Re: [WikiEN-l] Manual Of Style

2012-03-31 Thread Steve Bennett
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 5:23 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: When was the last time you looked at the Wikipedia Manual of Style for use in your own writing? And not to tell someone else they were wrong about something. What's wrong with that? That's how most rulebooks work - people

Re: [WikiEN-l] Manual Of Style

2012-03-31 Thread Richard Farmbrough
I probably consult it every couple of weeks. Usually to check some change hasn't been sneaked in, or for something that isn't covered. Or because someone has told me I'm wrong. It is a shame that it is such a battleground sometimes. But it's also a shame that the basics aren't obvious to