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# '''The Encyc MediaWiki 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. | ||
# '''Encyc has no official mailing list''' - because MediaWiki is sufficient for us to communicate. I will not suppress lists if users make them. | # '''Encyc has no official mailing list''' - because MediaWiki is sufficient for us to communicate. I will not suppress lists if users make them. | ||
# '''Complaints are looked at as valuable feedback''' | # '''Complaints are looked at as valuable feedback''' | ||
# '''Encyc is meant to be readable''' - 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. | # '''Encyc is meant to be readable''' - 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. | # '''The Management shall stay out of the way''' - Wikis work best as communities of equals. | ||
Revision as of 08:24, 19 August 2010
This is a statement of principles from Encyc founder Auggie. It is modeled on Jimbo Wales' Statement of principles on Wikipedia.
- 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
- "You can edit this page right now" is a core guiding check on everything that we do. We must respect this principle as sacred. [1]
- The Encyc MediaWiki uses MediaWiki software - the world's most popular, and has essentially no control in how this software develops or changes.
- The Encyc MediaWiki uses the Creative Commons Attribution - Share Alike License - to be compatible with Wikipedia, because we believe in sharing free content.
- Encyc has no official mailing list - because MediaWiki is sufficient for us to communicate. I will not suppress lists if users make them.
- Complaints are looked at as valuable feedback
- Encyc is meant to be readable - 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.
Notes
- ↑ This line is lifted straight from Wikipedia. Encyc shamelessly steals this idea, and will live by it.