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Editors

2014-03-11T20:22:26Z

Mrgirlpluggedout:

*Create and Submit a press release
*Develop editorial process, informed by Poll results
**Publish public editorial guidelines document <- mrgirlpluggedout is working on [[Story Style]]; input and contributions needed and welcome
*Documentation pages (FAQ, "Authors" page) <- LaminatorX is working on FAQ

Editors

2014-03-11T20:10:06Z

Mrgirlpluggedout:

*Create and Submit a press release
*Develop editorial process, informed by Poll results
**Publish public editorial guidelines document <- mrgirlpluggedout is working on [[Story Style]]; input needed and welcome
*Documentation pages (FAQ, "Authors" page) <- LaminatorX is working on FAQ

Editors

2014-03-11T20:08:35Z

Mrgirlpluggedout:

*Create and Submit a press release
*Develop editorial process, informed by Poll results
**Publish public editorial guidelines document (see [[Story Style]])
*Documentation pages (FAQ, "Authors" page) <- LaminatorX is working on FAQ

Story Style

2014-03-11T05:56:16Z

Mrgirlpluggedout:

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget."

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

# Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines, e.g. "'Moon Made of Soylent Green Cheese', Says NASA."
# Function words are:
## Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
## Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
## Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
## Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they, who, and which. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
## The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.
# But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized, 'Is Soylent Green Made of People?" (cf. [[Story_Style#Betteridge.27s_Law_of_Headlines]]).

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

This is commonly referred to as the Harvard or Oxford Comma. It is often illustrated with the phrase "To my parents, Ayn Rand and God."

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# Apostrophes are likewise not used with decades, when written in numbers, e.g. 1980s rather than 1980's.
# The form it's is a contraction of it is. The word its, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun it. This can be easily remembered by comparing the other third person pronouns: he's has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of he and is, whereas his never has one. The same also applies to hers and she's.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Stranded Prepositions=
# The use of adverbs between the word to and its following infinitive is allowed, e.g. to boldly go is just as acceptable as boldly, to go and to go boldly.

=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
# Punctuation marks appear before closing quotation marks, e.g.
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese,' says NASA.
Instead of
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese', says NASA.

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:55:52Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue."

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines, e.g.

:'Moon Made of Soylent Green Cheese', Says NASA.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they, who, and which. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized, 'Is Soylent Green Made of People?" (cf. [[Story_Style#Betteridge.27s_Law_of_Headlines]]).

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

This is commonly referred to as the Harvard or Oxford Comma. It is often illustrated with the phrase "To my parents, Ayn Rand and God."

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# Apostrophes are likewise not used with decades, when written in numbers, e.g. 1980s rather than 1980's.
# The form it's is a contraction of it is. The word its, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun it. This can be easily remembered by comparing the other third person pronouns: he's has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of he and is, whereas his never has one. The same also applies to hers and she's.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Stranded Prepositions=

=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
# Punctuation marks appear before closing quotation marks, e.g.
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese,' says NASA.
Instead of
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese', says NASA.

=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:53:38Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Apostrophes */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue."

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines, e.g.

:'Moon Made of Soylent Green Cheese', Says NASA.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they, who, and which. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized, 'Is Soylent Green Made of People?" (cf. [[Story_Style#Betteridge.27s_Law_of_Headlines]]).

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

This is commonly referred to as the Harvard or Oxford Comma. It is often illustrated with the phrase "To my parents, Ayn Rand and God."

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# Apostrophes are likewise not used with decades, when written in numbers, e.g. 1980s rather than 1980's.
# The form it's is a contraction of it is. The word its, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun it. This can be easily remembered by comparing the other third person pronouns: he's has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of he and is, whereas his never has one. The same also applies to hers and she's.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
# Punctuation marks appear before closing quotation marks, e.g.
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese,' says NASA.
Instead of
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese', says NASA.

=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:53:24Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Apostrophes */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue."

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines, e.g.

:'Moon Made of Soylent Green Cheese', Says NASA.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they, who, and which. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized, 'Is Soylent Green Made of People?" (cf. [[Story_Style#Betteridge.27s_Law_of_Headlines]]).

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

This is commonly referred to as the Harvard or Oxford Comma. It is often illustrated with the phrase "To my parents, Ayn Rand and God."

