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**Use the SI-system for measurements (it's cheaper for computers to process kilograms and meters and so forth) | **Use the SI-system for measurements (it's cheaper for computers to process kilograms and meters and so forth) | ||
**Use the UK way for [[types of companies]], Americans use Inc for all types of Incorporated bodies. | **Use the UK way for [[types of companies]], Americans use Inc for all types of Incorporated bodies. | ||
**Use [[w:ISO 639]] for identifying languages. | **Use [[w:ISO 639]] for identifying languages, e.g. "en" is "english". | ||
**Use CAPITALISED [[w:List of Internet TLDs]]s for identifying COUNTRIES. | **Use CAPITALISED [[w:List of Internet TLDs]]s for identifying COUNTRIES, e.g. | ||
[[US]] is United States, not "U.S." or "U.S.A.", [[CA]] is Canada not California (which is CA.US or CA, US). For excellent fun, "Ontario, CA" is both a Canadian province and a city in California. Which just shows how important this is to get right. | |||
*On spelling: [[International English]] uses mostly British spellings which are taught in most of the world. Also concepts like "honour" (British, Australian, Canadian, India, etc.) probably mean something different than "honor" (American) if you judge by actual behavior, so, perhaps both words now have meaning. | |||
*It could be a good idea to set up a scratchpad (like: [[User:Juxo/Scratchpad]] for yourself, it's easier to produce high quality texts if you start them somewhere, where they aren't supposed or required to make sense in the begining. This also supports finding better article names since you can see what your scribbling turns to in a few edits. | *It could be a good idea to set up a scratchpad (like: [[User:Juxo/Scratchpad]] for yourself, it's easier to produce high quality texts if you start them somewhere, where they aren't supposed or required to make sense in the begining. This also supports finding better article names since you can see what your scribbling turns to in a few edits. | ||
*know the [[w:political virtues|political virtues]] very well - this is a very political project! | |||