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A '''WikiIndex entry''' is a [[article]] page here on {{tag|WikiIndex}} that has [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedic]] information on it. A well-written entry identifies a [[wiki]] site, [[:Category:Wiki People|wiki person]], [[:Category:Wiki Engine|wiki software]] application, or [[:Category:WikiIdea|wiki idea]]; summarizes that [[:Category:Wiki Topic|topic]] comprehensively; contains references to reliable sources; and [[Wikilink|links]] to other related topics. Most article entries consist of paragraphs and [[:Category:Images|images]], but they may also be formatted as stand-alone [[:Category:Wiki Lists|lists]] or tables. These lists or tables are also considered entries for WikiIndex's purposes. | A '''WikiIndex entry''' is a [[article]] page here on {{tag|WikiIndex}} that has factual, and ideally [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedic]] information on it. A well-written entry identifies a [[wiki]] site, [[:Category:Wiki People|wiki person]], [[:Category:Wiki Engine|wiki software]] application, or [[:Category:WikiIdea|wiki idea]]; summarizes that [[:Category:Wiki Topic|topic]] comprehensively, supported by their appropriate [[:Category:Infobox templates|infobox]]; contains references to reliable sources; and [[Wikilink|links]] to other related topics. Most article entries consist of paragraphs and [[:Category:Images|images]], but they may also be formatted as stand-alone [[:Category:Wiki Lists|lists]] or tables. These lists or tables are also considered entries for WikiIndex's purposes. | ||
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A WikiIndex entry is a article page here on WikiIndex that has factual, and ideally encyclopedic information on it. A well-written entry identifies a wiki site, wiki person, wiki software application, or wiki idea; summarizes that topic comprehensively, supported by their appropriate infobox; contains references to reliable sources; and links to other related topics. Most article entries consist of paragraphs and images, but they may also be formatted as stand-alone lists or tables. These lists or tables are also considered entries for WikiIndex's purposes.
- What it should contain
A WikiIndex article entry should contain a description and brief history of the wiki site, in order to provide a relatively neutral account that can survive the wiki's going defunct.
Not all of the content need be objective and empirical, though. Casual discussion of a community's norms and values may end up being less encyclopedic and more conversational; this is fine. Article entries of wiki sites here in WikiIndex should not exist for the sole purpose of defaming or promoting a site, though: this is neither free hosting space for other wiki communities, nor is it a message board for gripes and sniping about problems with other wikis.