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== Style and Formatting == | |||
=== General === | |||
*This is a wiki, not a promo venue. We're trying to maintain neutrality here. Think [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragnet_%28series%29 Joe Friday]: "Just the facts, ma'am." See the Other Wiki for [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Neutral_point_of_view more explanation]. | |||
*Editors come and go, but the wiki is forever. Please ensure that anything you write will still be true in five or ten years. Words like "recently, are now, will soon" grow stale over time. | |||
*Unless the page clearly calls for it (e.g., [[Carolinas District | list of chapters]]) please limit your external links, and confine them to the "External links" section. | |||
*Try to minimize the number of blue words in each link. | |||
*When in doubt, look at several similar pages for formatting and editorial style. [[BHS_International_Quartet_Champions | AIC pages]] generally have more leeway, out of respect for historian Grady Kerr, who wrote [http://www.barbershopwiki.com/w/index.php?limit=50&tagfilter=&title=Special%3AContributions&contribs=user&target=GradyKerr&namespace=&year=&month=-1 most of them] himself. | |||
*If all else fails, ask [[User:Caseyparsons|Casey]] (founder) or [[User:Paks Paladin|Stu]] (primary editor). | |||
=== External Links === | |||
Please keep them few, relevant, and confined to the External Links section. | |||
Preferred formats: | |||
*<tt><nowiki>[http://example.com Official website]</nowiki></tt> | |||
*<tt><nowiki>SiteName: [http://example.com Reference]</nowiki></tt> | |||
=== Tables === | |||
*To list a group's contest results over several years, please follow [[The Vocal Majority Chorus#Contest Placement|this example]]. | |||
*# class="contesttable" | |||
*# exclamation mark opening the YEAR-rows, which puts the RESULTS in bold | |||
*# year-links only when they actually competed | |||
*# ten years per row, making for easy navigation. | |||
*#*Flexible. "Decades" can [[Roaring '20s#Contest Placement|start anywhere]], or [[Nova Chords#Contest Placement|extend farther]], if it makes sense in context. | |||
*Recordings and Discographies: you can find examples of the two major schools of thought [[Max Q#Recordings|here]] and [["the BUZZ"#Recordings|here]]. | |||
*# class="wikitable" | |||
*# exclamation mark opening rows in bold | |||
*# tracks in a column | |||
*#* Some pages list tracks, some don't. No consensus yet. | |||
=== Templates === | |||
*If an existing template needs updating, go right ahead! | |||
*If you feel the need to create a new template, please test it in your own sandbox first. | |||
*If you want to try something fancy, please run your idea and proof-of-concept past the major contributors first. We may know an easier way to do it. | |||