User talk:Zoeannl/Project guideline/Proofreader’s Guide/Dashes, Hyphens, and Minus Signs

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Demonstrably Untrue[edit]

The statement:


If used within a template, an em-dash needs to be placed in curly brackets or it interferes with the template.

E.g.

{{sc|Vol 1.{{—}}a}}
Vol 1.Template:—a

if anything is the very opposite of true:


If used within a template, an em-dash needs to be placed in curly brackets or it interferes with the template.

E.g.

{{sc|Vol 1.—a}}
Vol 1.—a

perhaps this section is either outdated or needs to be re-expressed? 127·0·0·2 (talk) 23:12, 7 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]