On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 09:51 +0000, Charles Matthews wrote: > Brian McNeil wrote: > > I don't think WMUK needs a style guide as long as Wikinews' but, it > > might be an idea to note points as we go along that should be > > consistent. > > > > > > > Oooh, let's do the endash-hyphen thing right here ... not. The press do > have their own style guides, so the message is more important than the > medium.
I was not suggest importing ultra-anal-retentive nitpicking from English Wikipedia. Particularly something as stupid as the ndash one which is a visual issue and for a press release they would look the same 'on the wire'. The rules I saw as important to apply in the press release were: * British English spelling (including preferring 'organisation' over 'organization') * Consisted, UK-style date formatting with the month spelt out to be unambiguous. * Spell out all numbers of twenty or less The rest is just preference for active voice where possible and good grammar. > > I have moved material around to get the punch into the first para. "Mary > Rose" is good: on everyone's radar, apparently. Are press releases going onto any of the semi-junk freebie pseudo-wires? There's several of these turn up in Google News results. How are the current recipients of issued press releases managed? Is there a distribution list? How would, say, a blogger go about subscribing to WMUK news? -- Brian McNeil <brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org> Wikinewsie.org
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