WG Indexing Style Guide

Introduction

The Style Guide resource contains guidance and text formats to be used in indexing Whispering Gallery (WG), and Marzipan and Kisses (M&K) issues as well as indexing specific articles within the issues. A few rules of the road in general:

The Wiki Index will follow the British Punctuation style and spelling, which aligns with Whispering Gallery standards.
In alignment with the Chapter Project, indexers are to use the letter book abbreviations and numbering for DD works: GOK, QP, DK, PIF, RC, CM; NR, SOTR, ROS, UH, TLWL, C&R, GEM, KH. Note: For older articles where a citation is not specific to a chapter, use the book abbreviation only.
The wiki provides a special characters list above, and it should always be used to include accent marks such as Niccolò.

(The Style Guide was last updated August 2023.)

The Index Page

Each issue will have its own Index page identifying publication information, a list of each article and other content.

Creating an Index Page

It's critical to not create duplicate issue pages, so always start in the search field.

To create a new page, enter in the exact issue number in the Search field: WG040. Be sure to use the three-digit number as shown and not "WG40".
If the page does not exist, you will be prompted to create it. To create it, click on the highlighted link that appears, e.g. WG040. An empty page will appear.
From the master template WG000 under “Edit,” copy and paste the entire template. Once copied into the new issue, SAVE.
The template is divided into sections and the Style Guide will discuss each in detail below.
Each section heading of the template uses Heading Level 2 which is formatted as ==Heading==.

WG/M&K Issue Information

Once the issue page has been created and the issue template copied and pasted, the next steps will be to complete the publication information, cover information, editors, listing of the articles and other content. The information below goes into detail for these sections, so please refer to the actual issue to see the example first hand. Note: There are separate and very detailed instructions on completing the ARTICLE template. At this point, the important element is how the article TITLE is created on the ISSUE page, so please pay close attention to these steps.

The first part of the index prompts for issue information as illustrated below. The cover image has been uploaded and will populate once you add the issue number as shown. Be sure to update the information with the correct issue number as shown. Over the years, editors have changed and may be a single editor or a group, so list each separately as shown with square [[ ]].

The examples for these sections are illustrated here from WG080 (Issue 80) with Heading Level 2 for each section.

      ==Whispering Gallery Issue 80 / WG080==

*

      ==Date and Pages==
      * August 2003, 38 A4 Pages (including Covers)

      ==Editor==
      * Valerie Bierman  
      * next name

Cover Information

Early covers from M&K were submitted artwork by various contributors. Subsequently, the covers were standardized and later artwork was related to the theme of the issue. To the extent known, attribution should be noted for all artwork. Below are examples from an early M&K issue, an early WG issue and a more current WG issue. The "Cover" section uses a Heading Level 2.

Marzipan & Kisses (example from MK004)

A link is created for the name of the artwork with a separate link for the artist.

       ==Front Cover==
       * Phillipa and Lymond, Sketch - Gael Scott
       ==Back Cover==

Varies and may be blank or include a sketch

       * Phillipa Sketch - Jean Clissold

Early Whispering Gallery issues (example from WG060)

Typically plain cover with stylized border with no links required.

    ==Front Cover==
    * Standard Cover (color) with Border
    ==Back Cover==
    * Plain (color) Cover

Later Whispering Gallery Issues (example from WG135)

Both front and back covers have attributed artwork related to the main topic of the issue. Inside front and back covers also have artwork or photos that should have attribution. The examples for inside the back cover are from WG149. Provide description and citation but no link required.

    ==Front Cover==
    * 'Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI'

Credit: Collection at Blair Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

    ==Back Cover==
    * 'Tughra' (Official Signature) of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. c. 1555-60
    Copyright: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1938

   ==Inside Front Cover==
     * Calligraphy by Monica Murray.  DK 3.17 - Scene in St Giles as Gabriel and Lymond prepare to fight.

