Last year Information World Review changed to 'web site' so that we could be
consistent in our use of 'web master', 'web page' and 'web link', 'web-enabled'
and so on. At the same time, we decided to drop the hyphen in email and the
capital letter in Web and Internet.
This is the type of discussion that editors find endlessly fascinating :)
Helen Jezzard
Editor, IWR
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Right, so is it Web master then?
Marina
>
> It has been agreed by "Internet experts" that Web site is
> more prefered
> than Website.
>
>
> Whatis.com the IT-specific encyclopedia at
> http://whatis.com
>
> quotes the following:
>
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> Website
>
> This definition is also listed under presence, site and Web
> site.
>
> A Web site (we prefer the two words rather than Website) is
> a collection
> of Web files on a particular subject that includes a
> beginning file
> called a home page. Some publications have begun using the
> term
> "Website." We prefer Web site.
>
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>
>
> Other respected sites such as NetLingo Internet dictionary
> (at
> http://www.netlingo.com), and Webopedia (at
> http://www.webopedia.com)
> both use "web site" If you type in "website" to find the
> meaning, only
> a definition for "web site" comes up.
>
> In the very begining back in 1995, I remember well it used
> to be
> website, even my tutor spelled it like that back then.
>
> I have stuck to the traditional spelling, at my website (a
> directory for
> librarians)
> http://www.geocities.com/infolibrary/Page1.htm
>
> But unfortunately as my website is a directory, I have had
> to use the
> other spelling convention, "web site" which some users
> had included as part of the description and summary of
> their sites for
> inclusion in the directory.
>
>
> So I guess, like the debate between Macs and PCs, the
> debate between
> "web site" and "website" is gonna be around for a long time
> to come.
>
> Godfrey.
>
>
>
> Jane Ross wrote:
> >
> > Quick query to resolve a workplace debate! Should we
> > write web site or website? I favour the former (logic
> > cf web page and usage of several major sites) but wonder
> > if there has been a definitive pronouncement?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Jane Ross
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> > Jane Ross
> > Information Manager
> > Bristol University Careers Advisory Service
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Marina Bruce
Deputy Librarian
St. George's Hospital Medical School
University of London
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