Policy
A policy document for benlk.com and related web presences.
Style guide
- Internet
- It's a proper noun; it should be capitalized.
- Oxford commas
- Sometimes they're necessary. Sometimes they're not. But list items should be clearly delineated, so in the abstract I'm for Oxford commas, AP Style be darned.
- Punctuation
- If the punctuation is not in the quoted source material, it should not be contained within the quotes.
- Situational fury
- See Appendix A: Ranked Statements of Situational Fury.
- Image alt-text
- err on the side of descriptive
Glomar responses
I will neither confirm nor deny whether any pseudonymous account is mine.
"Well," Harry said, as their shoes pattered across the tiles, "I can't just go around saying 'no' every time someone asks me about something I haven't done. I mean, suppose someone asks me, 'Harry, did you pull the prank with the invisible paint?' and I say 'No' and then they say 'Harry, do you know who messed with the Gryffindor Seeker's broomstick?' and I say 'I refuse to answer that question.' It's sort of a giveaway."