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Revision as of 10:49, 15 October 2008
The Manual of Style is intended to bring some general guidelines to the way articles and pages should be formatted and structured to help make the CPAPtalk.com CPAP Wiki better. One of the nice things about a wiki is that edits do not have to be perfect since they may always be changed for correction or improvement later on. These guidelines are not "law", but will serve to make the site more uniform, and therefore easier to use. Editors should try to follow these guidelines but there are always exceptions to every rule. Above all, use common sense.
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Article titles
In choosing a title for a new page or article, use the following guidelines.
- Use English.
- Use the singular.
- Avoid special characters.
- Avoid using a, an, or the as the first word.
- Avoid abbreviations.
If the wrong name is chosen for a title, the page can be moved by a Sysop, which will automatically create a redirect from the old title to the new title. Redirects should also be made from all other entries someone might type when looking for your article.