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# Apostrophes are likewise not used with decades, when written in numbers, e.g. 1980s rather than 1980's.
# The form it's is a contraction of it is. The word its, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun it. This can be easily remembered by comparing the other third person pronouns: he's has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of he and is, whereas his never has one. The same also applies to hers</> and she's.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
# Punctuation marks appear before closing quotation marks, e.g.
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese,' says NASA.
Instead of
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese', says NASA.

=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:53:03Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Apostrophes */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue."

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines, e.g.

:'Moon Made of Soylent Green Cheese', Says NASA.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they, who, and which. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized, 'Is Soylent Green Made of People?" (cf. [[Story_Style#Betteridge.27s_Law_of_Headlines]]).

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

This is commonly referred to as the Harvard or Oxford Comma. It is often illustrated with the phrase "To my parents, Ayn Rand and God."

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# Apostrophes are likewise not used with decades, when written in numbers, e.g. 1980s rather than 1980's.
# The form it's is a contraction of it is. The word its, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun it. This can be easily remembered by comparing the other third person pronouns: he's has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of he and is, whereas his never has one. The same also applies to hers</> and she's.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
# Punctuation marks appear before closing quotation marks, e.g.
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese,' says NASA.
Instead of
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese', says NASA.

=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:52:47Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Apostrophes */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue."

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines, e.g.

:'Moon Made of Soylent Green Cheese', Says NASA.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they, who, and which. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized, 'Is Soylent Green Made of People?" (cf. [[Story_Style#Betteridge.27s_Law_of_Headlines]]).

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

This is commonly referred to as the Harvard or Oxford Comma. It is often illustrated with the phrase "To my parents, Ayn Rand and God."

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# Apostrophes are likewise not used with decades, when written in numbers, e.g. 1980s rather than 1980's.
# The form it's is a contraction of it is. The word its, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun it. This can be easily remembered by comparing looking at the other third person pronouns: he's has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of he and is, whereas his never has one. The same also applies to hers</> and she's.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
# Punctuation marks appear before closing quotation marks, e.g.
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese,' says NASA.
Instead of
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese', says NASA.

=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:51:50Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Headline Capitalization */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue."

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines, e.g.

:'Moon Made of Soylent Green Cheese', Says NASA.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they, who, and which. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized, 'Is Soylent Green Made of People?" (cf. [[Story_Style#Betteridge.27s_Law_of_Headlines]]).

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

This is commonly referred to as the Harvard or Oxford Comma. It is often illustrated with the phrase "To my parents, Ayn Rand and God."

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# Apostrophes are likewise not used with decades, when written in numbers, e.g. 1980s rather than 1980's.
# The form it's is a contraction of it is. The word its, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun it. . This can be easily remembered by comparing looking at the other third person pronouns: he's has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of he and is, whereas his never has one. The same also applies to hers</> and she's.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
# Punctuation marks appear before closing quotation marks, e.g.
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese,' says NASA.
Instead of
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese', says NASA.

=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:50:00Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Serial Comma */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue."

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines, e.g.

:'Moon Made of Soylent Green Cheese', Says NASA.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they, who, and which. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

This is commonly referred to as the Harvard or Oxford Comma. It is often illustrated with the phrase "To my parents, Ayn Rand and God."

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# Apostrophes are likewise not used with decades, when written in numbers, e.g. 1980s rather than 1980's.
# The form it's is a contraction of it is. The word its, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun it. . This can be easily remembered by comparing looking at the other third person pronouns: he's has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of he and is, whereas his never has one. The same also applies to hers</> and she's.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
# Punctuation marks appear before closing quotation marks, e.g.
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese,' says NASA.
Instead of
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese', says NASA.

=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:48:14Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Serial Comma */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue."

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines, e.g.

:'Moon Made of Soylent Green Cheese', Says NASA.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they, who, and which. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# Apostrophes are likewise not used with decades, when written in numbers, e.g. 1980s rather than 1980's.
# The form it's is a contraction of it is. The word its, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun it. . This can be easily remembered by comparing looking at the other third person pronouns: he's has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of he and is, whereas his never has one. The same also applies to hers</> and she's.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
# Punctuation marks appear before closing quotation marks, e.g.
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese,' says NASA.
Instead of
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese', says NASA.

=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:47:30Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Serial Comma */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue."

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines, e.g.

