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=== Icons in sentences === | === Icons in sentences === | ||
* {{em|Do not}} use icons in flowing text or full sentences. | * {{em|Do not}} use icons in flowing text or full sentences. | ||
** Icons can be used at the start of flowing text (such as | ** Icons can be used at the start of flowing text (such as before the first word of a paragraph) the first time a term is mentioned in an article, and the icon serves an important illustrative purpose. | ||
** Some icons, primarily those readily identified by an icon (such as conditions and features) can be used in full sentences of technical descriptions of item, action or feature properties when they serve as a useful visual cue to the reader. Repeat icons may be acceptable in this case. | ** Some icons, primarily those readily identified by an icon (such as conditions and features) can be used in full sentences of technical descriptions of item, action or feature properties when they serve as a useful visual cue to the reader. Repeat icons may be acceptable in this case. | ||