TenthFleet:Policy manual

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📖 PolicyThis page describes one of the policies and guidelines of the Tenth Fleet Wiki. Please read it to familiarize yourself with our common practices and rules. Questions or suggestions can be raised on the talk page.

New page to consolidate & sort the various policy pages floating around within Tenth Fleet Wiki (the various pages which contain the {{policy}}) template. The sorting/grouping scheme mirrors Wikipedia's key policies and guidelines found on the policies and guidelines page.

The Policies and Guidelines are displayed here to act as a well-established & time-tested set of defined principles of rules & best practiced to serve as guidance as Tenth Fleet Wiki is establishing their own. Wikipedia's model(s) do not dictate Policy or Guidelines of Tenth Fleet Wiki, but the inclusion of the broad concepts on this pageserve to give establish direction & organization for TFW as it discovers it's own set of Rules and Best Practices, and to illustrate which areas of Policy or Guidelines TFW has not established for itself, yet (so we're not re-inventing the wheel again).

Wikipedia's Key Policies and Guidelines

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines Wikipedia: Policies and guidelines Wikipedia's Five Pillars

1. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia
2. Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view
3. Wikipedia is free content that anyone can use, edit, and distribute
4. Wikipedia editors should treat each other with respect and civility
5. Wikipedia has no firm rules

• TenthFleet:Introduction
• TenthFleet:Policies and guidelines

What constitutes a policy, and what constitutes a guideline?

As per Wikipedia's terminology, policy and guideline are defined as follows:

Policy

• A policy documents a rule or standard with wide acceptance among Wikipedia editors that all users should normally follow.

Guideline

• A guideline is a set of best practices that are supported by the consensus of Wikipedia editors. Editors should attempt to follow guidelines, though they are best treated with common sense. Occasional exceptions may apply. Naming conventions are considered guidelines.

These definitions are the standards used to determine where current and future policies and guidelines find themselves within this document, if they don't already fall within Wikipedia's key policies and guidelines table.

Basics

Content

(As defined by Wikipedia: "defines the scope of the encyclopedia and the material that is suitable for it")

Conduct

(As defined by Wikipedia: "describes how editors can successfully collaborate and what behavior is acceptable")

Deletion

(As defined by Wikipedia: "explains the processes by which pages, revisions, and logs may be deleted")

Enforcement

(As defined by Wikipedia: "explains the various means by which standards may be enforced")

Editing

(As defined by Wikipedia: "documents the various protocols about style and grouping")

• G (Editing) - TenthFleet:Find or fix a stub
• (Seems related to Stubs) - TenthFleet:Recommended changes
• (Seems related to Stubs) - TenthFleet:Pages needing attention

Guidelines

• Editing Guidelines
• Links to disambiguation pages
• Explain jargon
• Define and Describe
• Make omissions explicit
• Make articles useful for readers

Style

• G (Editing/Style/Manual of Style) - TenthFleet:Build the web
• G (Akin to "Build the Web";Editing/Style/Manual of Style) - TenthFleet:Avoid making your articles orphans
• G (Editing/Style/Manual of Style) - TenthFleet:Orphan
• G (Editing/Style/Manual of Style) - TenthFleet:Avoid blanket statements
• G (Editing/Style/Manual of Style/???) - TenthFleet:Balance parts of a page
• G (Editing/Style/Manual of Style) - TenthFleet:Nitpick
• G (Editing/Style/Manual of Style) - TenthFleet:Inform and entertain
• G (Editing/Style/Manual of Style) - TenthFleet:Contribute what you know or are willing to learn about
• G (Editing/Style/Manual of Style) - TenthFleet:Don't include copies of primary sources
• G (Editing/Style/Manual of Style) - TenthFleet:Redirect
• G (Editing/Style/Manual of Style) - TenthFleet:Subpages
• G (Editing/Style/Manual of Style) - TenthFleet:Category sort keys
• G (Editing/Style/Manual of Style) - TenthFleet:External links
• G (Editing/Style/Manual of Style) - TenthFleet:Follow highlighting conventions
• G (Editing/Style/Manual of Style) - TenthFleet:Editing the main page

Project Content

(As defined by Wikipedia: "protocols related to administration")

Tenth Fleet Wiki Policies

(As defined by Wikipedia: "official policies and statements of the Wikimedia Foundation")

To Be Sorted

• P - TenthFleet:Resource policy
• P - TenthFleet:Always fill summary field
• P - TenthFleet:Sign your posts on talk pages
• P - TenthFleet:Log in before making drastic changes
• P - TenthFleet:Bots
• P - TenthFleet:Importing content
• G - TenthFleet:Naming conventions
• G - TenthFleet:Use common sense
• G - TenthFleet:Establish context

• (Not a Wikipedia policy or guideline; rather, explanatory) - TenthFleet:Perfection is not required
• (Not a Wikipedia policy or guideline; rather, explanatory) - TenthFleet:The Perfect Article
• TenthFleet:Most common faux pas

See Also

• Wikipedia editing basics: Plagiarism and copyright violation
• Wikipedia's Youtube Channel