Wikipedia:Update/1/Wikipedia style guidelines

List of Wikipedia style guidelines as they appeared on October 5, 2008


 * Manual of Style
 * WikiProject Manual of Style

A


 * Accessibility
 * Alternative text for images
 * Article message boxes
 * Article size
 * Avoid academic boosterism
 * Avoid neologisms
 * Avoid peacock terms

C


 * Canadian Wikipedians' notice board/Style guide
 * Captions
 * Citing sources
 * Colours
 * Conservation status
 * Controversial articles

D


 * Don't use line breaks

E


 * Embedded list
 * Explain jargon
 * External links

F


 * Footnotes

H


 * History standards for China-related articles
 * How to copy-edit

L


 * Layout
 * Lead section
 * Lists
 * Lyrics and poetry

M


 * Make technical articles accessible
 * Manual of Style (Ethiopia-related articles)
 * Manual of Style (Iceland-related articles)
 * Manual of Style (Ireland-related articles)

M cont.


 * Manual of Style (Islam-related articles)
 * Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)
 * Manual of Style (Korea-related articles)
 * Manual of Style (Latter Day Saints)
 * Manual of Style (Philippine-related articles)
 * Manual of Style (Portuguese-related articles)
 * Manual of Style (abbreviations)
 * Manual of Style (anime- and manga-related articles)
 * Manual of Style (biographies)
 * Manual of Style (capital letters)
 * Manual of Style (chemistry)
 * Manual of Style (command-line examples)
 * Manual of Style (dates and numbers)
 * Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)
 * Manual of Style (exit lists)
 * Manual of Style (icons)
 * Manual of Style (infoboxes)
 * Manual of Style (legal)
 * Manual of Style (links)
 * Manual of Style (lists of works)
 * Manual of Style (mathematics)
 * Manual of Style (medicine-related articles)
 * Manual of Style (music)
 * Manual of Style (poker-related articles)
 * Manual of Style (pronunciation)
 * Manual of Style (spelling)
 * Manual of Style (text formatting)
 * Manual of Style (titles)
 * Manual of Style (trademarks)
 * Manual of Style (use of Chinese language)
 * Manual of Style (writing about fiction)
 * Music samples

O


 * Only make links that are relevant to the context

P


 * Pro and con lists
 * Profanity
 * Proper names

R


 * Record charts

S


 * Scientific citation guidelines
 * Self-references to avoid
 * Simplified phonetic transcription for Lithuanian
 * Spoiler
 * Stand-alone lists
 * Stub
 * Style for U.S. presidential election, yyyy

T


 * Talk page templates
 * Taxobox usage
 * Technical terms and definitions
 * The perfect article
 * Timeline standards
 * Transclude text
 * Trivia sections

W


 * When to use tables
 * WikiProject Films/Style guidelines
 * WikiProject Military history/Style guide
 * WikiProject Novels/Style guidelines
 * WikiProject Numismatics/Style
 * Wikimedia sister projects
 * WikiProject Ships/Guidelines
 * Words to avoid
 * Writing better articles
 * WikiProject Television/Style guidelines