Re: Web site or website

Subject: Re: Web site or website
From: Jo Baer <jbaer -at- mailbox1 -dot- tcfbank -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:24:56 -0600

Well, if this means anything, Wired Style also uses Web site. The book is pretty
ancient--1996... &:-)

Jo
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Jo Baer
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TCF Financial Corporation
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Sandra Charker wrote:

> At 06:10 AM 2001-01-25, David Berg wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> I finally decided to consider the Yale Style Manual
> (http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/contents.html) the authority on the
> subject. They use "Web site" throughout their site. I'll admit I still
> prefer to write web site or website, but Yale probably pulls a _little_ more
> weight than I do.
>
> Why? I mean, why do you consider it an authority?
>
> Their so-called "Web Style Guide" is an attempt to make working for a new
> medium feel like working for print, and they place such heavy emphasis on
> making web pages printer-friendly that they sacrifice
> screen-friendliness. Altho' I'm not sure that specifying Times New Roman
> as the first font choice even qualifies as print-friendly.
>
> The best thing about the Yale Style Manual is its bibliography. I wouldn't
> rely on it as a sole or final arbiter for anything.


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