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imported>Stevehim: Undo revision 220605 by Stevehim (Talk):

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imported>Stevehim: Undo revision 220605 by Stevehim (Talk):

2008-10-30T19:52:55Z

Undo revision 220605 by Stevehim (Talk):

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	* When one is a big fan of the Oxford comma, one learns quickly how to illustrate its importance.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 00:28, 11 March 2007 (EST)		* When one is a big fan of the Oxford comma, one learns quickly how to illustrate its importance.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 00:28, 11 March 2007 (EST)
	**You've forced me to <s>invent</s> catalog a new theory. [[Theories:People#Mrs. Walker\|Check it out]]. — [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>RyanGibsonStewart</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>talk</font>]]) 11:46, 11 March 2007 (EDT)		**You've forced me to <s>invent</s> catalog a new theory. [[Theories:People#Mrs. Walker\|Check it out]]. — [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>RyanGibsonStewart</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>talk</font>]]) 11:46, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

	== Capitalization of abilities ==

	* In the context of the show, shouldn't these be considered proper nouns, and therefore be capitalized? They convey specificity and aren't preceded by articles. --[[User:Stevehim\|Stevehim]] 15:45, 30 October 2008 (EDT)

imported>Stevehim: /* Capitalization of abilities */ new section

2008-10-30T19:45:30Z

Capitalization of abilities: new section

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	* When one is a big fan of the Oxford comma, one learns quickly how to illustrate its importance.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 00:28, 11 March 2007 (EST)		* When one is a big fan of the Oxford comma, one learns quickly how to illustrate its importance.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 00:28, 11 March 2007 (EST)
	**You've forced me to <s>invent</s> catalog a new theory. [[Theories:People#Mrs. Walker\|Check it out]]. — [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>RyanGibsonStewart</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>talk</font>]]) 11:46, 11 March 2007 (EDT)		**You've forced me to <s>invent</s> catalog a new theory. [[Theories:People#Mrs. Walker\|Check it out]]. — [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>RyanGibsonStewart</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>talk</font>]]) 11:46, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

			== Capitalization of abilities ==

			* In the context of the show, shouldn't these be considered proper nouns, and therefore be capitalized? They convey specificity and aren't preceded by articles. --[[User:Stevehim\|Stevehim]] 15:45, 30 October 2008 (EDT)

imported>Ryangibsonstewart: /* serial commas */

2007-03-11T15:46:40Z

serial commas

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	Props on this exemplary sentence: "Sylar killed two women, Charlie and Dale". That's just pure beauty. — [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>RyanGibsonStewart</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>talk</font>]]) 00:03, 11 March 2007 (EST)		Props on this exemplary sentence: "Sylar killed two women, Charlie and Dale". That's just pure beauty. — [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>RyanGibsonStewart</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>talk</font>]]) 00:03, 11 March 2007 (EST)
	* When one is a big fan of the Oxford comma, one learns quickly how to illustrate its importance.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 00:28, 11 March 2007 (EST)		* When one is a big fan of the Oxford comma, one learns quickly how to illustrate its importance.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 00:28, 11 March 2007 (EST)
			**You've forced me to <s>invent</s> catalog a new theory. [[Theories:People#Mrs. Walker\|Check it out]]. — [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>RyanGibsonStewart</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>talk</font>]]) 11:46, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

imported>Hardvice at 05:28, 11 March 2007

2007-03-11T05:28:12Z

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	Props on this exemplary sentence: "Sylar killed two women, Charlie and Dale". That's just pure beauty. — [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>RyanGibsonStewart</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>talk</font>]]) 00:03, 11 March 2007 (EST)		Props on this exemplary sentence: "Sylar killed two women, Charlie and Dale". That's just pure beauty. — [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>RyanGibsonStewart</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>talk</font>]]) 00:03, 11 March 2007 (EST)
			* When one is a big fan of the Oxford comma, one learns quickly how to illustrate its importance.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 00:28, 11 March 2007 (EST)

