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Manual of style for common types of article[edit]
Terminology[edit]
- The Game
- Rugby league shall be written in lower case, such as rugby league, except when starting a sentence, such as in this one.
- The use of the more official term rugby league football is acceptable.
- Terms such as football and rugby may be used where the meaning is entirely unambiguous. i.e. to call the game football in New South Wales and Queensland articles is acceptable but if there is any ambiguity involving rlf and soccer, rugby union or Aussie rules then a non-ambiguous term, such as "rugby league football", should be used.
Participants[edit]
- As with references to the Game itself, terms involving potentially ambiguous words, such as "football coach", should be amended to "rugby league football coach" or "rugby league coach" to ensure clarity where appropriate.
- References made to footballers or players are acceptable. i.e "...are entertaining footballers" or "Wigan players"
- Usage of the terms "footballer" or "rugby league footballer" for those people for whom playing the game is defining is most appropriate. This means professional or senior players.
"...we must also build on our own values - those of craft and skill, those which make the ‘footballer’ rather than the mere rugby player..."
Mike Rylance, Open Rugby, October 1984, p. 22. Cited: Page 80, From Bondi to Batley: Australian Players in British Rugby League 1907- 1995 by Tony Collins / Quickview
- Usage of the terms "footballer" or "rugby league footballer" for those people for whom playing the game is defining is most appropriate. This means professional or senior players.
Summarise and link[edit]
Particularly when writing history of rugby league, be careful not to duplicate information. The standard way to deal with possibly duplicate information is to keep one major source of that information and wherever else it is useful, summarise and link to it, in the following manner.
- Place the link under the heading of the section you are writing and before any text.
- Type referring link in italics, as follows, Main Article: Link to article using {{main|Link to article}}
- If necessary or relevant, also link to a specific section in the article
You can see an example here.
However, it may be that yours is a complicated subject and for the reader to get the whole picture with as little reading as possible, it is recommended you write light paragraphs that link to the relevant articles in the text. The history section in the rugby league article is the perfect example of this.
Other information[edit]
Also see Wikipedia naming conventions, for naming articles.