https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/index.php?title=User:Hawke/Misc_Guideline&feed=atom&action=historyUser:Hawke/Misc Guideline - Revision history2024-03-28T11:10:28ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.4https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/index.php?title=User:Hawke/Misc_Guideline&diff=42455&oldid=prevHawke: /* Initial entry of a release */2010-12-01T22:38:03Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Initial entry of a release</span></span></p>
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</table>Hawkehttps://wiki.musicbrainz.org/index.php?title=User:Hawke/Misc_Guideline&diff=42453&oldid=prevHawke: New page: ==Use of special characters== There are certain “generic” characters and combinations which are no longer in the preferred style. They are: ''' ' ''',''' " ''', '''...''' and '''-'''...2010-12-01T22:10:08Z<p>New page: ==Use of special characters== There are certain “generic” characters and combinations which are no longer in the preferred style. They are: ''' ' ''',''' " ''', '''...''' and '''-'''...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Use of special characters==<br />
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There are certain “generic” characters and combinations which are no longer in the preferred style. They are: ''' ' ''',''' " ''', '''...''' and '''-'''.<br />
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Generic characters should be used only in cases of [[Artist Intent]]. Otherwise, editors should replace generic characters with their more specific equivalents. <br />
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While there are several ways to enter the preferred characters—including various key combinations and copy/paste—it may be difficult in your configuration. In such cases, use the generic equivalents. Later edits can update to the preferred form.<br />
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===The characters===<br />
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For reference, here are some of the characters which are the preferred style.<br />
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;Apostrophe: A true apostrophe (’) is preferred in place of a typewriter apostrophe (').<br />
;Quotation marks: Use the mark that appears on the release, instead of " or '. Common variations include:<br />
:; double quotes: “ and ”<br />
:; single quotes: ‘ and ’<br />
:; guillemets: « » and ‹ › (note difference from < and >)<br />
:; low quotes: „ and ‚ (note difference from comma: ,)<br />
:; ditto mark: 〃<br />
;Primes: Use single prime (′), double-prime (″), or other prime symbols where appropriate. Single prime indicates minutes and feet; double-prime indicates seconds and inches. Greater prime symbols are rarely used, but do exist.<br />
;Ellipsis: Use the ellipsis character (…) instead of three periods (...)<br />
;Dashes, hyphens, and minus signs: Use the appropriate hyphen (‐), minus sign (−), em dash (—), en dash (–), or other dash as it appears on the release. If you can’t easily enter these characters, or can’t determine which is correct, use - (hyphen-minus, the common character appearing on keyboards) for en dash, hyphen, and minus; use -- for em dash and quotation dash.<br />
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===Relation to Classical Style Guide===<br />
Since the [[Classical Style Guide]] has its own rules about punctuation in titles, please follow that guideline where it applies.</div>Hawke