Randy Kramer wrote: > * Is that scheme of (not) wrapping a universal standard? (I know Strunk > and White is not the right resource, but is it documented in some similar > resource--I ask because I've never seen it.)
Without getting into a postmodernist discussion of whether or not a universal standard can be defined in the first place, the citation you are looking for is _Chicago Manual of Style_ (13th ed.), sections 6.53 - 6.56: "Abbreviations used with numerals should not be separated from the numerals" "An enumerating letter or number . . . preferably should not be separated from the beginning of what follows it" "Avoid breaking before a numeral adjective following a personal name" Etc. My own opinion is that the nonbreaking spaces should be inserted by MediaWiki (no markup), just as leading colons are converted into tabs. Then the hardcore editors could override it with the existing "nowiki" tag. I write code for a living and don't really notice an extra "nbsp" here and there, but I know that I am in the minority there, and consequently I think we should err on the side of an easy-to-read edit window, as the guy from the Marvel Comics wiki said. The central wikia brags about the enormous length of Special:Listusers, but actually the overwhelming majority of those people make three edits and then disappear. That needs to stop. --- "Ryan W" _______________________________________________ Wikia-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l
