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However it would have saved me this effort if I'd had a guideline on what colours etc. to use from the start. I think we need to evolve some kind of consensus "Style Guide" which would help us all use a nice, clear, consistent style for various things. It would be bound to be an evolving document, as we are unlikely to think of everything on day one and will have to be flexible and inclusive rather than prescriptive, but the sooner we start laying it down, the less time will be wasted later fixing stuff up that doesn't match or looks ugly. (''I did experiment with using a template - [[Template:Colorise]] - but couldn't get what I wanted to work: the amount of time I can afford to devote to learning the WikiMedia Template [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_programming_language DSL] is strictly limited!'' <g>) [[User:Mikepeat|Mike]] 11:03, 22 November 2007 (CET) | However it would have saved me this effort if I'd had a guideline on what colours etc. to use from the start. I think we need to evolve some kind of consensus "Style Guide" which would help us all use a nice, clear, consistent style for various things. It would be bound to be an evolving document, as we are unlikely to think of everything on day one and will have to be flexible and inclusive rather than prescriptive, but the sooner we start laying it down, the less time will be wasted later fixing stuff up that doesn't match or looks ugly. (''I did experiment with using a template - [[Template:Colorise]] - but couldn't get what I wanted to work: the amount of time I can afford to devote to learning the WikiMedia Template [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_programming_language DSL] is strictly limited!'' <g>) [[User:Mikepeat|Mike]] 11:03, 22 November 2007 (CET) | ||
:I should have said ''pr<u>o</u>scriptive'' above - it would indeed be ''pr<u>e</u>scriptive'', by intent! [[User:Mikepeat|Mike]] 14:54, 22 November 2007 (CET) | :I should have said ''pr<u>o</u>scriptive'' above - it would indeed be ''pr<u>e</u>scriptive'', by intent! [[User:Mikepeat|Mike]] 14:54, 22 November 2007 (CET) | ||
:Something like the Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style Manual of Style] is always a good place to start. Another place to look for examples are in some of the programming manuals on Wikibooks. Here's one of the pages in the C++ manual for instance. [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C%2B%2B_Programming/Variables] [[User:Hellboy1975|Hellboy1975]] 00:20, 23 November 2007 (CET) | |||
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