Style Guides for EvC

I am typing this message on a PDA cell phone.Some options aren't available to me, such as forming quote boxes. (The characters needed for the codes aren't all available.) Still, it's possible to create a decent message with suitable spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. I can even spell the word 'because' in its entirety.Amount of time it took to type this message, including proofreading: 3 minutes._

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ArcherAll species are transitional.

(brandishes crucifix) Easily. There's no reason one can't type a normal-looking message from a PDA phone and still be quick about it.I typed that from a PalmOne Treo. It lacks some characters used in our format codes, such as the brackets:

< > [ ]

Other phones do supply these characters. Of course, on a PDA phone in 2006CE it's still begging for a reboot to open multiple windows or attempt many copy-and-paste moves.Chat rooms gave us that no-cap, no-punctuation u and cuz look. Time is more pressing in a chat environment, I realize, but the messages and typos tend to be more ephemeral, too. The recipient of a chat message can always ask for clarification.Here at EvC everything we say is for the record. That makes it worth taking some care, I feel. A post doesn't have to be textbook perfect. But it's advisable to write in a way dozens of international readers (including lurkers) can understand--not just today, but 15 years from now. It's not as if all the potential readers of your post will be able to request clarification, as in chat, and expect an immediate response.___Edited by Archer Opterix, : Typo repair.

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ArcherAll species are transitional.