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
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:
Author (Year). Title in italics. Publisher. ISBN [number] (Library Genesis link)
Chapters inside books, if you wish to be more precise:
Author (Year). 'Chapter between single quotes' in Title in italics. Publisher. ISBN [number] (Library Genesis link)
Example:
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)
For articles:
Author (Year). Title in italics. City: Publisher. doi:[code] (Sci-Hub link)
Example:
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
NOTE: publisher is optional. Library Genesis and Sci-Hub link only if available
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.