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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
Chronological items
Precise language
Time of day
Day, month and season names
Dates
Full date formatting
Format consistency
Strong national ties to a topic
Retaining the existing format
Dates of birth and death
Other date ranges
Linking and autoformatting of dates
Longer periods
Year numbering systems
Calendars
Time zones
Numbers
Numbers as figures or words
Typography
Delimiting (grouping of digits)
Large numbers
Fractions
Decimal points
Percentages
Natural numbers
Repeating decimals
Non-base-10 notations
Scientific notation, engineering notation, and uncertainty
Notations
Uncertainty
Units of measurement
Which units to use and how to present them
Unit conversions
Avoiding ambiguities
Unit names and symbols
Conventions
Unit names
Unit symbols
Units and symbols often written incorrectly
Quantities of bytes and bits
Adopting suggestions from standards bodies
Currencies
Which one to use
Formatting
Common mathematical symbols
Unnecessary vagueness
Geographical coordinates
See also
