For topics extensive enough to require a separate article for the Western Rite which might otherwise have the same name as a Byzantine Rite article, put "Western Rite" in parentheses, e.g., '''[[Vespers (Western Rite)]]'''.

The following refer to the various mechanics of writing for '''OrthodoxWiki''' articles.

Links to dates within articles should include the full name of the month followed by the Arabic numeral of the day. Use '''[[January 1]]''' not '''Jan. 1''' or '''1 January'''. This standardization is to assure that the [[Church Calendar]] page works correctly. Years should be left unlinked, because at this point we aren't including articles dedicated to particular years.

===Categories===

Many articles may fit into multiple categories. Therefore, when listing the category entries at the bottom of the article, list the categories on separate lines and in alphabetical order according to the first word in the category name. For instance, a category list for St. [[Raphael of Brooklyn]] might look like this: