Index talk:Statesman's Year-Book 1899 American Edition.djvu

Proofreading guidelines
In the proofreading of all volumes ,
 * has been reserved for the book's title,
 * has been used for chapter headings, e.g. country names
 * has been used for section headings, such as "Government", "Instruction", and "Books of Reference". Most of these appear in the table of contents.
 * has been used for subsection headings with small-caps, such as "". Most of these don't appear in the table of contents. Rule of thumb: If it is small-caps, it's probably.
 * has been used for sub-subsection or table headings written in all capital letters or italics.

Chapters for transclusion are individual countries ( headings), such as Abyssinia, but for the United States each heading (such as Newspapers) has been transcluded separately.


 * Typographic details
 * Decimal fractions use a middle point (8·93) but this is proofread as a normal period (8.93).
 * Monetary values are written 14l. 5s. 7d. with a lowercase "L, S, D" in italics immediately following the number, but this is proofread as 14 £ 5 s. 7 d. with a whitespace between numbers and units. British currency before 1971 used L = £ = pound (Latin libra); S = shilling (Latin solidus) = 1/20 pound; D = pence (Latin denarius) = 1/12 shilling.