The Open Guide to London: the free London guide - Differences between Version 18 and Version 17 of Wiki Etiquette

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* It's much better to link. The Guide allows and encourages links to outside websites - this greatly increases the usefulness of the site. You may also be able to use externally hosted photos with <img> tags, but please get permission if you are taking a copy or modifying the images in any way. See also [[Wiki Discussion/quoting external content]].
* It's much better to link. The Guide allows and encourages links to outside websites - this greatly increases the usefulness of the site. You may also be able to use externally hosted photos with &#lt;img&#gt; tags, but please get permission if you are taking a copy or modifying the images in any way. See also [[Wiki Discussion/quoting external content]].
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  • The Open Guide, and wikis in general, are very relaxed online communities. The principle that operates is Just do it. If you have a London related topic you wish to write about, go ahead and write about it (if you are not confident in punctuation, grammar or spelling, others will correct the page afterwards). Similarly, if you have some material to add about an existing writeup, just add it. In this case, it is customary to sign the paragraph or section with your user ID.
  • It is important to understand the workings of the Comment about your changes text box and the Type of edit selector. When you make a change, this is publicised to the recent changes page, and also appears on the site's front page. If your change is trivial, select "Minor tidying" from the type of edit selector; this way, you won't clutter up the recent changes page with little things like typo fixes.
  • Whatever you put in the comment box is the narrative for the change. If you are creating a new page, it is customary to put the text "New Page". When changing an existing page, give a brief synopsis of the change you have made. This gets announced on the front page, and makes it easier for the rest of us to see what your change is about.
  • If you are adding some material you are not sure of the accuracy of, or is incomplete, say so and add the tag Fix Please. Someone else who knows more, or has time to research it, will confirm or correct the information. Don't be too worried about the professional look of writeups with requests to fix; it's much more useful to have these requests, than to have inaccuracies and false information. It's also much easier for others to spot that something needs correcting, if the page has been tagged that way. For those with spare time, a title search on Fix Please generates a to-do list of corrections. If you are not sure how to classify the page in terms of categories or locales, please say so in the body of the page, not in the Categories or the Locales text boxes.
  • Regarding missing links and blank pages, it's really better to leave a missing link as a missing link, without creating a blank page for it. All missing links show up in the Wanted Pages list, whereas blank pages will potentially remain forever unfilled. Please don't create empty pages just for the sake of it - this creates an administrative nightmare. If you have a small amount of content for the page, by all means create it; if appropriate, add fix please markers where additional content is required.
  • It is important to distinguish fact from opinion. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and others are entitled to disagree with it. If you are presenting your opinion, it is customary to sign this with your user ID. Remember that the Guide is not Slashdot. We are aiming to provide a useful guide to London, not a soapbox for personal snipes, ego trips or flame wars.
  • When it comes to changing or deleting text from somebody else's writeup, use common sense. Put yourself in the other person's shoes: would they be upset with what you are intending to do, or would they be grateful? If you are in doubt about this, post an item to Wiki Discussion, and invite some other opinions.
  • It is vital to acknowledge sources of information. Please be aware of our licensing policy. Cutting and pasting copyrighted material from elsewhere without permission is not allowed. If you wish to do this (it's quite hard to link from a page to text that is in a book :), please obtain permission from the copyright owner. If you are waiting for this permission to be granted, include a footnote to that effect. Material which infringes others' copyright will be removed from the site.
  • It's much better to link. The Guide allows and encourages links to outside websites - this greatly increases the usefulness of the site. You may also be able to use externally hosted photos with &#lt;img&#gt; tags, but please get permission if you are taking a copy or modifying the images in any way. See also Wiki Discussion/quoting external content.

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