Author: Jack Martel

Section headers shouldn’t be necessary in short posts (of fewer than 1500 words) that are straightforward. More complex posts should use section headers, starting with the second paragraph. The first paragraph should sum up the post, and end with the “Read More” tag, which looks like this: <!--more-->

Use <strong>The Bold Tag</strong> For Section Headers, Capitalized Like Titles

Use <em>italics</em> for titles of books as well as print magazines (but not online ones), such as Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels or the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, and also for plain ol’ emphasis, hence emphasis. Don’t italicize the punctuation mark at the end, <em>like so</em>, and <em>like so</em>.

Punctuation

When a colon is used to connect one complete sentence with another, capitalize the first word after the colon: This is how it is done. But when a colon is used to connect a complete sentence with an incomplete one, then do not capitalize the first word after the colon, such as with lists: apple, banana, cantaloupe.

Use semicolons 1) when you write a list in which the different parts contain commas, and thus you have to differentiate them more precisely; 2) when you want to relate two sentences more closely to each other than a period allows, although even then it should be used sparingly; and 3) when you find it to be appropriate for any other reason. Including numbers in such a list is optional.

Type two consecutive hyphens (--) in the plain text editor to produce a dash — a long “em dash” when using spaces separating the two hyphens from the two words on either side — like so. If you use the WYSIWYG (or “Visual”) editor, just use an em dash with spaces on either side, perhaps one that you’ve copied from elsewhere. To keep things simple, don’t bother with the shorter “en dash,” and instead just use a single hyphen for dates (e.g., 1999-2001), Bible verses (e.g., Ephesians 5:22-24), and other such things.

He wrote, “Use double quotation marks for shorter quotations, and ‘single quotation marks’ for quotations inside of those.” He also wrote that one should “keep punctuation marks of one pen stroke inside the quotation marks,” and “put punctuation marks of two pen strokes outside the quotation marks”; I suppose that it just looks better that way. (When using an invented quotation that might be mistaken for a genuine quotation, use either single quotation marks or italics, e.g., Fools such as Paul Ryan say, But surely this cannot happen to us!)

Block Quotations & Scripture Quotations

Blockquotes are for quotations that take up more than three lines in a blockquote when viewed fullscreen on a desktop or laptop. When the quotation gets to be over about 250 characters (including spaces), or about 40-50 words (depending on word length, of course), use a blockquote and see if the text runs three full lines and at least starts in on a fourth.

<blockquote>Note: Use a blockquote inside a blockquote when the material you are quoting uses a blockquote, regardless of length.</blockquote>

²⁶When you quote multiple verses of Scripture at once in a blockquote, use superscript numbers like ²⁶ to indicate each verse. ²⁷Shorter quotations, typically ones of just one verse, or part of a verse, don’t require superscript numbers. ²⁸In those cases, the citation at the end is sufficient. ²⁹The citation at the end looks like the following. (Galatians 3:26-29 KJV)

Source Citations & Links

With regard to the Bible, unless you’re comparing translations or doing in-depth scriptural interpretation that necessitates the use of more literal translations, stick with the KJV — for purposes of poetry and cultural continuity. For direct quotations, include “KJV” (or other abbreviation, if using another translation). Link to cited verses in the manner seen above.

Instead of footnotes, use hyperlinks (or parentheticals). Here’s what a hyperlink looks like in HTML:

Visit <a href=”http://sonsofeuropa.com/”>Sons of Europa.</a>

It ends up looking like this:

Visit Sons of Europa.

(If the punctuation at the end of the link is one stroke of the pen, include it in the link. If it is two strokes, exclude it. Example: like this.)

If your source is a book, link to a public PDF, or use a Google Books link with the relevant text highlighted. If you can’t do either, then include an informal in-text citation that provides enough information for someone to find what you mention.

Use archive.org links when linking any government (.gov) site (like this), the ADL, the SPLC, or any other communist/antifa site.

The calls in recent years to ban Confederate symbols and historical figures from the public square were initially explained as addressing particular historical or contemporary grievances, typically of a racial nature. But the quick extension of such bans to various other symbols and figures with little or no connection to the Confederacy, and even to seemingly innocuous things such as a cartoon frog named Pepe, has strongly suggested that this explanation is insufficient. A simpler, more comprehensive explanation for these calls to ban supposedly “racist” or “white supremacist” symbols is that they attempt to remove from public acceptability anything that might lend support to white people positively identifying themselves as a group. Continue reading “No Symbols For White Men: Why The ADL & SPLC Condemned A Frog” →