UniWiki:Manual of Style/Hidden text: Difference between revisions

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===Inappropriate uses for hidden text===

*Asserting [[WP:OWN|ownership]] of an article

*Asserting [[Wikipedia:WP:OWN|ownership]] of an article

*Telling others not to edit an article, period

*Telling others not to perform certain edits to a page, ''unless'' there is an existing guideline or policy against that edit.

**When it is a mere [[WP:LOCALCONSENSUS|local consensus]] that a certain edit should not be performed, the hidden text should be worded more softly to suggest to the editor to consult the [[WP:Talk page|talk page]] (or [[WP:Archive|archive page]] if appropriate) for the current consensus prior to making the edit. Since [[WP:Consensus can change|consensus can change]], it is inappropriate to use hidden text to try to ''prohibit'' making a certain edit merely because it would conflict with an existing consensus.

*[[Wikipedia:WP:DE|Disruptive behavior]], such as [[Wikipedia:WP:VAN|vandalism]], [[Wikipedia:WP:HARASSMENT|harassment]], or [[Wikipedia:WP:THREATS|threats]]

*[[WP:DE|Disruptive behavior]], such as [[WP:VAN|vandalism]], [[WP:HARASSMENT|harassment]], or [[WP:THREATS|threats]]

*Using it as a [[Wikipedia:Help:Using talk pages|talk page]]

*Using it as a [[Help:Using talk pages|talk page]]

* Advertising WikiProjects.

==See also==

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 ===Inappropriate uses for hidden text===
-*Asserting [[WP:OWN|ownership]] of an article
+*Asserting [[Wikipedia:WP:OWN|ownership]] of an article
 *Telling others not to edit an article, period
 *Telling others not to perform certain edits to a page, ''unless'' there is an existing guideline or policy against that edit.
-**When it is a mere [[WP:LOCALCONSENSUS|local consensus]] that a certain edit should not be performed, the hidden text should be worded more softly to suggest to the editor to consult the [[WP:Talk page|talk page]] (or [[WP:Archive|archive page]] if appropriate) for the current consensus prior to making the edit. Since [[WP:Consensus can change|consensus can change]], it is inappropriate to use hidden text to try to ''prohibit'' making a certain edit merely because it would conflict with an existing consensus.
+*[[Wikipedia:WP:DE|Disruptive behavior]], such as [[Wikipedia:WP:VAN|vandalism]], [[Wikipedia:WP:HARASSMENT|harassment]], or [[Wikipedia:WP:THREATS|threats]]
-*[[WP:DE|Disruptive behavior]], such as [[WP:VAN|vandalism]], [[WP:HARASSMENT|harassment]], or [[WP:THREATS|threats]]
+*Using it as a [[Wikipedia:Help:Using talk pages|talk page]]
-*Using it as a [[Help:Using talk pages|talk page]]
-* Advertising WikiProjects.
 ==See also==