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==Numbers==
 
==Numbers==
When dealing with large numbers, particularly in guides, it's often tempting to use thousands separators, such as in '''12,345.67''' or '''12.345,67'''.
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When dealing with large numbers, particularly in guides, it's often tempting to use thousands separators, such as in '''10,000.00''' or '''10.000,00'''.
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This can be confusing in an international community where thousands separators and decimal symbols vary.
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Fallen London doesn't use thousands separators, and as such we recommend not using them on the wiki either.
  
This can be confusing in an international community where thousands separators and decimal symbols vary. Thus, for particularly long numbers which are hard to read, you may consider an international system such as '''12 345.67'''.
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For particularly long numbers which are hard to read, you may consider an international system such as '''10 000.00''', but use this sparingly.
 
 
However, Fallen London displays numbers in the English manner (commas as thousands separators, periods as decimal separator), so this style is also acceptable.
 
  
 
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== Where do I start? ==

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