Forum:Changes to rules and policies for 2013

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So, 2012 is a good year. Halo 4 came out. The end of the world is postponed yet again ("aww!"). And we will soon step into 2013 (as of this writing).

With that said, I think it's a good time for another roundup of changes to the wiki's rules and policies, as well as introducing new ones if anyone thinks we lack something that would improve the wiki. Before we put our thinking hats on, I think it would be best to revisit the changes we've implemented so far.

Changes in 2012

The wiki's Manual of Style received a significant update from its previous significant update in 2010. We've introduced standards identifying the preferred writing styles and best of practice for editing. Clarity and consistency becomes two major focus for these changes and it's nice to see these being implemented in articles.

The Canon Policy also received a significant update. Not only it has incorporated all the canon interpretation issues Halopedians have discussed on talk pages, it is clearer than its 2010 revision. Best of all, it educates readers on how to interpret canon. Fun stuff, education is.

FAQ is new to the wiki... well, not really. That's a lie. FAQs have been thrown around the wiki since its inception. The project page simply consolidates all of these into one page, making it easier for everyday users to check on the common questions. It's not complete yet, since we're still missing our official User Manual to assist users new to wiki-editing. On top of that, we also introduced Ask Us Anything?!! to assist Halo fans with general questions regarding the Halo franchise.

Sure, enforcement of these changes has been rocky but they will be knocked into your brain sooner or later. Last thing we need is the Cabal to enforce it and, mind you, we don't want that now, do we? :)

Changes for 2013

So, this is the list of changes that I think should be made for the betterment of the wiki:

• Halopedia is not a repository of images to H:NOT and/or Update to Image Policy
  • There is a growing concern (in my opinion, not sure about others) that Halopedia is becoming more into a repository of images and that it might not comply with the wiki's Copyright policy. It's no surprise that we don't really make good practice out of Information template for copyright for all these images we've uploaded.
  • The Image Policy just needs an update... badly. And better enforcement.
• Layout Guide to be updated!
  • This is really my fault for not meeting deadlines... would appreciate if someone would come in and voluntarily update it themselves.
• User Manual for new users/editors
  • It's almost here. Best bet, around mid-January. Likelihood of help pages to redirected: unlikely.

What changes do you think should be added/removed? — subtank 10:21, 20 December 2012 (EST)

Comments

Don't have any suggestions of my own to make, but I will say I'm in favor of the above proposed changes.--Spartacus ^{Talk • Contribs} 12:21, 20 December 2012 (EST)

Sound like these changes would be headed to the right places, though more detail would be good. And for some of us, the 21st hasn't come yet... Tuckerscreator^(stalk) 13:15, 20 December 2012 (EST)

Probably a little late, but isn't there a way of altering the MediaWiki coding to force a template to appear, should nobody select any copyright status? Figured I might as well comment for once.-- Forerunner 22:35, 1 January 2013 (EST)