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* Vassar people who are still alive should not have pages of their own. | * Vassar people who are still alive should not have pages of their own. | ||
* | * Articles should have (or have the potential for) more information than the grouping of other pages. This is the role of [[VassarWiki:Categories|categories]]. | ||
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== Content == | |||
* Include information that would be relevant for the Vassar community, rather than the audience of a general-purpose encyclopedia. See [[VassarWiki:An encyclopedia and more]] | |||
* Take care to not duplicate information. If the subject of a page has a Wikipedia page, place [[Template:Wikipedia]] at the top. | |||
== Style == | == Style == | ||
If not specified otherwise below, contributors should default to [[Wikipedia:AP Style|AP Style]]. | If not specified otherwise below, contributors should default to [[Wikipedia:AP Style|AP Style]]. | ||
* The [[Wikipedia:Oxford comma|Oxford comma]] should always be used. | * The [[Wikipedia:Oxford comma|Oxford comma]] should always be used. | ||
* Punctuation around quotations should follow [[Wikipedia:Logical quotation|logical/British quotation style]] | * Punctuation around quotations should follow [[Wikipedia:Logical quotation|logical/British quotation style]] (i.e. all punctuation that is not part of the material being quoted should be placed outside of the quotation marks) | ||
* Dates should be written without ordinal suffixes (e.g. "May 30", | * Dates should be written without ordinal suffixes (e.g. "May 30", not "May 30th") | ||
=== Titles === | === Titles === | ||
Titles of pages ([[:Category:Page types|all types]]) and headings should... | |||
* reflect the common name of the subject (e.g. ''[[Deece]]'' not [[Gordon Commons|''Gordon Commons'']]). | * reflect the common name of the subject (e.g. ''[[Deece]]'' not [[Gordon Commons|''Gordon Commons'']]). | ||
* be written in sentence case | * be written in sentence case when not a proper noun. | ||
* not begin with "the", even when "the" is commonly used before the subject's name. | * not begin with "the", even when "the" is commonly used before the subject's name. | ||
* generally not include "Vassar". Given that the page is on VassarWiki, that much is implied! The exception is when "Vassar" is an indispensable part of the subject's name (e.g. "[[Vassar Students Association]]" isn't referred to as "Students Association"). | |||
=== Categories === | === Categories === | ||
* Categories should be nested whenever possible. For example, [[:Category:A cappella groups|''Category:A cappella groups'']] should be part of [[:Category:Student | * Categories should be nested whenever possible. For example, [[:Category:A cappella groups|''Category:A cappella groups'']] should be part of ''[[:Category:Student groups]]'' and ''[[:Category:A cappella]].'' | ||
* Page should only use the most specific categories possible. For example, ''[[Vastards]]'' should be in ''Category:A cappella groups'', not ''Category:Student orgs'' or ''Category:A cappella''. | * Page should only use the most specific categories possible. For example, ''[[Vastards]]'' should be in ''Category:A cappella groups'', not ''Category:Student orgs'' or ''Category:A cappella''. | ||