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Table of Contents
Good style
Page structure
If you begin a new page about a specific language, you will find that this page has a predefined structure:
- page title: “language” in “country”
- language designations
- Language vitality according to
- Linguistic aspects
Etc.
It is possible to change this structure, but please adhere to it as much as possible.
Page content
If you begin a new page about a specific language, you will find that each chapter header is followed by a description of what information the chapter should contain. This description should be deleted as soon as information is placed under the chapter header.
Text length
Mercator's wiki on minority languages is an online platform: people will read the texts from screen. Therefore keep the texts short and concise.
For more hints on good style, read here.
Referencing text
Try to accompany all statements about a language with references to written (preferably) or online publications. At the bottom of each section, there is a time stamp. If you update a section's information, please also update the section's time stamp. This can be done by clicking on in the editing toolbar.