User talk:Laqueesha/Archive 1 - Revision history

Laqueesha at 14:41, 17 February 2018

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	:It's the [[IMFDB Style Guide\|third item]]. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 22:04, 8 January 2018 (EST)		:It's the [[IMFDB Style Guide\|third item]]. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 22:04, 8 January 2018 (EST)
	::Fine, we'll do this the hard way. [[User:Evil Tim\|Evil Tim]] ([[User talk:Evil Tim\|talk]]) 01:27, 9 January 2018 (EST)		::Fine, we'll do this the hard way. [[User:Evil Tim\|Evil Tim]] ([[User talk:Evil Tim\|talk]]) 01:27, 9 January 2018 (EST)

			==US edits==
			I reverted some of them since I think 'USA' is a bit more proper of an abbreviation to list as a country of publication in the infobox. Just my take, though thinking on it I suppose it doesn't matter much either way.. I'm welcome to ask Tim or FCM or any of the other admins for input but regardless if you wanna revert those back, eh, feel free. [[User:StanTheMan\|StanTheMan]] ([[User talk:StanTheMan\|talk]]) 20:12, 16 February 2018 (EST)
			:Hi, professional English language writing style guides such as the 2010 edition of ''The Chicago Manual of Style'' prefer "US" over "USA". [[User:Laqueesha\|Laqueesha]] ([[User talk:Laqueesha\|talk]]) 01:14, 17 February 2018 (EST)

Laqueesha at 11:08, 16 February 2018

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	:I changed it to "U.S." because over on Wikipedia, they prefer "U.S." over "USA". [[User:Laqueesha\|Laqueesha]] ([[User talk:Laqueesha\|talk]]) 09:30, 30 November 2015 (EST)		:I changed it to "U.S." because over on Wikipedia, they prefer "U.S." over "USA". [[User:Laqueesha\|Laqueesha]] ([[User talk:Laqueesha\|talk]]) 09:30, 30 November 2015 (EST)
	::Our own [[Style Guide]] states that "Initialisms do not need periods." So if you're going to change it, it should be US and not U.S. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 11:44, 30 November 2015 (EST)		::Our own [[Style Guide]] states that "Initialisms do not need periods." So if you're going to change it, it should be US and not U.S. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 11:44, 30 November 2015 (EST)

			== Edits ==

			Look, you've been told by multiple people on multiple occasions that we don't put periods in initialisms the way that wikipedia does. Stop doing it or we're going to be moving up to bans next time. [[User:Evil Tim\|Evil Tim]] ([[User talk:Evil Tim\|talk]]) 14:21, 5 January 2018 (EST)
			:It's the [[IMFDB Style Guide\|third item]]. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 22:04, 8 January 2018 (EST)
			::Fine, we'll do this the hard way. [[User:Evil Tim\|Evil Tim]] ([[User talk:Evil Tim\|talk]]) 01:27, 9 January 2018 (EST)

Laqueesha at 21:40, 14 December 2015

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	For the sake of consistency, we don't put periods in initials. So "US Army" rather than "U.S. Army." Thanks. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 20:03, 13 January 2013 (EST)		For the sake of consistency, we don't put periods in initials. So "US Army" rather than "U.S. Army." Thanks. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 20:03, 13 January 2013 (EST)
			==X-Files edits==
			I've since changed them but I gotta ask - Any particular reason you changed the 'USA' to 'U.S.' in the infoboxes on most (but not all) of the season pages? All the other pages I've seen either use 'USA' or 'United States'. It looks strange and the Style Guide states periods on initialisms aren't required. Given you didn't do it on all the season pages it just seemed rather arbitrary. [[User:StanTheMan\|StanTheMan]] ([[User talk:StanTheMan\|talk]]) 14:12, 27 November 2015 (EST)
			:I changed it to "U.S." because over on Wikipedia, they prefer "U.S." over "USA". [[User:Laqueesha\|Laqueesha]] ([[User talk:Laqueesha\|talk]]) 09:30, 30 November 2015 (EST)
			::Our own [[Style Guide]] states that "Initialisms do not need periods." So if you're going to change it, it should be US and not U.S. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 11:44, 30 November 2015 (EST)

Laqueesha: archiving

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archiving

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== Writing intros ==
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:Thanks for the tip. [[User:Laqueesha|Laqueesha]] ([[User talk:Laqueesha|talk]]) 23:31, 8 December 2012 (EST)

== Periods in initials ==

For the sake of consistency, we don't put periods in initials. So "US Army" rather than "U.S. Army." Thanks. --[[User:Funkychinaman|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman|talk]]) 20:03, 13 January 2013 (EST)

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	:It's the [[IMFDB Style Guide\|third item]]. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 22:04, 8 January 2018 (EST)		:It's the [[IMFDB Style Guide\|third item]]. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 22:04, 8 January 2018 (EST)
	::Fine, we'll do this the hard way. [[User:Evil Tim\|Evil Tim]] ([[User talk:Evil Tim\|talk]]) 01:27, 9 January 2018 (EST)		::Fine, we'll do this the hard way. [[User:Evil Tim\|Evil Tim]] ([[User talk:Evil Tim\|talk]]) 01:27, 9 January 2018 (EST)

			==US edits==
			I reverted some of them since I think 'USA' is a bit more proper of an abbreviation to list as a country of publication in the infobox. Just my take, though thinking on it I suppose it doesn't matter much either way.. I'm welcome to ask Tim or FCM or any of the other admins for input but regardless if you wanna revert those back, eh, feel free. [[User:StanTheMan\|StanTheMan]] ([[User talk:StanTheMan\|talk]]) 20:12, 16 February 2018 (EST)
			:Hi, professional English language writing style guides such as the 2010 edition of ''The Chicago Manual of Style'' prefer "US" over "USA". [[User:Laqueesha\|Laqueesha]] ([[User talk:Laqueesha\|talk]]) 01:14, 17 February 2018 (EST)

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	:I changed it to "U.S." because over on Wikipedia, they prefer "U.S." over "USA". [[User:Laqueesha\|Laqueesha]] ([[User talk:Laqueesha\|talk]]) 09:30, 30 November 2015 (EST)		:I changed it to "U.S." because over on Wikipedia, they prefer "U.S." over "USA". [[User:Laqueesha\|Laqueesha]] ([[User talk:Laqueesha\|talk]]) 09:30, 30 November 2015 (EST)
	::Our own [[Style Guide]] states that "Initialisms do not need periods." So if you're going to change it, it should be US and not U.S. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 11:44, 30 November 2015 (EST)		::Our own [[Style Guide]] states that "Initialisms do not need periods." So if you're going to change it, it should be US and not U.S. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 11:44, 30 November 2015 (EST)

			== Edits ==

			Look, you've been told by multiple people on multiple occasions that we don't put periods in initialisms the way that wikipedia does. Stop doing it or we're going to be moving up to bans next time. [[User:Evil Tim\|Evil Tim]] ([[User talk:Evil Tim\|talk]]) 14:21, 5 January 2018 (EST)
			:It's the [[IMFDB Style Guide\|third item]]. --[[User:Funkychinaman\|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman\|talk]]) 22:04, 8 January 2018 (EST)
			::Fine, we'll do this the hard way. [[User:Evil Tim\|Evil Tim]] ([[User talk:Evil Tim\|talk]]) 01:27, 9 January 2018 (EST)