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* Their vs. there vs. they're. The correct method is to expand the contraction "they're" to "they are." Their is the possessive of they. There is as in "Look over there." | * Their vs. there vs. they're. The correct method is to expand the contraction "they're" to "they are." Their is the possessive of they. There is as in "Look over there." | ||
* Periods and quotes. Put the period ''inside'' the quotation marks unless it's a direct quote from a person mid-sentence. For example: He said "I still have a dream." He said "It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream." He said "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up". (This clause was followed by a comma in the speech, so I put the period outside of the quotation marks.) | * Periods and quotes. Put the period ''inside'' the quotation marks unless it's a direct quote from a person mid-sentence. For example: He said "I still have a dream." He said "It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream." He said "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up". (This clause was followed by a comma in the speech, so I put the period outside of the quotation marks.) | ||
* Proper capitalization in title names. '''This is very important since messing this up once will require many many edits across the whole site!''' Follow the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Titles#Capital_letters Wikipedia guidelines] | * Proper capitalization in title names. '''This is very important since messing this up once will require many many edits across the whole site!''' Follow the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Titles#Capital_letters Wikipedia guidelines] | ||