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1. Lockal+XH1[view] [source] 2025-08-30 21:49:51
>>tkgall+(OP)
I think a bit more interesting statistics is to count only \w—\w. This excludes cases like "(—)" and emdashes surrounded by spaces, which is, apparently, what Russian-speaking users like to use. Also it is an very old tradition to format page titles as <title>[Page name] — [Website name]</title>: depending on language this is a default setting for MediaWiki, WordPress, etc.
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2. n2d4+nM1[view] [source] 2025-08-30 22:31:54
>>Lockal+XH1
Not just Russian speakers put spaces around the emdash, but also the AP style guide.

Also, for what it's worth, UK style guides recommend endash + spaces (but many write emdash + spaces instead), and so do some other languages (eg. German). There are more countries than just America and Russia!

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