   ==Inside Back Cover==
    * Top right: Clasp-reliquary with eagle, Bohemia (?), middle 14th century. 18.5 cm (7.2 in) x 18.5 cm (7.2 in). Musée de Cluny/Musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris. CR.2.15. There is a quote from where this is mentioned in CR and an further explanation of its significance by Deborah Conway Reid

    * Middle right: Wartime poster on display at the Museum of the Order of St John, Clerkenwell, London. The Grand Priory Church was hit by an incendiary bomb in May 1941, and was restored between 1955 and 1958.

    * Bottom left: Kate Jewell’s Russian hardback editions of The Lymond Chronicles - she has added the fourth, Queens’ Play Part II, to her collection (see WG146, pp. 21–23).

Articles

Issue articles cover a lot of territory, and they may include topical articles on a DD book, fictional or historical characters, historical events, DD events and talks, scholarly presentations and repeating topics of interest. The ISSUE index will establish the list of articles, and these articles will ultimately link to an article page for a summary.

One of the main challenges for the ISSUE page is how to enter the title of the article for proper alphabetizing, accurate serialization of a multi-part article, and organization of common issue articles such as the Bookshelf.

Article Titles

The title of the article is the first step in indexing the issue. While most are stand-alone articles, several articles are in multiple parts over several issues or may be recurring over several years. These are the steps to follow to establish both the article link and the author link. Again, links are created by the square brackets [[ ]].

Single Article

Enter title and author with separate links:

      * The Elusive Sir Nicholas Upton - Linda Butcher (WG151)

Multi-part Articles

In order to create the link to the full series of articles on one article page, use the square brackets around the primary title for the series. Below are two examples from WG151 indicating the title of the series in square brackets, followed by the number in the series and its title.

      * More Pollock than Mondrian: Part 2 of 6, Christianity in the First Millennium, A Primer for King Hereafter - Ros Whysall (Salatheel) 
      * Lymond, Robin Stewart and 'That Death Scene': Part 1 of 2, Point of View and Subliminal Persuasion - Carmel Macpherson

Titles with Definite or Indefinite Articles (The, A, An)

In order to properly alphabetize article titles on the WG Articles page, it is necessary to separate "the", "a", and "an" from the beginning of the title. See the example above for The Elusive Sir Nicholas Upton. By separating the definite article "the" from the remainder of the title, it will be alphabetized under "E" and not "T". These examples are from WG131:

      * The Enigma of Francis Crawford - Scott Richardson
      * The Dunnett Weekend Edinburgh 2016 - John Saccenti

Authors

Authors are linked after the title of the article. If multiple authors, each author has a separate link. If no author, indicate 'Unattributed' after hyphen with no square brackets.

Istanbul, City of Two Continents, The Diary of Graham Harper's Harem Part 2 - Betty Cooper and Jean Stringfellow

Recurring or Fanfiction Articles

There are several articles or topics that reoccur in the most current issues of WG; note that these may or may not be in earlier issues of WG and most likely are not in the MK issues. As of 2017, WG no longer accepts fanfiction submissions; however, there are several fanfiction articles in older WG/MK issues. These fanfiction articles will not be indexed; instead they will be listed on a single page "Fanfiction" with brief summary.

Follow these examples:

Editorial

Editorial – Valerie Bierman

Views from the Wynds

A View from the Wynds - Suzanne McNeill

Dunnett Lexicon

A Dunnett Lexicon - Usufruits, Jazerained, Freshets Carole Richardson

Talking Point

Talking Point How has your reading of Dunnett's writing taken you into the 'real' world, not away from it?. See letter contributions.

Who-Dunnett?

Who-Dunnett? What is meant by 'Oak of linen and pole of Jewels'? (GoK) - Liz Cochrane

Letters from Dorothy

A Letter from Dorothy Dunnett to Pat Gorst and later, married, to Pat Wilcox

That's Relevant

That’s Relevant! - The Brecbennoch Reliquary, The Golden Rose Deirdre McCormack, The Rota Porphyretica Jo Heaton

Fanfiction

Refer to this site for examples: https://dunnettcentral.org/wiki/index.php/Fanfiction.

