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Clicklaw Wikibooks Style Guide (view source)
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The following points are critical: | The following points are critical: | ||
* Use "sentence case", not "title case"; that is, the initial letter of a title is capitalized. Otherwise, capital letters are used only where they would be used in a normal sentence. | * Use "title case" for page titles - meaning the first letters of all words are capitalized, except articles (e.g., '''a''', '''the'''), coordinating conjunctions (e.g., '''and''', '''for''', '''or'''), prepositions (e.g., '''in''', '''of'''), and the words '''to''' and '''as'''. The exception is... | ||
* For pages that are questions (as in [[Legal Help for British Columbians]]), use "sentence case", not "title case"; that is, the initial letter of a title is capitalized. Otherwise, capital letters are used only where they would be used in a normal sentence. | |||
=== In page headings === | === In page headings === | ||
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Headings within a page are produced by typing multiple equal signs. A primary section heading is written ==Words in heading==, a subsection below it is written ===Words in heading===, and so on (a maximum of five levels is possible). Spaces between the equal signs and the heading text are optional, and will not affect the way the heading is displayed. The heading must be typed on a separate line. Include one blank line above the heading, and optionally one blank line below it, for readability in the edit window. (Only two or more consecutive blank lines will add more white space in the public appearance of the page.) | Headings within a page are produced by typing multiple equal signs. A primary section heading is written ==Words in heading==, a subsection below it is written ===Words in heading===, and so on (a maximum of five levels is possible). Spaces between the equal signs and the heading text are optional, and will not affect the way the heading is displayed. The heading must be typed on a separate line. Include one blank line above the heading, and optionally one blank line below it, for readability in the edit window. (Only two or more consecutive blank lines will add more white space in the public appearance of the page.) | ||
The following points apply to in page headings: | |||
* Use "sentence case", not "title case"; that is, the initial letter of a title is capitalized. Otherwise, capital letters are used only where they would be used in a normal sentence. | |||
* Headings should not normally contain links, especially where only part of a heading is linked. | * Headings should not normally contain links, especially where only part of a heading is linked. | ||
* Section and subsection headings should preferably be unique within a page; otherwise section links may lead to the wrong place. | * Section and subsection headings should preferably be unique within a page; otherwise section links may lead to the wrong place. | ||
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* Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) | * Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) | ||
* BC | * BC | ||
* Clicklaw wiki | |||
* Clicklaw wikibook | |||
* court (as in "go to court"), but "Small Claims Court" | * court (as in "go to court"), but "Small Claims Court" | ||
* court registry (but "Supreme Court Registry") | * court registry (but "Supreme Court Registry") | ||
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* tribal council | * tribal council | ||
* trustee in bankruptcy | * trustee in bankruptcy | ||
* website | |||
* workers' advisers | * workers' advisers | ||
* Yellow Pages | * Yellow Pages | ||