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style_guidelines [2023/05/22 18:36] – [Text Content Guidelines] -clarity, formatting hogwildstyle_guidelines [2023/05/22 18:41] – [Text Content Guidelines] -formatting-add spacing beteween text content guidelines bullets hogwild
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 ===== Wiki Editing Rights ===== ===== Wiki Editing Rights =====
  
-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 "rs232" on the [[https://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?forums/tomato-firmware.33/|FreshTomato Forum]], including your email address and preferred username.+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 "@rs232" on the [[https://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?forums/tomato-firmware.33/|FreshTomato Forum]], including your email address and preferred username.
  
  
 ===== Text Content Guidelines ===== ===== Text Content Guidelines =====
  
-  * Some wiki readers are not fluent in English. Please, choose your words carefully. +  * Some wiki readers are not fluent in English. Please, choose your words carefully. \\  
-  * Avoid abbreviations that aren't standard across the industry or in common English.  \\ For example, anyone unfamiliar with Linux/Unix will not know that "wl" indicates a wireless interface. If it's not standard across the industry, explain it. Using "LAN", for example, is okay. It's common terminology. +  * Avoid abbreviations that aren't standard across the industry or in common English.   \\ \\ For example, anyone unfamiliar with Linux/Unix will not know that "wl" indicates a wireless interface. If it's not standard across the industry, explain it. Using "LAN", for example, is okay. It's common terminology. \\  
-  * Avoid the word "Note". It's overused and rarely appropriate. If the content isn't a critical warning, consider putting it in the <WikiPageName Notes> section at the bottom of the page. We are developing guidelines/standards for writing and formatting notes. +  * Avoid the word "Note". It's overused and rarely appropriate. If the content isn't a critical warning, consider putting it in the <WikiPageName Notes> section at the bottom of the page. We are developing guidelines/standards for writing and formatting notes. \\  
-  * Avoid underlining. It's obsolete and inappropriate. Research shows it also makes things harder to read. +  * Avoid underlining. It's obsolete and inappropriate. Research shows it also makes things harder to read. \\  
-  * Please view other pages to see which types of text are capitalized and which are written in lower case.  +  * Please view other pages to see which types of text are capitalized and which are written in lower case. \\  
-  * Please use a spell checker. Firefox's spellchecker works well for this. +  * Please use a spell checker. Firefox's spellchecker works well for this. \\  
-  * When referring to FreshTomato menus, please indicate as: //Menu///Submenu// . //  For example: //"Administration///Admin access"// .// +  * When referring to FreshTomato menus, please indicate as: //Menu///Submenu// . //  For example: //"Administration///Admin access"//\\ // 
-  * Avoid using quotation marks. They're almost never appropriate. If you're unsure, don't use them. +  * Avoid using quotation marks. They're almost never appropriate. If you're unsure, don't use them. \\  
-  * Please use rounded brackets () . Square brackets are generally not appropriate here.+  * Please use rounded brackets () . Square brackets are generally not appropriate here. \\
  
  
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 \\ {{:pasted:20210921-184547.png|A screenshot in the Standard Tomato theme}}  \\   \\ \\ {{:pasted:20210921-184547.png|A screenshot in the Standard Tomato theme}}  \\   \\
  
-  * Avoid using quotation marks. They are rarely appropriate, and should be used only when quoting someone/ something directly, or when slang is used.+  * Avoid quotation marks. They are rarely appropriate, and should be used only when quoting someone/ something directly, or when slang is used.
   * Avoid underlining. It's been obsolete since the 1980s. It makes text harder to read.   * Avoid underlining. It's been obsolete since the 1980s. It makes text harder to read.
-  * Avoid using the word “NOTE”. There is a section titled "<Menu name> Notes" at the bottom of most pages. Put notes there.+  * Avoid using the word “NOTE”. There is a section titled"<Menu name> Notes" at the bottom of most pages. Put notes there.
   * Unless they are in a code window, command strings should be set in the ''monospace'' font, or in a callout box.   * Unless they are in a code window, command strings should be set in the ''monospace'' font, or in a callout box.
   * Variables should be italicized.   * Variables should be italicized.
style_guidelines.txt · Last modified: 2023/07/16 18:10 by hogwild