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We have editorial conventions that help maintain a consistent style throughout the whole wiki. If you usually edit articles, it may be cool to once in a while discuss ideas in the [[ProleWiki talk:Editorial conventions|discussion page]] and check what has been decided.
We have editorial conventions that help maintain a consistent style throughout the whole wiki. This discusses mainly form, not content.  


The best thing you can do before contributing is to see already made articles and check their format, how they're written, etc. In any case, this reference may also help.
Don't forget that the best way to learn how we can maintain a consistent style is by looking at how other articles are built. You can suggest changes in the [[ProleWiki talk:Editorial conventions|discussion page]].


== Articles ==
==Main pages==
We use American English on the reason of being a more popular spelling (more people in the world spell that way).
We use Statesian English on the reason of being a more popular spelling (more people in the world spell that way).


=== Title of articles, books, chapters ===
=== Title===
Use preferably sentence case in the title of our articles except in the case for proper nouns.<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>


==== Proper case approach ====
===Body===
<blockquote>'''Socialism with Chinese <u>c</u>haracteristics'''


instead of  
*In the introductory paragraph of an article, use '''bold''' for when the subject of the article is mentioned. This ensures the subject of the article is cited more clearly.
<blockquote class="toccolours">
==Historical materialism==
<p style="font-size:85%">From ProleWiki, the proletarian encyclopedia</p>
'''Historical materialism''' broadly refers to applying the philosophy of dialectical materialism to the study of social life.
</blockquote>
*Links made to other articles should be made only when they are first introduced in the article
<blockquote class="toccolours">
ProleWiki is a [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] encyclopedia founded in September 2020 aiming to make information accessible to revolutionaries and those who wish to study revolutionary theory. We stand for the principles of anti-imperialism and we aim to combat the liberal hegemony in Western society by presenting a Marxist-Leninist understanding of political economy.
</blockquote>


'''Socialism with Chinese <u>C</u>haracteristics'''</blockquote>This approach makes reading sometimes easier, i.e.:<blockquote>'''The Economic Basis of the Withering Away of the State'''
* External links shouldn't be used in the main body. If you need to use an external link as reference, then use it as citation. You can also create an "External links" section and put external sources there.


vs.
====Citations====
 
*Avoid placing a citation after a space
'''The economic basis of the withering away of the state'''</blockquote>
 
=== Body ===
 
==== Introduction ====
[[File:Editorial convention bold.png|center|thumb|When mentioning the subject of the article in the article body for the first time, use '''bold'''. This was adopted from Wikipedia's conventions, i.e.,]]
 
==== Content ====
Don't use external links in the article body. External links should be put in a "External links" section at the end of the article.
 
=== Referencing ===
==== Cited works ====
For books:
<blockquote>Author (Year). ''Title in italics.'' Publisher. ISBN [number] (Library Genesis link)</blockquote>
Chapters inside books, if you wish to be more precise:
<blockquote>Author (Year). 'Chapter between single quotes' in ''Title in italics.'' Publisher. ISBN [number] (Library Genesis link)</blockquote>
Example:
<blockquote class="toccolours">John M. Kirk (2015). ''Healthcare without borders: Understanding Cuban medical internationalism.'' University Press of Florida. <nowiki>ISBN 0813061059</nowiki> ([http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=0F7B2ED4B81FB72B92FC080A9B28365A Library Genesis link])<br>
Clifford L. Staten (2005). 'Early Cuba: Colonialism, Sugar and Nationalism: Cuba to 1868' in ''The history of Cuba.'' Palgrave Macmillan. <nowiki>ISBN 9781403962591</nowiki> ([http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=DE11DAA6342FE92307FDE6B81E5FD1CF Library Genesis link])</blockquote>
 
