Manual:Introductory Essays

Pages should be named “Chinese sources on [Region/Theme]” The titles should use sentence case, but Themes should be capitalized for emphasis.

For locations within China, the page name should be “Chinese sources on [Province/Location]”

Be sure to set the Location or Theme as the sorting order for the page in the Settings menu. E.g., “Chinese sources on Africa” will thus be treated as if it were the entry “Africa”

Refer to the standards of style, such as those for the use of Chinese characters and romanizations in-text.

Unlike a published essay, the Wiki version will require a

(1) (1) heading structure that uses short paragraphs, (4) images; (2) linking (3) categories; (5) references in Wiki footnotes (6) sources list in table format

Lead section

The first line of an introductory essay should be the author name (first and last) followed by a comma and the institutional affiliation. As with all in-text links, the author name should be linked to the author’s page within the Wiki, not an outside source.