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Dates are traditionally and most commonly written in day–month–year (DMY) order: [1] [2] 31 December 1999; 31/12/99; Formal style manuals discourage writing the day of the month as an ordinal number (for example "31st December"), except with an incomplete reference, such as "They set off on 12 August 1960 and arrived on the 18th".
For topics with strong ties to Commonwealth of Nations countries and other former British territories, use Commonwealth English orthography, largely indistinguishable from British English in encyclopedic writing (excepting Canada, which uses a different orthography).
Introduction to the Manual of Style – a quick introduction to the style guide for articles. Simplified Manual of Style – the basics about commonly used style guidelines. Styletips – a list of advice for editors on writing style and formatting. Manual of Style reading schedule – an essay. Related essays
Ie, Wikipedia is an international effort and we respect that our fellow editors come from other countries that use different date formats. Or put it another way - how would you, as an American, like it if we said that all articles must use British dates, British spelling, British grammar. Stepho talk 21:07, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
The current MOSNUM wording says a non-breaking space should be added between the date number and month name (e.g. 28 November or November 28) and that for expressions of time, A hard space (see above) is advisable between the numerals and the a.m./p.m.
The British band Queen released an album called At the Beeb in the UK and it had to be called "At the BBC" for US release. Belisha beacon orange ball, containing a flashing light or now sometimes surrounded by a flashing disc of LEDs , mounted on a post at each end of a zebra crossing (q.v.); named after the UK Minister of Transport Leslie Hore ...
British style and scientific style use a space or half-space between the value and the degree symbol, e.g., 20 °C. I would recommend no spaces for an American-based article and spaces for a technical or British-based article. —Wayward 08:16, July 25, 2005 (UTC) Yes there is a policy, following what Wayward calls British or scientific style.
Jane Porter (3 December 1775 – 24 May 1850) was an English historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Her bestselling novels, Thaddeus of Warsaw (1803) and The Scottish Chiefs (1810) are seen as among the earliest historical novels in a modern style and among the first to become bestsellers.