For articles:
<blockquote>Author (Year). ''Title in italics.'' City: Publisher. doi:[code] (Sci-Hub link)</blockquote>
Example:
<blockquote class="toccolours">Dic Lo (2020). ''State-owned enterprises in Chinese economic transformation: Institutional functionality and credibility in alternative perspectives''. Journal of Economic Issues. {{Doi|10.1080/00213624.2020.1791579}}</blockquote>For articles with a doi code available, you can use our [[Template:Doi|doi template]]
 
<small>NOTE: publisher is optional. Library Genesis and Sci-Hub link only if available</small>
 
==== To avoid ====
* References should not have a space before them:
<blockquote class="toccolours">Jeff Bezos is a parasite.<sup>[1]</sup> ('''do''')<br>Jeff Bezos is a parasite. <sup>[1]</sup> ('''don't''')</blockquote>
<blockquote class="toccolours">Jeff Bezos is a parasite.<sup>[1]</sup> ('''do''')<br>Jeff Bezos is a parasite. <sup>[1]</sup> ('''don't''')</blockquote>


* References should not go before punctuations
*Avoid placing a citation after punctuations
<blockquote class="toccolours">Without revolutionary theory,<sup>[1]</sup> there can be no revolutionary movement.<sup>[2]</sup> ('''do''')<br>Without revolutionary theory<sup>[1]</sup>, there can be no revolutionary movement<sup>[2]</sup>. ('''don't''')</blockquote>
<blockquote class="toccolours">Without revolutionary theory,<sup>[1]</sup> there can be no revolutionary movement.<sup>[2]</sup> ('''do''')<br>Without revolutionary theory<sup>[1]</sup>, there can be no revolutionary movement<sup>[2]</sup>. ('''don't''')</blockquote>


=== External sources ===
===References===
Avoid using external sources in the article body! To refer to external sources, link it in a header or as a reference at the bottom of the article, as [[Lemmygrad|seen in the Lemmygrad article]], for instance.
====Books====
 
<blockquote class="toccolours">Author (Year). ''Title of book in italics.'' Publisher. ISBN [number] (Library Genesis link)<br>Author (Year). 'Chapter inside single quotes' in ''Title of book in italics.'' Publisher. ISBN [number] (Library Genesis link)</blockquote>
=== Linking ===
Example in practice:
Links made to other articles should be made only when they are introduced in the article. There is no need to put the same links in the whole body of the article.
<blockquote class="toccolours">John M. Kirk (2015). ''Healthcare without borders: understanding Cuban medical internationalism.'' University Press of Florida. <nowiki>ISBN 0813061059</nowiki> ([http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=0F7B2ED4B81FB72B92FC080A9B28365A Library Genesis link])<br>Clifford L. Staten (2005). 'Early Cuba: colonialism, sugar and nationalism: Cuba to 1868' in ''The history of Cuba.'' Palgrave Macmillan. <nowiki>ISBN 9781403962591</nowiki> ([http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=DE11DAA6342FE92307FDE6B81E5FD1CF Library Genesis link])</blockquote>
 
== Translations ==
please help
 
== Library works ==
 
=== Referencing ===
The references inside a chapter in the book are put in a "Notes" section before the end of the chapter. See [[Library:The state and revolution|''The state and revolution'']] for reference.
 
Each chapter will have the reference group according to the chapter number. I.e.,
 
* For the first chapter of a book you would put "1" as reference group in visual editor or in source editor:
 
<nowiki><ref group="1">etc., etc.</ref></nowiki>


* For the third chapter of a book you would put "3" as reference group in visual editor or in source editor:
====Articles ====
<blockquote class="toccolours">
Author (Year). ''Title in italics.'' City: Publisher. doi:[code] (Sci-Hub link)
</blockquote>
Example in practice:
<blockquote class="toccolours">
Dic Lo (2020). ''State-owned enterprises in Chinese economic transformation: Institutional functionality and credibility in alternative perspectives''. Journal of Economic Issues. {{Doi|10.1080/00213624.2020.1791579}}
</blockquote>
For articles with a doi code available, you can use our [[Template:Doi|doi template]]
==Library==


