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Right now, we only have a couple of rules, which have arisen from direct experience: | Right now, we only have a couple of rules, which have arisen from direct experience: | ||
#Actual [[Spam Control Policy|commercial spam will be mercilessly deleted]]. Irrelevant content should be instead marked for deletion, to allow a review first. One man's "irrelevant" can be another's "interesting". | #Actual [[WikiIndex:Spam Control Policy|commercial spam will be mercilessly deleted]]. Irrelevant content should be instead marked for deletion, to allow a review first. One man's "irrelevant" can be another's "interesting". | ||
#[[Edit War|Edit warring]] and long arguments are not appreciated. If you find yourself repeatedly restoring content somebody else keeps deleting (or the other way around), let them have their way for the time being (administrators will appreciate this) and try a different approach: | #[[Edit War|Edit warring]] and long arguments are not appreciated. If you find yourself repeatedly restoring content somebody else keeps deleting (or the other way around), let them have their way for the time being (administrators will appreciate this) and try a different approach: | ||
::*Go to their discussion page and/or the article discussion page. Write a polite request, question, or justification for your position. | ::*Go to their discussion page and/or the article discussion page. Write a polite request, question, or justification for your position. | ||
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# Articles should preferably stick to facts (e.g. "wiki X claims that Y on page Z"). | # Articles should preferably stick to facts (e.g. "wiki X claims that Y on page Z"). | ||
The first was proposed on IRC by [[User:Lumenos]]; I think it is likely to cause trouble, hence my counter-proposal. [[Felix Pleşoianu]] | <small>[[User talk:Felix|talk]]</small> 03:35, 4 October 2009 (EDT) | The first was proposed on IRC by [[User:Lumenos]]; I think it is likely to cause trouble, hence my counter-proposal. [[Felix Pleşoianu]] | <small>[[User talk:Felix|talk]]</small> 03:35, 4 October 2009 (EDT) | ||
:To be more accurate, I was proposing that you have a speedy delete policy that is connected to the [http://www.wikiindex.org/index.php?title=WikiIndex_talk:Blocking_Policy&direction=next&oldid=70264 block policy] for [[User:Lumenos/WikiIndex (unwritten) policies#Biographical info|things like biographical information that is obtained in an "illegitimate" (or illegal) manner]]. Same with things [[Spam Control Policy|like spam]] and copyrighted work. Beyond those basic ("common sense") rules, you might not need to forbid things like "[[User:Lumenos/WikiIndex (unwritten) policies#Bureaucrats|criticism]]", "original research", "unverified claims", etc, if these aren't contested. '''This is to address those who prefer NOT having "rules" that are "strict", "explicit", etc.''' I'm suggesting you need only get out the rule book when people [[User:Lumenos/WikiIndex (unwritten) policies#Felix|aren't being "nice"]]. But if you want a smoother ride, it might be easier to have a policy that [[User:Lumenos/WikiIndex (unwritten) policies#Criticism of wikis|wiki articles are to be always from a sympathetic viewpoint]], for example. This would probably be less controversial than allowing criticism. [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 12:42, 23 June 2010 (EDT) | :To be more accurate, I was proposing that you have a speedy delete policy that is connected to the [http://www.wikiindex.org/index.php?title=WikiIndex_talk:Blocking_Policy&direction=next&oldid=70264 block policy] for [[User:Lumenos/WikiIndex (unwritten) policies#Biographical info|things like biographical information that is obtained in an "illegitimate" (or illegal) manner]]. Same with things [[WikiIndex:Spam Control Policy|like spam]] and copyrighted work. Beyond those basic ("common sense") rules, you might not need to forbid things like "[[User:Lumenos/WikiIndex (unwritten) policies#Bureaucrats|criticism]]", "original research", "unverified claims", etc, if these aren't contested. '''This is to address those who prefer NOT having "rules" that are "strict", "explicit", etc.''' I'm suggesting you need only get out the rule book when people [[User:Lumenos/WikiIndex (unwritten) policies#Felix|aren't being "nice"]]. But if you want a smoother ride, it might be easier to have a policy that [[User:Lumenos/WikiIndex (unwritten) policies#Criticism of wikis|wiki articles are to be always from a sympathetic viewpoint]], for example. This would probably be less controversial than allowing criticism. [[User:Lumenos|Lumenos]] 12:42, 23 June 2010 (EDT) | ||
==Criticism of wikis== | ==Criticism of wikis== | ||