User:Caleblove1/Sandbox/Style-Guide

Specific Page Style Guides
The following pages have specific instructions regarding content, structure, formatting, etc:

1. Country Pages (ex. United States Genealogy)

2. U.S. State Pages (ex. Utah Genealogy)

3. U.S. County Pages (ex. Salt Lake County)

4. Country Topic Pages (ex. U.S. Military Records)

5. Parish Pages

6. FamilySearch Center Pages

Content

 * Article Titles
 * Article Headings

Section Headings

 * Headings should not refer redundantly to the subject of the article, or to higher-level headings, unless doing so is shorter or clearer.
 * Headings should not contain links, especially where only part of a heading is linked.
 * Section and subsection headings should preferably be unique within a page; otherwise section links may lead to the wrong place, and automatic edit summaries can be ambiguous.
 * Citations should not be placed within or on the same line as section and subsection headings.
 * Headings should not contain images; this includes flag icons.
 * Headings should not contain questions.
 * Avoid starting headings with numbers (other than years), because this can be confusing for readers with the "Auto-number headings" preference selected.

Capitalization

 * Do not use capitals for emphasis. Use italics, not capitals, to denote emphasis.
 * In English, every word except for articles, short coordinating conjunctions, or short prepositions is capitalized, as is the first or last word within the title. Follow the cross-reference above, for more detailed information and examples.
 * However, for names of Wikipedia articles and of section headings in articles and pages, generally only the first word and all proper names are capitalized in titles. (See WP:Manual of Style/Capital letters § Composition titles for details.)
 * After a hyphen, follow the capitalization rule for each part independently (resulting in, e.g., The Out-of-Towners), unless reliable sources consistently do otherwise in a particular case (The History of Middle-earth).
 * Quotations, titles of works (books, films, etc.): Quote these as given in the source.
 * Proper names: Use the subject's own spelling e.g., joint project of the United States Department of Defense and the Australian Defence Force; passages explicitly discussing varieties of English.
 * URLs: It sometimes happens that someone editing an article for consistency will accidentally apply the edit to the URL of an external link (or reference). This should be avoided as it usually breaks the link.
 * Citations