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===== Text Content Guidelines ===== | ===== Text Content Guidelines ===== | ||
- | * Many wiki readers aren't fluent in English. | + | * Many wiki readers aren't fluent in English. |
- | * Avoid using specialized abbreviations that aren't standard | + | * Avoid using specialized abbreviations that aren't standard across the technology industry or in common English. For example, anyone unfamiliar with Linux/Unix will not know that " |
- | * Avoid non-standard abbreviations/ | + | * Avoid non-standard abbreviations/ |
- | * Avoid using the word " | + | * Avoid using the word " |
- | * Avoid using underlining. It's obsolete and inappropriate. | + | * Avoid using underlining. It's obsolete and inappropriate. Research shows it also makes things harder to read. |
- | * Please view other pages to see what text is capitalized | + | * Please view other pages to see what text is capitalized and what is written in lower case (small letters). |
* Please use a spell checker. Firefox' | * Please use a spell checker. Firefox' | ||
- | * When referring to FreshTomato' | + | * When referring to FreshTomato' |
- | * Avoid using quotation marks. They' | + | * Avoid using quotation marks. They' |
- | * Please use rounded brackets () . Square brackets are generally not \\ appropriate here. | + | * Please use rounded brackets () . Square brackets are generally not appropriate here. |