Wikiporno:Manual of style

Our Manual of style is a collection of rules of thumb and guidelines for giving Wikiporno a consistent look and feel. Most of these rules have exceptions, but to put together a good reference work collaboratively, it's best to follow the rules unless they're quite inappropriate for a particular situation.

The Manual is broken up into different pages so that this one doesn't get overloaded with extraneous text. It makes it easier to find and update individual rules or concepts if they're on their own pages. Finally, it's easier for smarty-pantses to link to the particular rule being broken from talk pages for articles.

If all this stuff makes your head swim, and you don't want to bother with it, by all means plunge forward and just start sharing your knowledge. Other Wikipornolers will come through and bring your contributions more in line with the style guide.

If you have a question about the specifics of the Manual, or want to see it changed/amended/clarified, use the talk page for the section in question. A list of issues currently being discussed can be found here.

Structural style

This section of the Manual is for rules about the structure of Wikiporno as a whole.

• What is an article? - how and when to start new articles
• Article naming conventions - how to name an article
• Where you can stick it - finding a place to share your knowledge
• Categories - using the MediaWiki categories feature
• Using Mediawiki templates - using the MediaWiki Template: transclusion feature
• Mediawiki template index - a list of available Mediawiki templates

Formatting style

These rules are about laying out individual articles. That is, they describe how we take raw information and put it in a format that's easily usable by travelers.

• Article templates - starting points and formatting guidelines for consistent Wikiporno articles
• External links - linking to other Web sites
• Avoid HTML - avoiding HTML formatting
• Main Page guidelines - how to add links to the Main Page

Writing style

This set of rules describes how to write words, sentences, and paragraphs.

• Tone - the right tone for your prose
• Spelling - what spelling rules to use for Wikiporno
• Neutrality of medium - referring to the medium the article is in
• First person pronouns - avoid using "I", "we", and their ilk
• Second person pronouns - using "you" and friends is ok
• Foreign words - using non-English words and names in articles
• Romanization - for languages that do not use the Latin alphabet
• Don't overlink - when to make links in article text
• Use boldface to call out important topics - using boldface for theme words
• Use italics for emphasis - putting stress on certain words and phrases
• Trademarks - using trademarks

See also

• Help - for technical help with Wiki syntax
• Community policies - for Wikiporno's collaboration policies
• Namespace index - all the "meta" articles in the namespace
• Using talk pages