30 July 2012

• curprev 04:3104:31, 30 July 2012‎ Noetica talk contribs‎ 19,385 bytes −3‎ Revert: yes, WP:COMMA is silent on this point – so is all of MOS; the appeal is to practice in the text of WP:MOS (main MOS page), not to its recommendations; NO consensus on such commas "out there", nor on Wikipedia; DISCUSS if you disagree☺

29 July 2012

• curprev 17:2017:20, 29 July 2012‎ Wahrmund talk contribs‎ 19,388 bytes +3‎ Consistency is all very well, but unfortunately WP:MOS#Commas says nothing on this point. Therefore we rely on "external guides," i.e., on universal editing practice.
• curprev 03:0903:09, 29 July 2012‎ Noetica talk contribs‎ 19,385 bytes −3‎ Undid revision 504679157 by Wahrmund (talk); no use citing external style guides (such as Garner's), which disagree among themselves; here we aim for consistency in accord with Wikipedia's MOS
• curprev 01:1701:17, 29 July 2012‎ Wahrmund talk contribs‎ 19,388 bytes +3‎ Undid revision 504675917 by Noetica (talk) The MOS is okay here. See Garner's Modern American Usage, 3rd edition, p.295.
• curprev 00:4800:48, 29 July 2012‎ Noetica talk contribs‎ 19,385 bytes −3‎ →‎Italics: Remove commas that appear to lack justification; NOTE: WP:MOS has no such commas after "e.g." or "i.e.", so for consistent and simple style it is better to do without the supererogatory comma here also ☺♫♪

27 July 2012

• curprev 13:0513:05, 27 July 2012‎ Haeinous talk contribs‎ m 19,388 bytes +2‎ →‎Italic face: comma after e.g.
• curprev 01:2701:27, 27 July 2012‎ Wahrmund talk contribs‎ 19,386 bytes +13‎ →‎Italic face: Clarifying.