| Characters to avoid | | ||
| Avoid | Instead use | Note |
|---|---|---|
… (…)
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... (i.e. 3 periods)
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See MOS:ELLIPSIS. |
Unicode Roman numerals like Ⅰ Ⅱ ⅰ ⅱ
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Latin letters equivalent (I II i ii)
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MOS:ROMANNUM |
Unicode fractions like ¼ ½ ¾ ⁄
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{{frac}}, {{sfrac}} | See MOS:FRAC. |
Unicode subscripts and superscripts like ¹ ⁺ ⁿ ₁ ₊ ₙ
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<sup></sup> <sub></sub>
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See WP:SUPSCRIPT. In article titles, use {{DISPLAYTITLE:...}} combined with <sup></sup> or <sub></sub> as appropriate.
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µ (µ)
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μ (μ)
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See MOS:NUM#Specific units |
Ligatures like Æ æ Œ œ
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Separate letters (AE ae OE oe)
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Generally avoid except in proper names and text in languages in which they are standard. See MOS:LIGATURES. |
∑ (∑) ∏ (∏) ― (―)
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Σ (Σ) Π (Π) — (—)
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(Not to be confused with \sum and \prod, which are used within <math> blocks.) |
‘ (‘) ’ (’) ‚ (‚) “ (“) ” (”) „ („) ´ (´) ′ (′) ″ (″) ` (`)
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Straight quotes (" and ')
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Use {{coord}}, {{prime}} and {{pprime}} for mathematical notation; elsewhere use straight quotes unless discussing the characters themselves. See MOS:QUOTEMARKS. |
‹ (‹) › (›) « («) » (»)
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Use ⟨ and ⟩ for math notation.
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In non-English quotations normalize angle quote marks to straight, per MOS:CONFORM, except where internal to non-English text, per MOS:STRAIGHT. |
       
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Normal space | These are sometimes used for precision positioning in templates but rarely in prose, where non-breaking ( ) and regular spaces are normally sufficient. Exceptions: MOS:ACRO, MOS:NBSP.
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In vertical lists
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*
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Proper wiki markup should be used to create vertical lists. See HELP:LIST#List basics. |
‍ ‌
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see note | Used in certain non-English language words, see zero-width joiner/zero-width non-joiner. Should be avoided elsewhere. |
| ₤ | £ for GBP, keep ₤ for Italian Lira and other lira currencies that use ₤ (see the main article for that currency) | MOS:CURRENCY; find broken instances |