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  2. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Text formatting

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    Italics markup is for non-emphasis purposes, such as for book titles and non-English language phrases, as detailed below. Emphasis may be used to draw attention to an important word or phrase within a sentence, when the point or thrust of the sentence may otherwise not be apparent to readers, or to stress a contrast:

  3. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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    Use italics for the scientific names of plants, animals, and all other organisms except viruses at the genus level and below (italicize Panthera leo and Retroviridae, but not Felidae). The hybrid sign is not italicized ( Rosa × damascena ), nor is the "connecting term" required in three-part botanical names ( Rosa gallica subsp. officinalis ).

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

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    Use {{Italic title}} to italicize the part of the title before the first parenthesis. Use {{Italic disambiguation}} to italicize the part of the title in the parenthesis. Use the {{DISPLAYTITLE:}} magic word or {{Italic title|string=}} template for titles with a mix of italic and roman text, as at List of Sex and the City episodes and The Hustler.

  5. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and ...

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    Part 1 of the manual approaches the process of research and writing. This includes providing "practical advice" to formulate "the right questions, read critically, and build arguments" as well as helping authors draft and revise a paper. [3] Initially added with the seventh edition of the manual, this part is adapted from The Craft of Research ...

  6. Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Text formatting - Wikipedia

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    I would like to italicize Cyrillic, in references to academic publications, because the italic is not used as "distinction from the surrounding material", as you phrase it, but to convey meaningful information to the reader of the citation: when we cite a chapter in a book, or an article in a journal, we leave the chapter or article name ...

  7. Emphasis (typography) - Wikipedia

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    This is used for marking passages that have a different context, such as book titles, words from foreign languages, or internal dialogue. For multiple, nested levels of emphasis, the font is usually alternated back to (upright) roman script, or quotation marks are used instead, although some font families provide upright italics for a third ...

  8. Wikipedia talk : Manual of Style/Titles of works/Archive 2

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    Use italics when italics would be used in running text; for example, ... the titles of books, films, and other creative works ... are italicized both in ordinary text and in article titles. A discussion regarding a particular article title has raised the following questions which may deserve clarification within the guidelines:

  9. Wikipedia talk : Manual of Style/Titles of works/Archive 1

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    The logic behind this is simple. Since the name of a form is more of a description of the work than a title, it could be stated in different ways (for example: Concerto No. 5 for Piano and Orchestra, Piano Concerto No. 5, Fifth Piano Concerto). The given name of a piece functions as a single unit, and cannot be separated or rewritten.