Editing Wiki Law School:Manual of style
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This is a general guideline for the creation, editing, and formatting of Wiki Law School pages. This guideline will be a work in progress as all contributors experiment to find the most useful styles and formats. As contributors decide on more specific guidelines, this article should be edited to reflect those decisions in order to achieve uniformity throughout the wiki. To talk with others about desired changes, visit the talk page by clicking the discussion tab at the top of this page. | This is a general guideline for the creation, editing, and formatting of Wiki Law School pages. This guideline will be a work in progress as all contributors experiment to find the most useful styles and formats. As contributors decide on more specific guidelines, this article should be edited to reflect those decisions in order to achieve uniformity throughout the wiki. To talk with others about desired changes, visit the talk page by clicking the discussion tab at the top of this page. | ||
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Outlines should not contain detailed descriptions of any cases, but contain cross-links to [[Cases|case briefs]] in the wiki for important cases. | Outlines should not contain detailed descriptions of any cases, but contain cross-links to [[Cases|case briefs]] in the wiki for important cases. | ||
The layout of a good outline will generally follow the organization of a table of contents of a text for that topic. A good tip in creating an outline from scratch: type in the table of contents from your text book, save the article, then go back and fill out each section. Use headings and subheadings | The layout of a good outline will generally follow the organization of a table of contents of a text for that topic. A good tip in creating an outline from scratch: type in the table of contents from your text book, save the article, then go back and fill out each section. Use headings and subheadings for organization. (See [[Help:Formatting]]). | ||
=== General Outlines === | === General Outlines === | ||
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=== External Links === | === External Links === | ||
* http://www.lawnerds.com/guide/outlining.html Provides a useful template for outlining. | * http://www.lawnerds.com/guide/outlining.html Provides a useful template for outlining. | ||
== [[:Category:Law Schools|Law School Articles]] == | == [[:Category:Law Schools|Law School Articles]] == | ||