User:ClemRutter/Cotton/doc

This is a project guideline for the structure of Wikipedia articles about UK Textile Mills. Discuss it at WikiProject Mills.

The order of sections is optional, although it is strongly recommended that articles conform to the basic structure of a lead followed by history, decline (where applicable), today/restoration (where applicable), route, as those sections contain much of the basic information about any waterway. Beyond that, editors are advised to come to a consensus that works best for the waterway in question. References are required for every article.

While this is just a guideline, it does provide a basic framework for a UK Textile Mills, as well as useful tips to help in bringing an article up to good article or featured article status. Some articles have achieved GA status and adhere loosely to these guidelines.

Please ensure that all changes to this page are discussed on the talk page and reflect consensus.

Article structure example for a U.K. textile mill

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NOTE: "Infobox" and "Lead" are not headings in their own right, and should not be included on articles as such. The order of sections is also optional, and sections may be moved around to a different order based on the needs of their mill. Editors are strongly encouraged, however, to at least begin with the lead, followed by history, decline (where applicable), today/restoration (where applicable), route. References are a requirement of any article. Further, alternative headings are listed under the "Optional headings" section below. Section titles should generally not start with the word "The" (see WP:HEAD).

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Infobox

Example Mill Atlas

Location	Ashton
Coordinates	SD 989020 53°29′43″N 2°05′48″W
Construction
Built	1900
Decommissioned	1992
Demolished	1994

{{Infobox Mill building}} is the standardised infobox for UK textile mills. This is a complex template, that is closely linked to the three templates {{TMbegin}}, {{TMtr}}, {{TMend}} and {{Infobox Mill building}}, that produce a formatted list. {t|TMtr}} carries the information for a single item in the list i.e. a single mill. It is written so the parameters from a {{TMtr}} template can be cut and pasted directly into the {{Infobox Mill building}} template. This means that when sufficient information has been accumulated on the list page, a new article can be directly floated. The additional named parameters needed for {{Infobox Mill}} building}} can be added to a {{TMtr}} having no formatting effect, For parameters see: Template:Infobox mill building.

Lead

Lead (see also WP:LEAD): Include the following

• Millname is cotton mill in location_town. It was built in year for owner by architect.
• Type of mill, the type of engine, the manufacture of equipment
• Connecting waterways, railways
• Notable unique characteristics and characteristics commonly associated with it.
• Lead section must not exceed four paragraphs.
• Geographic map

Location

Location: You may wish to include the following

History

History: You may wish to include the following

• Who built the mill?
• Why was the mill built
• Child labour
• Describe the product.
• Extensions.
• Changes to the engine (McNaughting)(ropes)(Electric drive)
• Change from mule to ring
• Avoid using headings that arrange the history of a mill according to century or decade.
• Closure
• Refinancing

See also

See also (this heading is not mandatory): Include the following:

• Only list articles here that are directly related to the mill.
• Do not list articles that have already been linked in the article.

References

Divided up into Notes/Bibliography NOTE: Reference sections may follow a number of styles, including separate "Footnote" and "Further reading" sections, please refer to WP:REF for more information.

• Every article of Wikipedia must provide reliable citation, and thus this section is mandatory per policy.
• Please use {{reflist}} for a standalone "Reference" section.
• Try to avoid over using citation in lead sections.
• Consider using an approved citation template to better organise and present references.
• When providing a reference, please note that the word or punctuation goes before the reference, with no space inbetween. Full stops should not appear after a reference (i.e. "this is a quote".<ref>Smith J. (1234), Example book</ref>)

External links

Add a {{Commonscat}} template here. External links should be added only rarely, and in accordance with the guidelines found in WP:EL. Consequently, this section should only rarely be found in most articles. In particular, the use of links as described in WP:SPAM should always be avoided.

If any links are deemed appropriate for this section, they should always be accompanied by an appropriate description of (a) what they are, (b) their justification, and (c) the date on which they were added in the form "Accessed: 07 July, 2007" (WP:EL#External links section gives some more information about this.)

External links used as a form of verification for facts found in the text of the article should be treated as normal references, e.g., cited by enclosing them in <ref>...</ref> tags and conforming to the style of web-based references, which also includes a "Retrieval date" component. They should not be added to this section (see WP:EL#References and citation.) Wikipedia:Citation templates gives useful information about what should be entered and the order in which the separate components of a web-citation should appear.

Dos and Don'ts

• Per WP:TRIVIA, do not use a "trivia", "miscellaneous" or "other facts" section.
• Per WP:LIST, avoid using lists wherever possible (such as for "locks"), consider using tables, diagrams or prose.
• Per WP:DATE and WP:CONTEXT, do not link standalone years. Only link full dates or dates with a day and a month. The same applies to dates in the footnotes.Only link to dates if it is likely to deepen readers' understanding of a topic.
• Per WP:EL and WP:SPAM, be reluctant to add external links unless they are essential, and always restrict them to the External Links section, or preferably to within an appropriately tagged reference.

