Help:Style Guide

Basic Code

You type	You get
'''bold'''	bold
''italic''	italic
[[link within the wiki]]	link within the wiki
[[link within the wiki|text to display]]	text to display (note that a mouse hover will show the actual destination).
* One * Two ** Two point one * Three	One Two Two point one Three
# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three
:first indent ::second indent :::third indent	first indent second indent third indent

Scriptures

Citations should use the full name of the books.

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[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_ne/2/3#3 1 Nephi 2:3]	1 Nephi 2:3

Abbreviations for books in html

Old Testament	New Testament	Book of Mormon	Other
Book Abbreviation Genesis gen Exodus ex Leviticus lev Numbers num Deuteronomy deut Joshua josh Judges judg Ruth ruth 1 Samuel 1_sam 2 Samuel 2_sam 1 Kings 1_kgs 2 Kings 2 _kgs 1 Chronicles 1_chr 2 Chronicles 2_chr Ezra ezra Nehemiah neh Esther esth Job job Psalms ps Proverbs prov Ecclesiastes eccl Song of Solomon song Isaiah isa Jeremiah jer Lamentations lam Ezekiel ezek Daniel dan Hosea hosea Joel joel Amos amos Obadiah obad Jonah jonah Micah micah Nahum nahum Habakkuk hab Zephaniah zeph Haggai hag Zechariah zech Malachi mal	Book Abbreviation Matthew matt Mark mark Luke luke John john Acts of the Apostles acts Romans rom 1 Corinthians 1_cor 2 Corinthians 2_cor Galatians gal Ephesians eph Philippians philip Colossians col 1 Thessalonians 1_thes 2 Thessalonians 2_thes 1 Timothy 1_tim 2 Timothy 2_tim Titus titus Philemon philem Hebrews heb James james 1 Peter 1_pet 2 Peter 2_pet 1 John 1_jn 2 John 2_jn 3 John 3_jn Jude jude Revelation rev	Book Abbreviation 1 Nephi 1_ne 2 Nephi 2_ne Jacob jacob Enos enos Jarom jarom Omni omni Words of Mormon w_of_m Mosiah mosiah Alma alma Helaman hel 3 Nephi 3_ne 4 Nephi 4_ne Mormon morm Ether ether Moroni moro	Book Abbreviation Doctrine and Covenants dc Moses moses Abraham abr Joseph Smith - Matthew js_m

Naming Conventions

Names in their own entry

The first time names are mentioned within their entry they should be bold and in all caps. NAME '''N<small>AME</small>''' All other times the name is mentioned in its own entry should be in small caps. NAME N<small>AME</small>

Names in other entries

All names represented in the Book of Mormon should be linked to their page the first time they are mentioned in an article and then again at the end of the entry before the notes and references section as
See [[NAME]], [[NAME]], [[NAME]]

Transliteration

For all Near Eastern Languages except Egyptian, follow the standards outlined in The SBL Handbook of Style Section 5.