:'Moon Made of Soylent Green Cheese', Says NASA.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they, who, and which. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eats,_Shoots_%26_Leaves#Title.

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# Apostrophes are likewise not used with decades, when written in numbers, e.g. 1980s rather than 1980's.
# The form it's is a contraction of it is. The word its, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun it. . This can be easily remembered by comparing looking at the other third person pronouns: he's has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of he and is, whereas his never has one. The same also applies to hers</> and she's.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
# Punctuation marks appear before closing quotation marks, e.g.
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese,' says NASA.
Instead of
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese', says NASA.

=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:46:25Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Quotations */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue."

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines, e.g.

:'Moon Made of Soylent Green Cheese', Says NASA.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they, who, and which. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# Apostrophes are likewise not used with decades, when written in numbers, e.g. 1980s rather than 1980's.
# The form it's is a contraction of it is. The word its, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun it. . This can be easily remembered by comparing looking at the other third person pronouns: he's has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of he and is, whereas his never has one. The same also applies to hers</> and she's.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
# Punctuation marks appear before closing quotation marks, e.g.
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese,' says NASA.
Instead of
:'Moon is Made of Soylent Green Cheese', says NASA.

=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:43:23Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Headline Capitalization */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue."

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines, e.g.

:'Moon Made of Soylent Green Cheese', Says NASA.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they, who, and which. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# Apostrophes are likewise not used with decades, when written in numbers, e.g. 1980s rather than 1980's.
# The form it's is a contraction of it is. The word its, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun it. . This can be easily remembered by comparing looking at the other third person pronouns: he's has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of he and is, whereas his never has one. The same also applies to hers</> and she's.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:41:25Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Headline Capitalization */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue."

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines, e.g. "NASA Discovers

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they, who, and which. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# Apostrophes are likewise not used with decades, when written in numbers, e.g. 1980s rather than 1980's.
# The form it's is a contraction of it is. The word its, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun it. . This can be easily remembered by comparing looking at the other third person pronouns: he's has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of he and is, whereas his never has one. The same also applies to hers</> and she's.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:39:51Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Headline Capitalization */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue."

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, and they. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# Apostrophes are likewise not used with decades, when written in numbers, e.g. 1980s rather than 1980's.
# The form it's is a contraction of it is. The word its, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun it. . This can be easily remembered by comparing looking at the other third person pronouns: he's has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of he and is, whereas his never has one. The same also applies to hers</> and she's.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:39:19Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Story Structure */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue."

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# Apostrophes are likewise not used with decades, when written in numbers, e.g. 1980s rather than 1980's.
# The form it's is a contraction of it is. The word its, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun it. . This can be easily remembered by comparing looking at the other third person pronouns: he's has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of he and is, whereas his never has one. The same also applies to hers</> and she's.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:38:48Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Apostrophes */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue.

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# Apostrophes are likewise not used with decades, when written in numbers, e.g. 1980s rather than 1980's.
# The form it's is a contraction of it is. The word its, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun it. . This can be easily remembered by comparing looking at the other third person pronouns: he's has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of he and is, whereas his never has one. The same also applies to hers</> and she's.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:33:38Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Apostrophes */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue.

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# The form it's is a contraction of it is. The word its, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun it. . This can be easily remembered by comparing looking at the other third person pronouns: he's has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of he and is, whereas his never has one. The same also applies to hers</> and she's.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:33:03Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Apostrophes */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue.

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.
# The form it's is a contraction of it is. The word its, on the other hand, is the possessive form of the pronoun . . This can be easily remembered by comparing looking at the other third person pronouns: he's has an apostrophe because it is a contraction of he and is, whereas his never has one. The same also applies to hers</> and she's.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:27:29Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Serial Comma */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue.

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple and Soylent Yellow".

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T22:26:59Z

Mrgirlpluggedout:

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue.

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow".

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T21:23:43Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Betteridge's Law of Headlines */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, you please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue.

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow".

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has little proof, no basis at all, or describes events that did not actually occur at the time of writing, i.e. not news.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T21:22:01Z

Mrgirlpluggedout:

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, you please make your reservations known in the [[Talk:Story Style|talk page]]. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue.

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow".

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has no little proof, no basis at all, or has yet to have happened.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
=Citation Style=

Talk:Story Style

2014-03-09T21:18:30Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: Created page with "Howdy, world!"

