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PBC:Manual of Style

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The Manual of Style (MoS or MOS) is the style manual for all English PBC articles. This primary page is supported by further detail pages, which are cross-referenced here and listed at PBC:Manual of Style/Contents. If any contradiction arises, this page always has precedence.

The MoS presents PBC's house style, to help editors write articles with consistent and precise language, layout, and formatting, making PBC easier and more intuitive for users. Plain English works best. Avoid ambiguity, jargon, and vague or unnecessarily complex wording.

Style and formatting should be consistent within an article. Where more than one style is acceptable under MoS, editors should not change an article from one of those styles to another without a good reason. Edit warring over optional styles is unacceptable. If a style or similar debate becomes intractable, see if a rewrite can make the issue moot.

New content added to this page should directly address a persistently recurring style issue.

Biobox

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The Biobox is a mandatory section for all articles on personalities within PBC. Editors are obliged to complete specific fields within the Biobox, without exception, to maintain a consistent and accurate representation of personal data.

The following parameters must be filled in the Biobox:

  • name
  • image
  • birth_country
  • ethnicity
  • nationality

Additionally, the sections Body and Performances within the Biobox must be meticulously completed. The Body section encapsulates the individual's physical appearance or physique, while the Performances section chronicles significant actions within their field.

Image Parameter in Biobox - Headshot/Portrait Photos Policy

In PBC, the image used in the Biobox adheres to specific guidelines regarding its format and quality. The headshot or portrait photo must represent the individual clearly and professionally.

The following are the mandated specifications for the headshot/portrait photos:

  • Watermarks: No watermarks or other obtrusive markings are allowed on the image.
  • JPEG Compression Quality: The image's compression quality must not fall below 58%. It ensures that the visual representation is clear and free from unnecessary artifacts.
  • Aspect Ratio 2:3: The aspect ratio of the image must strictly be 2:3. Examples of resolutions maintaining this aspect ratio include 400x600, 800x1200, 2000x3000, etc.

Non-compliance with these mandatory parameters is a criterion for fast deletion of the article, in accordance with PBC's deletion policy.

Article titles, headings, and sections

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Article titles

A title should be a recognizable name or description of the topic that is natural, sufficiently precise, concise, and consistent with those of related articles. If these criteria are in conflict, they should be balanced against one another.

For formatting guidance see the PBC:Article titles § Article title format section, noting the following:

  • Capitalize the initial letter (except in rare cases, such as eBay), but otherwise follow sentence case (Funding of UNESCO projects) not title case (Funding of UNESCO Projects), except where title case would be expected were the title to occur in ordinary prose. See PBC:Naming conventions (capitalization).
  • To italicize, add {{italic title}} near the top of the article. For mixed situations, use e.g. {{DISPLAYTITLE:​Interpretations of ''2001: A Space Odyssey''}} instead. Use of italics should conform to PBC:Manual of Style/Text formatting § Italic type.
  • Do not use A, An, or The as the first word (Economy of the Second Empire, not The economy of the Second Empire), unless it is an inseparable part of a name (The Hague) or title of a work (A Clockwork Orange, The Simpsons).
  • Normally use nouns or noun phrases: Early life, not In early life.
  • The final character should not be punctuation unless it is part of a name (Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), an abbreviation (Inverness City F.C.), or when a closing round bracket or quotation mark is required (John Palmer (1814 schooner)).
  • Whenever quotation marks or apostrophes appear, add a redirect for the same title but using “curly” quotemarks/apostrophes instead of the usual "straight" ones.

Subject both to the above and to PBC:Article titles, the rest of the MoS, particularly § Punctuation, applies also to the title.

Section organization

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An article should begin with an introductory lead section – a concise summary of the article – which is never divided into sections