Wikis Wiki:Manual of Style

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The Wikis Wiki Manual of Style is a policy on Wikis Wiki, showing what style, spelling, grammar, and capitalization to use on the site.

Multiple names[edit source]

Sometimes, there are two or more wikis of the same name. This is either due to it being available in multiple languages, or that a wiki forked from a wiki hosting service and that wiki hosting service refused to close the original wiki.

If the wiki is available in multiple languages[edit source]

Use the format Wiki name (two-letter language code) as the titles. Examples are Wikipedia (en) and Wikipedia (es), and Wikipedia being a list of its language-editions.

If there are multiple wikis of the same name but different community[edit source]

Use either Wiki name (wiki farm) or Wiki name (URL) as the titles. Examples:

and:

If there are both, either mix the formats mentioned above (with the third one being Wiki name (URL) (two-letter language code)), or just Wiki name (URL of third wiki). So:

Do not worry about similar (but not the same) wiki names. Examples:

Categorization[edit source]

Do not spam categories. Make sure the pages are in appropriate categories. Some known categories include:

Default format[edit source]

For new articles, this should be the base code:

{{Infobox wiki
| status        = Active/Inactive*
| datefounded   = {{#time: d M Y|December 13, 2016}}
| founder       = [http://wiki.example.com/wiki/User:Example Example] ([[User:Name on this wiki|Name on this wiki]])**
| language      = Language
| engine        = [[Wiki engine]]
| license       = License name
| url           = [http://wiki.example.com wiki.example.com]
| recentchanges = [http://wiki.example.com/wiki/Special:RecentChanges Special:RecentChanges]
| communityportal = [http://wiki.example.com/wiki/Project:Community_portal Project:Community portal]
| infoasof      = {{#time:d M Y|December 20, 2016}}
}}

'''Wiki name''' is...
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Notes[edit source]

  • (*) If there is activity within the past 30 days, use Active. Otherwise, use Inactive.
  • (**) Only use the second link if the user has an account on ShoutWiki.

Example[edit source]

Non-English wiki[edit source]

{{Infobox wiki
| status        = Inactive
| datefounded   = Unknown
| founder       = [//pekepedia.net/wiki/Tagagamit:Carlb Carlb]
| language      = Tagalog
| engine        = [[MediaWiki]]
| license       = Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic
| url           = [//pekepedia.net pekepedia.net]
| recentchanges = [//pekepedia.net/wiki/Natatangi:Mga_huling_binago Natatangi:Mga huling binago]
| communityportal = [//pekepedia.net/wiki/Pekepedia:Puntahan_ng_pamayanan Pekepedia:Puntahan ng pamayanan]
| infoasof      = {{#time:d M Y|December 20, 2016}}
}}

'''Pekepedia''' is a Tagalog satirical wiki.
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