[SeasonOfDocs] Motion: adopt a style guide

[Clarence Cromwell]

That might be a worthy alternative. Is this a motion, and if so, what dictionary would go with it?

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> On Aug 7, 2019, at 11:43 AM, Stephanie Blotner <sblotner59 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> What about the Google Developer Documentation Style Guide? 
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>> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 9:20 AM Clarence Cromwell <clarencewcromwell at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I move that we adopt the Microsoft Style Guide and the Merriam-Webster dictionary for The Good Docs project, and that we apply them to whatever writing is generated by the project (our web site and our official templates) but that we don't demand that anyone use a guide for contributing a collection of templates, as they are source material.
>> 
>> (I would emphasize that we only have to apply the style guide to material before we publish it, so that doesn't even require that people learn it before contributing; anyone who doesn't have the time, could allow an editor to clean up contributions according to the style guide.)
>> 
>> Reasoning: 
>> We need to all work from a single standard. 
>> These guides are available for free online. 
>> The Microsoft Guide is specific to technical writing, and is widely accepted in the industry.
>> If there are strong feelings about using a different guide, I would suggest a counter-motion naming a specific set of books, so that people can vote for one or the other, and then we can get on with business. 
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