CWCki:Operation Grammatification - Revision history

Anonybot: Robot: Unlinking "Fail"

2012-04-23T22:37:07Z

Robot: Unlinking "Fail"

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	*One space after punctuation. Not two or twelve.		*One space after punctuation. Not two or twelve.
	*Don't be lazy and use words like "recently." If something happened, say ''when'' it happened, like "In June 2010, Chris blah blah blah."		*Don't be lazy and use words like "recently." If something happened, say ''when'' it happened, like "In June 2010, Chris blah blah blah."
	*Don't make pothole links to [[lie]] or [[fail]].		*Don't make pothole links to [[lie]] or fail.

	===Proper wiki formatting===		===Proper wiki formatting===

Apostrophe: /* Proper wiki formatting */

2011-09-02T02:21:54Z

Proper wiki formatting

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	*If the name of an article begins with an article (a, an or the), or with a punctuation mark (e.g. /cwc/), use a DEFAULTSORT template so that it's sorted by whatever follows the article or punctuation mark. For instance, [[A Girl Who Brought Down the World]] has <nowiki>{{DEFAULTSORT:Girl Who Brought Down the World}}</nowiki> so that it's indexed under G for "Girl." /cwc/ should be sorted under C.		*If the name of an article begins with an article (a, an or the), or with a punctuation mark (e.g. /cwc/), use a DEFAULTSORT template so that it's sorted by whatever follows the article or punctuation mark. For instance, [[A Girl Who Brought Down the World]] has <nowiki>{{DEFAULTSORT:Girl Who Brought Down the World}}</nowiki> so that it's indexed under G for "Girl." /cwc/ should be sorted under C.
	**Similarly, use defaultsort templates so that full names of people are sorted by their ''last'' name. For instance, [[Mary Lee Walsh]] should be default-sorted as "Walsh, Mary Lee" so that it appears under "W" in categories.		**Similarly, use defaultsort templates so that full names of people are sorted by their ''last'' name. For instance, [[Mary Lee Walsh]] should be default-sorted as "Walsh, Mary Lee" so that it appears under "W" in categories.
			* Don't link a bunch of adjacent words. This makes it too confusing to figure out that you've actually got several links next to each other.
	[[Category:CWCki projects]]		[[Category:CWCki projects]]

Champthom at 02:52, 8 March 2011

2011-03-08T02:52:03Z

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	If you're not certain about how something looks, feel free to run it by Apostrophe for a once-over. Or take one of the tasks below:		If you're not certain about how something looks, feel free to run it by Apostrophe for a once-over. Or take one of the tasks below:

			==Userbox==
			Members who contribute to this project are free to use this user box to their user page:
			<nowiki>{{GrammarNazi}}</nowiki>
			which produces
			{{GrammarNazi}}

	==Tasks==		==Tasks==

Champthom at 02:50, 8 March 2011

2011-03-08T02:50:26Z

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	*If the name of an article begins with an article (a, an or the), or with a punctuation mark (e.g. /cwc/), use a DEFAULTSORT template so that it's sorted by whatever follows the article or punctuation mark. For instance, [[A Girl Who Brought Down the World]] has <nowiki>{{DEFAULTSORT:Girl Who Brought Down the World}}</nowiki> so that it's indexed under G for "Girl." /cwc/ should be sorted under C.		*If the name of an article begins with an article (a, an or the), or with a punctuation mark (e.g. /cwc/), use a DEFAULTSORT template so that it's sorted by whatever follows the article or punctuation mark. For instance, [[A Girl Who Brought Down the World]] has <nowiki>{{DEFAULTSORT:Girl Who Brought Down the World}}</nowiki> so that it's indexed under G for "Girl." /cwc/ should be sorted under C.
	**Similarly, use defaultsort templates so that full names of people are sorted by their ''last'' name. For instance, [[Mary Lee Walsh]] should be default-sorted as "Walsh, Mary Lee" so that it appears under "W" in categories.		**Similarly, use defaultsort templates so that full names of people are sorted by their ''last'' name. For instance, [[Mary Lee Walsh]] should be default-sorted as "Walsh, Mary Lee" so that it appears under "W" in categories.
	[[Category:CWCki]]		[[Category:CWCki projects]]

