Sunday, March 23, 2008

10 Wiki-mandments

Here are your Wiki-mandements for this section:

  1. Correct grammar and spelling, correct problems you see
  2. References, where did you get this information from?
    1. cite sources within text, i.e. foot/endnotes
    2. Sources that are personal opinions/blogs are not 'reliable' sources - information not opinions should be cited, use quality sources
  3. Links to other pages of relevance/references/wikipedia articles
  4. Keep the post and pictures on topic, be careful about copyrights
  5. Read what other people have posted, do not contradict rather correct, read the history, don't repeat mistakes
  6. Keep a neutral point of view
  7. Avoid using "jargony" words, or define if necessary
  8. NO ORIGINAL RESEARCH!!!
  9. Wikipedia is not a place for personal gain, not a soapbox/advertising forum
  10. Wikipedia is not a social network, not for personal information
  11. Wikipedia is not a dictionary, definitions can happen in the context of an article, but should not be articles
optional commandments:
  1. Thou shalt have no other wikis before the Wikipedia
  2. Thou shalt not covet other's great articles

1 comment:

Jon said...

you should leave all ten of these as optional commandments

1. Thou shalt have no other Wikis before the Wikipedia
2. Thou shalt not make unto the Wikipedia any copyrighted images
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Wikipedia thy God in vain
4. Remember Wikipedia, to keep it holy
5. Honour Jimmy Wales and thy days shall be long upon the land
6. Thou shalt not kill (delete) articles
7. Thou shalt not mingle information with thy neighbors wife's article
8. Thou shalt not steal information without giving proper citation
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness of events or information
10. Thou shalt not covet others great articles