Wikipedia:Identifying and using style guides: Difference between revisions

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{{redirect|WP:STYLEGUIDES|Wikipedia's own internal style guide|Wikipedia:Manual of Style}}
{{Essay |interprets=[[WPWikipedia:Manual of Style]] and [[WPWikipedia:Reliable sources]] |cat=Wikipedia essays and information pages about the Manual of Style‎ |sc1=WP:STYLEGUIDES |sc2=WP:STYLERS}}
{{Nutshell|Not all style guides are created equal; Wikipedia's Manual of Style is only based on a few of them, aside from particular topical details. Use of them as sources in our articles must follow [[WP:PSTS]] policy.}}
This essay examines the use of externally published [[Style manual|style guide]]s for English writing, both as informative of our own internal [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]] (MoS), and as [[Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources|reliable sources]] cited in our articles on English usage.