Wikipedia guideline: there should only be one blank line between paragraphs

2 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/guidelines/wikipedia/spaceBetweenParagraphs.js b/guidelines/wikipedia/spaceBetweenParagraphs.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccab3a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guidelines/wikipedia/spaceBetweenParagraphs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+exports.name = "There should only be one blank line between paragraphs";
+exports.description = "Between sections - as between sections - there should be only a single blank line.";
+
+exports.rule = function(report) {
+  var problemPs = [];
+
+  $5('p:has(> br)').each(function(i, p) {
+    var $p = $(p), prevP;
+    if ($.trim($p.text()).length === 0) {
+      prevP = $p.prevAll('p').filter(function(i, pp) {
+        return $.trim($(pp).text()).length > 0;
+      }).first();
+
+      if (prevP.length) {
+        problemPs.push(prevP.get(0));
+      }
+      else {
+        report.error('Paragraph contains line breaks but does not contain text.', p);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  _.uniq(problemPs, false).forEach(function(p) {
+    var text = $.trim($(p).text());
+    report.error('Paragraph is followed by more than one blank line: '+ text, p);
+  });
+};
+
diff --git a/guidelines/wikipedia/wikipedia.json b/guidelines/wikipedia/wikipedia.json
index 3150c5e..ee641b6 100644
--- a/guidelines/wikipedia/wikipedia.json
+++ b/guidelines/wikipedia/wikipedia.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   , "bullets.js"
   , "strikeout.js"
   , "color.js"
+  , "spaceBetweenParagraphs.js"
   , "paragraphLength.js"
   ]
 }