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Zenistar: Style guide additions

2013-05-16T05:28:26Z

Style guide additions

2013-05-14T09:21:57Z

‎Electrical symbols and notation

2013-05-14T09:21:29Z

Adding electrical symbol guidelines

2013-05-02T17:13:08Z

‎Writing guidelines

2013-04-13T17:16:42Z

2013-04-13T17:11:30Z

2013-04-13T17:11:06Z

New authors section on writing style

2013-04-11T08:03:13Z

‎Last Day of Month - Magazine is completed

2013-04-11T08:02:55Z

‎Timescales & Deadlines

2013-04-11T08:02:01Z

‎Article / idea submission

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-== Writing guidelines ==
+== Style guide ==
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    Tip: Engineers often use ‘European notation’ such as 3V3 in electrical drawings / discussion to indicate 3.3V. This ensures the decimal point is clearly marked and 3.3V is not misread as 33V.
 == General tips ==

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 ===Electrical symbols and notation===
-When including electrical quantities within an article or diagram, these should always be expressed using European notation where the use of a decimal point is avoided.  This alleviates the problem that decimal separators tend to 'disappear' when printing or photocopying an article or diagram.
+When including electrical quantities within an article or diagram, these should always be expressed using European notation where the use of a decimal point is avoided.  This alleviates the problem that decimal separators tend to 'disappear' when printing or photocopying an article or diagram. Examples:
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 Examples:
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    Tip: Engineers often use ‘European notation’ such as 3V3 in electrical drawings / discussion to indicate 3.3V. This ensures the decimal point is clearly marked and 3.3V is not misread as 33V.
 == General tips ==

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 All references to the Raspberry Pi within an article must use the full name rather than a shortened form such as RPi, R-Pi, Pi etc.
 === Numbers as text or figures ===
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 * Kb - Kilobit
 * Mb - Megabit
 == General tips ==

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 * Numbers at the beginning of a sentence should always be written out.
 * Do not mix digits and words — in this case, use digits.
 == General tips ==

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-All numbers within articles between 0 and 10 should be written in full form e.g. one, two three.
+* All numbers within between 0 and 10 should be written in full form e.g. one, two three.
+* Use digits for decimals, percentages, and when there are units.
+* Numbers at the beginning of a sentence should always be written out.
-Numbers larger than 10 should be written as the figure e.g. 10, 50, 1000, 10,000.
+* Do not mix digits and words — in this case, use digits.
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 == General tips ==

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−	=== Submission formats ===	+	== Submission formats ==


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−	=== General tips ===	+	== Writing guidelines ==
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		+	=== RPi, Pi or Raspberry Pi ===
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		+	All references to the Raspberry Pi within an article should use the full name rather than a shortened form such as RPi, R-Pi, Pi etc.
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		+	=== Numbers as text or figures ===
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		+	All numbers within articles between 0 and 10 should be written in full form e.g. one, two three.
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		+	Numbers larger than 10 should be written as the figure e.g. 10, 50, 1000, 10,000.
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		+	== General tips ==

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:03, 11 April 2013
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−	===Last ~~Day~~ of ~~Month~~ - Magazine is completed===	+	===Last day of the month - Magazine is completed===

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 * '''Enjoy it!''' - Try to pick something you are passionate about sharing with the world.  It is an amazing feeling when you see your article published at the end of the month.
-== Timescales & Deadlines ==
+== Timescales & deadlines ==
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-===Day 1-2 - The magazine content is agreed upon by the Team.===
+===Day 1-2 - The magazine content is agreed upon by the team.===
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-===Week 1 - Prepare Articles===
+===Week 1 - Prepare articles===
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-===Week 2 - Article Drafts Received, Layout & Testing Started===
+===Week 2 - Article drafts received, layout & testing started===
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-===Week 3 - All Articles Posted For Proofreading===
+===Week 3 - All articles posted for proofreading===
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-===Week 4 - Final Proof and Checking===
+===Week 4 - Final proof and checking===
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-===Last Day of Month - Magazine is Completed===
+===Last Day of Month - Magazine is completed===

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-* [[Information_for_new_volunteers|Information for New Volunteers]]
+* [[Information_for_new_volunteers|Information for Volunteers]]
 * [[TheMagPiLayout|Layout &amp; fonts]]
-=== General Tips ===
+=== General tips ===
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 * '''Enjoy it!''' - Try to pick something you are passionate about sharing with the world.  It is an amazing feeling when you see your article published at the end of the month.
 == Timescales & Deadlines ==