NovaRoma talk:Wiki Editing for Romans
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This wiki is going to contain lots of Latin words used within non-Latin articles. It would be much easier to read such articles if the Latin words were clearly marked as such. There is already a convention in academic writing that italics are used for words in languages other than the main language of the text. With all that in mind I'd like to suggest that we use italics exclusively for words in languages other than the main language of the article, and make this usage compulsory. This will leave us with only one level of emphasis (bold), but do we really need more than one? [[User:Aulus Apollonius Cordus|Cordus]] 11:23, 25 June 2006 (CDT) | This wiki is going to contain lots of Latin words used within non-Latin articles. It would be much easier to read such articles if the Latin words were clearly marked as such. There is already a convention in academic writing that italics are used for words in languages other than the main language of the text. With all that in mind I'd like to suggest that we use italics exclusively for words in languages other than the main language of the article, and make this usage compulsory. This will leave us with only one level of emphasis (bold), but do we really need more than one? [[User:Aulus Apollonius Cordus|Cordus]] 11:23, 25 June 2006 (CDT) | ||
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| + | : I don't disagree at all. Making it compulsory won't be easy, particularly in cases where we see "Consuls" in one place and ''Consules'' elsewhere, but it seems a reasonable suggestion. [[User:Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Postumianus|Q. Caecilius Metellus]] 13:28, 25 June 2006 (CDT) | ||
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Italics and Bold
This wiki is going to contain lots of Latin words used within non-Latin articles. It would be much easier to read such articles if the Latin words were clearly marked as such. There is already a convention in academic writing that italics are used for words in languages other than the main language of the text. With all that in mind I'd like to suggest that we use italics exclusively for words in languages other than the main language of the article, and make this usage compulsory. This will leave us with only one level of emphasis (bold), but do we really need more than one? Cordus 11:23, 25 June 2006 (CDT)
- I don't disagree at all. Making it compulsory won't be easy, particularly in cases where we see "Consuls" in one place and Consules elsewhere, but it seems a reasonable suggestion. Q. Caecilius Metellus 13:28, 25 June 2006 (CDT)
