ProleWiki:Editorial guidelines - Revision history

General-KJ: Removed error

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	==== Naming conventions ====		==== Naming conventions ====
	When referring to someone with an abbreviated name, generally use their surname; for example, when not using [[Friedrich Engels]]'s full name, say 'Engels' instead of 'Friedrich.' However, Vietnamese names are an exception and use the second (given) name. Mongolian names only have a patronymic or matronymic and then personal name with no surname, and Icelandic names have a given name and then patronymic. In both cases, the given name should be used.		When referring to someone with an abbreviated name, generally use their surname; for example, when not using [[Friedrich Engels]]'s full name, say 'Engels' instead of 'Friedrich.' However, Vietnamese names are an exception and use the second (given) name. Mongolian names only have a patronymic or matronymic and then personal name with no surname, and Icelandic names have a given name and then patronymic. In both cases, the given name should be used.


	~~If the person has any works, speechs etc. then they are to be listed~~

	===References ===		===References ===
	Use our [[Template:Citation\|citation template]] for books and scientific articles, and the [[Template:Web citation\|web citation template]] for material usually available online or periodicals, newspapers, etc. There is a [[Template:Video citation\|separate citation template]] for videos on [[YouTube]] or similar platforms. These options are available through Visual Editor.		Use our [[Template:Citation\|citation template]] for books and scientific articles, and the [[Template:Web citation\|web citation template]] for material usually available online or periodicals, newspapers, etc. There is a [[Template:Video citation\|separate citation template]] for videos on [[YouTube]] or similar platforms. These options are available through Visual Editor.

General-KJ: Added bullet point about including a persons works as per vote

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Added bullet point about including a persons works as per vote

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	==== Naming conventions ====		==== Naming conventions ====
	When referring to someone with an abbreviated name, generally use their surname; for example, when not using [[Friedrich Engels]]'s full name, say 'Engels' instead of 'Friedrich.' However, Vietnamese names are an exception and use the second (given) name. Mongolian names only have a patronymic or matronymic and then personal name with no surname, and Icelandic names have a given name and then patronymic. In both cases, the given name should be used.		When referring to someone with an abbreviated name, generally use their surname; for example, when not using [[Friedrich Engels]]'s full name, say 'Engels' instead of 'Friedrich.' However, Vietnamese names are an exception and use the second (given) name. Mongolian names only have a patronymic or matronymic and then personal name with no surname, and Icelandic names have a given name and then patronymic. In both cases, the given name should be used.


			If the person has any works, speechs etc. then they are to be listed

	===References ===		===References ===
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	=== Order of final headings ===		=== Order of final headings ===
	The end of a page must always follow this order in its headings:<blockquote>		The end of a page must always follow this order in its headings:<blockquote>
			* Works (If a person has written books, articles or made speechs etc. their works are to be listed at the bottom of their page and linked if in our library)
	* See also [links to other internal pages]		* See also [links to other internal pages]
	* Further reading [links to books or articles in the library]		* Further reading [links to books or articles in the library]

