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


=== Title ===
=== Title of articles, books, chapters ===
The title of the article should be always be capitalized (the MediaWiki engine already does that), and the rest of the article title should be as lowercase as possible, i.e.,<blockquote>Socialism with Chinese characteristics
 
==== Proper case approach ====
<blockquote>'''Socialism with Chinese <u>c</u>haracteristics'''


instead of  
instead of  


"Socialism with Chinese Characteristics."</blockquote>This approach makes reading sometimes easier.
'''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'''
 
vs.
 
'''The economic basis of the withering away of the state'''</blockquote>


=== Body ===
=== Body ===
==== Introduction ====
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.,
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.,
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
Title of the article: Historical materialism. </br>
Title of the article: Historical materialism. </br>Body of article: "'''Historical materialism''' broadly refers to applying (...)"
Body of article: "'''Historical materialism''' broadly refers to applying (...)"
</blockquote>
</blockquote>


==== To avoid ====
==== Content ====
Avoid using external links in the article body. External links should be put in a "External links" section at the end of the article.
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 ===
=== Referencing ===
==== Cited works ====
==== Cited works ====
There will be many cases where it's not always clear when to lowercase and when to uppercase certain expressions. Cited works in other media usually have all their words capitalized, but we use a lowercase approach with italics when citing work titles to improve readability, i.e.,<blockquote>''Ludwig Feuerbach and the end of classical German philosophy''
There will be many cases where it's not always clear when to lowercase and when to uppercase certain expressions. Cited works in other media usually have all their words capitalized, but we use a proper case approach with italics when citing work titles to improve readability, i.e.,<blockquote>''Ludwig Feuerbach and the end of classical German philosophy''


instead of
instead of
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=== External sources ===
=== External sources ===
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 here]].
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.
 
=== Linking ===
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.


== Translations ==
== Translations ==
As of November 20, 2020, we still have a shared server for our hosting plan. For reasons that shouldn't matter for the moment, subpages (the page for language translations, i.e., ''ProleWiki:Editorial conventions'''/en''''') do not support the Visual Editor. This will be fixed in the future.
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:


We are still learning how we can ease the translation process. For that, the best way to understand our current difficulties and how we can improve them is to try it out and share experiences with us. At the moment, we are not enforcing all articles to have their content language  subpage ("/en", "/it"), but we can try it out in the "ProleWiki:" namespace.
<nowiki><ref group="3">etc., etc.</ref></nowiki>
If the work is short or if it contains fewer than 1 reference per chapter, then you should put references at the bottom.

Revision as of 21:36, 1 January 2021

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 discussion page and check what has been decided.

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.

Articles

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

Title of articles, books, chapters

Proper case approach

Socialism with Chinese characteristics

instead of

Socialism with Chinese Characteristics

This approach makes reading sometimes easier, i.e.:

The Economic Basis of the Withering Away of the State

vs.

The economic basis of the withering away of the state

Body

Introduction

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.,

Title of the article: Historical materialism.
Body of article: "Historical materialism broadly refers to applying (...)"

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

There will be many cases where it's not always clear when to lowercase and when to uppercase certain expressions. Cited works in other media usually have all their words capitalized, but we use a proper case approach with italics when citing work titles to improve readability, i.e.,

Ludwig Feuerbach and the end of classical German philosophy

instead of

"Ludwig Feuerbach And The End of Classical German Philosophy"

In this case, the capitalized words are either proper nouns or nationalities, and the italics are used to show this is a cited work. When we cite works written by famous marxists, we put their short name and title of work, i.e.,

Engels: Ludwig Feuerbach and the end of classical German philosophy

Fanon: The wretched of the Earth

Marx: Critique of the Gotha program

To avoid

  • References should not have a space before them:

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

  • References should not go before 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)

External sources

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 seen in the Lemmygrad article, for instance.

Linking

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.

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 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:
<ref group="1">etc., etc.</ref>
  • For the third chapter of a book you would put "3" as reference group in visual editor or in source editor:
<ref group="3">etc., etc.</ref>

If the work is short or if it contains fewer than 1 reference per chapter, then you should put references at the bottom.