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.
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* 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.
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* Use a writing style suitable for a technical university audience.  Designs can be egregious, but not gay.
* [[Sign your work]] on discussion pages.
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* [[Sign your work]] on discussion pages.
* No spoofing when signing edits.
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* No spoofing when signing edits.
* [[Attribute your sources]] to avoid accusations of plagiarism.
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* [[Attribute your sources]] to avoid accusations of plagiarism.
* Attach files instead of linking to URLs wherever possible.
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* 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.
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* 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.
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* Keep disagreements civil and non-personal.
* Clean up after yourself.  If you wrote something that grows old, remove it.
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* 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.
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* 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.
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* 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.
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* 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.
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