Howdy, world!

SoylentNews

2014-03-09T21:14:05Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* List of Discussion Pages */

This is a home for information about how '''[http://soylentnews.org SoylentNews.org]''' was started, the vision for it, and discussion about it's future.

==About SoylentNews.org==

Greetings soylentils and welcome to the '''[http://soylentnews.org SoylentNews.org]''' Wiki!

We deliver the best community-sourced news for nerds. This is a grassroots effort powered by article submissions from our readers; we draw attention to those stories on the web which are important to everyone - especially nerds. We also provide a soapbox for discussion moderated by the site's patrons, and allow the community to speak anonymously; there is no mandatory registration to comment.

We are mindful of community sentiment, and will not bend to overreaching corporate agenda. We want to be your source for news about technology, art, science and politics.

We are the new kid on the block and are adapting quickly to satisfy our community's needs. We look forward to exceeding your expectations and pushing the boundaries of web experience. And we will make no changes without community support.

To everyone involved... '''THANK YOU!'''

==Project and business information==

* [[Finances|Some information on Proposed Business Model]] 
* [[Business|Our Business Planning]] 
* [[Expenses|Our Expense Report]]
* [[FeatureList|Our Feature List]]
* [[Staff_Meetings|Staff Meeting Logs]]

==Get Involved==

'''Hop in to IRC:'''
* #soylent on irc.soylentnews.org/6697
* [http://irc.sylnt.us/?channels=#soylent Webchat]
* [[SoylentNews:IRC|IRC Wiki Page]]

'''Volunteer''' - Reach out to us: admin+volunteer@soylentnews.org

'''Work on an open project'''
* Pick a project from the [[Open Projects]] list
* Contact the relevant Overlord for more information ([[WhosWho| Who's Who?]])

'''Check out the [[TodoList]]'''

'''Add a [[Suggestions|Suggestion]]'''

'''Tell Somebody''' A friend, a colleague, any major news source....
*Do what you can to get the word out
*Also you could participate in '''[[#The_Slashcott|The Slashcott]]'''

==Contacts==

All Contact and Overlord info can be found here:
===[[WhosWho| Who's Who?]]===

== List of Discussion Pages ==

*[[NewName]]
*[[MailingListUpdates]]
*[[Finances]] -- which model would allow to minimise and/or distribute hosting costs
*[[Business]]
*[[Moderation]] -- how/if to enhance; was it so bad it was the primary reason for the diaspora?
*[[FeatureList]] -- discussion of required/desired characteristics
*[[Submission guidelines]]
*[[Content]]
*[[Development]]
*[[Style]]
*[[Migration of users from Slashdot]] -- how to handle Nicks and UIDs
*[[Licensing]]
*[[WhosWho]] -- points of contact in different project areas
*[[Spreading the word]]
*[[Comments]]
*[[To do]]
*[[Bugs]]
*[[Stories from former Slashdot users]]
*[[IRCVision|What should the IRC network be like?]]
*[[URLShortener|How do we want a URL shortener to be used?]]
*[[CssWork]]
*[[The Slashcott]]
*[[Story Style]]

== Site Name ==

We have a '''temporary''' name!

Thanks go out to everyone who made suggestions - some of them were
absolutely brilliant! For example, it hadn't occurred to me to choose a name based on a
non-English word, or a palindrome, or a puzzle. Many of the entries were quite clever.
(Adies, it took me more than a day to figure yours out. Bravo!)

I won't post the runners up because squatters might take the names before we hold the real
contest. We'll figure out a way to prevent this somehow - at worst case we can choose judges
and do it privately.

Jerry had the winning entry.

The temp name is: '''SoylentNews''' with the tagline: '''SoylentNews is people!'''

Does this rock? It hits the trifecta of website goodness:

* Descriptive in a way that mundanes will understand (compare "Photoshop" with "GIMP", "Internet Explorer" with "Firefox", and "MediaPlayer" with "VLC")

* It's part of Nerd culture, a pun, and slightly twisted

* It's suggestive of being community driven

* Possible Trademark issues

* It is attached to some movie about eating corpses and implies "News fresh as processed corpses" (??)

This will be a hard act to beat. Start thinking up names for the contest, or throw your weight
behind this one. The contest will be held soon after we open the doors.

(And it was poutine (from IRC) who suggested we use a temporary name. Others may also have suggested it, but it was his post that I noticed. Be sure to thank him if you see him on IRC.)

