Proofing Examples

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This wiki page is a modest attempt to organize the knowledge in the forums so that it is easier to find the many threads in the forum which give good advice and examples on proper proofing. (There is a companion page of formatting examples).

The intention is not to reprise the guidelines. Nor is this a substitute for the forums. It is, however, a supplement to them. The forums are still the primary venue to pose questions and seek answers for how to properly proof and format something. However, often, in the midst of proofing, a proofer may say, "Now, I remember a thread with an example much like the problem I am facing, if only I can find that thread again...." And very often, the thread with the example desired is in some hard-to-find corner, like in a team-talk thread, or a specific project thread. That's when a proofer can turn to this page.

In the remarks column of these tables, Template:Guidelines-quote. Other text comprises excerpts from forum discussions (or comments by the editors of these wiki pages) and are exactly that: discussions. These tables can only quote excerpts, and it is often a good idea to follow the links for fuller context. Also note that sometimes people may not fully agree with a forum post but not air their disagreements to avoid starting a dispute when the advice given the the poster who asked a question would not differ much. This is particularly true in the Q&A fora, from which a number of examples are drawn here. the correctness and universality of the examples used here can be debated on the talk page.

In addition, by gathering many examples into a single place, experienced DPCers can review them from time to time, and when the Guidelines or the practice under them changes, this page might be well be changed to match. Thus it may eventually be a more up-to-date collection of examples than a search of the fora would reveal.

If you happen to stumble upon this page, please recognize that it is very much work in progress, and that it will be a long time before it is anything like complete, much less definitive. In the meantime, feel free to use this page, or better still, edit it.

This page uses a set of templates to create display tables in a consistent way. for discussion of these, and to comment on the format and content of this page, please see the talk page.