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* Try to utilize English words and phrases which will not be difficult to translate into other languages
* When in doubt, refer to manual of styles on Wikimedia project wikis or the [[<tvar name="1">:m:Special:MyLanguage/Communications/Communicating about the Wikimedia Foundation</tvar>|"Communicating about the Wikimedia Foundation" guide on Meta-Wiki]]
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When using an acronym is necessary or difficult to avoid, please be sure to introduce the acronym's meaning in its usage. (example: Wikimedia Foundation ("WMF"))
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When possible the <tvar name="1">{{tl|DateT}}</tvar> template should be utilized to properly format date to a user's language and preferences. Where not possible, dates should be formatted as:
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* Year-Month-Day as YYYY-MM-DD (example: 2024-03-01)
* Day Month Year (example: 1 March 2024)
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Existing content can be changed en masse by contacting the wiki's [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Core administrators team</tvar>|core administrators team]].
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Job titles should be capitalized and treated as proper nouns. (examples: Chief Executive Officer, Chair, Director of Job Titles)
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Requests for changes will be honored, including within historical content, as much as can be done. Any limitations should be shared by the core administrators team with individual making the request.
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* Wikimedia Commons (not Commons)
* English Wikipedia (not enWP)
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Latest revision as of 18:25, 10 April 2024
This policy is maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation and applies to this wiki (Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki). Please note that in the event of any differences in meaning or interpretation between the original English version of this content and a translation, the original English version takes precedence. |
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- See also: Wikimedia:Editing policy
This Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki manual of style outlines basic guidelines which should be considered when formatting content and creating pages on this site.
At all times, the needs of the specific type of content (resolution, minutes, legal document, etc.) takes precedent over any guidelines provided on this page. These guides are more to help avoid unnecessary inconsistency and guidance where the type of content does not provide an existing framework.
General guidelines
- Try to utilize English words and phrases which will not be difficult to translate into other languages
- When in doubt, refer to manual of styles on Wikimedia project wikis or the "Communicating about the Wikimedia Foundation" guide on Meta-Wiki
Contractions and acronyms
To make content easier to translate and understand across languages, please avoid use of contractions and acronyms.
When using an acronym is necessary or difficult to avoid, please be sure to introduce the acronym's meaning in its usage. (example: Wikimedia Foundation ("WMF"))
Dates
When possible the {{DateT}} template should be utilized to properly format date to a user's language and preferences. Where not possible, dates should be formatted as:
- Year-Month-Day as YYYY-MM-DD (example: 2024-03-01)
- Day Month Year (example: 1 March 2024)
Gender and pronoun usage
Whenever possible, gender-neutral pronouns should be used.
Requests for use of specific pronouns when referring to person making the request should be honored whenever it is possible to do so. Any limitations should be shared by the core administrators team with individual making the request.
Existing content can be changed en masse by contacting the wiki's core administrators team.
Job titles
Job titles should be capitalized and treated as proper nouns. (examples: Chief Executive Officer, Chair, Director of Job Titles)
Name changes
Individuals requesting changes to uses of their own name, for whatever reasons (including safety or privacy), may do so by contacting the wiki's core administrators team.
Requests for changes will be honored, including within historical content, as much as can be done. Any limitations should be shared by the core administrators team with individual making the request.
Project names
Names of Wikimedia projects should be capitalized and not shortened or abbreviated.
Examples:
- Meta-Wiki (not Meta)
- Wikimedia Commons (not Commons)
- English Wikipedia (not enWP)
Title, header, and page name formatting
Whenever possible, sentence case capitalization should be used for all titles, headers, and page names.
The primary exception is using a flexible use of proper noun capitalization for policies and other content with a large external audience.
Examples of pages where proper noun capitalization is most appropriate:
- Major Organization Policy
- Board of Trustees
- Official Board Committee
- Formal Board Resolution
Examples of pages where sentence case capitalization is most appropriate:
- Policy specific to only this wiki
- History of past departments
- Information from a regular board meeting
Page titles for Legal, Minutes, Policies, and Resolutions namespaces
Page titles should be altered with {{DISPLAYTITLE:NAME}}
as needed - with inclusion of Wikimedia or Wikimedia Foundation in title as appropriate. Pages using the {{DISPLAYTITLE}}
should not have their page title's marked for translation as well.
Example
<languages /> {{DISPLAYTITLE:<translate>Wikimedia Foundation Donuts Policy</translate>}} {{policy-board}} <translate> == Why we have a Donuts Policy ==
Pages properly formatted to review for additional help:
Namespace placement
- See also: Wikimedia:Namespaces
Whenever possible, content should be placed within these namespaces to facilitate greater searching of content.
- Main namespace
- General content, navigational pages, or content without a clear namespace
- Talk namespaces
- Discussions and archives of discussions
- Wikimedia
- Content related to operations of Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki
- Policy
- Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Movement policies
- Resolution
- Resolutions by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustee
- Legal
- Wikimedia Foundation legal documentation
- Agenda
- Agendas of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustee meetings
- Minutes
- Minutes of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustee meetings
- Committee
- Content related to committees of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustee
- Endowment
- Content related to the Wikimedia Endowment
- Memory
- Institutional knowledge of the Wikimedia Foundation
- Archive
- Archived or historical content no longer in active use on this wiki and available for migration to another wiki (generally Meta-Wiki)
Usage of Resolutions namespace
Content placed within the Resolutions namespace should be resolutions which were considered by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. The {{resolution}} template should be used at the top of resolution pages for proper formatting.
Usage of Policies namespace
Content placed within the Policies namespace should be official Wikimedia Foundation policies. The {{Policy-board}} or {{Policy-staff}} templates should be used to help with displaying information for readers.
Category placement
All content (pages, files, templates, etc.) on this wiki should be placed within a category that is a part of the Category:All category tree:
Translations
- Please see the Translations manual of style within the Translations guidelines.