Template:Policies List

Research Wiki Policy links

Type	Links	Description	starting order
Article (not a policy)	FamilySearch Wiki:Policies	List with descriptions	1
Article (not a policy)	Policies/Proposed enhancements	Ongoing development of policies	2
Article (not a policy)	Policies/Noticeboard	A notification listing (not fully developed)	3
General Policy	Conditions of Use	Terms of agreement for the use of this Wiki	4
General Policy	Privacy Policy	FamilySearch.org privacy policy	5
General Policy	Editing	Use "talk" pages and templates if necessary	6
General Policy	Bots provisions	Prior consent is required for use	7
General Policy	Policy Changes or Additions	Steps for proposal of new policies	8
Article standards Policy	Neutral point of view	Flag questionable neutrality with templates	9
Article standards Policy	Verifiable	Mark statements that require citations	10
Article standards Policy	Page or article naming	Avoid ambiguous words and phrases	11
Article standards Policy	Purpose and Appropriate Topics	What this Research Wiki is not	12
Article standards Policy	Deletion Process	Controversial pages should be flagged	13
Article standards Policy	The Un-Portal Page	Portal pages are no longer approved for use	14
Behavioral Policy	Civility and Polite Discourse	Unacceptable behavior should be reported	15
Behavioral Policy	Avoid Edit Wars	Don't fight over competing viewpoints	16
Behavioral Policy	No personal attacks	Personal attacks damage the community	17
Behavioral Policy	Avoid legal threats	Administrators will respond to violations	18
Behavioral Policy	Ownership of articles	Relinquish ownership when an article is done	19
Behavioral Policy	Vandalism	Report spam, blanking, and other modifications	20
Behavioral Policy	Attack pages	Warnings and discipline could result	21
Legal Policy	Copyrights	Written permission is required for copyright materials	22
Legal Policy	Image use	Must be appropriate and subject to Creative Commons	23
Legal Policy	Libel	Immediately report to administrators	24
Legal Policy (reference)	Creative Commons image use	Standardized way to grant copyright permission	25
Enforcement Policy	Blocking and Banning	Failure to comply to policy or conditions of use	26
Enforcement Policy	Arbitration	Handle disputes involving user conduct	27
Enforcement Policy	Dispute resolution	Seek help, mediation steps, arbitration	28
Enforcement Policy	Mediation	Can be requested for disputes over article content	29
Enforcement Policy	Formal Mediation Policy	Formal agreement for parties to accept	30
Enforcement Policy	Mediation Committee	Resolves good faith disputes about content	31
Editing Policy	Linking	Do not display full URL if at all possible	32
Editing Policy	Sandbox policy	Sandbox has fewer rules and policies	33
Organizational Policy	New Common Taxonomy	Consistent approach to help navigate topics	34
Category	Category:Policy proposals	Pages that propose a new policy	35
Category	Category:FamilySearch Wiki policy	Category list of policy pages	36
Template	Template:Policies and guidelines	Template for "Polices and guideline"	37