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{{mosnav|p=Typography and punctuation|c=Typography and punctuation | {{mosnav|p=Typography and punctuation|c=Typography and punctuation|Capital letters|Bold text|Italics|Vertical spacing|Apostrophe|Comma|Period|Semi-colon}} | ||
{{moss|You can put two '''horizontal spaces''' after a period, exclamation point or question mark if you want. But [[T: | {{moss|You can put two '''horizontal spaces''' after a period, exclamation point or question mark if you want. But [[T:CBOT|the bot]] will correct your typing to the 21st century standard of a single space.}} | ||
{{sc|T:SENT SPACE}} | {{sc|T:SENT SPACE}} | ||
Although there has been some sporadic discussion about adopting a standard, the community has never actually ruled on the number of spaces which should follow a period or other full stop. Until a definitive ruling comes from forum discussion, editors are at liberty to use either one {{key|space}} after a period — which is the current standard on most online style sheets — or two, which was the prevailing rule in business until about the year 2000. | Although there has been some sporadic discussion about adopting a standard, the community has never actually ruled on the number of spaces which should follow a period or other full stop. Until a definitive ruling comes from forum discussion, editors are at liberty to use either one {{key|space}} after a period — which is the current standard on most online style sheets — or two, which was the prevailing rule in business until about the year 2000. | ||
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That said, a [[T:CLEAN CODE|code cleaning bot]] does actually ensure that only one {{key|space}} exists between a full stop and the next character. However, this bot is not in continuous operation, which means that you will occasionally find instances of double-spacing around the wiki. | That said, a [[T:CLEAN CODE|code cleaning bot]] does actually ensure that only one {{key|space}} exists between a full stop and the next character. However, this bot is not in continuous operation, which means that you will occasionally find instances of double-spacing around the wiki. | ||
If you don't understand the underlying issue, you might want to '''read more at [[wikipedia:sentence spacing|Wikipedia's in-depth article about sentence spacing]].''' | |||
Latest revision as of 06:38, 9 January 2014
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Tables → Section headings → Use sentence case → Quotation marks → Italics → Capital letters → Bold text → Vertical spacing → Apostrophe → Comma → Period → Semi-colon → Movable type → Sentence spacing |
Although there has been some sporadic discussion about adopting a standard, the community has never actually ruled on the number of spaces which should follow a period or other full stop. Until a definitive ruling comes from forum discussion, editors are at liberty to use either one space after a period — which is the current standard on most online style sheets — or two, which was the prevailing rule in business until about the year 2000.
That said, a code cleaning bot does actually ensure that only one space exists between a full stop and the next character. However, this bot is not in continuous operation, which means that you will occasionally find instances of double-spacing around the wiki.
If you don't understand the underlying issue, you might want to read more at Wikipedia's in-depth article about sentence spacing.