           * THE LYMOND CHRONICLES
           * WG084 - 'Sybilla's Story.' 
           * Lymond and Philippa find the Diary of a deceased Sybilla, written at the time of her marriage.

Use the double square brackets [[ ]] around Fanfiction to link the submission to the Fanfiction page. To see the formatting, go to Issue WG085 and look via the Edit function to see the formatting.

             * Fanfiction 'Crickets' - Kate Hannam

Bookshelf

This wiki page lists book suggestions by contributors to 'Whispering Gallery' and Marzipan & Kisses'. Where there is a formal Review attached to the recommendation, a brief summary is included if there is a link to Dorothy Dunnett's works through the characters, places or historical events. These recommendations, thought to be of interest to Dunnett readers, have not been vetted by the Dorothy Dunnett Society. Examples below:

      * WG083
      ** Power and Profit: The Merchant in Medieval Europe. Peter Spufford. (2002) Thames and Hudson.
      ** Recommendations of fiction on a "feudal" Japan, the War of the Roses, Elizabethan England and Malta.

To see formatting, go to Issue WG083 and look via the Edit function to see the formatting.

The Article Page

Upon completing the creation of the Issue Page, the next step is to index each article. Just as there is a Issue page template, there is a specific Article page template found on the wiki to be used at all times. Note that template has gone through some modification and updates to more accurately reflect the intent of the section. Always be sure to use the most current template. https://dunnettcentral.org/wiki/index.php/000_Article_Template. As we can, indexers are reviewing earlier articles to confirm the most current section heading.

Creating the Article Page

From the Issue page, click on the article to create the Article Page. Refer to the link above and copy and paste the Article template into the Article Page. SAVE.

The first section of the Article template gives a very brief statement on the subject of the article. The issue number should be entered within the square brackets to create the link to the issue.

      ==Overview and Issue==
      * Article on
      * WG152

These examples are from Images and Character of Cardinal Bessarion, WG152.

      ==Overview and Issues==
      * A review on the life of Cardinal Bessarion.
      * WG152

The abstract is a very high level overview of the article, and the objective is to provide enough information to prompt a user of the wiki to read the full article. It is not the intent here to provide an in-depth summary; however, the indexer may consider information on resources and bibliography and cross-reference topics of interest for the user to further research. Th

      *==Abstract==
      * Born in Trebizond, 1402. He entered the order of St Basil in 1425 and became Cardinal in 1439. Bessarion was committed to the promotion of    humanism and learning. His beliefs were founded on Platonic Philosophy. He saw his main mission to unite the Western and Eastern churches. This was made impossible with the fall of Constantinople in 1453. He was the Supervisor of the papal alum mines in Tolfa and died at Ravenna in November 1472.

Author

Author's name

Dunnett Book Citations

Use the book initials as per those used in the Chapter Project and include the section and chapter number. It is important to put the square brackets [[ ]] around the chapter information as it will link to the specific chapter. For more information on the Chapter Project return to the Main Page or click on this link: https://dunnettcentral.org/wiki/index.php/Dunnett_Chapter_Project

      ==References==
      * WG151 Pt 1 - QP 2.2, QP 3.1, QP 4.3, QP 4.4, QP 4.5, QP 4.6
      * WG152 Pt 2 - GOK 1.5.1, QP 1.4,  QP 1.5, QP 1.6, QP 2.1,QP 3.1

Older WG and MK issues may not have the full chapter citation but only the book reference. In such cases, the use of just the book initials is acceptable.

Historical Characters

Refer to the separate wiki guideline "Historical Character Notes" (https://dunnettcentral.org/wiki/index.php/Historical_Character_Notes) for the list of the recommended names of historical personages that should have a linked page within the wiki. Remember, in order to create the link, the historical character name requires square brackets [[ ]].