== Similar Projects ==
* [http://technocrat.net/ Technocrat] - News site presented by Bruce Perens, going on the air Tuesday February 17.
* [http://pipedot.org/ Pipedot] - Rewrite project - Aiming to create a cleaner news site with modern technology.
* Usenet newsgroup comp.misc - [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.misc on Google Groups], [http://squte.com/ on Squte], [news:comp.misc via newsreader application]

== "Updates" and Mailing list Archive ==

These are communications surrounding the initial launch:

*An archive of updates surrounding initial work and launch can be found at [[Updates]]
*Mailing list update Messages are [[MailingListUpdates|here]]

Story Style

2014-03-09T20:08:32Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Story Structure */

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, you please make your reservations known in the talk page. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
<nowiki>
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla
ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says
Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius
ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non
dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi
euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut
ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

<blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim
tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc
vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla
sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh
nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et,
dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec
justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci
aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue.

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]
</nowiki>

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow".

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has no little proof, no basis at all, or has yet to have happened.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T20:00:22Z

Mrgirlpluggedout:

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. The Manual of soylent Style will hopefully create a uniform presentation that is in line with journalistic practices, while leaving many matters open to the personal preferences of editors and submitters.

It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my ([[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]]) own personal preference.

Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, you please make your reservations known in the talk page. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=What is a Manual of Style=

=Why a Manual of Style?=

=Story Structure=
Soylent Bob writes:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa elit, pharetra sed lacus vitae, vehicula porta elit. Nulla ac porta nibh. Cras varius turpis ac risus dictum aliquam. 'Quisque adipiscing sem nisi, sit amet pulvinar velit vestibulum in', says Soylent Mel. Morbi luctus aliquet erat quis tempor. Curabitur venenatis commodo eros, eget scelerisque nulla laoreet et. Donec varius ullamcorper tellus, nec placerat purus dignissim eget. Nulla ullamcorper sem eu erat sollicitudin vehicula. Etiam quam dui, luctus non dictum sed, hendrerit sit amet lectus. Nullam aliquet tortor sed commodo interdum. Etiam gravida scelerisque libero, a adipiscing mi euismod pellentesque. Sed viverra dignissim urna non elementum. Nullam accumsan, nibh id rhoncus dictum, nunc arcu placerat augue, ut ullamcorper lectus dolor eu enim. Nulla facilisi:

</blockquote>Morbi leo purus, fermentum non felis vitae, mattis tempus mauris. Nunc bibendum neque non dolor pharetra, quis dignissim tortor semper. Phasellus sed nisl sit amet elit rutrum interdum. Nam hendrerit auctor consequat. Aliquam sed velit tincidunt, tempus nunc vitae, suscipit quam. Nunc cursus ipsum sit amet erat feugiat auctor. Mauris lacus ipsum, rutrum ut mauris eu, mollis luctus arcu. Nulla sit amet nunc purus. Nunc vel dui vel metus pretium ornare id bibendum tellus. Ut rutrum pellentesque tempus.</blockquote>

Integer id nisl vel ante sodales consectetur nec nec tortor. Suspendisse a congue est. Donec ut consectetur mauris. Duis hendrerit nibh nec quam consequat dapibus. Aenean luctus iaculis magna, aliquet aliquam nisi consectetur eget. Morbi eget dui euismod, pulvinar diam et, dignissim nibh. Nunc rhoncus scelerisque libero, id eleifend ipsum lobortis ut. Proin vitae ligula nec lorem facilisis tincidunt et nec justo. Curabitur ligula ligula, pellentesque vel magna sit amet, porta pulvinar enim. Vestibulum suscipit elit erat, in tristique orci aliquet et. Donec ultrices auctor tortor a congue.

[ED's note: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.]

=US/UK Spelling=
=Headline Capitalization=

Except for function words, all words are regularly capitalized in headlines.

Function words are:

* Prepositions, e.g. in, at, and on.
* Conjunctions, e.g. and, if, and but.
* Articles, i.e. the, an, and a.
* Pronouns, e.g. who, you, they. The single exception is of course the pronoun I, which is always capitalized.
* The copula ("the verb to be"), e.g. is, am, and are.

But when headline-initial, even function words are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=
In a series of three or more items, place a comma between the second-to-last item and the conjunction that follows, e.g. "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow" instead of "Soylent Green, Soylent Purple, and Soylent Yellow".