Apostrophe: /* Spelling and grammar check */ add

2010-11-07T20:13:56Z

Spelling and grammar check: add

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	*One space after punctuation. Not two or twelve.		*One space after punctuation. Not two or twelve.
	*Don't be lazy and use words like "recently." If something happened, say ''when'' it happened, like "In June 2010, Chris blah blah blah."		*Don't be lazy and use words like "recently." If something happened, say ''when'' it happened, like "In June 2010, Chris blah blah blah."
	*Don't ~~pipe everything~~ to "lie."		*Don't make pothole links to [[lie]] or [[fail]].

	===Proper wiki formatting===		===Proper wiki formatting===

Apostrophe: /* Spelling and grammar check */ bugs the shit out of me; fail can just be deleted IMO so it's not on here

2010-07-14T15:27:27Z

Spelling and grammar check: bugs the shit out of me; fail can just be deleted IMO so it's not on here

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	*Most browsers have spell checks. Don't be afraid to use them.		*Most browsers have spell checks. Don't be afraid to use them.
	*Don't be afraid to double-check transcriptions, in case a spelling error happens to be the fault of the transcriber and not Chris.		*Don't be afraid to double-check transcriptions, in case a spelling error happens to be the fault of the transcriber and not Chris.
	*One space after punctuation. ~~No more~~.		*One space after punctuation. Not two or twelve.
	*Don't be lazy and use words like "recently." If something happened, say ''when'' it happened, like "In June 2010, Chris blah blah blah."		*Don't be lazy and use words like "recently." If something happened, say ''when'' it happened, like "In June 2010, Chris blah blah blah."
			*Don't pipe everything to "lie."

	===Proper wiki formatting===		===Proper wiki formatting===

Apostrophe at 20:46, 4 July 2010

2010-07-04T20:46:05Z

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	*Don't be afraid to double-check transcriptions, in case a spelling error happens to be the fault of the transcriber and not Chris.		*Don't be afraid to double-check transcriptions, in case a spelling error happens to be the fault of the transcriber and not Chris.
	*One space after punctuation. No more.		*One space after punctuation. No more.
			*Don't be lazy and use words like "recently." If something happened, say ''when'' it happened, like "In June 2010, Chris blah blah blah."