Grammar and layout checklist

• The lead needs to adequately summarize the content of the article.
• There should not be anything in the lead not mentioned in the rest of the article.
• Only make wikilinks that are relevant to the context. Common words do not need wikilinking.
• A word only needs to be wikilinked once within each section.
• It is not recommended to specify the size of images. The sizes should be what readers have specified in their user preferences.
• Text should not be sandwiched between two adjacent images.
• All fair-use images need a fair use rationale.
• Image captions should not end with a full-stop if the caption does not form a complete sentence.
• Book references need the author, publisher, publishing date and page number.
• Web references need the author, publisher, publishing date, access date, language (if not English) and format (if a PDF file).
• Blogs and personal websites are not reliable sources.
• Inline citations belong immediately after punctuation marks.
• Each "notable resident" needs a reference.
• Portal links belong in the "see also" section.
• "Further info" links belong at the top of sections.
• Include lists only if they cannot be made into prose or their own article.
• Lists within prose should be avoided.
• Unspaced en dashes are used for ranges. Unspaced em dashes or spaced en dashes are used for punctuation. The same applies to dashes in the footnotes. See WP:MOS#Dashes.
• " " (non-breaking space) should be typed between numbers and units.
• Imperial measurements should be accompanied by the metric equivalent in brackets, and vice versa. If possible, use a conversion template, eg. {{convert|5|mi|km|0}}.
• Whole numbers under ten should be spelled out as words, except when in lists, tables or infoboxes.
• Sentences should not start with a numeral. Either recast the sentence or spell the number out.
• Usually, only the first word in a section heading needs a capital letter.
• Short sections and paragraphs are discouraged.
• The words "current", "recent" & "to date" should be avoided as they become outdated.
• Ampersands should not be used, except when in a name, eg., Marks & Spencer.
• Southeast is one word (and may or may not be hyphenated). This does not apply when it is the name of an area, eg. South East England.
• In longer sentences, a comma may be needed before "and", "due to", "such as", "including", "as", "because" or "but".
• "Past few years" has a different meaning to "last few years".
• "Within" has a different meaning to "in".
• Full-stops are needed after each initials in someone's name.
• Hyphens should not be placed after words ending in ly, eg. widely-used phrase (except if the ly word could also describe the noun, eg. friendly-looking man)
• Do not use contractions, such as "can't" and "they're".
• "While" should only be used when emphasising that two events occur at the same time, or when emphasising contrast. It should not be used as an additive link.
• Using "with" as an additive link can lead to wordy and awkward prose, eg. the town has ten councillors, with one being the district mayor → the town has ten councillors; one is the district mayor
• Beginning a sentence with "there", when it does not stand for anything, leads to wordy prose, eg. There are ten houses in the village → The village has ten houses. The same applies to "it".
• Avoid weasel words, such as "it is believed that", "is widely regarded as", "some have claimed".
• Avoid peacock terms, such as "beautiful", "famous", "popular", "well-known", "significant", "important" and "obvious".
• Avoid informal or words, such as "carry out" and "pub".
• Avoid overly-formal or archaic words, such as "circa", "utilise", "whilst", "upon", "commence" and "prior".
• Avoid wordy terms, such as "the majority of" and "a number of".
• Avoid vague words, such as "various", "many", "several", "long" and "almost"
• Avoid phrases with redundant words, such as "is located in", "the two are both", "they brought along", "they have plans to", "they were all part of", "the last ones to form", "both the towns", "outside of the town", "all of the towns", "received some donations", "still exists today", "it also includes others", "many different towns", "available records show" and "in the year 2007".

Useful references

• The mills and organisation of the Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited. Blackfriars House Manchester: Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited. 1951.
• Arnold, Sir Arthur (1864). The history of the cotton famine, from the fall of Sumter to the passing of the Public Works Act (1864). London: Saunders, Otley and Co. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
• Ashmore, Owen (1982). The industrial archaelogy of North-west England. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0719008204. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
• Chapman, S.J. (1904). The Lancashire Cotton Industry, A Study in Economic Development. Manchester. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
• Gurr, Duncan; Hunt, Julian (1998). The Cotton Mills of Oldham. Oldham Education & Leisure. ISBN 0-902809-46-6.
• Haynes, Ian (1987). Cotton in Ashton. Libraries and Arts Committee, Tameside Metropolitan Borough. ISBN 0-904 506-14-2. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
• Hills, Richard Leslie (1993). Power from Steam: A History of the Stationary Steam Engine. Cambridge University Press,. p. 244. ISBN ISBN 052145834X, 9780521458344. Retrieved January 2009. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
• Marsden, Richard (1884). Cotton Spinning: its development, principles an practice. George Bell and Sons 1903. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
• Nasmith, Joseph (1895). Recent Cotton Mill Construction and Engineering. London: John Heywood. ISBN 1-4021-4558-6. Retrieved March 2009. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
• Quayle, Tom (2006). The Cotton Industry in Longdendale and Glossopdale. Stroud,Gloucestershire: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-3883-2. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
• Roberts, A S (1921), "Arthur Robert's Engine List", Arthur Roberts Black Book., One guy from Barlick-Book Transcription, retrieved 2009-01-11
• Williams, Mike (1992). Cotton Mills of Greater Manchester. Carnegie Publishing. ISBN 0-984789-89-1. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check |isbn= value: checksum (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) </ref>