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with one word -- no. The use of such questions in headlines is a journalistic device that is used when the story has no little proof, no basis at all, or has yet to have happened.

Note that this axiom applies naturally applies only to yes/no questions rather than wh-questions.

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T19:33:41Z

Mrgirlpluggedout:

This document is intended to form a manual of style that dictates the way stories are written, mainly in matters of format, punctuation, and grammar. It is currently in its initial stages. Whereas some languages, like French and German, have standardized forms governed by regulatory bodies, English is in many ways a free-for-all. The laws presented below therefore reflect my (--[[User:Mrgirlpluggedout|Mrgirlpluggedout]] ([[User talk:Mrgirlpluggedout|talk]]) 19:33, 9 March 2014 (UTC)) own personal preference. Since no one has died and made me King of Soylent, my opinion does not outweigh the opinion of others. You are most welcome to add your own laws and examples to this document. I simply ask that instead of changing something that already exists, you please make your reservations known in the talk page. Thank you, and happy soylenting!

=Headline Capitalization=

All words are regularly capitalized, apart from prepositions (e.g. in, at, and on), conjunctions (e.g. and, if, and but), and the copula ("the verb to be", e.g. is, am, and are). But when headline-initial, even these are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=

=Dashes=

=Betteridge's Law of Headlines=

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T19:07:27Z

Mrgirlpluggedout:

=Headline Capitalization=

All words are regularly capitalized, apart from prepositions (e.g. in, at, and on), conjunctions (e.g. and, if, and but), and the copula ("the verb to be", e.g. is, am, and are). But when headline-initial, even these are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=

=Possessive S=
# The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
# The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
# Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
# Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
# The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
# The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T19:06:05Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Headline Capitalization */

=Headline Capitalization=

All words are regularly capitalized, apart from prepositions (e.g. in, at, and on), conjunctions (e.g. and, if, and but), and the copula ("the verb to be", e.g. is, am, and are). But when headline-initial, even these are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=

=Possessive S=
1) The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
2)The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
1) Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
2) Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
* The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
* The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T19:05:03Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: /* Titles of Works */

=Headline Capitalization=

All words are regularly capitalized, apart from prepositions, conjunction, and the copula ("the verb to be"). But when headline-initial, even these are capitalized.

=Serial Comma=

=Possessive S=
1) The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
2)The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

=Apostrophes=
1) Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
2) Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.

=Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding=
=Weasel Words=
=Source Needed=
=Titles of Works=
* The titles of books, films, albums, etc. are rendered in italics rather than quotation marks, e.g. Planet of the Apes instead of "Planet of the Apes".
* The names of websites and products receive no such marking, e.g. "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green." Contrast this to the following sentence, in which Soylent Green is the film rather than the product: "CNN reports that Charlton Heston has discovered the secret ingredient in Soylent Green."

=Quotations=
=Citation Style=

Story Style

2014-03-09T18:58:29Z

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Story Style

2014-03-09T18:57:34Z

Mrgirlpluggedout:

=Story Style=
*Headline Capitalization
All words are regularly capitalized, apart from prepositions, conjunction, and the copula ("the verb to be"). But when headline-initial, even these are capitalized.
* Serial Comma
*Possessive S
1) The possessive form of singular nouns is marked with 's, except for some archaic proper nouns that end in -es or -is, e.g. Moses' law (http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#1).
2)The possessive form of plural nouns ending in s does not contain an s, e.g. pirates'.

*Apostrophes
1) Apostrophes are used in the possessive form of nouns, e.g. soylent's (singular) and news' (plural).
2) Apostrophes are not used to form the plural ending of nouns, e.g. the plural form of apple is apples, and its possessive form is apples'. Apple's is the possessive form of the singular apple, while apples' is the possessive form of the plural apples.

Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding
*Weasel Words
*Source Needed
*Titles of Works
*Quotations
*Citation Style

Story Style

2014-03-09T17:05:09Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: Short TOC

Headline Capitalization
Apostrophes
Hyper-Prescriptivism: Split Infinitives and Preposition Stranding
Weasel Words
Source Needed
Titles of Works
Quotations
Citation Style

Story Style

2014-03-09T16:58:00Z

Mrgirlpluggedout: Created a new page, to be used as the Manual of Style for all Soylent News stories.

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