Radiopaedia Helpers

Biographical Date Spacing

error

"e.g. Benjamin “Benny” Felson (1913-1988)"

Line 38:13 · In a biographical citation, the date should be correctly spaced: 'Benjamin “Benny” Felson (1913'

Number Spacing

error

"not "(21 October 1913 - 22 October 1988)""

Line 39:25 · In a number range, there should not be spaces around the hyphen ('1913 - 22').

Optional Plurals

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"if precise year(s) of birth and/or death are not known, then the abbreviation "fl." can be employed"

Line 47:15 · Do not use plurals in parentheses such as in 'year(s)'.

"fl. is inserted before the year(s), of when there is irrefutable citable evidence, that they were alive e.g. John Smith (fl. 1903-1953)"

Line 50:35 · Do not use plurals in parentheses such as in 'year(s)'.

Quotes

error

"if precise year(s) of birth and/or death are not known, then the abbreviation "fl." can be employed"

Line 47:82 · Commas and periods go outside quotation marks (in nearly all circumstances).

En Dash

error

"personal relationships – marriage/children"

Line 89:31 · Use a hyphen-minus ('-') instead of an en-dash ('–').

Strong

warning

"The introduction should take the following structure:"

Line 4:8 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'introduction'

"name of individual in bold"

Line 7:26 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'bold'

"use their first name and last name e.g. Robert Smith"

Line 9:47 · Generally, don't use bold in text: ' Robert Smith'

"only use additional names in the introduction if they are familiarly known by that additional name e.g. Sebastian Gilbert Scott"

Line 10:112 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'Sebastian Gilbert Scott'

"Wilhelm C Roentgen or C Thurstan Holland in the introduction"

Line 15:43 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'C Thurstan Holland '

"initials are not separated by spaces when there is more than one e.g. AB Smith, not A B Smith"

Line 18:78 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'AB Smith'

"Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen or Charles Thurstan Holland in the Early Life section"

Line 21:66 · Generally, don't use bold in text: ' in the Early Life section'

"e.g. Benjamin “Benny” Felson"

Line 26:17 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'Benjamin “Benny” Felson'

"e.g. Benjamin “Benny” Felson (1913-1988)"

Line 38:13 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'Benjamin “Benny” Felson '

"fl. is inserted before the year(s), of when there is irrefutable citable evidence, that they were alive e.g. John Smith (fl. 1903-1953)"

Line 50:117 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'John Smith'

"fl. can also be used for people who are still alive, e.g. John Smith (fl. 2019) at the time of writing"

Line 51:66 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'John Smith'

"Not limited to, but may include:"

Line 58:4 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'Not limited to, but may include'

Acronyms

warning

"initials are not separated by spaces when there is more than one e.g. AB Smith, not A B Smith"

Line 18:86 · 'AB' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

"Radiology and AJR regularly publish obituaries"

Line 105:36 · 'AJR' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

List Caps

warning

"Radiology and AJR regularly publish obituaries"

Line 105:15 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Marie Curie"

Line 118:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

Headings Valid

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Expected headings

H1 Early life
H1 Later life
H2 Accolades
H1 Legacy
H1 See also

"Development/invention/discovery of ‘x’"

Line 77:1 · "Development/invention/discovery of ‘x’" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"References"

Line 100:1 · "References" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Images"

Line 112:1 · "Images" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Examples"

Line 115:1 · "Examples" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

Semicolons

suggestion

"It is intended that the remainder of the article be presented in chronological order (earliest to latest); this equally applies to lists within sections."

Line 56:109 · Use semicolons judiciously.

"A bulleted, chronologically-ordered list (earliest to latest) of what they are primarily remembered for; it may be single, or more rarely multiple items."

Line 95:107 · Use semicolons judiciously.

Oxford Comma

suggestion

"try to avoid referencing whonamedit.com, Wikipedia or similar websites, many of the articles are unreferenced"

Line 108:40 · Use the Oxford comma in 'com, Wikipedia or similar'.

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