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The work is often referred to as "Turabian" (after the work's original author, Kate L. Turabian) or by the shortened title, A Manual for Writers. [1] The style and formatting of academic works, described within the manual, is commonly referred to as "Turabian style" or "Chicago style" (being based on that of The Chicago Manual of Style).
ISO 1086 – Title leaves of a book; ISO 2145 – Numbering of divisions and subdivisions in written documents; ISO 5966 – Presentation of scientific and technical reports (withdrawn) ISO 6357 – Spine titles on books and other publications; ISO 7144 – Presentation of theses and similar documents; ISO 9241 – Ergonomics of Human System ...
This guide presents the typical layout of Wikipedia articles, including the sections an article usually has, ordering of sections, and formatting styles for various elements of an article. For advice on the use of wiki markup , see Help:Editing ; for guidance on writing style, see Manual of Style .
A template involves repeated elements mostly visible to the end-user/audience. Using a template to layout elements usually involves less graphic design skill than that which was required to design the template. Templates are used for minimal modification of background elements and frequent modification (or swapping) of foreground content.
Text formatting in citations should follow, consistently within an article, an established citation style or system. Options include either of Wikipedia's own template-based Citation Style 1 and Citation Style 2, and any other well-recognized citation system. Parameters in the citation templates should be accurate.
No description. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Month and year date The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically. Example January 2013 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} Line suggested Affected area 1 Text to ...
This template generates a tag to indicate that the article possibly contains original research. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Affected area 1 part Text to replace the word "article", usually "section". Example section Auto value article Line optional Month and year date The month and year that ...
The name or names given in the first sentence does not always match the article title. This page gives advice on the contents of the first sentence, not the article title. By the design of Wikipedia's software, an article can have only one title. When this title is a name, significant alternative names for the topic should be mentioned in the ...