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> they use "straight" quotes instead of “curly” quote why care?

• rand84545 7y ago
  I don't mean this ironically, I really don't understand why would anyone care about such things?
  • DanBC 7y ago
    So, not about curly vs straight quotes, but about whether to use en-dash, em-dash, minus, or hyphens on Wikipedia. For example, what mark do you put in "Mexican-American War"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mexican%E2%80%93American_War/Archive_3#Requested_move_(February_2011) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mexican%E2%80%93American_... Here's a lengthy village pump discussion, with no outcome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)/Archive_101#Hyphens_and_endashs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy... Look at the word counts for some of the discussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=dash&prefix=Wikipedia+talk%3AManual+of+Style%2F&fulltext=Search+archives&fulltext=Search&ns0=1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=dash&pre... Some of these discussions end up on Arbcom which is pretty severe: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case&oldid=429209333#Hyphens_and_dashes https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitra... It seems a lot of people do care, passionately, about the difference between "" and “”.
  • monadgonad 7y ago
    Language and typography are art. Proper typography is more aesthetically pleasing.