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


 * WP:Accessibility
 * Added "Images should be inside the section they belong to (after the header and after any links to other articles), and not just before the header."
 * WP:Avoid peacock terms
 * Added "Deciding whether a particular wording is suitable on any given occasion is a matter of common sense and good editorial judgment."
 * External links
 * Added that a "link to a social networking site may be included when it is the official website for a business, organization, or person."
 * Added as an example of what shouldn't be linked: "Links that are not reliably functional, or likely to continue being functional."
 * Lead section
 * Many changes; hard to summarize
 * Manual of Style
 * The First sentences section is now transcluded.
 * Added "Dashes should never be used in the filenames of images (use hyphens instead). If used in an article's title, there should be a redirect from the version with a hyphen."
 * Added at MOS:IMAGES: "The following general guidelines should be followed in the absence of a compelling reason to do otherwise."
 * Other resources renamed Further reading
 * WP:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)
 * Added a two-sentence summary of WP:As of (it was already linked).
 * the sixties is not recommended; use "the 1960s".
 * Strengthened: "YYYY-MM-DD style dates (1976-05-31) are uncommon in English prose, and should not be used within sentences."
 * Scientific notation should now use the e template.
 * "thin spaces" are now acceptable in place of commas for numbers greater than 10,000 in scientific contexts. See this guideline for details.
 * Added details on "geographical coordinates"
 * Manual of Style (links)
 * Many changes.
 * Manual of Style (text formatting)
 * Removed requirement to use &lt;var> formatting for variables in computer programs
 * Use italics for named locomotives
 * Only make links that are relevant to the context
 * Many changes.
 * Self-references to avoid
 * Added mention of the controversy over images of Mohammed in Wikipedia
 * Lists of Wikipedia articles should go in the portal namespace, "as discussing Wikipedia contents".
 * Technical terms and definitions
 * Added link to Federal Standard 1037C terms
 * Words to avoid
 * Removed "purportedly"
 * Added section: Only, just
 * "simply" added to words that "imply a preferred viewpoint"
 * some tweaks to the "terrorist" section
 * "-gate" added as a non-neutral suffix
 * Avoid parroting link added (but deleted in November)
 * Writing better articles
 * Deleted link and summary for proseline
 * Deleted link and summary for WP:Article series
 * First sentence section now transcluded
 * Deleted "Try to bridge each sentence with the sentence before it by using an idea or word that appears in both sentences."
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