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=== Project Guidelines === | === Project Guidelines === | ||
These guidelines are for the Washington WikiProject, which is scheduled to end in October or November, 2013. Other contributors are encouraged to use these guidelines, but certainly not constrained by them. | These guidelines are for the Washington WikiProject, which is scheduled to end in October or November, 2013. Other contributors are encouraged to use these guidelines, but are certainly not constrained by them. | ||
==== '''Style''' ==== | ==== '''Style''' ==== | ||
The following styles have one major purpose—to help users decide whether to use the resources listed or not. Therefore: | |||
#Wording is clear and to the point. | |||
#Important resources are highlighted, not buried in long lists. | |||
#Dates of the records are given where appropriate. | |||
#Typical contents of the resources are briefly mentioned. Will this record help them? | |||
#Consistency from county to county to increase understanding with minimal reading. | |||
Style includes but is not limited to: <br> | Style includes but is not limited to: <br> | ||
*All Washington counties match in the look at the top, the wording and heading level of the topic headings, | |||
*Headings (anything that would appear in a table of contents) match across all counties. | *Headings (anything that would appear in a table of contents) match across all counties. | ||
*Heading levels: use levels three, four or five; avoid levels one and two<br> | *Heading levels: use levels three, four or five; avoid levels one and two<br> | ||