Wikipedia:Update/1/General style changes during November 2008


 * WP:Accessibility
 * Added example code for user's monobook.js page to show footnotes in full sized text.
 * Added advice on "colspan", "rowspan", and "non-text comment" in tables.


 * WP:Avoid neologisms
 * Added WP:NPOV to the list of policies in the sentence "Articles that use neologisms should be edited to ensure they conform with the core Wikipedia policies: no original research and verifiability"


 * WP:Avoid peacock terms
 * Added the words "long", "mediocre", "primary" and "short" to the list of words to watch out for
 * Added mention of adding Peacock term to a peacock term in a sentence.


 * External links
 * Remove the repeated "it" from list at the beginning of the "What to link" section.
 * Rewording of instruction not to link to advertisement pages, clarifying that it refers to the page (not the site)
 * Clarification in the instruction not to link to "search result" pages


 * How to copy-edit
 * In Spelling section, added list of talk page banners to indicate that an article uses American, Australian, British or Canadian spelling
 * Added a link to WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors


 * Lead section
 * Added "Lead sections that reflect or expand on sections in other articles are discussed at Summary style. Journalistic conventions for lead sections are discussed at News style."
 * Removed reference to the Wikipedia DVD.
 * Added See also link to Wikipedia's Good definition policy; removed a recent See also link.


 * Manual of Style
 * "Edits correcting deviations from written style guidelines should not be reverted" was softened a bit to "revert-warring over optional styles is unacceptable"; other points in this section were rephrased, but not significantly.
 * Added subsections: WP:MOS, WP:MOS, and WP:MOS
 * Expanded subsection: WP:MOS
 * Additional information on question marks, exclamation points, and hyphens
 * The discussion on linking dates continues.
 * Names of currencies are usually lowercased.
 * "address readers directly" is now linked to Imperative mood.
 * Added link to Image use policy
 * Many changes to WP:MOS
 * WP:MOS gives more advice on punctuation.


 * WP:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)
 * Page is protected pending resolution of date-linking issues.
 * Added regarding YYYY-MM-DD style dates: "(If the only purpose why they are used in a particular table is ease of comparison, consider using .)"


 * Manual of Style (links)
 * Added: "Keeping possessive apostrophes inside the link, where possible, makes for more readable text and source".
 * Added this sentence, along with supporting reference: "Because academic research conducted in 2008 has shown that red links are what drives Wikipedia growth, it is important not to deal with type #1 red links [for articles not yet created] by simply removing their brackets."
 * Changed a link to Category:Language icon templates
 * The discussion on linking dates continues.


 * Manual of Style (spelling)
 * Added details on -ize vs. -ise in the UK


 * Manual of Style (text formatting)
 * Added link to Template:Lang/doc


 * Manual of Style (titles)
 * Use italics for multi-episode television serials and musicals.


 * Only make links that are relevant to the context
 * The discussion on linking dates continues.


 * Self-references to avoid
 * Removed link to Template:Illustrated Wikipedia


 * Words to avoid
 * Added link to the NPOV Noticeboard: WP:NPOVN


 * Writing better articles
 * Added link to WP:Manual of Style