We prefer, but do not require, that pronunciation of non-English and uncommon words and names be given. Pronunciations should be written out according to Nupedia's pronunciation guides; at present, only the American English guide and the British English guide have been finalized. Generally, if there is a substantial chance that an intelligent high school graduate or an average college graduate will not know how to pronounce a word, name, etc., then it would be helpful to supply a phonetic explanation.
For those who would like to assist us by writing out pronunciation entries according to proper XML format, the format is as follows. (Please just ignore this if you don't understand it.) Exactly where you would like the clickable pronunciation superscript letter "P" to appear in the text (typically, immediately after the word or name, or sometimes after punctuation that follows the word or name), write out the following:
<entry><orth>word or name</orth><pron>word or name's pronunciation</pron></entry>
For example, you would type:
Mycenean<entry><orth>Mycenean</orth><pron>mei-s&n-nee;'-&n;</pron></entry> society
Another example:
How is
Nupedia<entry><orth>Nupedia</orth><pron>noo-pee'-dee-&</pron></entry>
pronounced?