imported>Ryangibsonstewart: serial commas

2007-03-11T05:03:51Z

serial commas

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	* There's NO Code to make Strikeout? Some instruction are confusing and I skipped the ones I don't understand. ~ ~ ~ ~ [[user:Red\|Red]] = 22:21, 4 January 2007 (EST)		* There's NO Code to make Strikeout? Some instruction are confusing and I skipped the ones I don't understand. ~ ~ ~ ~ [[user:Red\|Red]] = 22:21, 4 January 2007 (EST)
	** Enclosing text in <nowiki><s></s></nowiki> will strikeout. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 22:38, 4 January 2007 (EST))		** Enclosing text in <nowiki><s></s></nowiki> will strikeout. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 22:38, 4 January 2007 (EST))

			== serial commas ==

			Props on this exemplary sentence: "Sylar killed two women, Charlie and Dale". That's just pure beauty. — [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>RyanGibsonStewart</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>talk</font>]]) 00:03, 11 March 2007 (EST)

imported>Admin: /* Plurals: */ ...and proper spelling is for me to use an 'a' in the word grammar

2007-01-05T03:44:14Z

Plurals:: ...and proper spelling is for me to use an 'a' in the word grammar

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	# Some common noun phrases for occupations place an adjective after, not before, the noun. Be careful to make the noun plural, not the adjective (attorneys general, brothers-in-law)		# Some common noun phrases for occupations place an adjective after, not before, the noun. Be careful to make the noun plural, not the adjective (attorneys general, brothers-in-law)
	* They are showing the Incorrect way of doing things?		* They are showing the Incorrect way of doing things?
	** Proper ~~grammer~~ is to pluralize the noun like in the examples. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 22:38, 4 January 2007 (EST))		** Proper grammar is to pluralize the noun like in the examples. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 22:38, 4 January 2007 (EST))
	* There's NO Code to make Strikeout? Some instruction are confusing and I skipped the ones I don't understand. ~ ~ ~ ~ [[user:Red\|Red]] = 22:21, 4 January 2007 (EST)		* There's NO Code to make Strikeout? Some instruction are confusing and I skipped the ones I don't understand. ~ ~ ~ ~ [[user:Red\|Red]] = 22:21, 4 January 2007 (EST)
	** Enclosing text in <nowiki><s></s></nowiki> will strikeout. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 22:38, 4 January 2007 (EST))		** Enclosing text in <nowiki><s></s></nowiki> will strikeout. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 22:38, 4 January 2007 (EST))

imported>Admin: /* Plurals: */

2007-01-05T03:38:19Z

Plurals:

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	# Some common noun phrases for occupations place an adjective after, not before, the noun. Be careful to make the noun plural, not the adjective (attorneys general, brothers-in-law)		# Some common noun phrases for occupations place an adjective after, not before, the noun. Be careful to make the noun plural, not the adjective (attorneys general, brothers-in-law)
	* They are showing the Incorrect way of doing things?		* They are showing the Incorrect way of doing things?
	~~There's~~ NO ~~Code~~ to ~~make~~ ~~Strikeout?~~ ~~Some~~ ~~instruction~~ ~~are confusing and I skipped~~ the ~~ones I don't understand~~. ~~~ ~ ~ ~~~ [[~~user~~:~~Red~~\|~~Red~~]] = 22:21, 4 January 2007 (EST)		** Proper grammer is to pluralize the noun like in the examples. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 22:38, 4 January 2007 (EST))
			* There's NO Code to make Strikeout? Some instruction are confusing and I skipped the ones I don't understand. ~ ~ ~ ~ [[user:Red\|Red]] = 22:21, 4 January 2007 (EST)
			** Enclosing text in <nowiki><s></s></nowiki> will strikeout. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 22:38, 4 January 2007 (EST))

