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AmtWiki policies and guidelines
Policies List · Guidelines List Edit

This list of key AmtWiki guidelines is a summary of the most important guidelines that are currently in use. For a full set of guidelines, see Category:Amtwiki guidelines. See Amtwiki:Policies and guidelines for a general overview of what policies and guidelines are about, how they are made, and why we have them.

Conduct guidelines

Appealing a block

A block is not a punishment but a way to prevent disruption. Blocked users should understand the reasons for the block and convince administrators that they won't disrupt the project if they are unblocked.

Assume good faith

Unless there is strong evidence to the contrary, assume that people who work on the project are trying to help it, not hurt it.

Disruptive editing

Participants with a pattern of edits that has the effect of disrupting progress toward improving an article or the fundamental project of building an encyclopedia may be blocked or banned indefinitely.

Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point

State your point. However, do not spam AmtWiki, disingenuously nominate articles for deletion, push rules to their limits, or otherwise create work for other people just to prove your point.

Etiquette

Contributors have different views, perspectives, and backgrounds, sometimes varying widely. Treating others with respect is key to collaborating effectively in building an encyclopedia.

Please do not bite the newcomers

Many new contributors lack knowledge about AmtWiki policies. Nevertheless, always understand that new contributors are prospective "members" and are therefore our most valuable resource.

Signatures

Sign all of your posts on AmtWiki talk pages by typing ~~~~ to be accountable and to help others understand the conversation, but do not sign in articles.

Talk page guidelines

Talk pages are for polite discussion serving to improve the encyclopedia, and should not be used to express personal opinions on a subject.

User pages

You can use your user page to add a little information about yourself or to help you to use Wikipedia more effectively. However, remember that AmtWiki is not a blog, webspace provider, or social networking site.

Deceased Amtgardians guidelines

An organized procedure for dealing with the accounts, userpages, and user rights of deceased Wikipedians as established by community consensus.

Gaming the system

Playing games with policies and guidelines in order to avoid the spirit of consensus, or thwart the intent and spirit of policy, is strictly forbidden.

Rollback

Rollback is available to all administrators, and can be given to other users upon request, subject to the approval. It allows the last user's consecutive edits on a given page to be undone with a single mouse click.

Content guidelines

External links

External links should be kept minimal, meritable, and directly relevant to the article.

Images

Images must be relevant to the article that they appear in, properly referenced, and large enough to reveal relevant details without overwhelming the text.

Non-free content and Non-free use rationale guideline

Non-free content—including all copyrighted content—can only be used in specific cases, and must be employed judiciously. Its usage must be considered fair use under U.S. copyright law, and comply with the non-free content criteria policy.

Plagiarism

Duplicating the work of others without proper attribution is unethical and can bring the project into disrepute. Give credit where it's due.

Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources

Quotes of any original texts being discussed should be relevant to the discussion, and should be kept to an appropriate length. See also AmtWiki is not a journal.

Offensive material

AmtWiki articles may contain offensive words and images, but only for a good reason. Do not use disclaimers.

Portal guidelines

General guidelines and best practices for portals.

Spam

Spam is the inappropriate addition of links or information to AmtWiki, with the purpose of promoting an outside organization, individual or idea.

Deletion guidelines

Deletion process

An overview of the processes by which articles get deleted.

Deletion guidelines for administrators

Administrators should mostly use the Amtwiki:Articles for deletion pages when they think a page should be deleted. There are a few limited exceptions, which are given at AmtWiki:Criteria for speedy deletion.

Editing guidelines

Be bold

Wikis develop faster when people fix problems, correct grammar, add facts, make sure the language is precise, and so on. We expect everyone to be bold. It is okay.

Broad concept articles. Recent year articles. Stubs. Set index articles. Redirects (Soft redirects)

Guidelines for certain types of articles.

Disambiguation

Resolving the conflicts that arise when a single term is ambiguous—when it refers to more than one topic covered by AmtWiki.

Categories, lists, and navigation templates

This guideline helps editors choose appropriate grouping techniques.

Categorization. Categorization of people (By year. By ethnicity, gender, religion and sexuality). Redirect categories. User categories

Guidance on the proper use of the categorization function in AmtWiki.

Page blanking

Don't blank articles; instead, request deletion.

Red links

Red links for subjects that should have articles, but do not, are not only acceptable, but needed.

Subpages

Creation of subpages in main namespace is not allowed. Subpages may be created in other namespaces using the slash (/) character.

Substitution use

Certain templates should be substituted, while others should be transcluded.

Naming conventions

Article titles

The main page for naming conventions for article titles.

Category names

Category names should be specific, neutral, inclusive, and follow certain conventions.

File names

Image files, and other files, should have readable file names.

Style guidelines

Manual of Style

This is the most important style guideline, and the "parent" of all the other style guidelines. It provides guidance on matters such as spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and formatting.

Manual of Style (layout)

Common principles guide formatting of large-scale article components in most cases. Complicated articles may be best modeled on the layout of an existing article of appropriate structure.

Manual of Style (lead section)

The lead should define the topic and summarize the body of the article with appropriate weight.

Manual of Style (linking)

Provide links that aid navigation and understanding, but avoid cluttering the page with obvious, redundant and useless links.