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Naming

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	====People====		====People====
	For people, use ~~the most~~ common name using the Latin alphabet, but remaining in the original language. See for example [[Deng\|Deng Xiaoping]] (pinyin), [[Maximilien de Robespierre]] (not the entire name but the most common one), [[Hồ Chí Minh]] (with Vietnamese diacritics), [[Muammar Gaddafi]] (common transliteration from the original Arabic). Create redirects as needed to cover all possible spellings you can think of as well as alternate names.		For people, use their common name using the Latin alphabet, but remaining in the original language. See for example [[Deng\|Deng Xiaoping]] (pinyin), [[Maximilien de Robespierre]] (not the entire name but the most common one), [[Hồ Chí Minh]] (with Vietnamese diacritics), [[Muammar Gaddafi]] (common transliteration from the original Arabic). Create redirects as needed to cover all possible spellings you can think of as well as alternate names.
	* ~~Transgender~~ people ~~should use~~ their ~~chosen~~ names for the ~~title~~ and ~~have a redirect from~~ the dead name if it is ~~well known~~. ~~The dead name should~~ not ~~be mentioned in the main page.~~		* Use the personal name, not a throne name, courtesy name, temple name, war name, or pen name. The personal name is usually but not always the same as the given name at birth.
	* Hungarian and Japanese names should be written in their native order, which puts the family name first and given name second like Chinese and Korean names do. ~~Write~~ [[~~Abe Shinzō~~]] ~~instead of Shinzō Abe~~, ~~for example.~~		** [[Ernesto Guevara]] (personal name), not Che Guevara (war name)
	* For monarchs, treat the dynasty name as their family name and add a regnal number in Roman numerals between their first and last name if necessary. For ~~example, [[Elizabeth II Windsor]]. For~~ Chinese emperors, the family name of dynasty members is ~~usually~~ different from the name of the dynasty they ruled. ~~For example, all~~ [[~~Qing dynasty (1636–1912)\|Qing~~]] ~~emperors had~~ the ~~clan~~ name ~~Aisin-Gioro~~, ~~as in [[Aisin-Gioro Puyi]].~~		** [[Tutankhamen]] (personal name), not Nebkheperura (throne name)
	* For people commonly known by Anglicized names (~~most commonly monarchs~~), ~~use the original language's~~ name ~~as in [[Nikolai II Romanov]] instead of Nicholas II Romanov.~~		* People who change their ''personal'' names, including trans people and revolutionaries that changed their names, use the new name. Except for dead names of trans people, include the original name in the full name section and infobox of the article.
	* For non-royalty with feudal titles, do not include the rank in their name but do include the location after a preposition from the original language~~: for example,~~ [[~~Otto von Bismarck\|Otto~~ ''~~von~~'' Bismarck]] (Bismarck is ~~from~~ the title Prince of Bismarck ~~and is~~ not a surname).		** [[Vladimir Lenin]], not Vladimir Ulyanov (include Ulyanov in full name on page)
			** [[Chelsea Manning]] (do not include dead name except in redirect)
			* Put names in their original language even if their name is more commonly written in a foreign-language form.
			** [[Mikołaj Kopernik]] (Polish), not Nicolaus Copernicus (Latin)
			* Hungarian and Japanese names should be written in their native order, which puts the family name first and given name second like Chinese and Korean names do.
			** [[Rákosi Mátyás]], not Mátyás Rákosi
			* For monarchs, treat the dynasty name as their family name and add a regnal number in Roman numerals between their first and last name if necessary. For some rulers such as Chinese emperors, the family name of dynasty members is different from the name of the dynasty they ruled.
			** [[Zhu Yuanzhang]] (Zhu is the surname and Yuanzhang is the personal name), not Zhu Guorui (courtesy name), Hongwu (era name) or Taizu (temple name)
			* For non-royalty with feudal titles, do not include the rank in their name but do include the location after a preposition from the original language
			** [[Charles Louis de Secondat]] (the feudal title ''baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu'' is not included)
			** [[Otto von Bismarck]] (Bismarck is short for the title Prince of Bismarck, not a surname)

