User:TurtleShroom/USC outlining system



§21- FORMAT OF THE BODY TEXT
 * a) The method of writing all CPFWC text is standardized.

§22- TITLES
 * a) All titles are to be preceeded by the   tag, and ended in the   tag.


 * b) Immediantly following comes the § symbol.


 * c) The number is directly next to the § symbol, without a space.
 * 1) e.g. "§21".


 * d) A hyphen is to follow, and then, in ALL CAPS, the title or summary of that Section.
 * 1) e.g. "§22- TITLES".

§23- BULLET POINTS/OUTLINE
 * a) The format of the Code is nearly identical to the format of RL outlines.


 * b) It is based exactly off of the RL format for the United States Code.
 * 1) A mind-numbing example is provided.


 * c) Similar to a bullet list, each tier can go on indefinately.
 * 1) For instance: z); 1337); xviii); T)...


 * d) The first and highest tier is the lowercase letter, like "a)". Each point here is the broadest sentance(s) of the section.


 * e) This is followed, if needed, by the subclauses. Next in line is the number, like "1)".


 * f) If this is exhausted or needs specification, it moves on to always-lowercased Roman Numerals, like "i)". Not to be confused, of course, with I|i, the in-universe item.


 * g) Anything else ends in always-capitalized/uppercase letters, like "A)". There are no lower tiers.

§24- EXAMPLE  §24a- THE BUREAUCRAT SONG 
 * a) Bureaucrat: When I was four there was a hurricane in Kingston's Town, with a foot and a half of water.
 * 1) Everyone was all right, but I cried all night; it blew my alphabet blocks out of order!


 * b) ...-and they say this boy's born to be bureaucrat, born to be obbsessive and snotty,


 * c) I made and my friends and relations file long applications,
 * 1) To get into my tenth birthday party.


 * d) Bureaucrat's Wife: ...-but something when my man turned pro,
 * i) Bureaucrat: I was sorting but I wasn't smiling,
 * i) Bureaucrat's Wife: He forgot it's not about badges and ranks,
 * ii) Bureaucrat: It's supposed to be about the filing!


 * e) Skipping to end...


 * f) Bureaucrat: Everybody sing Jamaica!
 * 1) All: Jamaica!
 * i) Bureaucrat: Just the bureaucrats!
 * ii) Chorus: Jamaica!
 * iii) The Grade Nineteens!
 * A) *pause*
 * B) Grade Nineteens: ...Jamica...
 * 2) Sing me home:
 * 3) When push comes to shove, you've got to do what you love!
 * i) Even if it's not a good idea!


 * g) *everyone smiles*
 * 1) Full song