TRMN:Policies and guidelines
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- The following Guide is adapted from the document written and executed by Memory Alpha.
The TRMN Wiki has some policies that have been proposed by the Template:Twiki and generally accepted by the members. Please read through the policies below to familiarize yourself with our common practices and rules. If you have any questions, suggestions, or complaints, please post them on the talk page.
General policies
Remember that above all else, the TRMN Wiki is an encyclopedia. It is a community that is solely devoted to the development of the organization's reference database; it is not a chat room or discussion forum. The talk pages are specifically for discussing the writing of articles, and nothing else.
The following are general policies concerning the overall goals and functions of the TRMN Wiki:
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- Template:Twiki and Template:Twiki policies – what we accept, and what we don't accept
- Template:Twiki – dealing with conflicts in in-universe resources
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- Template:Twiki – that unavoidable legalese
- Template:Twiki – for when deleting pages becomes necessary
- Template:Twiki – useful advice for when disagreements arise
- Template:Twiki – the rules for uploading files
- Template:Twiki – maintaining the proper POV in articles
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- Template:Twiki – let the reader beware!
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- Help: Redirect – the rules for using redirects
- Template:Twiki – a few changes to the default user preferences the TRMN Wiki recommends.
See also: Template:Twiki for some useful information for newcomers.
Specific guidelines
General guidelines
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- Template:Twiki - a guide on how to edit articles, and how to style them
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- Help: What links here
Behavior guidelines
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- Template:Twiki (and move personal debates to email)
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Content guidelines
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- Remember that Template:Twiki
- Deal appropriately with Template:Twiki
- Use templates when appropriate
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Style guidelines
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- Template:Twiki - guidelines on the use and creation of categories
- Template:Twiki - for potential article title conflicts
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- Template:Twiki - how to name new articles
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- Template:Twiki - how to handle quotes and quotations
- Consider writing articles in news style
Miscellaneous
Enforcement
For day-to-day operations on the TRMN Wiki, enforcement can be handled by the general membership. Simply pointing out each other's mistakes (politely, of course) is generally sufficient.
For problem cases, the administrators may intervene and enforce a policy, or temporarily lock a page to let things cool down. In extreme and unusual cases, these administrators will step in to ban a user who has proven to be unusually disruptive.