FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style: Difference between revisions

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This page links to other pages describing stylistic guidelines which have reached consensus among the FamilySearch Wiki community.

Process to transform a style idea to a wiki-wide guideline[edit | edit source]

If you have a stylistic idea that you feel should be adopted on many wiki pages, you can follow a procedure to try to transform your idea into a site-wide guideline. For instance, if you feel every page on the wiki should have a green background, you would follow these steps:

Create a new page called FamilySearch Wiki:Green Versus White Background on FamilySearch Wiki Pages.
Link to FamilySearch Wiki talk:Green Versus White Background on FamilySearch Wiki Pages from FamilySearch Wiki talk:Manual of Style.
Add to Green Versus White Background on FamilySearch Wiki Pages a short blurb which objectively describes the proposal and which links to FamilySearch Wiki talk:Green Versus White Background on FamilySearch Wiki Pages (this is the Discussion section of the page you created).
Add to the Discussion page (FamilySearch Wiki talk:Green Versus White Background on FamilySearch Wiki Pages) the reasons why you feel your idea should be adopted. You needn't speak objectively on the discussion page -- you are trying to convince others that your idea is a good one.
Invite others to add to the discussion page any reasons why they like or dislike the proposal, or how they might improve it.
When consensus is reached, transfer relevant details of the discussion from the discussion page to FamilySearch Wiki:Green Versus White Background on FamilySearch Wiki Pages.
Create a link from FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style to FamilySearch Wiki:Green Versus White Background on FamilySearch Wiki Pages.
Remove the link to FamilySearch Wiki talk:Green Versus White Background on FamilySearch Wiki Pages from FamilySearch Wiki talk:Manual of Style.

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-The purpose of this page is to document the stylistic guidelines about which the&nbsp;FamilySearch Wiki community has reached consensus.&nbsp;New proposals for the Manual of Style can&nbsp;be&nbsp;vetted on the [[FamilySearch_Wiki_talk:Manual_of_Style|Discussion]] page.&nbsp;
+This page links to other pages describing stylistic guidelines which have reached consensus among the&nbsp;FamilySearch Wiki community.&nbsp;
+== Process to&nbsp;transform a style idea to a wiki-wide guideline  ==
+If you have a stylistic idea&nbsp;that you feel should be adopted on many&nbsp;wiki pages, you can follow a&nbsp;procedure to try to transform your idea into a site-wide guideline. For instance, if you feel&nbsp;every page on the wiki should have a&nbsp;green background, you would follow these steps:
+#Create a new page called ''FamilySearch Wiki:Green Versus White Background on FamilySearch Wiki Pages''.
+#Link to ''FamilySearch Wiki talk:Green Versus White Background on FamilySearch Wiki Pages'' from [[FamilySearch Wiki talk:Manual of Style|FamilySearch Wiki talk:Manual of Style]].
+#Add to ''Green Versus White Background on FamilySearch Wiki Pages'' a short blurb which objectively describes the proposal and which links to ''FamilySearch Wiki '''talk''':Green Versus White Background on FamilySearch Wiki Pages ''(this is the Discussion section of the page you created).
+#Add to the Discussion page (''FamilySearch Wiki talk:Green Versus White Background on FamilySearch Wiki Pages)'' the&nbsp;reasons why you feel your idea should be&nbsp;adopted. You needn't&nbsp;speak objectively on&nbsp;the discussion page -- you are trying to convince others that your idea is a good one.&nbsp;
+#Invite others to add to the discussion page any reasons why they like or dislike the proposal, or how they might improve it.
+#When consensus is reached, transfer relevant details of the discussion from the discussion page to&nbsp;''FamilySearch Wiki:Green Versus White Background on FamilySearch Wiki Pages''.
+#Create a link from [[FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style|FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style]] to ''FamilySearch Wiki:Green Versus White Background on FamilySearch Wiki Pages''.
+#Remove the link to ''FamilySearch Wiki '''talk''':Green Versus White Background on FamilySearch Wiki Pages'' from [[FamilySearch Wiki talk:Manual of Style|FamilySearch Wiki talk:Manual of Style]].
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