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+# Style guides
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+Submitted by <https://github.com/barriebyron> for the September 2022 mentoring program hosted by Wisdom. 
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+I’m a word nerd and I love style guides. Learn more about me <https://linktr.ee/barriebyron>.
+
+In my daily work as a technical communicator, I don't have to remember everything. Instead, I just remember where to look for the answers to my many questions. I rely on trusted style guides.
+
+I bookmark frequently visited pages in style guides on my web browser at work. I compiled this easy-to-share list of style guides so that we can all benefit. Feel free to share. Style matters.
+
+## What is a style guide?
+
+A style guide contains a set of standards for writing and designing content. It helps maintain a consistent style, voice, and tone across your technical content. Style guides contain usage rules, best practices, punctuation guidelines, text formatting guidance, and more.
+
+## Why use a style guide?
+
+A canonical set of guidelines to create clear, concise, and consistent technical content for the intended audience.
+
+## More resources
+
+For more style guide resources, see the Write the Docs Learning Resources Documentation Guide [Style Guides](https://www.writethedocs.org/guide/writing/style-guides/).
+
+**Tip:** Write the Docs is a global community of people who care about documentation. We consider everyone who cares about communication, documentation, and their users to be a member of our community, [join us](https://www.writethedocs.org) to learn more.
+
+## Technical content style guides
+
+I collect style guides for reference, inspiration, and models of how organizations share decisions about style. I maintain this working collection of links to online style guides.
+
+- [Google developer documentation style guide](https://developers.google.com/style) my daily go-to reference
+
+- [Google developer documentation API reference](https://developers.google.com/style/api-reference-comments)
+
+- [Apple Style Guide](https://help.apple.com/applestyleguide/)
+[DigitalOcean Product Documentation Style Guide](https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/style/)
+
+- [Microsoft Writing Style Guide](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/welcome/)
+
+- [GitLab Docs Documentation Style Guide](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/contributing/style_guides.html)
+
+- [MongoDB Documentation Style Guide](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/meta/style-guide/)
+
+- [Red Hat Technical Writing Style Guide](https://stylepedia.net/style/)
+
+- [Rackspace Style Guide for Technical Content](https://docs.rackspace.com/docs/style-guide/)
+
+- [Splunk Style Guide](https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/StyleGuide/current/StyleGuide/Howtouse)
+
+- [1Password Style Guide](https://support.1password.com/style-guide/)
+
+## Bonus resources
+
+- [Style Guides: What Goes In Them and What Can They Cover?](https://www.single-sourcing.com/events/using-style-guides-to-achieve-content-collaboration-and-consistency/) from my friend Liz Fraley at Single Sourcing Solutions
+
+- [The Diversity Style Guide](https://www.diversitystyleguide.com) helps media professionals write with accuracy and authority
+
+- [Sum of Us A Progressive’s Style Guide Theory of language for change](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.sumofus.org/images/SUMOFUS_PROGRESSIVE-STYLEGUIDE.pdf)
+
+- [Alex](https://github.com/get-alex/alex/blob/main/readme.md) a tool to catch insensitive, inconsiderate writing
+
+- [Guide: Inclusive Language and Vocabulary for Startups and Tech](https://buffer.com/resources/inclusive-language-tech/) from Buffer social media tool for authentic engagement
+
+## Other handy style guides
+
+- [Federal plain language guidelines](https://plainlanguage.gov/guidelines/) (USA)
+
+- [Australian Government Style Manual](https://www.stylemanual.gov.au)
+
+- [IEEE Editorial Style Manual for Authors](http://journals.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/IEEE-Editorial-Style-Manual-for-Authors.pdf) (2022)
+
+- [Online Writing Lab (OWL)](https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html) at Purdue University  writing resources, instructional material
+OWL parademic method clean up wordiness in writing
+
+- [University of Oxford Style Guide](https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/media_wysiwyg/University%20of%20Oxford%20Style%20Guide.pdf) (2014)
+
+## Learning technical writing resources
+
+- [The Good Docs Project](https://thegooddocsproject.dev) templates to make good docs
+
+- Google [Technical Writing Courses for Engineers](https://developers.google.com/tech-writing)
+
+- GitLab [Technical Writing Fundamentals](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/fundamentals/)
+
+- Write the Docs [Learning Resources](https://www.writethedocs.org/about/learning-resources/) extensive collection, multiple formats
+
+Do you have other style guides and awesome resources to share? Let me know. Reach out on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/barriebyron/) or email <[email protected]>.
+
+## Helpful grammar resources
+
+I use [Grammarly](https://app.grammarly.com/) premium. I find it especially helpful with complex sentences written for complicated subjects.
+
+## User assistance design guides
+
+- [Atlassian Design System](https://atlassian.design/content)
+
+- [Sky UX Design](
+https://developer.blackbaud.com/skyux/design/guidelines/user-assistance)
+
+- [Eclipse User assistance support](https://rtist.hcldoc.com/help/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Fguide%2Fua.htm)
+
+- [GitHub Primer Design System](https://styleguide.github.com/)