Editing Encyclopedia:Manual of Style (section)

==See also==
*[[Wikipedia:Editing policy|Editing policy]] – explains Wikipedia's general philosophy of editing
*[[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, textbook, or scientific journal|Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, textbook, or scientific journal]]{{snd}}we write for a general, not technical, readership as much as we can
*[[Help:Introduction to the Manual of Style|Manual of Style tutorial]]{{snd}}a quick introduction to the style guide for articles
*[[Help:Introduction to the Manual of Style/Manual of Style quiz|Manual of Style quiz]]{{snd}}test your Manual of Style knowledge
*[[Wikipedia:Styletips|Styletips]] – a list of advice for editors on writing style and formatting
*[[wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents|Manual of Style Contents]] – guidelines for film, novels, biographies, military history, etc.
*[[Wikipedia:Identifying and using style guides|Identifying and using style guides]]{{snd}}an essay providing a summary of off-site style guides' influences on MoS and their uses as sources in Wikipedia articles
*[[Wikipedia:If MOS doesn't need a rule on something, then it needs to not have a rule on that thing]]{{snd}}resisting MOSbloat

===Guidance===
*[[Wikipedia:Annotated article|Annotated article]] – is a well-constructed sample article, with annotations
*[[Wikipedia:Article development|Article development]] – lists the ways in which you can help an article grow
**[[Wikipedia:Basic copyediting|Basic copyediting]] – gives helpful advice on copy-editing
**[[Wikipedia:Writing better articles|Better articles]] – guidance on how to make articles better
**[[Wikipedia:The perfect article|Perfect article]] – point-by-point guidance on what makes a great article
*[[Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes|Avoiding common mistakes]] – gives a list of common mistakes and how to avoid them
*[[Wikipedia:Be bold|Be bold]] – suggests a bold attitude toward page updates
*[[Wikipedia:Citing sources|Citing sources]] – explains process and standards for citing references
*[[Help:Editing|Editing]] – is a short primer on editing pages
*[[Style guide]] – contains links to the style guides of some magazines and newspapers
*[[Help:Wiki markup|Wiki markup]] – explains the codes and resources available for editing a page
*[[Wikipedia:In versus of|Wikipedia:''in'' versus ''of'']] – proper use of ''in'' and ''of'' (or some alternatives, as ''from'' and ''on'')

===Tools===
*[[User talk:GregU/dashes.js|User:GregU's dashes script]] – a script that will fix dashes in articles in accordance with MOS:DASH
*[[User:Ohconfucius/script/MOSNUM dates|User:Ohconfucius MOSDATE script]] – a script that will unify dates in articles in accordance with MOS:DATEFORMAT

===Other community standards===
*[[Wikipedia:List of policies|List of policies]] – a comprehensive, descriptive directory of policies
*[[Wikipedia:List of guidelines|List of guidelines]] – a comprehensive descriptive directory of guidelines
**[[Help:Contents/Directory#Community standards and advice|Community standards and advice]]{{snd}}a quick directory of community norms and related guidance essays
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide#Advice pages|Advice pages]] – about advice pages written by WikiProjects

===Guidelines within the Manual of Style===
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(Links to policy and guidelines on specific questions)

====Names====
{{Shortcut|MOS:ORGNAME}}
*Proper names:
**Generally: [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters]]
**Peoples and languages that share the same name: {{section link|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Peoples and their languages}}
**Place names: {{section link|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Place names}}
**Diacritical marks in names: {{section link||Spelling and romanization}}
**Names of ships in article titles and in the body of articles: [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ships)]]

*Naming and identifying individuals and peoples:
**Generally: {{section link||Identity}}
**Specifically (for individuals): {{section link|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies|Names}}
**Opening paragraph of biographies: {{section link|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies|Opening paragraph}}
*Names of organizations:
**Generally (has application beyond the topic guideline in which it is currently located): {{section link|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Cue sports|Respect for official organization names}}
**Names that are also trademarks (dedicated MOS page): [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trademarks]]
*Names of animal and plant species, etc. (in article titles): [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (fauna)]], [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (flora)]]