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A dash is a punctuation mark. It is longer than a hyphen and is used differently. There are several forms of dash, of which the most common are the hyphen (‐), the figure dash (‒), the en dash (–), the em dash (—), the horizontal bar (―) and the swung dash (~).
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The hyphen (‐) is used both to join words and to separate syllables. Strictly speaking, the hyphen is not a dash; thus, careful typesetting (including with modern computer applications, such as word processors and HTML) relies on the following proper dashes instead, such as the figure dash, so named because it is the same length as a digit in fixed-width font-faces. Two kinds of dash are used on Wikipedia: the en dash and the em dash. En dashes (–) have four distinct roles, that is to indicate disjunction, to be used as a negative sign, in a list or as a snazzy, stylistic alternative to em dashes. Em dashes have two main roles: use as parenthesis (Wikipedia—one of the most popular web sites—has all the information you need and is completely truthful). Here, a pair of em dashes is a more arresting way of interpolating a phrase or clause than a pair of commas, and is less of an interruption than brackets. An em dash can also be used as a sharp break in a sentence. (more...)
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- ...that the Confederation of Democratic Small Wikis has agreed to sign a peace treaty with the Kingdom of Wikimedia after its armies were slaughtered at the Battle of Google Ratings?
- ...that the Wikipedia Inquisition have arrested and burnt 93, 000 communists and witches to date?
- ...that there are over 2, 900, 000 individual glorious policy pages on Wikipedia and that there are around 39, 034, 941, 390, 060 individual policies?
- ...that we don't eat babies (pictured - WikiCook Department not cooking babies for us to to eat)?
- ...that WikiCitizens hate irony and censorship more than anything, excluding Communism, and are racist fascist totalitarian rabid extremist geeks.
- ...that if more societies burned environmentalists instead of coal, CO2 emissions could be cut by up to 40%?
- ...that WikiMoney is the strongest currency in the world, due to deft economic leadership from the King and from the government as well as skilful policing?
In the news
- WikiTroopers storm Uncyclopedian Communist vandal-rebel outposts. The WSP (Wikipedia Secret Police) have confirmed that 14 have been infibanned and another 22 are seriously banned.
- The WikiGovernment have awarded a new
brainwashingpropaganda contract to OfficialWikiAdvertising Ltd. after a nine month tendering process involving one company. (Pictured - winning design) - The WikiArmy announced further peaceful annexing, today, and says its "new equipment and munitions" proved essential.
- The Wikipedia Press has "always been free, fair and unbiased" according to its chief and has "never doctored news to favour the mighty, great Wikipedia".
- The best website on the internet for deceiving people is Wikipedia according to a new survey (news item from CNN).
- Wikiland's arms trade with Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe defended by the government and other wikis around the world in response to a court blocking the unloading of a trade ship's cargo in South Africa.
On this day
- 2007 - King Jimbo I introduced another glorious 100 Policies Decree.
- All Heil King Jimbo I and Queen Angela! A fine day to heil the greatest rulers of all time. All heil! All heil! All heil! All heil!
- 2006 - King Jimbo I introduced another glorious 100 Policies Decree.
- All Heil King Jimbo I and Queen Angela! A fine day to heil the greatest rulers of all time. All heil! All heil! All heil! All heil!
- 2004 - Jimbo Wales announced the glorious revocation of all holidays to increase productivity.
- 2007 - 100 users disappear from Wikipedia.
- 2005 - King Jimbo I introduced one more glorious 100 Policies Decree.
- 2004 - King Jimbo I introduced another glorious 100 Policies Decree.
- All Time - Wikipedia is glorious.
- 2004 - New Wikipedia Legion founded with over 10000 new Wikia soldiers.
- 2003 - King Jimbo I introduced a third glorious 100 Policies Decree.
- 2002 - King Jimbo I introduced a second glorious 100 Policies Decree.
- 2001 - King Jimbo I introduced the glorious 100 Policies Decree.
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