	===Body===		===Body===

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People

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	====People====		====People====
	For people, use the most common name using the Latin alphabet, but remaining in the original language. See for example [[Deng\|Deng Xiaoping]] (pinyin), [[Maximilien de Robespierre]] (not the entire name but the most common one), [[Hồ Chí Minh]] (with Vietnamese diacritics), [[Muammar Gaddafi]] (common transliteration from the original Arabic). Create redirects as needed to cover all possible spellings you can think of as well as alternate names.		For people, use the most common name using the Latin alphabet, but remaining in the original language. See for example [[Deng\|Deng Xiaoping]] (pinyin), [[Maximilien de Robespierre]] (not the entire name but the most common one), [[Hồ Chí Minh]] (with Vietnamese diacritics), [[Muammar Gaddafi]] (common transliteration from the original Arabic). Create redirects as needed to cover all possible spellings you can think of as well as alternate names.
	* Transgender people should use their chosen names for the title and have a redirect from the dead name. The dead name should not be mentioned in the main page.		* Transgender people should use their chosen names for the title and have a redirect from the dead name if it is well known. The dead name should not be mentioned in the main page.
	* Hungarian and Japanese names should be written in their native order, which puts the family name first and given name second like Chinese and Korean names do. Write [[Abe Shinzō]] instead of Shinzō Abe, for example.		* Hungarian and Japanese names should be written in their native order, which puts the family name first and given name second like Chinese and Korean names do. Write [[Abe Shinzō]] instead of Shinzō Abe, for example.
	* For monarchs, treat the dynasty name as their family name and add a regnal number in Roman numerals between their first and last name if necessary. For example, [[Elizabeth II Windsor]]. For Chinese emperors, the family name of dynasty members is usually different from the name of the dynasty they ruled. For example, all [[Qing dynasty (1636–1912)\|Qing]] emperors had the clan name Aisin-Gioro, as in [[Aisin-Gioro Puyi]].		* For monarchs, treat the dynasty name as their family name and add a regnal number in Roman numerals between their first and last name if necessary. For example, [[Elizabeth II Windsor]]. For Chinese emperors, the family name of dynasty members is usually different from the name of the dynasty they ruled. For example, all [[Qing dynasty (1636–1912)\|Qing]] emperors had the clan name Aisin-Gioro, as in [[Aisin-Gioro Puyi]].

Ledlecreeper27 at 21:23, 16 September 2024

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	* Notes		* Notes
	* References </blockquote>		* References </blockquote>

			=== Content pages about library works ===
			Content pages about works in ProleWiki's library should describe the work and contain the template [[Template:Message box/Availableinlibrary\|<nowiki>{{message box/Availableinlibrary}}</nowiki>]]. They should not contain the full text of the work, which should be in the library page instead. Song lyrics should also be located to the library page and not the content page about the song.

	==Library==		==Library==
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	==== Units of measurement ====		==== Units of measurement ====

	If a library work contains non-metric units of measurement, add the metric equivalent in brackets afterwards. For example:<blockquote>It should be mentioned that in 1937 the [[Kolkhoz\|collective farms]] alone (without the [[Sovkhoz\|state farms]]) produced a marketable surplus of over 1,700,000,000 poods [28,000,000 tonnes] of grain, which was at least 400,000,000 poods [6,600,000 tonnes] more than the [[Landlord\|landlords]], [[Kulak\|kulaks]] and [[Peasantry\|peasants]] together marketed in 1913. (''History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union'')</blockquote>In this example, the pood is a traditional Slavic unit of weight equal to 16.38 kg.		If a library work contains non-metric units of measurement, add the metric equivalent in brackets afterwards. For example:<blockquote>It should be mentioned that in 1937 the [[Kolkhoz\|collective farms]] alone (without the [[Sovkhoz\|state farms]]) produced a marketable surplus of over 1,700,000,000 poods [28,000,000 tonnes] of grain, which was at least 400,000,000 poods [6,600,000 tonnes] more than the [[Landlord\|landlords]], [[Kulak\|kulaks]] and [[Peasantry\|peasants]] together marketed in 1913. (''History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union'')</blockquote>In this example, the pood is a traditional Slavic unit of weight equal to 16.38 kg. The conversion should have a similar number of significant figures to the original and should not be much more precise than the original statistic.

	== Essays ==		== Essays ==

CriticalResist: added encyclopedic tone guide

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added encyclopedic tone guide

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	{{Title\|ProleWiki editorial guidelines}}We have editorial conventions that help maintain a consistent style throughout the whole [[ProleWiki\|wiki]]. ~~This discusses~~ mainly form, not content. The latter must follow ProleWiki's [[ProleWiki:Principles\|principles]].		{{Title\|ProleWiki editorial guidelines}}We have editorial conventions that help maintain a consistent style throughout the whole [[ProleWiki\|wiki]]. These discuss mainly form, not content. The latter must follow ProleWiki's [[ProleWiki:Principles\|principles]].

