User:Auggie/Statement of principles: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 10:07, 10 June 2019

This is a statement of principles from Encyc founder Auggie. It is modeled on Jimbo Wales' Statement of principles on Wikipedia.

Please feel free to edit pages in thoughtful, conscientious, and respectful manner to continuously improve them. Our overarching goal is to make our content better and better all the time.
We need free content - Contributors who donate their time by offering quality writing are to be appreciated.
Administrators are here to provide a safe, pleasant working environment
Encyc uses MediaWiki software - the world's most popular. A number of extensions are installed to improve usability.
Encyc uses the Creative Commons Attribution - Share Alike License - to be compatible with Wikipedia, because we believe in sharing free content.
Complaints are looked at as valuable feedback
Encyc assumes visitors have average reading ability - It fills the need for an online, general-interest encyclopedia that is about as readable as USA Today. Encyc avoids jargon, academic terms, rambling sentence structures, and other language that gets in the way of effective communication.
The Management shall stay out of the way - Wikis work best as communities of equals.
Encyc should not hurt people - Users are discouraged from publishing personal information or conducting extended campaigns to present living people in a bad light.
Encyc is a general-interest encyclopedia, but it is also not paper - Users should be given wide latitude to express themselves
Encyc wiki code should be understandable by a layperson - Encyc shall not lose the wiki-way and make editing a page something that only a computer programmer feels comfortable doing.
Encyc strives to be as inclusive as possible - Want to write an article about your favorite Pokemon? Go ahead.
Encyc is appropriate for high school students to use - We will do our best to remove objectionable content.
Encyc is mobile-friendly - Encyc articles are concise, clearly formatted, and mobile-friendly. The Encyc mobile experience is superior to any other general-interest wiki encyclopedia.

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-This is a '''statement of principles''' from Encyc founder [[User:Emperor|Emperor]]<ref>As "Emperor" I wield absolute power here, and these principles represent no restriction of my power to do whatever I want at any time.</ref>.  It is modeled on Jimbo Wales' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales/Statement_of_principles Statement of principles] on Wikipedia.
+This is a '''statement of principles''' from Encyc founder [[User:Auggie|Auggie]].  It is modeled on Jimbo Wales' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales/Statement_of_principles Statement of principles] on Wikipedia.
+#'''Please feel free to edit pages in thoughtful, conscientious, and respectful manner to continuously improve them.''' Our overarching goal is to make our content better and better all the time.
 # '''We need free content''' - Contributors who donate their time by offering quality writing are to be appreciated.
-# '''Administrators are here to provide a safe, pleasant working environment''' - They are not to use their powers to win content disputes.
+# '''Administrators are here to provide a safe, pleasant working environment'''
-#'''"''You'' can edit this page right now" is a core guiding check on everything that we do.''' We must respect this principle as sacred. <ref>This line is lifted straight from Wikipedia.  Encyc shamelessly steals this idea, and will live by it.</ref>
+# '''Encyc uses MediaWiki software''' - the world's most popular.  A number of extensions are installed to improve usability.
-# '''The Encyc MediaWiki uses MediaWiki software''' - and has essentially no control in how this software develops or changes.  I will try to be responsive for requests for extensions.
+# '''Encyc uses the Creative Commons Attribution - Share Alike License''' - to be compatible with Wikipedia, because we believe in sharing free content.
-# '''The Encyc MediaWiki uses the Creative Commons Attribution - Share Alike License''' - to be compatible with Wikipedia, because we believe in sharing free content.
+# '''Complaints are looked at as valuable feedback'''
-# '''Encyc has no official mailing list''' - because MediaWiki is sufficient for us to communicate.  I will not suppress lists if users make them.
+# '''Encyc assumes visitors have average reading ability''' - It fills the need for an online, general-interest encyclopedia that is about as readable as ''USA Today''.  Encyc avoids jargon, academic terms, rambling sentence structures, and other language that gets in the way of effective communication.
-# '''Complaints are looked at as valuable feedback''' - but nobody has to listen to them if they don't want to.
-# '''Encyc is meant to be readable''' - Ideally I'm thinking of something about as readable as ''USA Today'', a general-interest newspaper that a high school student can read and enjoy.  I dislike jargon, academic terms, and other language that gets in the way of effective communication.
 # '''The Management shall stay out of the way''' - Wikis work best as communities of equals.
 # '''Encyc should not hurt people''' - Users are discouraged from publishing personal information or conducting extended campaigns to present living people in a bad light.
 # '''Encyc is a general-interest encyclopedia, but it is also not paper''' - Users should be given wide latitude to express themselves
 #'''Encyc wiki code should be understandable by a layperson''' - Encyc shall not lose the wiki-way and make editing a page something that only a computer programmer feels comfortable doing.
-#'''Encyc strives to be as inclusive as possible''' - Want to write an article about your favorite Pokemon or your cousin's landscaping business?  Go ahead.
+#'''Encyc strives to be as inclusive as possible''' - Want to write an article about your favorite Pokemon?  Go ahead.
+#'''Encyc is appropriate for high school students to use''' - We will do our best to remove objectionable content.
+#'''Encyc is mobile-friendly''' - Encyc articles are concise, clearly formatted, and mobile-friendly.  The Encyc mobile experience is superior to any other general-interest wiki encyclopedia.
-==Notes==
+[[category:Encyc]]
-{{reflist}}