CWCki talk:Operation Grammatification

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I am all for this; I've been trying to fix up some of the articles on here, but eventually I realize what a gargantuan task it is and crash into slumber. A collective effort should go a long way. That said, I have two concerns:

1. Why are we using special characters for ellipses and hyphens? 2. Can we please do something about the overuse of strikeouts? Occasional uses to make a funny point are one thing, but people ahve been using them every time new facts come to light, or to make jokes that aren't really funny. See LBP and the end of the first section of Allison Amber to see what I mean. --sonichuis44 19:37, 11 December 2009 (CET)

  • Using special characters for ellipses and em dashes is more of a formatting thing. It saves two characters to type … instead of ..., and it prevents people from using way.... more.......... periods than necessary. It's three, not four or twelve. Also, regarding the strikeouts, maybe we shouldn't use those at all, come to think of it. Bonus question: American or British English? We really need to be consistent and favor favour use one or the other. Apostrophe 19:41, 11 December 2009 (CET)