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TK: Now that you've changed all the double hyphens to one, I suppose it's worth asking if we should be using the proper HTML elements, like — (&mdash;) or – (&ndash;) instead. I can do a search and replace on other pages I've already typed up rather than you doing it manually, if you think it's important enough.<br>-- [[User:Av8rmike|Av8rmike]] ([[User talk:Av8rmike|talk]]) 12:24, 12 July 2012 (UTC) | TK: Now that you've changed all the double hyphens to one, I suppose it's worth asking if we should be using the proper HTML elements, like — (&mdash;) or – (&ndash;) instead. I can do a search and replace on other pages I've already typed up rather than you doing it manually, if you think it's important enough.<br>-- [[User:Av8rmike|Av8rmike]] ([[User talk:Av8rmike|talk]]) 12:24, 12 July 2012 (UTC) | ||
:Hmmm, I ''did'' look this up on wikipedia a couple of months ago ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Hyphens here]), but because we're doing quite a different thing with transcriptions, it's not entirely relevant, so I gave up. I found I needed something to indicate broken sentences, if they change track or get interrupted, so I ended up using hyphens. I thought about &mdash; and &ndash;, but I'm not sure if/how to regulate this across transcriptions. I'd be happy to follow/contribute to a loose manual of style, e.g American spelling, spelling numbers under 10 etc., but I don't know about other users. What do you think? | |||
:With the double-hyphens here, I just saw one as I was formatting links, then another, I didn't realise it wasn't a typo until I was too far in. Sorry about that. | |||
:While it's good to keep things clean and uniform across transcripts, and I personally prefer guidelines, I think most people will probably prefer to keep it organic (although I have nothing to base that on). I really don't know what's best for the purposes of the site. This is probably one for the community portal, Any ideas?<br>--[[User:Teleuteskitty|Teleuteskitty]] ([[User talk:Teleuteskitty|talk]]) 20:15, 12 July 2012 (UTC) | |||
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I can take on the proof-reading for this episode. Thanks for doing the transcription, Rich!
-- Av8rmike (talk) 12:31, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
Great, thanks! :D
Rwh86 (talk) 07:41, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
TK: Now that you've changed all the double hyphens to one, I suppose it's worth asking if we should be using the proper HTML elements, like — (—) or – (–) instead. I can do a search and replace on other pages I've already typed up rather than you doing it manually, if you think it's important enough.
-- Av8rmike (talk) 12:24, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
- Hmmm, I did look this up on wikipedia a couple of months ago (here), but because we're doing quite a different thing with transcriptions, it's not entirely relevant, so I gave up. I found I needed something to indicate broken sentences, if they change track or get interrupted, so I ended up using hyphens. I thought about — and –, but I'm not sure if/how to regulate this across transcriptions. I'd be happy to follow/contribute to a loose manual of style, e.g American spelling, spelling numbers under 10 etc., but I don't know about other users. What do you think?
- With the double-hyphens here, I just saw one as I was formatting links, then another, I didn't realise it wasn't a typo until I was too far in. Sorry about that.
- While it's good to keep things clean and uniform across transcripts, and I personally prefer guidelines, I think most people will probably prefer to keep it organic (although I have nothing to base that on). I really don't know what's best for the purposes of the site. This is probably one for the community portal, Any ideas?
--Teleuteskitty (talk) 20:15, 12 July 2012 (UTC)