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  2. Wikipedia:Things to avoid when writing essays - Wikipedia

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    Avoid using jargon. Assume that new users will read the essay, and not just experienced ones. Essays are regularly quoted on article talk pages, and it's possible for a newcomer to stumble on one. Avoid using shortcuts within an essay. Instead, write out the full name of the policy or guideline. Examples:

  3. List of proofreader's marks - Wikipedia

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    This article is a list of standard proofreader's marks used to indicate and correct problems in a text. Marks come in two varieties, abbreviations and abstract symbols. Marks come in two varieties, abbreviations and abstract symbols.

  4. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Text formatting

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    There are five heading levels used in writing articles (the top-level one being reserved for the auto-displayed page name). [b] Terms in description lists (example: Glossary of the American trucking industry) Table headers and captions (but not image captions) A link to the page on which that link appears, called a self link

  5. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks

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    (non-Unicode name) ('Scarab' is an informal name for the generic currency sign) § Section sign: section symbol, section mark, double-s, 'silcrow' Pilcrow; Semicolon: Colon ℠ Service mark symbol: Trademark symbol / Slash (non-Unicode name) Division sign, Forward Slash: also known as "stroke" / Solidus (the most common of the slash symbols ...

  6. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Lists

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    List articles are encyclopedia pages consisting of introductory material in the lead section followed by a list, possibly arranged in sub-sections. The items on these lists might include links to specific articles or other information, and must be supported with references like any article.

  7. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles of works - Wikipedia

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    The name of an individual work within the series name: the Star Wars franchise, named for the Star Wars film; the Three Colours trilogy, named for films with the prefix Three Colours. Do not capitalize or italicize descriptive terms that are not part of an official series title (as with "franchise" and "trilogy" in those two examples).

  8. BabyCenter releases list of names 'heading for extinction' in ...

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    BabyCenter said the names were determined "due to their having the biggest declines in name registrations between 2023 and 2024." Looking for baby names inspo: See list of most popular names

  9. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Trademarks

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    Avoid using special characters that are not pronounced, are included purely for decoration, or simply substitute for English words or letters (e.g., ♥ for "love", ! for i) or for normal punctuation, unless a significant majority of reliable sources that are independent of the subject consistently include the special character in the subject's ...