I learned that glossary entries generally begin with a lowercase letter. Now I have to go back and fix my glossary entries! See Wikipedia's Manual of Style for more info.
Pyrrhus (talk) 13:42, December 20, 2019 (EST)
- I thought both upper and lower case were needed. If I do only lower case, will it allow for capitalization of the first word too? User:Pyrrhus ~Njt (talk) 12:09, February 7, 2020 (EST)
- In the Template:Glossary entry, both uppercase and lowercase are needed in the list of synonyms. But the name of the glossary entry itself should be lowercase, unless it's something that is always uppercase, per Wikipedia's MOS. Hope this helps. Njt
- Pyrrhus (talk) 14:59, February 7, 2020 (EST)
Hi User:Kmdenmark! I see you noticed the spacing issue with glossary entries, which I wrestled with quite a bit when I wrote the Glossary Entry template. When you add glossary entries in the Visual Editor, it doesn't leave any lines between entries, so it shows up as a normal bulleted list. However, if you prefer editing the page in the Source Editor, it makes it a little hard to read. We can either 1) leave no lines between glossary entries so that they show up as a normal bulleted list, or 2) add an extra line between entries so that people who use the Source Editor find it more readable, even though it shows up as a double-spaced bulleted list. What's your preference? (Just bear in mind that future editors are likely to only use the Visual Editor, not the Source Editor.)
Pyrrhus (talk) 14:52, December 20, 2019 (EST)
- Hi User:Pyrrhus, hope all is well. I found it easier to edit with a space between the entries, but I'm not married to it. I'll go with whatever you decide looks and works best. Kmdenmark (talk) 17:04, December 20, 2019 (EST)
- Thanks for the feedback Kmdenmark. Since the glossary page is currently going through a lot of editing, feel free to add extra spaces if it helps you in the Source Editor. Once the glossary page has stabilized, I can then go through and remove the spaces, so the list is single-spaced instead of double-spaced. Or, you can try adding glossary entries in the Visual Editor instead of the Source Editor, which you may actually find easier! (The only advantage to using the Source Editor is that you can put references outside the template tag, instead of inside, although it really doesn't make any difference whether the reference is outside or inside.)
- And by the way, if the glossary entry doesn't have an MEpedia page, you can list the corresponding wikipedia page in "learn-more-url", in case people want to learn more.
- Best, Pyrrhus (talk) 17:42, December 20, 2019 (EST)
- Thanks! Kmdenmark (talk) 22:15, December 24, 2019 (EST)
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