FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style

This page links to other pages describing stylistic guidelines which have reached consensus among the FamilySearch Wiki community. If you have an idea to add to the Manual of Style (MOS), see Transforming a Style Idea to a Manual of Style Guideline, and then add your topic to the Manual of Style discussion page.

Issues that have reached a consensus decision

• Use "History" Heading Rather than "Local Histories" in Place Pages
• Format for Citing and Linking to Works in FHLC, Worldcat (OCLC)

Proposals being discussed (no consensus yet)

1. Access Codes (how to designate whether a linked site is free or fee-based)
2. Portal Page Solution - the Un-Portal
3. Breadcrumb Trails
4. Changing the Font Size or Color of Heading 1
5. Adding References or Links to Books for Sale
6. FamilySearch Wiki Talk:Consensus
7. FamilySearch Wiki Talk:Source Citation Formats
8. Linking to works in the Family History Library Catalog (FHLC) and Worldcat (OCLC)
9. Naming Conventions for Geographic Names
10. Disambiguation
11. Interactive Maps and Lists of Sub-divisions
12. Linking to Directory Sites Whose External Links to Paid Sites are Ambiguous
13. "Names, Personal" versus "Names Personal"
14. "Language and Languages" versus "Languages"