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[[image:Credible hulk.jpg|left|375px|thumbnail|Many of the subjects on this website are literal matters of life and death, about which strong feelings are to be expected. Nevertheless, invective such as loaded language and [[enemy images]] are not wanted here. Instead, editors are encouraged to channel their efforts to ''clearly'' document the source of their feelings, citing ''primary'' documents where available.]] | [[image:Credible hulk.jpg|left|375px|thumbnail|Many of the subjects on this website are literal matters of life and death, about which strong feelings are to be expected. Nevertheless, invective such as loaded language and [[enemy images]] are not wanted here. Instead, editors are encouraged to channel their efforts to ''clearly'' document the source of their feelings, citing ''primary'' documents where available.]] | ||
| − | As an encylopedia, the writing style has a lot in common with [[Wikipedia]] - but with crucial differences | + | As an encylopedia, the writing style has a lot in common with [[Wikipedia]] - but with some crucial differences. Wikipedia avoids primary documents for secondary sources produced by professionals (e.g. the {{ccm}}), but we primary documents are preferred here where they exist online. Our [[Wikispooks:Style Guide|Style Guide]] should help you fine tune your style to fit this project. The Wikispooks way is to try to lay out the available evidence as clearly as possible, carefully avoiding loaded or [[plastic language]], [[polarising perspectives]] and particularly [[enemy images]].<ref>For example, since the word "regime" has negative connotations, the more neutral "[[government]]" is preferred.</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:10, 28 July 2021
The Wikispooks' policy aims to clearly and concisely define what both editors and readers can expect from the project.
Contents
Style
- Full article: Wikispooks:Style Guide
- Full article: Wikispooks:Style Guide
As an encylopedia, the writing style has a lot in common with Wikipedia - but with some crucial differences. Wikipedia avoids primary documents for secondary sources produced by professionals (e.g. the commercially-controlled media), but we primary documents are preferred here where they exist online. Our Style Guide should help you fine tune your style to fit this project. The Wikispooks way is to try to lay out the available evidence as clearly as possible, carefully avoiding loaded or plastic language, polarising perspectives and particularly enemy images.[1]
Editing
- Full article: Wikispooks:Editorial Policy
- Full article: Wikispooks:Editorial Policy
Wikispooks is not a venue for extensive discussion of official narratives, which already have no shortage of airtime on big media. Alternative ideas are welcome, and editors frustrated by Wikipedia's policies about what constitutes a "Reliable Source" may find the Wikispooks' Editorial policies a liberation.
Page Creation/Deletion
Users are welcome to create pages on any topics where the official narrative is suspect. Where a page is created which has minimal content, use template:stub to indicate this. Even stubs should have a semantic object. Users may nominate pages for deletion, but be aware that deletions are very rare, except for technically obsolete pages[2] or duplicates.[3]
Information removal
Information should be generally not deleted from pages unless it is wrong or misleading. The preferred policy for overlong pages is to split them up into sub-pages[4] rather than deleting information. If you remove a lot of information from a page, it is good practice to explain your reasons for doing so in the accompanying Talk page.
Wikipedia
- Full article: Wikipedia
- Full article: Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a mine of useful information, but it has serious problems. This article will help Wikipedia editors and should clarify why Wikispooks was set up, using the same software, but as a completely independent enterprise.
Importing from Wikipedia
- Full article: Wikispooks:Importing From Wikipedia
- Full article: Wikispooks:Importing From Wikipedia
If you intend to make much use of Wikipedia, you should familiarize yourself with Wikipedia's problems so you can better detect censorship or bias in the material you draw from Wikipedia. This policy is essential reading before you import large chunks of information from Wikipedia.
Document Editing Rules
- Full article: Wikispooks:Document Editing Rules
- Full article: Wikispooks:Document Editing Rules
As a wiki, most of Wikispooks content is freely editable by any registered user on the site. However, as well as hosting original crowd-edited content, Wikispooks also welcomes copies of 3rd party documents. These are editable, since to synergize with the rest of the wiki, they need to be linked in, but as original documents authored by a particular person or set of persons, their substance must be preserved unedited.
Privacy
- Full article: Wikispooks:Privacy policy
- Full article: Wikispooks:Privacy policy
The Wikispooks wiki is a public document and all contributions by editors are publicly available, although Wikispooks does not retain IP addresses and is doing what it can to preserve your anonymity. If you are concerned about concealing your identity, especially if you are revealing classified information, you are advised to take extra measures to stay anonymous.
References
- ↑ For example, since the word "regime" has negative connotations, the more neutral "government" is preferred.
- ↑ For example, category pages, which are being replaced by SMW.
- ↑ i.e. those that were created with a variant spelling of an already extant page
- ↑ See, for example, 9-11 and its various sub-pages and sub-sub-pages.
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