HRWiki:Manual of Style

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Contents 1 Capitalization 2 Spelling 2.1 Special cases 2.2 American English 3 Punctuation 3.1 Colon 3.2 Ellipsis points and suspension points 3.3 Quotation marks 4 See also

Capitalization

• Capitalize as much as possible according to how it is displayed on the official site. This especially includes what Strong Bad types in Strong Bad Emails.
• Whenever the words are spoken but not seen, use standard capitalization.
• Teen Girl Squad is a special case. Correct Strong Bad's capitalization to be more in line with standard capitalization.
• Capitalize the The in characters' names that have been established to contain the definite article.

Spelling

• Spell words as much as possible according to how they are displayed on the official site. This especially includes what Strong Bad types in Strong Bad Emails.
• If Strong Bad misspells a word, and it needs to be pointed out, put "[sic]" following the word in question. Use brackets and italics as illustrated here.

Special cases

• Alright is nonstandard for all right. If Strong Bad types "alright", however, spell it as he does.

American English

• American spelling is the preferred form on all article pages (with a few exceptions). The Brothers Chaps use American English throughout homestarrunner.com, and the characters live in Free Country, USA.

Punctuation

Colon

• When a colon follows a word that is bold, the colon should be bold also. The two most common occurances of this are in transcripts and filmographies:

STRONG BAD: What are you talking about, Emily?

Debut: for kids

• The Glossary is an exception to this rule, because some entries have punctuation as part of them:

BALEETED!: Another way to say "deleted".

Ellipsis points and suspension points

• Whenever you are quoting material and are omitting a portion of it, use ellipsis points preceded and followed by a space:

"Well, Lasko, The Cheat is not very popular and ... I don't even think he has a computer."

• Whenever the omitted part of what you are quoting falls at the end of a complete sentence, use a period plus ellipsis points (with a space before and after the points):

"Except for that Strong Sad. That guy's a real bore. ... So, I hope I bored you back into your mind."

• Whenever the omitted part is at the end of the quotation, use ellipsis points plus a period with no internal space:

"So, I hope I bored you...."

• Whenever you are using suspension points to indicate a pause or break in thought, put a space after but not before.

STRONG BAD: You know, like the Great Leg... the Leg of Hope... Tape-Leg?

Quotation marks

• Use double quotation marks for most quoted material.
• Use single quotation marks for quotations within quotations.
• As for whether to include punctuation inside or outside the quotation marks, there isn't really one standard, due to the vastly different things that get quoted. In the second example here, there's no doubt as to whether or not the punctuation is part of the link. Use your best judgment based on which particular style fits a given sentence.

• For running text, punctuation inside the quotation marks is usually appropriate:

"One o' them said they'd buy me lunch. But I don't see nobody taking me to Chick-fil-A."

• For other things, it is sometimes better to put the punctuation outside the quotation marks:

One of the links in the navbar is called "rando".

See also

• HRWiki:Standards
• List of common misspellings