Talk:Decree-Law 15/93

Copy edit
A few notes on changes I made during the copy edit: // ⌘macwhiz (talk) 02:12, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * To be consistent with English legal style guides I found, I removed the "N.º" (including the "masculine ordinal indicator" character "º") from the English name of the law. This also makes the article consistent with its name.  However, I left it spelled that way in the Portuguese version of the name, as that is the way that the Portuguese government consistently refers to the law in official sources.  Otherwise, per WP:MOS I would have removed it as well in order to improve accessibility.
 * After checking a few legal style guides, it appears that Portuguese laws are properly cited formally with the date, e.g., "Decree-Law 15/93 of January 22" instead of just "Decree-Law 15/93". I adjusted the first use of the law's name accordingly.
 * I changed the word "Schedule" to "Table" throughout, to be consistent with the official English translation of the law as provided by the Portuguese government. (It's also a better cognate for the Portuguese word.)
 * I put the tables into a multi-column format, to make the page easier to read. It's a mix of two and three column sections, based on how the bullet lists break up: I wanted to avoid splitting any indented sections across columns, which would be confusing.  In some cases, that was not possible to do with a three-column layout and still look right; in those cases, I used two columns instead.  (Generally, three columns displays the list of drugs most clearly in a reasonable amount of space.)
 * I removed the source of the Portuguese law from a third-party site that contained an excerpt of the Diário da República with the law, and replaced it with a reference to the official government archive site for the Diário, linking to the issue that published the law. The Diário is Portugal's official government bulletin for publishing newly-enacted laws, similar to the Federal Register in the United States.