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====== Style Guidelines (Wiki Edits) ====== | ====== Style Guidelines (Wiki Edits) ====== | ||
- | ===== | + | ===== Wiki Editing Rights ===== |
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+ | To be able to edit the Wiki, you will need to get new user credentials. To request access, please send a personal message to user " | ||
- | To be able to edit the Wiki, you will need to get new user credentials. To request access, please send a personal message to @rs232, including your email address and preferred username. | ||
===== Text Content Guidelines ===== | ===== Text Content Guidelines ===== | ||
- | * Avoid using specialized abbreviations that aren't standard across the tech/ | + | |
- | * For example, | + | |
- | * On the other hand, Wi-Fi is a standard term across computing, and society in general, and is therefore okay to use. | + | * Avoid non-standard |
- | * Avoid non-standard | + | * Avoid using the word " |
- | * Avoid use of the word " | + | * Avoid using underlining. It' |
- | * Avoid using underlining. Underlining is consider by those in the print, web and typesetting industries to be obsolete. It' | + | * Please |
- | * Please | + | * Please use a spell checker. Firefox' |
- | * Please use a spell checker. Firefox' | + | * When referring to FreshTomato' |
- | * When referring to menus, please | + | * Avoid using quotation marks. |
- | * Avoid using quotation marks. | + | * Please use rounded brackets () . Square brackets |
- | * Please use rounded brackets () and not square brackets. Square brackets | + | |
===== Layout/ | ===== Layout/ | ||
- | * Following | + | Following |
- | * Add a meaningful title for each WIKI page, and format it with the Heading1 format. | + | |
- | * Indicate menu paths using notation | + | * Add a meaningful title for each wiki page, and format it with the Heading1 |
- | * Use the standard Tomato theme for screenshots. | + | * Subheadings use the Heading2 format. |
- | | + | * Subheadings below that use the Heading3 |
- | * Avoid using quotation marks except where absolutely appropriate. Quotation marks are generally only appropriate | + | * Indicate |
+ | * Always use the standard Tomato theme when taking | ||
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+ | * Avoid using quotation marks except where absolutely appropriate. Quotation marks are rarely appropriate, | ||
* Avoid underlining. It was considered obsolete since the 1980s. | * Avoid underlining. It was considered obsolete since the 1980s. | ||
- | * Avoid using the word “NOTE”. | + | * Avoid using the word “NOTE”. |
- | * Command | + | * Unless they are in a code window, command |
- | * | + | * Variables should be italicized. |
+ | * Avoid using dividing lines. Better spacing, and other formatting methods work better. | ||