Manual of Style

The Manual of Style page defines the writing and formatting standards followed across The Sunil Abraham Project (TSAP). The aim is to ensure consistency, readability, and long-term maintainability across all pages.

Note: This documentation is evolving and may change as the project develops.

Language and Spelling

• Use Indian English / British English spelling (e.g. “centre”, not “center”; “colour”, not “color”; “organisation”, not “organization”).
• Avoid American spellings unless part of a quoted source (e.g. retain “color”, “program”, “defense” if present in original text).
• Maintain consistent spelling across the site.
• Do not change language variants in direct quotes, full text reproductions, or source material. Always preserve original spelling in such cases.

Punctuation

• Always use straight apostrophes (‘) and straight quotation marks (“).
• Do not use curly or typographic quotation marks (e.g. ‘ ’ “ ”).

Tone and Style

• Write in a clear, natural, and human-readable manner.
• Avoid overly formal, academic, or mechanical phrasing.
• Ensure writing is not easily identifiable as machine-generated.
• Keep sentences direct and precise.

Capitalisation

• Use Title Case for page titles.
• Use sentence case within paragraphs unless grammatically required.
• Maintain consistency in headings.

Bold Usage

• Use bold sparingly.
• Allowed uses:
  • First sentence lead format (e.g. Sunil Abraham is an Indian internet researcher…).
  • Page titles (where needed)
  • Section headers
  • Key terms (e.g. legislation, policy names)
• Do not bold full sentences or use bold for emphasis.

Markdown Structure

• Avoid unnecessary horizontal rules (---).
• Use them only where they serve a structural purpose (e.g. separating YAML front matter from content).
• Prefer clean heading hierarchy:
  • ## for major sections
  • ### for subsections
• Do not mix heading levels inconsistently.

YAML Front Matter

All pages must include:

• layout: default
• title: in Title Case
• description: (clear and concise)
• categories: (appropriate classification)
• permalink: (clean, structured URL)
• created: (must reflect actual IST date of creation)

The created: field must:

• Always be present
• Always match the actual creation date (Indian Standard time)
• Be placed as the last parameter in the YAML block

Authors

• Use authors as an array.
• Example: authors: [“Name”]

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