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Jmandel: order of importance and precendence

2010-04-04T22:11:16Z

order of importance and precendence

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	* Try to keep the style of the wiki uniform.		* Try to keep the style of the wiki uniform.
			* Please [[Help:Categories\|use categories]] instead of handcrafted lists to cut down on maintenance. Every page should be in one of the existing categories that you can navigate to from the [[list of contents]].
	* Follow the [[wikipedia:WP:Manual of style\|Wikipedia style]] as appropriate. At least:		* Follow the [[wikipedia:WP:Manual of style\|Wikipedia style]] as appropriate. At least:
	** An article about something should have a brief [[wikipedia:WP:LEAD\|lead paragraph]].		** An article about something should have a brief [[wikipedia:WP:LEAD\|lead paragraph]].
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	* Use only the talk pages for communication. It's OK to alert others to your contributions, but do not rely on emails as they are not visible to others on the wiki.		* Use only the talk pages for communication. It's OK to alert others to your contributions, but do not rely on emails as they are not visible to others on the wiki.
	* Do not edit user pages of other editors.		* Do not edit user pages of other editors.
	* Please [[Help:Categories\|use categories]] instead of handcrafted lists to cut down on maintenance. Every page should be in one of the existing categories that you can navigate to from the [[list of contents]].

	That's it for now. We'll see how it develops. Thanks!		That's it for now. We'll see how it develops. Thanks!

	[[Category:Help\|Conventions]]		[[Category:Help\|Conventions]]

Jmandel: Every page should be in one of the existing categories

2010-04-04T22:10:40Z

Every page should be in one of the existing categories

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	* Use only the talk pages for communication. It's OK to alert others to your contributions, but do not rely on emails as they are not visible to others on the wiki.		* Use only the talk pages for communication. It's OK to alert others to your contributions, but do not rely on emails as they are not visible to others on the wiki.
	* Do not edit user pages of other editors.		* Do not edit user pages of other editors.
	* Please [[Help:Categories\|use categories]] instead of handcrafted lists to cut down on maintenance:		* Please [[Help:Categories\|use categories]] instead of handcrafted lists to cut down on maintenance. Every page should be in one of the existing categories that you can navigate to from the [[list of contents]].

	That's it for now. We'll see how it develops. Thanks!		That's it for now. We'll see how it develops. Thanks!

	[[Category:Help\|Conventions]]		[[Category:Help\|Conventions]]

Jmandel: cats in a separate page

2010-04-04T22:04:02Z

cats in a separate page

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	* Use only the talk pages for communication. It's OK to alert others to your contributions, but do not rely on emails as they are not visible to others on the wiki.		* Use only the talk pages for communication. It's OK to alert others to your contributions, but do not rely on emails as they are not visible to others on the wiki.
	* Do not edit user pages of other editors.		* Do not edit user pages of other editors.
	* ~~Use~~ categories instead of handcrafted lists to cut down on maintenance:		* Please [[Help:Categories\|use categories]] instead of handcrafted lists to cut down on maintenance:
	** Each page should have at least one category so that one can navigate to it from the [[list of contents]].
	** The code '''<nowiki>[[Category:X]]</nowiki>''' will not create a visible link, but it will place the page into the category X instead.
	** For every page '''Category:X''', we have also the page '''List of X''' or '''List of X pages''', containing only the line <nowiki>'''#redirect[[Category:X]]'''</nowiki>
	** When you want to link the list of pages in '''Category:X''', link to the page '''List of X''' instead.
	** [[List of contents\|Category:Contents]] is the top level category; use it sparingly.
	** A page should not be in a category and its subcategory at the same time.

	That's it for now. We'll see how it develops. Thanks!		That's it for now. We'll see how it develops. Thanks!

	[[Category:Help\|Conventions]]		[[Category:Help\|Conventions]]

Jmandel: explaned linking to cats

2010-04-04T21:59:51Z

explaned linking to cats

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	This is to set out the basic conventions on this wiki.		This is to set out the basic conventions on this wiki.

	* Use categories instead of handcrafted lists to cut down on maintenance.
	** Each page should have at least one category so that one can navigate to it from the [[list of contents]].
	** [[List of contents\|Category Contents]] is the top level category; use it sparingly.
	** A page should not be in a category and its subcategory at the same time.
	* Try to keep the style of the wiki uniform.		* Try to keep the style of the wiki uniform.
	* Follow the [[wikipedia:WP:Manual of style\|Wikipedia style]] as appropriate. At least:		* Follow the [[wikipedia:WP:Manual of style\|Wikipedia style]] as appropriate. At least:
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	* Use only the talk pages for communication. It's OK to alert others to your contributions, but do not rely on emails as they are not visible to others on the wiki.		* Use only the talk pages for communication. It's OK to alert others to your contributions, but do not rely on emails as they are not visible to others on the wiki.
	* Do not edit user pages of other editors.		* Do not edit user pages of other editors.
			* Use categories instead of handcrafted lists to cut down on maintenance:
			** Each page should have at least one category so that one can navigate to it from the [[list of contents]].
			** The code '''<nowiki>[[Category:X]]</nowiki>''' will not create a visible link, but it will place the page into the category X instead.
			** For every page '''Category:X''', we have also the page '''List of X''' or '''List of X pages''', containing only the line <nowiki>'''#redirect[[Category:X]]'''</nowiki>
			** When you want to link the list of pages in '''Category:X''', link to the page '''List of X''' instead.
			** [[List of contents\|Category:Contents]] is the top level category; use it sparingly.
			** A page should not be in a category and its subcategory at the same time.

