Test: House Style
From Graces Guide
Page Titles and new pages
- Check that the page doesn't already exist, but under a slightly different title by using a broad search term and checking carefully. If the name doesn't exist then then you will get an option to create a new page.
- Never use the '&' (ampersand) in a page name - it will probably never be found again! There can also be problems with any character that is not one of the 26 + 10 alphanumeric characters...
- Always abbreviate 'Company' to 'Co' in page names
- Do not use 'Ltd' / 'plc' and similar in page titles as companies change their legal status during their life-time
Page Content
- Body text should be short paragraphs (unbulleted) and commence with a year or full date whenever possible.
- Paragraphs are listed in date order, so list by earliest reference first.
- Give the source reference to each item of information using the 'ref' tag. See Wikipedia: Inline citation
- Where most of the page information comes from a single source then include that under the 'References' section in the page footer
External Links
- Name of link can also be added for external Hyperlinks
Adding an image
- The house style is to use thumbnail images, aligned to the right, in chronologically order.
- Image should be compressed and set to a max width of 760 px and under 200kB. This speeds up the page download times and reduces storage space on the servers.
Category Assignment
- Assign as many suitable categories as possible referring to the All Categories existing list as necessary.
- All company pages should have a category 'Town - xxxx' or 'Country - xxxx'
- All person pages should have categories for 'Biography' and 'Biography - xxxx' and 'Births - #### - ####' and 'Deaths #### - ####'
- Be free to create new categories.
'Defaultsort
- For person pages, add in the default sort script the Surname first followed by Forenames, so that it will appear in the correctly in alphabetical order within it's category listings.
- For an example, please use the edit tab to view the 'hidden' script below.
Footer
- All pages need the following code at the bottom (immediately before the 'Category' tag) (Use Edit tab to see the code)
See Also
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Sources of Information
Category: see above