User:Rayanth/SandboxMoS

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Outline

Wiki Overall

• The wiki should be accessible to all players of EVE Online
• The wiki should be welcoming to new editors and authors
• The wiki should be easy to edit, with a minimum number of rules
  • Prevent the need to constantly refer to the MoS - memorable rules
  • Prevent 'fear of reprisal' from missing/forgetting a rule
• Rules should be lenient enough that edit-wars aren't caused by misinterpretation

Perspective and Language

• The style guide should account for and permit variations in dialect
• Articles should be written with a clear purpose
• The primary wiki shall be written in English - translation wikis, if created, will of course use their own language.
  • No preference for UK/US/Canadian/etc dialect
  • Minor edits to adjust dialect should be avoided.
• Articles should be written in a third-person, passive perspective.
  • Avoid 'you', 'me', 'us', etc.
  • Also avoid gender, unless clear or necessary (e.g. discussing a specific NPC whose gender is known)
  • Rework to "they" in a passive tense - don't make it seem personal
  • Good examples: "A member", "a player", "they"

Articles

• Capitalization should be minimized, except when used to match capitalization as applied in game, or proper nouns.
  • Title case is not necessary in page/section/subsection titles - however, if present, "fixing" them is very low priority.