User talk:Tom H12

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Logical punctuation is a British convention
Hi, you tried to reformat the punctuation of the List of Doctor Who serials according to the strict US interpretation of the punctuation of quotation marks (ie always put other punctuation inside the quotation marks). However, that makes very little sense, since the quotation marks indicate the titles of individual episodes rather than speech or a quotation. In British usage (which the article should follow, since it's about a UK TV show and is written in British English) punctuation is placed outside quotation marks if that's the logical place for it to go - so always in the case or titles and arguably in the case of quoting a written source that doesn't include the punctuation added. See Quotation mark for more information. Accordingly, I've reverted all your changes to the article, but though you'd appreciate a fuller explanation than the edit summaries had room for. All the best. Maccy69 (talk) 09:38, 9 May 2011 (UTC)


 * actually, checking the Chicago Manual of Style (via a 30-day trial account), it's only commas and periods that, by US convention, go inside the quotation marks -semi-colons and colons go outside. It's maybe worth considering semi-colons as better usage for lists of titles (I'll do one edit on the Star Trek article I noticed you'd edited - the rest are up to you). Maccy69 (talk) 10:34, 9 May 2011 (UTC)


 * OK. I wasn't trying to "un-British-ize" the article. I checked with my mom, who has an MA in English, before I started making any changes. She said that punctuation outside the quotation was always wrong, even in modern British usage. At least that's what she seemed to say. Maybe she misunderstood my question. Anyway, I see what you're talking about on Wikipedia's style guide, so I'll abide by that going forward. Sorry for the confusion. -- Tom H12 (talk) 02:46, 10 May 2011 (UTC)


 * No need to aplogise. The reason I made the British distinction is not to do with your motivation, it's just that the final decision about which convention to follow is down to the variety of English the article is written in. So you absolutely made a good-faith edit which was only reversed because that particular article is in British English. I would say though, that if you're following the US convention "Title 1," "Title 2," "Title 3," looks a bit odd since you get quotation marks following each other "Title 1"; "Title 2"; "Title 3"; is probably better usage there and semi-colons can be more appropriate in lists, anyway. See section 6.10 of the Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed) for the rule about semi-colons (link* ). Maybe that's my British sensibility, though. Cheers. Maccy69 (talk) 06:56, 10 May 2011 (UTC) *needs a subscription, but you can get a free trial one for 30 days.
 * Gotcha. Thanks! :) - Tom H12 (talk) 17:49, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

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