<nowiki><ref group="3">etc., etc.</ref></nowiki>
=== Title ===
If the work is short or if it contains fewer than 1 reference per chapter, then you should put references at the bottom.
Titles should be written in ''italics'', followed by author. To do that, you can use the [[Template:Title|Title template]]. This is done so to differentiate articles written about the book in the main pages from the book itself in our library.
<blockquote class="toccolours">
== ''On authority'', by Friedrich Engels ==
A number of Socialists have latterly launched a regular crusade against what they call the principle of authority. It suffices to tell them that this or that act is authoritarian for it to be condemned. This summary mode of procedure is being abused to such an extent that it has become necessary to look into the matter somewhat more closely. (...)
</blockquote>

Revision as of 03:19, 3 June 2021

We have editorial conventions that help maintain a consistent style throughout the whole wiki. This discusses mainly form, not content.

Don't forget that the best way to learn how we can maintain a consistent style is by looking at how other articles are built. You can suggest changes in the discussion page.

Main pages

We use Statesian English on the reason of being a more popular spelling (more people in the world spell that way).

Title

Use preferably sentence case in the title of our articles except in the case for proper nouns.

The economic basis of the withering away of the state (do)
The Economic Basis of the Withering Away of the State (don't)

Body

  • In the introductory paragraph of an article, use bold for when the subject of the article is mentioned. This ensures the subject of the article is cited more clearly.

Historical materialism

From ProleWiki, the proletarian encyclopedia

Historical materialism broadly refers to applying the philosophy of dialectical materialism to the study of social life.

  • Links made to other articles should be made only when they are first introduced in the article

ProleWiki is a Marxist–Leninist encyclopedia founded in September 2020 aiming to make information accessible to revolutionaries and those who wish to study revolutionary theory. We stand for the principles of anti-imperialism and we aim to combat the liberal hegemony in Western society by presenting a Marxist-Leninist understanding of political economy.

  • External links shouldn't be used in the main body. If you need to use an external link as reference, then use it as citation. You can also create an "External links" section and put external sources there.

Citations

  • Avoid placing a citation after a space

Jeff Bezos is a parasite.[1] (do)
Jeff Bezos is a parasite. [1] (don't)

  • Avoid placing a citation after punctuations

Without revolutionary theory,[1] there can be no revolutionary movement.[2] (do)
Without revolutionary theory[1], there can be no revolutionary movement[2]. (don't)

References

Books

Author (Year). Title of book in italics. Publisher. ISBN [number] (Library Genesis link)
Author (Year). 'Chapter inside single quotes' in Title of book in italics. Publisher. ISBN [number] (Library Genesis link)

Example in practice:

John M. Kirk (2015). Healthcare without borders: understanding Cuban medical internationalism. University Press of Florida. ISBN 0813061059 (Library Genesis link)
Clifford L. Staten (2005). 'Early Cuba: colonialism, sugar and nationalism: Cuba to 1868' in The history of Cuba. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781403962591 (Library Genesis link)

Articles

Author (Year). Title in italics. City: Publisher. doi:[code] (Sci-Hub link)

Example in practice:

Dic Lo (2020). State-owned enterprises in Chinese economic transformation: Institutional functionality and credibility in alternative perspectives. Journal of Economic Issues. doi:10.1080/00213624.2020.1791579 [HUB]

For articles with a doi code available, you can use our doi template

Library

Title

Titles should be written in italics, followed by author. To do that, you can use the Title template. This is done so to differentiate articles written about the book in the main pages from the book itself in our library.

On authority, by Friedrich Engels

A number of Socialists have latterly launched a regular crusade against what they call the principle of authority. It suffices to tell them that this or that act is authoritarian for it to be condemned. This summary mode of procedure is being abused to such an extent that it has become necessary to look into the matter somewhat more closely. (...)

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