Manual of Style

This biographical directory follows the Wikipedia English Wikipedia's Manual of Style [[1]], with a few modifications and enhancements. Consult the editors if you have any questions.

• Some Mediawiki functions have not yet been enabled so for the time being presentations may need to be simplified.
• Articles should concentrate on documentation and information science with minimal attention to other aspects of the individual’s life, especially when articles with a wider scope exist in the English Wikipedia where those other details are more likely to be expertly updated or elsewhere. Cite those articles instead of copying them. They should be listed in the Further Reading section. This applies to organizations as well as individuals.
• Unlike most obituaries, articles should be evaluative, but from a neutral point of view. Nevertheless, selective citing of obituaries is not discouraged.
• Publications: Many biographees and organizations published extensively. Publications and Works sections should be quite selective with brief annotation encouraged. Whenever possible identify and cite a more complete list. Where none is known authors are urged to compile and publish one. If need be, such a list can be published here as a separate article, e.g. see Patrick_Wilson_Bibliography [[2]]
• Every entry should have a Further Reading section even if it only lists an obituary.
• Personal or professional papers in an archive should be identified and cited whenever known.
• The appendix External References section (positioned as the last appendix) is intended for a bulleted list of recommended ‘‘generally relevant’’ websites or other resources, each accompanied by a short description. Specific links to particular documents should all be in the body of the article. (Wikipedia articles often fail to comply with Wikipedia policy on this point).
• Some legacy articles still need to be revised to comply with this style.
• Articles for individuals and organizations primarily active in a non-English language are acceptable. An English translation will be added as a parallel article.
• There should always be a link to (and preferably from) the corresponding English Wikipedia article and for non-anglophone individuals and organizations the corresponding article in corresponding language Wikipedia.

Selected Articles

The following articles are suggested as models to follow:

• Lodewyk Bendikson [[3]]
• Emanuel Goldberg [[4]]
• Belver C. Griffith [[5]]
• Robert Pagès [[6]]