	Don't forget that the best way to learn how we can maintain a consistent style is by looking at how [[Special:AllPages\|other articles]] are built. You can suggest changes in the [[ProleWiki talk:Editorial conventions\|discussion page]].		Don't forget that the best way to learn how we can maintain a consistent style is by looking at how [[Special:AllPages\|other articles]] are built. You can suggest changes in the [[ProleWiki talk:Editorial conventions\|discussion page]].

			== Encyclopedic tone ==
			We have started an [[ProleWiki:Encyclopedic tone guide\|encyclopedic tone guide]] to help editors write professional and consistent language. We recommend you give it a read on top of these editorial guidelines.

	==Content pages==		==Content pages==

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 * Use '''sentence case''' in the title of our articles except in the case for proper nouns (only the first word of a sentence and proper nouns are capitalized).<blockquote class="toccolours">The economic basis of the withering away of the state ('''do''')<br>The Economic Basis of the Withering Away of the State ('''don't''')</blockquote>
 * For organizations, use the full official name and do not abbreviate. Organizations commonly known by a non-English name or abbreviation should use the English translation in the title ([[Islamic Resistance Movement]] instead of the Arabic acronym ''Hamas'').
 * Be as specific as needed. For instance, the ''Russian revolution'' can mean both the [[Russian revolution of 1905|1905 Russian bourgeois revolution]] or the [[Russian revolution of 1917|1917 Russian socialist revolution]]. In this case, a title which already disambiguates this difference is recommended.
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	** Hungarian and Japanese names should be written in their native order, which puts the family name first and given name second like Chinese and Korean names do. Write [[Abe Shinzō]] instead of Shinzō Abe, for example.		** Hungarian and Japanese names should be written in their native order, which puts the family name first and given name second like Chinese and Korean names do. Write [[Abe Shinzō]] instead of Shinzō Abe, for example.
	** For monarchs, treat the dynasty name as their family name and add a regnal number in Roman numerals between their first and last name if necessary. For example, [[Elizabeth II Windsor]]. For Chinese emperors, the family name of dynasty members is usually different from the name of the dynasty they ruled. For example, all [[Qing dynasty (1636–1912)\|Qing]] emperors had the clan name Aisin-Gioro, as in [[Aisin-Gioro Puyi]].		** For monarchs, treat the dynasty name as their family name and add a regnal number in Roman numerals between their first and last name if necessary. For example, [[Elizabeth II Windsor]]. For Chinese emperors, the family name of dynasty members is usually different from the name of the dynasty they ruled. For example, all [[Qing dynasty (1636–1912)\|Qing]] emperors had the clan name Aisin-Gioro, as in [[Aisin-Gioro Puyi]].
			** For people commonly known by Anglicized names (most commonly monarchs), use the original language's name as in [[Nikolai II Romanov]] instead of Nicholas II Romanov.
	** For non-royalty with feudal titles, do not include the rank in their name but do include the location after a preposition from the original language: for example, [[Otto von Bismarck\|Otto ''von'' Bismarck]] (Bismarck is from the title Prince of Bismarck and is not a surname).		** For non-royalty with feudal titles, do not include the rank in their name but do include the location after a preposition from the original language: for example, [[Otto von Bismarck\|Otto ''von'' Bismarck]] (Bismarck is from the title Prince of Bismarck and is not a surname).
	* Be as specific as needed. For instance, the ''Russian revolution'' can mean both the [[Russian revolution of 1905\|1905 Russian bourgeois revolution]] or the [[Russian revolution of 1917\|1917 Russian socialist revolution]]. In this case, a title which already disambiguates this difference is recommended.		* Be as specific as needed. For instance, the ''Russian revolution'' can mean both the [[Russian revolution of 1905\|1905 Russian bourgeois revolution]] or the [[Russian revolution of 1917\|1917 Russian socialist revolution]]. In this case, a title which already disambiguates this difference is recommended.

