- Must have references
- Lead must have 200-300 words
- Pictures have acceptable copyright status.
- Single subheadings must not be present under a heading. Merge under the parent heading or promote to a heading.
- Use the nonbreaking space between a number and its unit. eg. 15 °C, 16 mm etc. which renders as 15 °C, 16 mm.
- Section content must not be too long, more than a couple of scrolls
- Sections should not have a solitary and small paragraph. Two paragraphs minimum.
- Image size range: 240-270px
- Don't start with an image to the left. Use left-aligned images in the centre of a paragraph instead of the starting. It becomes harder to read the start.
- If the article is part of a wikiproject, try and adhere to the guideline mentioned there. The article must use the infobox as created in the wikiproject.
- Consider using templates to format the references correctly.
- Avoid bold text except in places sanctioned by the Manual of Style
- Also check the MoS to make sure where italics are used.
- Use the – instead of hyphen -
- Use − instead of a hyphen or dash for sub zero units.
- Metric equivalents should be present if imperial units are used.
- Headings should be as terse as possible.
- For geographic and city articles do not fragment =history= with subheadings. History should be continous.
- Size: Very important. Articles on Geography, History etc should not exceed 35 kb. (This is discounting the infobox, tables, interwiki links, see also and ext links). If the article has a potential to be summarised, then I object on the size.
- Dates should be wikified.
- If the article has a global scope then please do consider the fact that cities in one country may not be heard of in another. So please do not format the link as Omaha, Nebraska. Format it as [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]], USA. Notable cities such as London, New York, Berlin, New Delhi need not have the country mentioned alongside.
- If you've sourced a single fact from a website/book, or want to add a sidenote use the {{ref}}, {{note}} to format the =Notes=. Avoid overuse! Use the {{inote}} for other kinds of references. Confused? See Economy of India and go it [Edit] mode to see the inotes in action.
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