MarioWiki:Proposals

Writing guidelines
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Removals
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Update the Manual of Style to discourage contractions on the wiki
First of all, I'm aware this proposal might sound pedantic. It's perfectly fine to use in every day speech and writing because it's easier than to use the whole structure when it doesn't matter that much; see, I just that did four times in this proposal. However, they do sound unprofessional on a site that is treated as an encyclopedia. Using structures such as "it's" and "don'ts" in main space sentences create the impression of a personal addressing to the reader, much like the use of "you's" would. Therefore, I propose that the manual of style be updated to simply state that contractions are not really welcome on the wiki, and that current instances should be expanded to their full forms when spotted. I'm not saying the manual should downright enforce writing without contractions because that would be a colossal maintanance undertaking. But really, what you do when you contract a structure is basically replace one letter with an apostrophe. I don't think omitting one letter reduces the effort, and frankly, sometimes it's annoying to see that so aggressively put in practice.

Proposer: Deadline: October 27, 2018, 16:45 GMT

Do it

 * 1) This can't, I mean cannot be accepted much longer.
 * 2) I agree. It should not be 'Mario can't do it'. It must be 'Mario cannot do it.'
 * 3) As long as it's enforced on the same line as how we already enforce proper usage of italics (see comment below), I'm for this. Per Super Radio.

Don't
While I'm not entirely against this proposal, I feel that, as Super Radio mentioned before, it is huge maintenance to remove contractions, and monitor their use on this wiki. It is somewhat contradictory to enforce a rule against the usage of contractions, because the manual of style uses contractions quite a lot for its explanations. We just need to discuss when contractions will not be tolerated, and when they're just fine to use.

Comments
While I certainly agree, I don't think we should draw a hard line on using contractions, just notify users when they use them, like what we already do for users who forget to use proper italics. 13:01, 13 October 2018 (EDT)
 * True, maybe I should have worded my proposal this way... -- 13:04, 13 October 2018 (EDT)

Miscellaneous
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