	That's it for now. We'll see how it develops. Thanks!		That's it for now. We'll see how it develops. Thanks!

	[[Category:Help\|Conventions]]		[[Category:Help\|Conventions]]

Jmandel: user pages of other editors

2010-04-04T21:47:18Z

user pages of other editors

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	** An article about something should have a brief [[wikipedia:WP:LEAD\|lead paragraph]].		** An article about something should have a brief [[wikipedia:WP:LEAD\|lead paragraph]].
	** The "References", "External links", and "See also" sections should be the last.		** The "References", "External links", and "See also" sections should be the last.
	* Use only the talk pages for communication. It's OK to alert others to your contributions, but do not rely on emails as they are not visible to others on the wiki. Do not edit ~~pages under the~~ user pages of other.		* Use only the talk pages for communication. It's OK to alert others to your contributions, but do not rely on emails as they are not visible to others on the wiki.
			* Do not edit user pages of other editors.

	That's it for now. We'll see how it develops. Thanks!		That's it for now. We'll see how it develops. Thanks!

	[[Category:Help\|Conventions]]		[[Category:Help\|Conventions]]

Jmandel at 16:49, 4 April 2010

2010-04-04T16:49:45Z

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	That's it for now. We'll see how it develops. Thanks!		That's it for now. We'll see how it develops. Thanks!

	[[Category:Help]]		[[Category:Help\|Conventions]]

Jmandel: cats

2010-04-04T16:48:59Z

cats

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	This is to set out the basic conventions on this wiki.		This is to set out the basic conventions on this wiki.

	* ~~If you want~~ to ~~keep your contribution~~ to ~~yourself until ready, build~~ it ~~under your user page (just start a new page named yourusername/pagetitle), and then move to~~ the ~~final place when ready~~.		* Use categories instead of handcrafted lists to cut down on maintenance.
	* ~~Do not edit pages under~~ the ~~user pages of other~~.		** Each page should have at least one category so that one can navigate to it from the [[list of contents]].
	* ~~Use only the talk pages for communication. Do~~ not ~~rely on emails as they are not visible to others on~~ the ~~wiki~~.		** [[List of contents\|Category Contents]] is the top level category; use it sparingly.
	* ~~Keep~~ the style of the wiki uniform.		** A page should not be in a category and its subcategory at the same time.
			* Try to keep the style of the wiki uniform.
	* Follow the [[wikipedia:WP:Manual of style\|Wikipedia style]] as appropriate. At least:		* Follow the [[wikipedia:WP:Manual of style\|Wikipedia style]] as appropriate. At least:
	** An article about something should have a brief [[wikipedia:WP:LEAD\|lead paragraph]].		** An article about something should have a brief [[wikipedia:WP:LEAD\|lead paragraph]].
	** The "References", "External links", and "See also" sections should be last		** The "References", "External links", and "See also" sections should be the last.
	** Use ~~categories instead of handcrafted lists~~ to ~~cut down~~ on ~~maintenance~~.		* Use only the talk pages for communication. It's OK to alert others to your contributions, but do not rely on emails as they are not visible to others on the wiki. Do not edit pages under the user pages of other.

	That's it for now. We'll see how it develops.		That's it for now. We'll see how it develops. Thanks!

	[[Category:Help~~\|Conventions~~]]		[[Category:Help]]

Jmandel at 20:18, 27 January 2010

2010-01-27T20:18:03Z

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	That's it for now. We'll see how it develops.		That's it for now. We'll see how it develops.

	[[Category:Help]]		[[Category:Help\|Conventions]]

Jmandel: Category:Help

2010-01-27T20:10:45Z

Category:Help

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	That's it for now. We'll see how it develops.		That's it for now. We'll see how it develops.

			[[Category:Help]]

Jmandel: about cats

2010-01-18T06:18:06Z

about cats

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	** An article about something should have a brief [[wikipedia:WP:LEAD\|lead paragraph]].		** An article about something should have a brief [[wikipedia:WP:LEAD\|lead paragraph]].
	** The "References", "External links", and "See also" sections should be last		** The "References", "External links", and "See also" sections should be last
	** Use categories instead of ~~manually written list~~ to cut down on maintenance.		** Use categories instead of handcrafted lists to cut down on maintenance.

	That's it for now. We'll see how it develops.		That's it for now. We'll see how it develops.