Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers/Register

This page is a work in progress, a working draft of a supplement to the Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers. Its purpose is to record decisions made in discussions at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers.

Non-breaking spaces

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Chronological items

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Precise language

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Time of day

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Day, month and season names

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Dates

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Full date formatting

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Format consistency
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Strong national ties to a topic
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Retaining the existing format
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Dates of birth and death

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Other date ranges

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Linking and autoformatting of dates

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Longer periods

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Year numbering systems

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Calendars

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Time zones

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Numbers

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Numbers as figures or words

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Typography

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Delimiting (grouping of digits)

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Large numbers

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Fractions

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Decimal points

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Percentages

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Natural numbers

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Repeating decimals

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Non-base-10 notations

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Scientific notation, engineering notation, and uncertainty

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Notations

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Uncertainty

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Units of measurement

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Which units to use and how to present them

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Unit conversions

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Avoiding ambiguities

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Unit names and symbols

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Conventions

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Unit names
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Unit symbols
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Units and symbols often written incorrectly

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Quantities of bytes and bits

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Adopting suggestions from standards bodies

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Currencies

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Which one to use

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Formatting

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Common mathematical symbols

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Unnecessary vagueness

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Geographical coordinates

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See also

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