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* 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. | * 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. | ||
* Do not edit pages under the user pages of other. | * Do not edit pages under the user pages of other. | ||
− | + | * Use only the talk pages for communication. Do not rely on emails as they are not visible to others on the wiki. | |
− | * Use only the talk pages for communication. Do not rely on emails as they are not visible to others on the wiki. | + | * Keep the style of the wiki uniform. |
+ | * 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]]. | ||
+ | ** The "References", "External links", and "See also" sections should be last | ||
+ | ** Use categories instead of manually written list 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. |
Revision as of 06:16, 18 January 2010
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.
- Do not edit pages under the user pages of other.
- Use only the talk pages for communication. Do not rely on emails as they are not visible to others on the wiki.
- Keep the style of the wiki uniform.
- Follow the Wikipedia style as appropriate. At least:
- An article about something should have a brief lead paragraph.
- The "References", "External links", and "See also" sections should be last
- Use categories instead of manually written list to cut down on maintenance.
That's it for now. We'll see how it develops.