Ledlecreeper27: Math in library works

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Math in library works

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	* Remember that your foreword represents ProleWiki as a whole.		* Remember that your foreword represents ProleWiki as a whole.
	* If the original book also contained a foreword, put the original after the ProleWiki foreword.		* If the original book also contained a foreword, put the original after the ProleWiki foreword.

			=== Math ===
			For library works that contain math or chemistry equations, go into the visual editor and find the options for these equations under the insert bar.

	=== Library notes and annotations ===		=== Library notes and annotations ===

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	===Library work infobox===		===Library work infobox===
	*~~Books~~ should ~~all~~ contain the [[Template:Library work]]<nowiki> infobox (call it with two curly brackets {{ }} ). The infobox should include at least the work's </nowiki>'''title, author,''' '''publication''' '''year''' and the '''source''' (either link to PDF or text or "X publisher edition" if taken from paper copy). It will automatically retitle the page according to the first two parameters. Ideally, the infobox should use as many parameters as possible.		*All library works should contain the [[Template:Library work]]<nowiki> infobox (call it with two curly brackets {{ }} ). The infobox should include at least the work's </nowiki>'''title, author,''' '''publication''' '''year''' and the '''source''' (either link to PDF or text or "X publisher edition" if taken from paper copy). It will automatically retitle the page according to the first two parameters. Ideally, the infobox should use as many parameters as possible.

			==== Links ====
			Like regular pages, link to a topic the first time it is mentioned in a library work.

	=== Library foreword ===		=== Library foreword ===
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	=== Library notes and annotations ===		=== Library notes and annotations ===

	* For notes included in the original publication or source, add a basic citation (Ctrl+Shift+K) and set its group to the chapter number followed by a period or leave it blank for shorter works.<ref group="1.">Footnote from original text</ref>		* For notes or citations included in the original publication or source, add a basic citation (Ctrl+Shift+K) and set its group to the chapter number followed by a period or leave it blank for shorter works.<ref group="1.">Footnote from original text</ref>
	* For new ProleWiki annotations, add a basic citation and put it in the '''ProleWiki X.''' group like this<ref group="ProleWiki 4.">Note added by ProleWiki</ref>		* For new ProleWiki annotations, add a basic citation and put it in the '''ProleWiki X.''' group like this<ref group="ProleWiki 4.">Note added by ProleWiki</ref>
	** Replace '''X''' with the chapter number. Where you want to start counting is up to you when importing a work.		** Replace '''X''' with the chapter number. Where you want to start counting is up to you when importing a work.
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	* Editors without the [[ProleWiki:Trusted Editor Permissions\|trusted role]] should confirm their footnotes with the trusted editors before saving them on a page.		* Editors without the [[ProleWiki:Trusted Editor Permissions\|trusted role]] should confirm their footnotes with the trusted editors before saving them on a page.
	* References list should be at the end of the chapter or the end of the text, as a subheading nested ''under'' the editor's notes, and called "ProleWiki annotations." Example:		* References list should be at the end of the chapter or the end of the text, as a subheading nested ''under'' the editor's notes, and called "ProleWiki annotations." Example:
			'''<big>Notes (heading)</big>'''<references group="1." />'''ProleWiki annotations (subheading)'''<references group="ProleWiki 4." />
	~~===~~ Notes (~~subheading 1~~) ~~===~~
	<references group="1." />

	~~====~~ ProleWiki annotations (subheading ~~2 if there are also original notes or subheading 1 if there aren~~'~~t) ====~~
	<references group="ProleWiki 4." />

	=== Modernization of texts ===		=== Modernization of texts ===