	===Proper wiki formatting===		===Proper wiki formatting===
	*The name of the article should be bolded at the beginning. <nowiki>'''Like this'''</nowiki>, not <nowiki>[[like this]]</nowiki>, because it's bad formatting to link an article to itself just to make the bolds. That, and if the article ends up moved, you then break the link-to-itself trick. [http://www.cogsdev.org/w/index.php?title=Oversized_Drinking_Straw_of_Fail&diff=67174&oldid=64357 This edit] is a good example of why you use '''bolds''' and not ~~[[CWCki:Operation Grammatification\|~~brackets]].		*The name of the article should be bolded at the beginning. <nowiki>'''Like this'''</nowiki>, not <nowiki>[[like this]]</nowiki>, because it's bad formatting to link an article to itself just to make the bolds. That, and if the article ends up moved, you then break the link-to-itself trick. [http://www.cogsdev.org/w/index.php?title=Oversized_Drinking_Straw_of_Fail&diff=67174&oldid=64357 This edit] is a good example of why you use '''bolds''' and not brackets.
	*With very few exceptions, don't wikilink to the same article more than once or twice in an article. Linking ''every'' instance of the same word is overkill, especially if that word is [[Chris]]; we all know the subject of this wiki, so we don't need a million links to remind us. If you feel a need to make it clear that you're talking about comic Chris or real-life Chris, then write carefully to avoid any ambiguity.		*With very few exceptions, don't wikilink to the same article more than once or twice in an article. Linking ''every'' instance of the same word is overkill, especially if that word is [[Chris]]; we all know the subject of this wiki, so we don't need a million links to remind us. If you feel a need to make it clear that you're talking about comic Chris or real-life Chris, then write carefully to avoid any ambiguity.
	*There shouldn't be any reason to use the HTML line-break tag, <nowiki><br></nowiki>. If you want to keep images and other floating elements from overlapping, use {{tl\|clear}}.		*There shouldn't be any reason to use the HTML line-break tag, <nowiki><br></nowiki>. If you want to keep images and other floating elements (images) from overlapping, use {{tl\|clear}}.
	*For that matter, there shouldn't be use for any other HTML tags. <s>Strikeout gags</s> aren't funny, so don't use strikeout unless you're quoting something that has struck-out text. If you want italics, use two tick marks <nowiki>''</nowiki>; for bold, three.		*For that matter, there shouldn't be use for any other HTML tags. <s>Strikeout gags</s> aren't funny, so don't use strikeout unless you're quoting something that has struck-out text. If you want italics, use two tick marks <nowiki>''</nowiki>; for bold, three.
	*There also shouldn't be any reason to use ALLCAPS unless quoting or paraphrasing Chris, or if the article name is in all-caps (e.g. [[DIRTY, CRAPPED BRIEFS]]). Also, LEGO Bricks or LEGO Blocks is the proper name of the building blocks.		*There also shouldn't be any reason to use ALLCAPS unless quoting or paraphrasing Chris, or if the article name is in all-caps (e.g. [[DIRTY, CRAPPED BRIEFS]]). Also, LEGO Bricks or LEGO Blocks is the proper name of the building blocks.

Apostrophe: /* Proper wiki formatting */

2010-02-02T22:02:39Z

Proper wiki formatting

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	===Proper wiki formatting===		===Proper wiki formatting===
	*The name of the article should be bolded at the beginning. <nowiki>'''Like this'''</nowiki>, not <nowiki>[[like this]]</nowiki>, because it's bad formatting to link an article to itself just to make the bolds. That, and if the article ends up moved, you then break the link-to-itself trick.		*The name of the article should be bolded at the beginning. <nowiki>'''Like this'''</nowiki>, not <nowiki>[[like this]]</nowiki>, because it's bad formatting to link an article to itself just to make the bolds. That, and if the article ends up moved, you then break the link-to-itself trick. [http://www.cogsdev.org/w/index.php?title=Oversized_Drinking_Straw_of_Fail&diff=67174&oldid=64357 This edit] is a good example of why you use '''bolds''' and not [[CWCki:Operation Grammatification\|brackets]].
	*With very few exceptions, don't wikilink to the same article more than once or twice in an article. Linking ''every'' instance of the same word is overkill, especially if that word is [[Chris]]; we all know the subject of this wiki, so we don't need a million links to remind us. If you feel a need to make it clear that you're talking about comic Chris or real-life Chris, then write carefully to avoid any ambiguity.		*With very few exceptions, don't wikilink to the same article more than once or twice in an article. Linking ''every'' instance of the same word is overkill, especially if that word is [[Chris]]; we all know the subject of this wiki, so we don't need a million links to remind us. If you feel a need to make it clear that you're talking about comic Chris or real-life Chris, then write carefully to avoid any ambiguity.
	*There shouldn't be any reason to use the HTML line-break tag, <nowiki><br></nowiki>. If you want to keep images and other floating elements from overlapping, use {{tl\|clear}}.		*There shouldn't be any reason to use the HTML line-break tag, <nowiki><br></nowiki>. If you want to keep images and other floating elements from overlapping, use {{tl\|clear}}.
	*For that matter, there shouldn't be use for any other HTML tags. <s>Strikeout gags</s> aren't funny ~~anymore~~, so don't use strikeout unless you're quoting something that has struck-out text. If you want italics, use two tick marks <nowiki>''</nowiki>; for bold, three.		*For that matter, there shouldn't be use for any other HTML tags. <s>Strikeout gags</s> aren't funny, so don't use strikeout unless you're quoting something that has struck-out text. If you want italics, use two tick marks <nowiki>''</nowiki>; for bold, three.
	*There also shouldn't be any reason to use ALLCAPS unless quoting or paraphrasing Chris, or if the article name is in all-caps (e.g. [[DIRTY, CRAPPED BRIEFS]]). Also, LEGO Bricks or LEGO Blocks is the proper name of the building blocks.		*There also shouldn't be any reason to use ALLCAPS unless quoting or paraphrasing Chris, or if the article name is in all-caps (e.g. [[DIRTY, CRAPPED BRIEFS]]). Also, LEGO Bricks or LEGO Blocks is the proper name of the building blocks.
	*Images should generally be on the right, unless there's no room to put them there.		*Images should generally be on the right, unless there's no room to put them there. If an article requires several images, try alternating them or the [edit] tabs will all end up bunched up at the bottom.
	*A quick way to make a link to a plural: <nowiki>[[Plural]]s</nowiki>, which saves you from having to pipe the link. The same goes for any other suffix you can think of adding, such as <nowiki>[[add]]ing</nowiki>.		*A quick way to make a link to a plural: <nowiki>[[Plural]]s</nowiki>, which saves you from having to pipe the link. The same goes for any other suffix you can think of adding, such as <nowiki>[[add]]ing</nowiki>.
	*References go ''after'' punctuation.		*References go ''after'' punctuation.

