W15: Understanding Wikipedia: Manual of Style (extra blogging)



1. Summary

I learned how to write Wikipedia articles. This is Wikipedia's own style of writing articles called MoS. The reason for this format is to be a clearer and more sustainable Wikipedia.

A Wikipedia article consists of a lead, which is the face of the article, and each section followed by headings. Sentences in the lead should not be taken from the article, but should be written in a way that is clear and arouses interest in the article.

In the heading, definite and indefinite articles are omitted, and it is discouraged to use the title of the article as it is. Also, usually only the starting alphabet is written in uppercase.

The first heading is the title of the article, encompassing the article itself. In principle, headings in articles are indented according to the hierarchical structure.

In addition, photos, various links and citations inserted into articles can be used according to the rules. Naturally, duplicates should be avoided and controversial ones should not be used. In the case of a link, it should be inserted with a good distinction between internal and external links.

There are various rules in this one as well, and although these rules are very many and difficult to list like this, but I experienced that if I write an article carefully every sentence, it acts as a shortcut to write an article well.

 

2. Impressive

As it is a participatory encyclopedia, I thought that I would just have to keep the encyclopedia format, but it is impressive that Wikipedia has its own “distinct” style manual. It is natural since the unique structure, hierarchy, and sections of Wikipedia articles clearly exist. Also, due to the unique characteristics of Wiki, that is, it links various information inside and outside Wikipedia, and the citations that support the articles, a detailed style manual is required.

Personally, strictly following Wikipedia's style guide is annoying, but I feel like it helps make Wikipedia fun.

 

3. Discussion Points

Did you have any difficulties in carrying out our main wiki project while maintaining this Wikipedia style?

In my case, I struggled with adding citations. For example, if not just one sentence but all the sentences in a paragraph have sources in one source, I thought about how to display them.

Please let me know if you have encountered such difficulties or have resolved any difficulties.


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