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Wikipedia:Update/1/General style changes during November 2008

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  • WP:Accessibility
    • Added example code for user's monobook.js page to show footnotes in full sized text.
    • Added advice on "colspan", "rowspan", and "non-text comment" in tables.



  • WP:Avoid peacock terms
    • Added the words "long", "mediocre", "primary" and "short" to the list of words to watch out for
    • Added mention of adding {{Peacock term}} to a peacock term in a sentence.


  • Wikipedia:External links
    • Remove the repeated "it" from list at the beginning of the "What to link" section.
    • Rewording of instruction not to link to advertisement pages, clarifying that it refers to the page (not the site)
    • Clarification in the instruction not to link to "search result" pages





  • WP:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)
    • Page is protected pending resolution of date-linking issues.
    • Added regarding YYYY-MM-DD style dates: "(If the only purpose why they are used in a particular table is ease of comparison, consider using {{sort|2008-11-01|1 November 2008}}.)"


  • Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links)
    • Added: "Keeping possessive apostrophes inside the link, where possible, makes for more readable text and source".
    • Added this sentence, along with supporting reference: "Because academic research conducted in 2008 has shown that red links are what drives Wikipedia growth, it is important not to deal with type #1 red links [for articles not yet created] by simply removing their brackets."
    • Changed a link to Category:Language icon templates
    • The discussion on linking dates continues.