Apostrophe: /* Spelling and grammar check */ fix

2010-01-26T16:18:08Z

Spelling and grammar check: fix

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	*"However," when used to connect two phrases/clauses, should have a semicolon before it and a comma after. ("Blah blah blah; however, blah blah blah.")		*"However," when used to connect two phrases/clauses, should have a semicolon before it and a comma after. ("Blah blah blah; however, blah blah blah.")
	*If you find two or more consecutive sentences beginning with the same word or phrase, try rephrasing one so that it begins with something different.		*If you find two or more consecutive sentences beginning with the same word or phrase, try rephrasing one so that it begins with something different.
	*"Y" does not change to "ie" when pluralizing proper names. Therefore, "[[My Little Pony]]s" is the proper plural. Similarly, Pokémon names are not pluralized; one Pikachu, two Pikachu.		*"Y" does not change to "ie" when pluralizing proper names. Therefore, "[[My Little Pony]]s" is the proper plural. Similarly, Pokémon names are not pluralized; i.e., one Pikachu, two Pikachu.
	*If you need an ellipsis, use either the ellipsis character "…" or three periods "..."; no more than three except the end of a sentence, which uses four. Similarly, use an em dash "—" instead of two hyphens "--", and don't forget the é when spelling words that use it. (Ellipsis is option-semicolon on the Mac; em dash is option-shift-hyphen, and é is option-e, then let go of option and hit another E. On Windows, special characters can be made by holding down alt, pressing a combination of keys on the ''keypad'', and then releasing alt. é is alt+0233, — is alt+0151, and … is alt+0133.)		*If you need an ellipsis, use either the ellipsis character "…" or three periods "..."; no more than three except the end of a sentence, which uses four. Similarly, use an em dash "—" instead of two hyphens "--", and don't forget the é when spelling words that use it. (Ellipsis is option-semicolon on the Mac; em dash is option-shift-hyphen, and é is option-e, then let go of option and hit another E. On Windows, special characters can be made by holding down alt, pressing a combination of keys on the ''keypad'', and then releasing alt. é is alt+0233, — is alt+0151, and … is alt+0133.)
	*Most browsers have spell checks. Don't be afraid to use them.		*Most browsers have spell checks. Don't be afraid to use them.
	*Don't be afraid to double-check transcriptions, in case a spelling error happens to be the fault of the transcriber and not Chris.		*Don't be afraid to double-check transcriptions, in case a spelling error happens to be the fault of the transcriber and not Chris.
			*One space after punctuation. No more.

