[Wikipedia-l] apostrophes

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Adam Bishop wrote:

> A few days ago there was a renewed discussion about whether or not 
> certain wars have apostrophes in their names, at 
> Wikipedia:Pages_needing_attention#History.  Is it "Hundred Years' War" 
> or "Hundred Years War"? Right now there is an apostrophe and the one 
> without redirects.  I argued that that is the correct way, but there 
> is still disagreement about it. 

The apostrophe absolutely belongs in these construction.  What style 
manual says differently? I've removed the issue from pages needing 
attention.

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