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#There is a strong tie to a country and this country, at the time mentioned, continued to use the Julian calendar. Use the Julian calendar, and use the page-top template <code>{{tl|Julian Calendar}}</code> accordingly. | #There is a strong tie to a country and this country, at the time mentioned, continued to use the Julian calendar. Use the Julian calendar, and use the page-top template <code>{{tl|Julian Calendar}}</code> accordingly. | ||
#There is a strong tie to a country and this country, at the time mentioned, uses a calendar different from Gregorian or Julian. | #There is a strong tie to a country and this country, at the time mentioned, uses a calendar different from Gregorian or Julian. | ||
| − | ##If the time is before 14 August 1945, provide the respective calendar | + | ##If the time is before 14 August 1945, provide the date in the respective calendar with the date in Gregorian calendar in parentheses after it. |
| − | ##If the time is on or after 14 August 1945, provide the Gregorian date with the respective calendar | + | ##If the time is on or after 14 August 1945, provide the Gregorian date with the date in the respective calendar in parentheses after it. |
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| + | On English Moegirlpedia, no convention on calendar system is currently established for date before 5 October 1582. | ||
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===day-month-year=== | ===day-month-year=== | ||
Use the day-month-year format. For example, today will be {{#time:j F Y}}. | Use the day-month-year format. For example, today will be {{#time:j F Y}}. | ||
===month-day-year=== | ===month-day-year=== | ||
For pages with strong U.S. ties, the month-day-year format is acceptable; use superscripted ordinal number for the date, or use <code>{{tl|Date-o-matic}}</code> accordingly. For example, today will be {{Date-o-matic|F ^, Y}}. | For pages with strong U.S. ties, the month-day-year format is acceptable; use superscripted ordinal number for the date, or use <code>{{tl|Date-o-matic}}</code> accordingly. For example, today will be {{Date-o-matic|F ^, Y}}. | ||
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Contents
Overview
General
- Observe the Chicago Manual of Style.
Titles
- Italicize titles of a major literary work with the template.
- Put titles of short literary work in quotations with the template. Do not use quotations in article titles.
- Follow other spelling and romanization conventions outlined in this manual when they apply.
Spelling
Capitalizations
National varieties
article with strong national ties
- Follow local conventions. An article whose subject relates to the Commonwealth nations, Hong Kong, etc. should use British English spellings; those whose subject relates to the United States, etc. should use American spellings.
Follow established conventions
Follow previous conventions. For articles not directly related to English-speaking countries and territories, follow the already-used spelling convention in the article.
Keep spelling consistent
Keep spelling convention consistent throughout an article and, preferably, throughout a series.
Foreign language romanization
General
- If a different romanization or translation scheme was used already and already accepted as a convention (e.g. Shaanxi, Hong Kong, Taipei), always use that romanization.
- Keep all diacritics originally present in latin scripts.
- If a language is not in the list below, follow the English world convention.
- If the appearance of an unlisted language grow in EnMGP, or if there is a dispute about romanization conventions, open a discussion thread on the discussion board.
Chinese
- Romanize Chinese with standard pinyin with no diacritic marks and appropriate capitalization, unless
- the usage call specifically for providing pinyin; then, provide standard pinyin with standard diacritic marks
- Romanize Cantonese with Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanization if necessary.
Japanese
Article organization
References
Dates and time
No abberviations
Always provide full dates; avoid abbreviations except to save space in informational templates or the like.
Gregorian calendar
Always provide date and time in the Gregorian calendar for dates on or after 5 October 1582, unless:
- There is a strong tie to a country and this country, at the time mentioned, continued to use the Julian calendar. Use the Julian calendar, and use the page-top template
{{Julian Calendar}}accordingly. - There is a strong tie to a country and this country, at the time mentioned, uses a calendar different from Gregorian or Julian.
- If the time is before 14 August 1945, provide the date in the respective calendar with the date in Gregorian calendar in parentheses after it.
- If the time is on or after 14 August 1945, provide the Gregorian date with the date in the respective calendar in parentheses after it.
On English Moegirlpedia, no convention on calendar system is currently established for date before 5 October 1582.
day-month-year
Use the day-month-year format. For example, today will be 12 July 2025.
month-day-year
For pages with strong U.S. ties, the month-day-year format is acceptable; use superscripted ordinal number for the date, or use {{Date-o-matic}} accordingly. For example, today will be July 12th, 2025.
