Wiktionary:Policy initiative
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Policies
[edit]- Why the Policy Initiative?
Wiktionary, as it stands, lacks any official policies. This is problematic for many reasons, it makes the jobs of the sysops more difficult, makes it more difficult for editors to know what is and isn't acceptable, and leads to a very large ammount of uncertainty and lately, argument. This initiative's purpose is to clarify our policies, record them in written form, then promote them to official policy status. The goal is simple, with a clearer set of guidelines, there will be less guesswork and more consistancy in decision making by the sysops, as well as clear and definite rules to point editors at.
| NO = No policy | RJ = Rejected | DRAFT = Drafted policy | TT = Think tank | SO = Semi-official | OF = Official policy |
General
[edit]| Policy Page | Status | Description |
| Policies and guidelines | SO | Policy regarding policy and general decorum on Wiktionary. |
| Why create an account? | TT | - |
| Case sensitivity | DRAFT | - |
Behavior
[edit]| Policy Page | Status | Description |
| Assume good faith | DRAFT | Our own take on the “assume good faith” principle. (suggestions from WT:BP#Wiktionary:Assume good faith incorporated, awaiting additional feedback) |
| Blocking policy | SO | Whom to block, for what, and how long. |
| Civility | DRAFT | - |
| Dispute resolution | TT | - |
| No personal attacks | DRAFT | - |
| Protection policy | RJ/NO | Policy describing the reasons and durations for page protection. |
| Three-revert rule | RJ | - |
| Vandalism | DRAFT | - |
Content
[edit]| Policy Page | Status | Description |
| Criteria for inclusion | SO | - |
| Translations | TT | - |
| Obsolete and archaic terms | DRAFT | - |
| Page deletion guidelines | SO | - |
| Policy - Abbreviations | DRAFT | - |
| Redirections | TT | - |
| Spelling variants in entry names | DRAFT | - |
| Transliteration | DRAFT | - |
| Usage notes | TT | - |
| Verifiability | TT | - |
Formatting
[edit]| Policy Page | Status | Description |
| Be bold in updating pages | TT | - |
| Disambiguation in layout - Policy Think Tank | TT | - |
| Entry layout/POS headers | TT | - |
| Formatting Policy Proposal | RJ | - |
| Using templates | TT | - |
Status
[edit]| Policy Page | Status | Description |
| WT:A | NO | Policy on adminship. |
| WT:B | NO | Policy on Bureaucrats. |
| WT:BOT | SO | Policy on Bot status and the running of bots. |
| WT:CU | TT | Policy on CheckUser. |
Language
[edit]| Policy Page | Status | Description |
| US v UK | SO | Policy defining the stance on which English language set to use. |
| Multiple Genders | TT | Policy on handling languages with multiple genders. |
| Chinese | TT | - |
| Japanese | TT | - |
| Latin | TT | - |
| Czech | TT | - |