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  2. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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    Use of italics should conform to Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting § Italic type. Do not use articles (a, an, or the) as the first word (Economy of the Second Empire, not The economy of the Second Empire), unless it is an inseparable part of a name (The Hague) or of the title of a work (A Clockwork Orange, The Simpsons).

  3. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Text formatting

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    Emphasis may be used to draw attention to an important word or phrase within a sentence, when the point or thrust of the sentence may otherwise not be apparent to readers, or to stress a contrast: Gellner accepts that knowledge must be knowledge of something. It may be preferable to avoid the need for emphasis by rewriting a sentence more ...

  4. Wikipedia:Citing sources - Wikipedia

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    The use of ibid., id., or similar abbreviations is discouraged, as they may become broken as new references are added (op. cit. is less problematic in that it should refer explicitly to a citation contained in the article; however, not all readers are familiar with the meaning of the terms). If the use of ibid is extensive, tag the article ...

  5. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section - Wikipedia

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    (See also Format of the first sentence below.) When the page title is used as the subject of the first sentence, it may appear in a slightly different form, and it may include variations, including plural forms (particularly if they are unusual or confusing) or synonyms .

  6. Wikipedia:Inline citation - Wikipedia

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    This method automatically arranges the references presented in an article through the use of opening and closing ref tags: <ref> and </ref>. Information placed between the two tags forms the footnote. Either standard wiki markup or citations templates can be used to format bibliographic citations.

  7. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Abbreviations

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    Both variants are used, but avoid mixing dotted and undotted within the same article; use "US" in articles with other national abbreviations (e.g., "UK", "UAE", "USSR"). Using United States instead of an acronym is often better formal writing style, and is an opportunity for commonality .

  8. Purchase order - Wikipedia

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    An example of a purchase order request from a travel agent. A purchase order, often abbreviated to PO, is a commercial document issued by a buyer to a seller, indicating types, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services required. [1] It is used to control the purchasing of products and services from external suppliers. [2]

  9. Requisition - Wikipedia

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    Requisition may refer to: Purchase requisition, a document issued by a buyer to a seller indicating types, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services;