community_guidelines
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
| Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revision | ||
| community_guidelines [2019/03/02 17:30] – [A note from the founder] freeworlder | community_guidelines [2021/08/04 06:11] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
| Don't worry too much about formatting and style. Changes can be reversed if necessary, and someone else can always improve your contributions later. | Don't worry too much about formatting and style. Changes can be reversed if necessary, and someone else can always improve your contributions later. | ||
| - | To maintain a high standard of information, please follow these simple | + | To help make our ideas accessible to the most people, please follow these basic guidelines when contributing to this site: |
| * Keep your language neutral (avoid superlatives like ' | * Keep your language neutral (avoid superlatives like ' | ||
| + | * Keep your articles short and non-technical. Link to more technical, external articles where necessary | ||
| * Use universally-accepted concepts only (avoid potentially divisive references to patriotism, party politics, religion, sexual orientation or other personal preferences) | * Use universally-accepted concepts only (avoid potentially divisive references to patriotism, party politics, religion, sexual orientation or other personal preferences) | ||
| - | * Don't make unsubstantiated claims. If you can't find references to substantiate your claim, please detail your own observations or reasoning to back your claim. | + | * Don't make unsubstantiated claims. If you can't find references to substantiate your claim, please detail your reasoning to back your claim or use real-life examples. |
| * Don't contribute not-fully-worked-out ideas in the hope that someone else will complete them later. Contribute complete ideas only. | * Don't contribute not-fully-worked-out ideas in the hope that someone else will complete them later. Contribute complete ideas only. | ||
| * Don't create conflict or make articles contradictory. If your contributions are likely to clash with existing content or another contributor, | * Don't create conflict or make articles contradictory. If your contributions are likely to clash with existing content or another contributor, | ||
| - | * Don't add articles or content that are not related to the central theme of creating | + | * Don't add articles or content that are not related to the central theme of creating |
| * Don't use copyrighted content. Ensure that your contributions are your own work or are in the public domain. | * Don't use copyrighted content. Ensure that your contributions are your own work or are in the public domain. | ||
| ===== A note from the founder ===== | ===== A note from the founder ===== | ||
| - | //Because of the nature of the ideas proposed in this site, this is not your average wiki. Here's why:// | + | Because of the nature of the ideas proposed in this site, it's necessary for content to be regularly moderated to ensure quality and consistency. Here's why: |
| - | //We are proposing something that hasn't been done before or tested at scale, so some content | + | We are proposing something that hasn't been done before or tested at scale, so some content |
| - | //It is not uncommon for enthusiastic followers of this train of thought to base their ideas on (in my opinion) | + | It is not uncommon for enthusiastic followers of this train of thought to base their ideas on unrealistic |
| - | //The nature of these ideas is controversial | + | Since these ideas are somewhat |
| - | //Please help us further these ideas by adhering to the site guidelines.// | + | Please help us further these ideas by adhering to the site guidelines. |
| --- // | --- // | ||
community_guidelines.1551547838.txt.gz · Last modified: 2021/08/04 06:11 (external edit)