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Second comma[edit]

Comma rules are generally difficult, and this usage is changing in many informal contexts, but for "scholarly" and journalistic writing, every American style guide that I've seen mentioning this supports the advice here. See for instance Chicago 6.17 ("Commas in pairs"), 6.45 and 10.30; The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage, at "comma" (the last two paragraphs); and AP Stylebook, at "months" and in the punctuation section. Also see Comma#Parenthetical phrases. - Dank (push to talk) 04:15, 18 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Something on descriptors[edit]

Would be nice to have something here about when and what type to keep and remove, especially for fictional topics. FE, vague descriptors, such as "big" generally require secondary sources (although primary source can be okay if directly says so). More specific descriptors though like "blue" for "The blue car..." tend to not because it is an objective descriptor. Ie, if the car is painted blue, then it is by defintion a blue car.

On a related note, there could be something said about vague terms.∞陣内 Jinnai 21:51, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If this is because I am attempting to use the word "cartoon" to describe this fictional character, it seems a bit excessive just to change policy to make you right and me wrong.—Ryulong (竜龙) 23:08, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. This is someone's essay and not a binding policy. Nevermind.—Ryulong (竜龙) 23:14, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I had to give it some thought; I've added a disclaimer that these usage notes only apply to narrative writing. WP:WAF would be a better place to talk about cartoons (or non-cartoons). - Dank (push to talk) 04:06, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]