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A policy document for benlk.com and related web presences.

  1. Style guide
  2. Glomar responses

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.
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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."

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, Chapter 72

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