Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Registered UK Charity (No. 115342)

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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'''Page Content
'''Page Content


* Body text should be short paragraphs (unbulleted) and '''commence with a year or date''' whenever possible.  
* Body text should be short paragraphs (unbulleted) and '''commence with a year or full date''' whenever possible.  


* Paragraphs are listed in '''date order ascending''', so list by earliest reference first.
* Paragraphs are listed in '''date order''', so list by earliest reference first.


* '''Give the source reference to each item of information''' using the 'ref' tag. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Inline_citation#Citation_density Wikipedia: Inline citation]
* '''Give the source reference to each item of information''' using the 'ref' tag. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Inline_citation#Citation_density Wikipedia: Inline citation]
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''' Adding an image
''' Adding an image


* The house style is to use thumbnail images, aligned to the right, in chronologically ascending order.
* The house style is to use thumbnail images, aligned to the right, in chronologically order.


* See [[Test: Image Processing]] to learn how to prepare an image for upload.
* See [[Test: Image Processing]] to learn how to prepare an image for upload.


* Image should be compressed and set to a max width of 720 px. This speeds up the page download times.
* Image should be compressed and set to a max width of 760 px. This speeds up the page download times.


* To add a thumbnail image, aligned right, view the edit tab on the [[Test image position]] for script and [[Test: Linking Images]] for the general procedure and tips.
* To add a thumbnail image, aligned right, view the edit tab on the [[Test image position]] for script and [[Test: Linking Images]] for the general procedure and tips.
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'''Category Assignment
'''Category Assignment


* Assign as many suitable categories as possible referring to the 'All Categories list' as necessary.
* Assign as many suitable categories as possible referring to the [https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Special:Categories&offset=&limit=5000 All Categories list] as necessary.


* All company pages should have a category 'Town - xxxx' or 'Country - xxxx'
* All company pages should have a category 'Town - xxxx' or 'Country - xxxx'

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Page Titles and new pages

  • Check that the page doesn't already exist, but under a slightly different title by using a broad search term and checking carefully. If the name doesn't exist then then you will get an option to create a new page.
  • Never use the '&' (ampersand) in a page name - it will probably never be found again! There can also be problems with any character that is not one of the 26 + 10 alphanumeric characters...
  • Always abbreviate 'Company' to 'Co' in page names
  • Do not use 'Ltd' / 'plc' and similar in page titles as companies change their legal status during their life-time

Page Content

  • Body text should be short paragraphs (unbulleted) and commence with a year or full date whenever possible.
  • Paragraphs are listed in date order, so list by earliest reference first.
  • Where most of the page information comes from a single source then include that under the 'References' section in the page footer

External Links

Adding an image

  • The house style is to use thumbnail images, aligned to the right, in chronologically order.
  • Image should be compressed and set to a max width of 760 px. This speeds up the page download times.

Category Assignment

  • Assign as many suitable categories as possible referring to the All Categories list as necessary.
  • All company pages should have a category 'Town - xxxx' or 'Country - xxxx'
  • All person pages should have categories for 'Biography' and 'Biography - xxxx' and 'Births - #### - ####' and 'Deaths #### - ####'
  • Be free to create new categories.

'Defaultsort

  • For person pages, add in the default sort script the Surname first followed by Forenames, so that it will appear in the correctly in alphabetical order within it's category listings.
  • For an example, please use the edit tab to view the 'hidden' script below.


Footer

  • All pages need the following code at the bottom (immediately before the 'Category' tag) (Use Edit tab to see the code)

See Also

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Sources of Information