Wikipedia:Update/1/General style changes during March 2009

  • Wikipedia:Avoid peacock terms
    • Added: "[it is] generally [unhelpful to prefix a fact or development with comments like] ... [“interestingly”, “ironically”, “surprisingly”,] "the researchers were shocked to find" or ..."








  • Wikipedia:Manual of Style (capital letters)
    • Added to lead section: "[Capital letters are sometimes a matter of regional differences;] for example, British writers and editors are more inclined to use them than their North American counterparts."
    • Some additional explanation added to WP:MOSCAPS#Titles



  • Wikipedia:Manual of Style (spelling)
    • Added: "tyre - tire: In American and Canadian English, tire is used to refer to 'to fatigue' and the inflated rim of a wheel. In British and other forms of English, tire means 'to fatigue' and tyre is the inflated rim of a wheel."
    • Added: "advise, devise"