Wiki etiquette
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== Some rules to encourage civilised wiki usage == | == Some rules to encourage civilised wiki usage == | ||
| − | + | * This is a public place. Try to avoid offending readers. | |
| − | + | * Use a writing style suitable for a technical university audience. Designs can be egregious, but not gay. | |
| − | + | * [[Sign your work]] on discussion pages. | |
| − | + | * No spoofing when signing edits. | |
| − | + | * [[Attribute your sources]] to avoid accusations of plagiarism. | |
| − | + | * Attach files instead of linking to URLs wherever possible. | |
| − | + | * No arguments-by-editing, e.g. changing a word of a sentence you disagree with. Instead, add your opinion to the page, making the disagreement clear. | |
| − | + | * Keep disagreements civil and non-personal. | |
| − | + | * Clean up after yourself. If you wrote something that grows old, remove it. | |
| − | + | * Clean up after other people. It is OK to improve others work. | |
| − | + | * If you struggle to understand, or disagree with, anything, post a question or comment. | |
| − | + | * Use the normal page tab of any topic for distilled encyclopaedia-like info, and the discussion tab for work in progress, debates, & noting what you wrote on the normal page. | |
Revision as of 01:35, 27 July 2008
Some rules to encourage civilised wiki usage
- This is a public place. Try to avoid offending readers.
- Use a writing style suitable for a technical university audience. Designs can be egregious, but not gay.
- Sign your work on discussion pages.
- No spoofing when signing edits.
- Attribute your sources to avoid accusations of plagiarism.
- Attach files instead of linking to URLs wherever possible.
- No arguments-by-editing, e.g. changing a word of a sentence you disagree with. Instead, add your opinion to the page, making the disagreement clear.
- Keep disagreements civil and non-personal.
- Clean up after yourself. If you wrote something that grows old, remove it.
- Clean up after other people. It is OK to improve others work.
- If you struggle to understand, or disagree with, anything, post a question or comment.
- Use the normal page tab of any topic for distilled encyclopaedia-like info, and the discussion tab for work in progress, debates, & noting what you wrote on the normal page.