imported>Red: /* Section for Suggested Page Header */

2007-01-05T03:21:48Z

Section for Suggested Page Header

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	*** I agree, though that's not how they are now. The main reason would be for the main page ... when we put a character as AOTW, we should have About (without the character history), Powers, Quotes, Trivia, and that should make a nice, short but informative version of the article.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 19:36, 4 December 2006 (EST)		*** I agree, though that's not how they are now. The main reason would be for the main page ... when we put a character as AOTW, we should have About (without the character history), Powers, Quotes, Trivia, and that should make a nice, short but informative version of the article.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 19:36, 4 December 2006 (EST)
	**** Many of the pages have Notes and Trivia ''before'' the gallery ... I'd really like to go through and standardize the layout of each page. There are other questions, too - like how many pictures (max and min) should go in a gallery? When including photos in the article itself, where should they go? How many should there be? What about actor/crew pages? ... I'd like to get some more feedback so we can really start standardizing each page, before we get ''too'' many. :) - [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|RyanGibsonStewart]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|talk]]) 11:11, 16 December 2006 (EST)		**** Many of the pages have Notes and Trivia ''before'' the gallery ... I'd really like to go through and standardize the layout of each page. There are other questions, too - like how many pictures (max and min) should go in a gallery? When including photos in the article itself, where should they go? How many should there be? What about actor/crew pages? ... I'd like to get some more feedback so we can really start standardizing each page, before we get ''too'' many. :) - [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|RyanGibsonStewart]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|talk]]) 11:11, 16 December 2006 (EST)
			==Plurals:==
			# Some common noun phrases for occupations place an adjective after, not before, the noun. Be careful to make the noun plural, not the adjective (attorneys general, brothers-in-law)
			* They are showing the Incorrect way of doing things?
			There's NO Code to make Strikeout? Some instruction are confusing and I skipped the ones I don't understand. ~ ~ ~ ~ [[user:Red\|Red]] = 22:21, 4 January 2007 (EST)

imported>Ryangibsonstewart: /* Section for Suggested Page Header */ get some what?

2006-12-16T16:11:47Z

Section for Suggested Page Header: get some what?

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	*** I agree, though that's not how they are now. The main reason would be for the main page ... when we put a character as AOTW, we should have About (without the character history), Powers, Quotes, Trivia, and that should make a nice, short but informative version of the article.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 19:36, 4 December 2006 (EST)		*** I agree, though that's not how they are now. The main reason would be for the main page ... when we put a character as AOTW, we should have About (without the character history), Powers, Quotes, Trivia, and that should make a nice, short but informative version of the article.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 19:36, 4 December 2006 (EST)
	**** Many of the pages have Notes and Trivia ''before'' the gallery ... I'd really like to go through and standardize the layout of each page. There are other questions, too - like how many pictures (max and min) should go in a gallery? When including photos in the article itself, where should they go? How many should there be? What about actor/crew pages? ... I'd like to get some more feedback so we can really start standardizing each page, before we get ''too'' many. :) - [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|RyanGibsonStewart]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|talk]]) 11:11, 16 December 2006 (EST)		**** Many of the pages have Notes and Trivia ''before'' the gallery ... I'd really like to go through and standardize the layout of each page. There are other questions, too - like how many pictures (max and min) should go in a gallery? When including photos in the article itself, where should they go? How many should there be? What about actor/crew pages? ... I'd like to get some more feedback so we can really start standardizing each page, before we get ''too'' many. :) - [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|RyanGibsonStewart]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|talk]]) 11:11, 16 December 2006 (EST)

	Let's get some

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	Props on this exemplary sentence: "Sylar killed two women, Charlie and Dale". That's just pure beauty. — [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>RyanGibsonStewart</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>talk</font>]]) 00:03, 11 March 2007 (EST)		Props on this exemplary sentence: "Sylar killed two women, Charlie and Dale". That's just pure beauty. — [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>RyanGibsonStewart</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>talk</font>]]) 00:03, 11 March 2007 (EST)
	* When one is a big fan of the Oxford comma, one learns quickly how to illustrate its importance.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 00:28, 11 March 2007 (EST)		* When one is a big fan of the Oxford comma, one learns quickly how to illustrate its importance.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 00:28, 11 March 2007 (EST)
			**You've forced me to <s>invent</s> catalog a new theory. [[Theories:People#Mrs. Walker\|Check it out]]. — [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>RyanGibsonStewart</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>talk</font>]]) 11:46, 11 March 2007 (EDT)