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{{style-guideline}}

{{style-guideline}}

{{DrawBoxNote|content=Note to contributors to this style guide: Because this document is a draft and is based heavily on the MythTV Manual of Style, substantive changes should be discussed on the talk page first, or they will very likely be removed. <br>Also, we should keep the manual simple and straightforward, with anything ''too'' hairy (table styles, for instance) relegated to a linked page.}}

{{Note box|Note to contributors to this style guide: Because this document is a draft and is based heavily on the MythTV Manual of Style, substantive changes should be discussed on the talk page first, or they will very likely be removed. <br>Also, we should keep the manual simple and straightforward, with anything ''too'' hairy (table styles, for instance) relegated to a linked page.}}

This '''Manual of Style''' has the simple purpose of making things easy to read by following a consistent format &mdash; it is a style guide. The following rules do not claim to be the last word on SME Server wiki-style. One way is often as good as another, but if everyone does it the same way, the SME Server wiki will be easier to read and use, not to mention easier to write and edit. In this regard, the following quotation from ''The Chicago Manual of Style'' deserves notice:

This '''Manual of Style''' has the simple purpose of making things easy to read by following a consistent format &mdash; it is a style guide. The following rules do not claim to be the last word on SME Server wiki-style. One way is often as good as another, but if everyone does it the same way, the SME Server wiki will be easier to read and use, not to mention easier to write and edit. In this regard, the following quotation from ''The Chicago Manual of Style'' deserves notice:

Clear, informative, and unbiased writing is always more important than presentation and formatting. Writers are ''not'' required to follow all or any of these rules: the joy of wiki editing is that perfection is not required.

Clear, informative, and unbiased writing is always more important than presentation and formatting. Writers are ''not'' required to follow all or any of these rules: the joy of wiki editing is that perfection is not required.

{{DrawBoxNote|content=Note that this Style Manual was stolen bodily from the MythTV wiki; there will certainly be things we'll need to change, as we have differering requirements than they do.  Above all, remember The Wiki Way: try not to be offended if someone (particularly someone like [[User:Snoble|Snoble]]  or [[User:Cactus|myself]]) makes a change to a style or policy item you've contributed to.  Wiki's are all about everyone contributing, but someone does occasionally have to herd the cats.  :-) }}

{{Note box|Note that this Style Manual was stolen bodily from the MythTV wiki; there will certainly be things we'll need to change, as we have differering requirements than they do.  Above all, remember The Wiki Way: try not to be offended if someone (particularly someone like [[User:Snoble|Snoble]]  or [[User:Cactus|myself]]) makes a change to a style or policy item you've contributed to.  Wiki's are all about everyone contributing, but someone does occasionally have to herd the cats.  :-) }}

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