The guideline will provide information on how to treat minor historical figures or inclusion of characters where there is little information of sources available. If a historical figure is not linked within the wiki site, consider linking them to an external website, such as Wikipedia or Encyclopedia Britannica.

In this example from WG151, More Pollock than Mondrian, two central historical characters have square brackets indicating their significance to the story--Thorfinn and Sulien--and these two characters will have a Dunnett wiki page created for them. The historical figure of Constantine the Great is not bracketed; instead a link is provided to a wikipedia article on him. In order to create the wikipedia link, use the syntax as shown under the Edit function.

      ==Historical Characters==
      * Thorfinn 
      * Sulien Pt 2, WG151
      * Constantine the Great<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine</ref> Pt 2, WG151

Fictional Characters

Refer to the separate guideline “Fictional Character Notes” https://dunnettcentral.org/wiki/index.php/Fictional_Character_Notes for the list of fictional characters that should have a linked page within the wiki. Remember, in order to create the link, the fictional character name requires square brackets [[ ]]. Be aware of the variation of names, use of pet names, and abbreviated versions of the names used across the book series.

Note: The establishment of the primary fictional name to use is still a work-in-progress. Refer to https://dunnettcentral.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page#Fictional_Character_Pages for a future list. For now, if not noted on that wiki site, use the fictional name as listed in the “Fictional Character Notes”.

In this example from WG151 Robin Stewart three central fictional characters have square brackets indicating their significance to the story--Francis Crawford of Lymond, Oonagh O'Dwyer and Phelim O'LiamRoe--and these characters will have a Dunnett wiki page created for them. The fictional character of Piedar Dooley is not a central figure and will not have a Dunnett wiki page.

Use the primary fictional name, such as Francis Crawford of Lymond. Follow this format which can be seen under the Edit function.

      ==Fictional Characters==
      * Francis Crawford of Lymond - Master of Culter, Comte de Sevigny
      * Piedar Dooley
      * Oonagh O'Dwyer
      * Phelim O'LiamRoe - Prince of Barrow and Feudal Lord of the Slieve Bloom

Illustrations

All illustrations should be indexed with attribution given. The most current WG issues will have complete information, and it should be copied. Older article illustrations may have limited information, but attribute as given. Photo credits should also be listed.

From WG151:

      * 'St Simeon Stylites', Williams Burges, 1861. Copyright V&A, London.
      * 'La croix miraculeuse': Constantine sees the Chi Rho appear in the sky. Jean Baptiste Lienard after Peter Paul Rubens. c.1808. Copyright The     Trustees of the British Museum.

From WG127:

      * Cloudscape over the Royal Mile. Photo credits: Anne Buchanan.

Literature

Use this section to list literature works cited within the article.

From WG121:

     * Sayers, Dorothy, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, 1921

Locations

This section should list and bracket all the locations described in the article. Other than citing the location, no other information is required. The example below is from Lymond, Robin Stewart and 'That' Death Scene WG151:

      ==Locations==
      * Chateaubriand, France
      * Paris
      * London
      * Douay, France
      * Blois

Bibliography

This section is used to list the sources cited in the article, either as a footnote or end listing. If the bibliography is lengthy, the indexer may reference in the Abstract that the article contains numerous sources. if reasonable, the sources may be listed and below is an example from WG150.

      ==Bibliography==
      * 'The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Christianity', John H. Arnold, ed. Oxford University Press, 2107. Pt 1, WG150; Pt 2, WG151; Pt 3, WG152; Pt 4,   WG153: Pt 5, WG154; Pt 6, WG155
      * 'The Pre-Conquest Church in England', Margaret Deanesly. A and C Black, Ltd, 1961. Pt 1, WG150; Pt2, WG151; Pt 5, WG154
      * 'Medieval Monasticism: Forms of Religious Life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages', 3rd ed. C.H. Lawrence, Longman, 2001. Pt 1, WG150; Pt 2, WG151; Pt 3, WG152