	===Proper wiki formatting===		===Proper wiki formatting===
	*The name of the article should be bolded at the beginning. <nowiki>'''Like this'''</nowiki>, not <nowiki>[[like this]]</nowiki>, because it's bad formatting to link an article to itself just to make the bolds. That, and if the article ends up moved, you then break the link-to-itself trick.		*The name of the article should be bolded at the beginning. <nowiki>'''Like this'''</nowiki>, not <nowiki>[[like this]]</nowiki>, because it's bad formatting to link an article to itself just to make the bolds. That, and if the article ends up moved, you then break the link-to-itself trick.

Apostrophe at 02:16, 26 January 2010

2010-01-26T02:16:21Z

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	'''Operation Grammatification''' is a task force started by chief ~~<s>grammar nazi</s>~~ grammarian and copy-editor [[User:Apostrophe]]. The objective is to improve the grammar, style and coherence of text on the Wiki; clear, coherent text is especially important, given that our main subject is a manchild known for his utter ''lack'' of coherence.		'''Operation Grammatification''' is a task force started by chief grammarian and copy-editor [[User:Apostrophe]]. The objective is to improve the grammar, style and coherence of text on the Wiki; clear, coherent text is especially important, given that our main subject is a manchild known for his utter ''lack'' of coherence.

	If you're not certain about how something looks, feel free to run it by Apostrophe for a once-over. Or take one of the tasks below:		If you're not certain about how something looks, feel free to run it by Apostrophe for a once-over. Or take one of the tasks below:
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	*If you need an ellipsis, use either the ellipsis character "…" or three periods "..."; no more than three except the end of a sentence, which uses four. Similarly, use an em dash "—" instead of two hyphens "--", and don't forget the é when spelling words that use it. (Ellipsis is option-semicolon on the Mac; em dash is option-shift-hyphen, and é is option-e, then let go of option and hit another E. On Windows, special characters can be made by holding down alt, pressing a combination of keys on the ''keypad'', and then releasing alt. é is alt+0233, — is alt+0151, and … is alt+0133.)		*If you need an ellipsis, use either the ellipsis character "…" or three periods "..."; no more than three except the end of a sentence, which uses four. Similarly, use an em dash "—" instead of two hyphens "--", and don't forget the é when spelling words that use it. (Ellipsis is option-semicolon on the Mac; em dash is option-shift-hyphen, and é is option-e, then let go of option and hit another E. On Windows, special characters can be made by holding down alt, pressing a combination of keys on the ''keypad'', and then releasing alt. é is alt+0233, — is alt+0151, and … is alt+0133.)
	*Most browsers have spell checks. Don't be afraid to use them.		*Most browsers have spell checks. Don't be afraid to use them.
	*Don't be afraid to double-check transcriptions, in case a spelling error happens to be the fault of the transcriber and not ~~the~~ Chris.		*Don't be afraid to double-check transcriptions, in case a spelling error happens to be the fault of the transcriber and not Chris.
	===Proper wiki formatting===		===Proper wiki formatting===
	*The name of the article should be bolded at the beginning. <nowiki>'''Like this'''</nowiki>, not <nowiki>[[like this]]</nowiki>, because it's bad formatting to link an article to itself just to make the bolds. That, and if the article ends up moved, you then break the link-to-itself trick.		*The name of the article should be bolded at the beginning. <nowiki>'''Like this'''</nowiki>, not <nowiki>[[like this]]</nowiki>, because it's bad formatting to link an article to itself just to make the bolds. That, and if the article ends up moved, you then break the link-to-itself trick.
