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==Guidelines== | ==Guidelines== | ||
*Please write descriptive Summaries. If content is strongly changed indicate that in the Summary. A good idea is to first '''preview''' your edit and copy '''essential points from the preview text''', not the wiki source for better readability | |||
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*When starting [[a new article]] include a '''summary of contents''' or copy parts of the first paragraph and insert '''...''' three dots to indicate that this is a sniplet of the actual article. | |||
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*Mark changes '''this is a minor edit''' if semantical content is not changed by the edit ie. it is ''minor rewording'' without any change in meaning or ''formatting'' or naturally ''typo corrections'' | *Mark changes '''this is a minor edit''' if semantical content is not changed by the edit ie. it is ''minor rewording'' without any change in meaning or ''formatting'' or naturally ''typo corrections'' | ||
*Please '''use''' the '''"Show Preview"'''-button extensively. | |||
*If you are creating a '''#REDIRECT''', please copy the whole redirect directive to the '''Summary''' | *If you are creating a '''#REDIRECT''', please copy the whole redirect directive to the '''Summary''' | ||
*If a '''redirect is replaced''', please ensure the | *If a '''redirect is replaced''', please ensure the link is retained in the first paragraph or an intro phrase, the redirects are there for a reason | ||
*POVs (Point of View) should go to [[Talk:Guidelines|Talk pages, "The back side of the page"]] or to User-pages. | |||
*POVs (Point of View) should go to [[Talk:Guidelines|Talk pages, "The back side of the page"]] or to User-pages | |||
* If you have general information you might want to contribute it to [[Wikipedia]] and post a reference to [[Wikipedia]] if it's a "closed" case or [[Research]] if it's still "open". | * If you have general information you might want to contribute it to [[Wikipedia]] and post a reference to [[Wikipedia]] if it's a "closed" case or [[Research]] if it's still "open". | ||
* If you want to write that "[[Company X]] or [[Person Y]] is evil" put it in [http://www.disinfopedia.org/ Disinfopedia] or [[w:|wikipedia]] (maintain [[w:NPOV|NPOV]], Neutral Point of View) | |||
* When editing pages please pay attention to the desired order of additions if it is stated on the top of the page (Chronological, Reverse Chronological, Alphabetical, By Category) | |||
*Use the SI-system for measurements (it's cheaper for computers to process kilograms and meters and so forth) | *Use the SI-system for measurements (it's cheaper for computers to process kilograms and meters and so forth) | ||
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*On spelling: [[International English]] uses mostly British spellings which are taught in most of the world. Also concepts like "honour" (British, Australian, Canadian, India, etc.) probably mean something different than "honor" (American) if you judge by actual behavior, so, perhaps both words now have meaning. | *On spelling: [[International English]] uses mostly British spellings which are taught in most of the world. Also concepts like "honour" (British, Australian, Canadian, India, etc.) probably mean something different than "honor" (American) if you judge by actual behavior, so, perhaps both words now have meaning. | ||
*It could be a good idea to set up a scratchpad (like: [[User:Juxo/Scratchpad]] for yourself, it's easier to produce high quality texts if you start them somewhere, where they aren't supposed or required to make sense in the begining. This also supports finding better article names since you can see what your scribbling turns to in a few edits. | *It could be a good idea to set up a scratchpad (like: [[User:Juxo/Scratchpad]] for yourself, it's easier to produce high quality texts if you start them somewhere, where they aren't supposed or required to make sense in the begining. This also supports finding better article names since you can see what your scribbling turns to in a few edits. | ||