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Begin by typing in the name of the article you want to create in the search bar at the top of the page. | Begin by typing in the name of the article you want to create in the search bar at the top of the page. | ||
==== Creating an article | ==== Creating an article ==== | ||
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Info about seeding an article/editing existing heading | |||
* Info about using Article Templates | |||
==== User levels ==== | |||
=== User levels === | |||
User: Level upon creation of profile. Can create/edit, requires editor approval before publishing. | User: Level upon creation of profile. Can create/edit, requires editor approval before publishing. | ||
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Administrator: Edit all protected pages and site set up. | Administrator: Edit all protected pages and site set up. | ||
== | == Manual of Style == | ||
==== Title ==== | |||
'''The article title''' should be a recognizable name or description of the topic that is natural, sufficiently precise, concise, and consistent with those of related articles. Capitalize the initial letter, but otherwise follow sentence case. Do not use articles in titles unless they are inseparable part of the name. | |||
The following naming conventions are followed for individual topics: | |||
* Articles about drugs or medicines should use the ''International Nonproprietary Name'' (INN). Common trade names should be included in the lead section. | |||
* Articles about chemicals should use IUPAC nomenclature if that name is in common use. If not, use the most common name, and mention the IUPAC name in the lead. | |||
==== Sections ==== | |||
The content of the article should begin with an introductory lead section, which does not have a section heading. The rest of the article is divided into '''sections'''. There are several available boilerplate section lists for common themes (kink activity, medicine, and so on).Linguistic choices of English | |||
=== Linguistic choices === | |||
RACKWiki uses US English spelling in its articles. | |||
=== Formatting === | |||
==== Abbreviations, Italics, Capital letters, Ligatures, Quotations, Punctuation ==== | |||
==== Dates and time ==== | |||
Use the format ''1 January 1970'' or ''January 1, 1970'' when writing out dates. For lists and tables, YYYY-MM-DD can also be used. | |||
==== Units of measurement ==== | |||
Use SI measurements. Customary conversions can be provided in parenthesis. | |||
=== Grammar and usage === | |||
By default, write articles in the present tense. Use past tense only for past events or topics that no longer meaningfully exist. | |||
==== Gender-neutral language ==== | |||
Use gender-neutral language. Do not use generic ''he'' or ''she.'' Use pronouns to refer to people only when appropriate pronouns are clear. If it's not clear what pronouns are appropriate, avoid pronouns completely with alternative sentence construction. Do not use singular 'they' if it's not a clearly stated preferred pronoun. | |||
==== Instructional and presumptuous language ==== | |||
Do not use unencyclopedic or presumptuous language. Avoid phrases such as ''of course'', ''naturally'', ''obviously'', ''clearly'', and ''actually''. Do not address the reader with phrases like ''remember that'' and ''note that''. Purely instructional content, and policy/meta pages are allowed to address the reader, just like this page does. | |||
==== Technical language ==== | |||
Technical language may be unavoidable when an article describes a nuanced, complicated topic. However, the lead section of an article should always provide a simple overview, and overly esoteric terms should either be replaced with simpler ones, or explained either inline or in a link to a separate article. | |||
=== Plurals, vocabulary === | |||
* Contractions | |||
=== Contested vocabulary === | |||
* Avoid vague terms such as ''dangerous'', ''irresponsible'', and ''risky.'' | |||
=== | === Media files === | ||
* | * Images, Other media files, Avoid using images to convey text, Captions Bulleted and numbered lists | ||
== | === Links === | ||