User talk:168.../Wikicivics/Style
Repository of official How-to wisdom
[edit]The miniseries has three divisions
- How to contribute
- How to edit
- How to start a page
- Manual of style
- Guide to layout
- How to use graphics
- How to know if the problem is your browser
- Writing and editing advice
- Establish context
- Explain jargon
- Define and describe
- Integrate, don't append
- Consider your audience
- Write it like a news story
- Check your facts
- Cite your sources
- Avoid statements that will date quickly
- Warn readers about spoilers
- Label characters from fiction as such
- Don't over-link
- Describe external links
- Don't use external links where we'll want Wikipedia links
- Avoid peacock terms
- Avoid weasel terms
- Avoid self-references
- Write a great article
Boilerplate text
[edit]- Boilerplate text
- Spoiler warning
- Boilerplate request for permission
- Standard user greeting
- Standard GFDL violation letter
See also: Wikipedia Policy Library -- Miniseries of Wikicivics -- Miniseries of Information and other branches of the Wikipedia Metadirectory