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There are often two or more definitions per term. Definitions longer than a short paragraph may indicate a need for an article (or article section) about the topic of the term and a link to it from the glossary definition, in lieu of an in-depth definition in the glossary itself. style
Editors should structure articles with consistent, reader-friendly layouts and formatting (which are detailed in this guide). Where more than one style or format is acceptable under the MoS, one should be used consistently within an article and should not be changed without good reason. Edit warring over stylistic choices is unacceptable. [b]
Should not be written out in full for clock time, and does not need to be linked. It should not be written AM or A.M. BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation: BC: before Christ: Should not be written out in full in dates and does not need to be linked. BCE: Before Common Era: Should not be written out in full in dates. CD: compact disc: CE ...
It is checked for length, invalid characters – anything other than numbers, spaces, and hyphens – and the proper check digit. Aliases: ISMN. issn: International Standard Serial Number; eight characters may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen, but not an en dash or a space; example |issn=2049-3630. Aliases: ISSN.
Narrative style citations have the author appearing as part of the regular text sentence, outside parentheses, as in: "Jones (2001) revolutionized the field of trauma surgery." [5] Two authors are cited using "and" or "&": (Deane and Jones 1991) or (Deane & Jones 1991). More than two authors are cited using "et al.": (Smith et al. 1992).
Per WP:COMMONNAME, if a proper noun uses always a hyphen, then we should use also a hyphen. Should we add an exception to WP:EMDASH? --Enric Naval 19:33, 28 December 2010 (UTC) thanks for starting that/this, in clearer, briefer terms than my usual volubility would produce.Skookum1 19:50, 28 December 2010 (UTC) Previous discussion.
Right now, shorter terms tend to offer higher rates than longer terms, but this can change. As of this writing, the top short-term CD rates are around 4.95 percent APY.
Aliases: surname, author, last1, surname1, author1. author: this parameter is used to hold the name of an organizational author (e.g. a committee) or the complete name (first and last) of a single person; for the latter, prefer the use of |first= and |last=. This parameter should never hold the names of more than one author.