WikiIndex:Frequently asked questions: Difference between revisions

:I've been on several wikis and had various experiences, as well as hearing good and bad things from fellow users. how much of my own opinion/experience can I put into an article? [[User:Totnesmartin|Totnesmartin]] 11:06, 16 May 2010 (EDT)

::[[WikiIndex]] is not the same as [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]. Original research is allowed. Having a point of view is allowed. Although in practice most of the articles do not provide reviews or personal experience of the indexed site, there is no rule saying that you can't do so. I think it safe to say that not every editor here particularly likes this, but it generally only causes conflicts for [[:Category:Wikis with a strong viewpoint|wikis with a strong point of view]]. So feel free to express your opinion and tell of your experience. Just be aware that someone else may come along and change it, erase it, or contradict it. --[[User:MarvelZuvembie|MarvelZuvembie]] 13:26, 17 May 2010 (EDT)

:Generally no longer than 12,000 characters [[Special:LongPages|seems to be the norm]]. Most of the pages with several thousand characters of content have a special reason for being that long, such as consisting of multiple translations of the same content. Even if you get away with having a somewhat lengthy page for awhile, there is always a possibility that eventually someone will ask that it be pared down. Your best bet is to keep pages to short blurbs (a few paragraphs at most) and have external links going to either an [[about page]] (in the case of a wiki) or a [[user page]] (in the case of a [[:Category:Wiki People|wiki person]]). [[User:Leucosticte|Leucosticte]] ([[User talk:Leucosticte|talk]]) 08:50, 8 March 2014 (UTC)