Forum:MoS Additions

I would like to suggest that we add the following to the Manual of Style:
 * 1) The use of American style quotation. We already use American spelling and there seems to be an unwritten agreement that American style is used for punctuation in quotations.  American style simply means that commas and periods are put inside the quotation (see above links).  For the sake of consistency, it would be nice to have an official stance on this.
 * 2) Use of "perpetual present tense": articles should be written in the present tense. Wikipedia suggests that fiction should written about in present tense because, "Works of fiction are generally considered to "come alive" when read. They exist in a kind of perpetual present tense, regardless of when the fictional action is supposed to take place relative to "now." Thus, generally you should write about fiction using the present tense, not the past tense" (source).

 EvergreenFir  06:44, July 24, 2012 (UTC)