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:So when I have that odd weekend, I will get stuck into the Wikipedia MOS!
:[[User:HughWilding|HughWilding]] 01:36, 17 November 2009 (PST)
::Right, well now I understand perfectly why you italicise in the external links - you are following a referencing style. I think it is unnecessary in the ext links though. But you are right that we need to reference better. Although a lot of our info will always be original research, it is helpful to readers to provide citations where possible, less for the worry over accuracy (as is the case on WP) more to provide sources for those wishing to take the reading further. When we eventually upgrade it will be very easy to reference and WP has a lot of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Citation_templates citation templates] we can borrow.
::Heaven help us if we try and write our own manual of style, but I can see that everyone seems to want some firmer guidelines on certain formatting issues. When I have more time (poss Friday) I will find a better place than Chitral to have this discussion and set out the issues listed here in a very brief way so we can make a collective decision (if such is allowed!) [[User:Sarahb|Sarah]] 12:47, 18 November 2009 (PST)
