Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers/Archive 126
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A few weeks ago there was extensive discussion on FAC talk about the vast size, complexity and instability of the Manual of Style. On reviewing the text of the MoS, I agree that the Manual is much larger than necessary to cover the areas it does: about 20 thousand words. In particular:
- it is often wordy;
- it provides more examples than necessary;
- it lectures around some of its points in a way that is not strictly necessary;
- it is a little repetitive and disorganised.
As a service to featured-content nominators and reviewers, and editors at larger, I've created a new, user-friendly version of the MoS that is only 40% of the size of the full version. There are no intended changes in substantive meaning. The new version has the following features:
- brevity and directness of language, including the default use of active voice and contractives;
- new inline headings for every point, for ease of navigation;
- the removal of highly specialised points about numbers and dates, which are treated by MOSNUM;
- the removal of a few other sections that appear to be on the fringe, including Blason;
- the addition of a Currency section, summarised from MOSNUM.
- improvements in structural organisation;
- the use of links by asterisk, to reduce clutter.
Any changes to the full MoS as reflected in the new version will be notified, at the start of each month. Your feedback is welcome on the talk page.Tony (talk) 03:04, 16 September 2009 (UTC)