Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Character Table 1
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| Characters to avoid | | ||
| Avoid | Instead use | Note |
|---|---|---|
… (…) |
... (i.e. 3 periods) |
See MOS:ELLIPSIS. |
Unicode Roman numerals like Ⅰ Ⅱ ⅰ ⅱ |
Latin letters equivalent (I II i ii) |
MOS:ROMANNUM |
Unicode fractions like ¼ ½ ¾ ⁄ |
{{frac}}, {{sfrac}} | See MOS:FRAC. |
Unicode subscripts and superscripts like ¹ ⁺ ⁿ ₁ ₊ ₙ |
<sup></sup> <sub></sub> |
See WP:SUPSCRIPT. In article titles, use {{DISPLAYTITLE:...}} combined with <sup></sup> or <sub></sub> as appropriate. |
µ (µ) |
μ (μ) |
See MOS:NUM#Specific units |
Ligatures like Æ æ Œ œ |
Separate letters (AE ae OE oe) |
Generally avoid except in proper names and text in languages in which they are standard. See MOS:LIGATURES. |
∑ (∑) ∏ (∏) ― (―) |
Σ (Σ) Π (Π) — (—) |
(Not to be confused with \sum and \prod, which are used within <math> blocks.) |
‘ (‘) ’ (’) ‚ (‚) “ (“) ” (”) „ („) ´ (´) ′ (′) ″ (″) ` (`) |
Straight quotes (" and ') |
Use {{coord}}, {{prime}} and {{pprime}} for mathematical notation; elsewhere use straight quotes unless discussing the characters themselves. See MOS:QUOTEMARKS. |
‹ (‹) › (›) « («) » (») |
Use ⟨ and ⟩ for math notation. |
In non-English quotations normalize angle quote marks to straight, per MOS:CONFORM, except where internal to non-English text, per MOS:STRAIGHT. |
        |
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. |
In vertical lists
|
* |
Proper wiki markup should be used to create vertical lists. See HELP:LIST#List basics. |
‍ ‌ |
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 |