	*With very few exceptions, don't wikilink to the same article more than once or twice in an article. Linking ''every'' instance of the same word is overkill, especially if that word is [[Chris]]; we all know the subject of this wiki, so we don't need a million links to remind us. ~~Exceptions would include disambiguating between the~~ real-life Chris ~~and his comic counterpart~~, or any ~~other case where there are two items with the same name~~.		*With very few exceptions, don't wikilink to the same article more than once or twice in an article. Linking ''every'' instance of the same word is overkill, especially if that word is [[Chris]]; we all know the subject of this wiki, so we don't need a million links to remind us. If you feel a need to make it clear that you're talking about comic Chris or real-life Chris, then write carefully to avoid any ambiguity.
	*There shouldn't be any reason to use the HTML line-break tag, <nowiki><br></nowiki>. If you want to keep images and other floating elements from overlapping, use ~~<nowiki><br style="~~clear~~:both" /></nowiki>~~.		*There shouldn't be any reason to use the HTML line-break tag, <nowiki><br></nowiki>. If you want to keep images and other floating elements from overlapping, use {{tl\|clear}}.
	*For that matter, there shouldn't be use for any other HTML tags. <s>Strikeout gags</s> aren't funny anymore, so don't use strikeout unless you're quoting something that has struck-out text. If you want italics, use two tick marks <nowiki>''</nowiki>; for bold, three.		*For that matter, there shouldn't be use for any other HTML tags. <s>Strikeout gags</s> aren't funny anymore, so don't use strikeout unless you're quoting something that has struck-out text. If you want italics, use two tick marks <nowiki>''</nowiki>; for bold, three.
	*There also shouldn't be any reason to use ALLCAPS unless quoting or paraphrasing Chris, or if the article name is in all-caps (e.g. [[DIRTY, CRAPPED BRIEFS]]). Also, LEGO Bricks or LEGO Blocks is the proper name of the building blocks.		*There also shouldn't be any reason to use ALLCAPS unless quoting or paraphrasing Chris, or if the article name is in all-caps (e.g. [[DIRTY, CRAPPED BRIEFS]]). Also, LEGO Bricks or LEGO Blocks is the proper name of the building blocks.
	*Images should generally be on the right, unless there's no room to put them there.		*Images should generally be on the right, unless there's no room to put them there.
	*A quick way to make a link to a plural: <nowiki>[[Plural]]s</nowiki>, which saves you from having to pipe the link. The same goes for any other suffix you can think of adding, such as <nowiki>[[add]]ing</nowiki>.		*A quick way to make a link to a plural: <nowiki>[[Plural]]s</nowiki>, which saves you from having to pipe the link. The same goes for any other suffix you can think of adding, such as <nowiki>[[add]]ing</nowiki>.
	*~~Ref tags~~ go ''after'' ~~the~~ punctuation~~, like this:<nowiki><ref>Name of reference</ref></nowiki>~~		*References go ''after'' punctuation.
	*If the name of an article begins with an article (a, an or the), or with a punctuation mark (e.g. /cwc/), use a DEFAULTSORT template so that it's sorted by whatever follows the article or punctuation mark. For instance, [[A Girl Who Brought Down the World]] has <nowiki>{{DEFAULTSORT:Girl Who Brought Down the World}}</nowiki> so that it's indexed under G for "Girl."		*If the name of an article begins with an article (a, an or the), or with a punctuation mark (e.g. /cwc/), use a DEFAULTSORT template so that it's sorted by whatever follows the article or punctuation mark. For instance, [[A Girl Who Brought Down the World]] has <nowiki>{{DEFAULTSORT:Girl Who Brought Down the World}}</nowiki> so that it's indexed under G for "Girl." /cwc/ should be sorted under C.
	**Similarly, use ~~Defaultsort~~ templates so that ~~proper~~ names ~~comprising a first and last name~~ are sorted by ~~the~~ ''last'' name. Mary Lee Walsh should be under W~~, for instance~~.		**Similarly, use defaultsort templates so that full names of people are sorted by their ''last'' name. For instance, [[Mary Lee Walsh]] should be default-sorted as "Walsh, Mary Lee" so that it appears under "W" in categories.
	[[Category:CWCki]]		[[Category:CWCki]]