Ah, fuck it. Wikipedia has no sense. Logical Punctuation? Trying to beautify garbage can only go so far. I'm out.
"Seriously, do Wikipedeans not know how punctuate?"
Endonesian advocate and annoyed that foreigners can't get anything right on Indonesia whilst remaining adamant that they know better (I read the law). Because in wikipedia apparently, popular opinion or cultural consensus isnt even remotely a consideration compared to an actual legal source. Citations is only used to provide the illusion of accountability. This is an encyclopedia, not a teen magazine. My mistake, it is a teen magazine. /sarcasm implied.
Also have this suspicion that a good portion of people writing these wikipedia articles are high school dropouts or should be. Most apparent in low quality grammar almost all articles related to the military and entertainment.
Wikipedians need to be educated in the concept of legally protected terms. It's not America. It's not the US. It's not USA. It's either the shortened United States or the formal full title which should be the default setting, the United States of America as per the Constitution of the United States of America. Try explaining that to the Americans and Wikipedia. :p
Minor nitpicks on grammar.
1. Capitalization, Names/Titles
The Beatles, if not in an opening sentence is...wait for it...the Beatles. Trademarks are subject to grammar in a professional article. Unless one is referring to a marketing ad blurb, in which if one cannot tell the difference, one should not be writing professionally. If one insists that "the" is a fundamental part of the Beatles' name, ask them how to write: "They sang a Beatles tribute song." Because "they sang a The Beatles tribute song" makes total sense." /sarcasm
2. Capitalization, Chapter Titles
Apparently chapter titles are not capitalized here in Wikipedia per their rules, as it seems the users aren't smart enough to determine how to capitalize (I guess I don't blame the rules, per the IQ level here). However, for those who have degrees or know how to write, please do not use this rule outside of Wikipedia. Least you get slammed for being a university dropout or for having someone ghost write your thesis.
4. Conjunctions, Excessive Use and Abuse
Africa and Europe and America and ... and... and... is how one writes if one lives in preschool. Dang it, stop using "and" between every gawd dang sentence, you neanderthals.
5. Comma, Dates
Please use a comma after dates, e.g. In May Allied forces... which may be interpreted as within a group called the May Allied forces, as opposed to within the month of May, the Allied forces...
6. Comma, Oxford
Originally had no opinion on the matter, but succumbed to the superior logic of its use e.g. we saw two birds, Bob and Thomas vs. we saw two birds, Bob, and Thomas has two entirely different meanings, depending on context.
7. Comma and Punctuation with Quotation Marks
Commas and full stops should be put after the quotation mark. "The Beatles song." Not "The Beatles song". Something so simple is bizarrely abundant here in wikipedia. Here are more examples:
The Beatles song, "I can't grammar,".... Not: The Beatles song, "I can't grammar",... The Beatles song, "I can't grammar!" Not: The Beatles song, "I can't grammar"!
8. Quotation Marks
Hence the name, is used for quotations. It should not be used for emphasis or sarcasm, despite what the less educated may surmise from its contemporary cultural trend as a valid consensus. I swear this will be the death of me by facepalm. Anyone who uses this should be banned from writing anything and/or journalism.
9. Italics (Within Parenthesis)
The primary purpose of italics is to signify emphasis. Parenthesis is primarily used to convey additional information. Using a parenthesis by all accounts of common sense, should negate the need for italics. One is enough, least one uses bold, italics, parenthesis, quotation marks, and underline for a word, words, or entire sentence to describe how utterly incapable one is in English grammar and/or common sense.
Example: The wolf (Canis Lupus); the wolf Canis Lupus (Latin); not, the wolf (Canis Lupus). I swear these people have never read or written a scientific article in their lives.