved page <a href="/_mw/index.php?title=Talk:Folgerpedia_style_guide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Talk:Folgerpedia style guide (page does not exist)">Talk:Folgerpedia style guide</a> to <a href="/Folgerpedia_talk:Manual_of_Style" title="Folgerpedia talk:Manual of Style">Folgerpedia talk:Manual of Style</a>: Manual of Style belongs in the Folgerpedia namespace.</p>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Wikipedia MoS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Dashes says to use en-dashes in dates. I would like to see us use hyphens; en- and em-dashes wreck havoc in MARC records.</div>DeborahLeslie