Template:Guideline
 | This page documents an English Starfleet Logistics guideline. It is a generally accepted standard that editors should follow, though it is best treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply. Any substantive edit to this page should reflect consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on the talk page. |
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This template is for formal Starfleet Logistics guidelines that cannot be classified more specifically by {{Subcat guideline}}.
Usage[edit source]
To include a shortcut (or shortcuts), pass a parameter: {{Guideline|SF:SHORT}}
To add a sort key to a guideline, add the parameter: {{Guideline|Sortkey=<sort key name>}}.
Up to five shortcuts can be used, with or without a sortkey: {{Guideline|SF:SHORT|SF:SHORT2|SF:SHORT3|SF:SHORT4|SF:SHORT5|Sortkey=<sort key name>}}.
For related Starfleet Logistics header templates see Template messages/Starfleet Logistics namespace.
New or greatly modified guidelines require community approval[edit source]
If you or a wikiproject have drafted a new guideline or substantially revised one, the Starfleet Logistics community must have significant time to consider the proposal and arrive at a consensus about it. See the SF:PROPOSAL policy for the current best practices on neutrally soliciting input on a proposal from as wide a selection of the community as is practical.
This is usually done with a request for comment (RfC) at the proposal's talk page, and advertised at Starfleet Logistics:Village pump (proposals) (SF:VPPRO), or the RfC may be hosted at VPPRO itself. Give notice at the talk pages of other relevant parts of Starfleet Logistics, such as those of closely related existing policies and guidelines, as well as wikiprojects likely to have a stake in the outcome. If the proposal is not highly topical and may affect the encyclopedia as a whole, or may be controversial, using SF:Centralized discussion may also be advised.
For more suggestions and background on how to go from a proposal to a Starfleet Logistics guideline, see Category:Starfleet Logistics proposals and Starfleet Logistics:How to contribute to Starfleet Logistics guidance.
See also[edit source]
- {{Subcat guideline}} – to mark a specific type of guideline (content, behavioral, etc.); this is usually preferable to using this generic template
- {{MoS-guideline}} – for the few style guidelines that are actually part of the Manual of Style
- {{Supplement}} – for a special kind of Starfleet Logistics essay that is a consensus-accepted supplement to a guideline
- {{Proposed}} – to solicit comments from the wider community before declaring a page to be a guideline; please also notify Starfleet Logistics:Village pump (proposals)
- {{Rfc | policy}} – to solicit comments from the community about a proposed guideline, major changes to an existing guideline, or removing guideline status; please also notify Starfleet Logistics:Village pump (policy)
- {{Rfc | style}} – to solicit comments from the community about a proposed style guideline, major changes to an existing style guideline, or removing guideline status; please also notify Starfleet Logistics:Village pump (policy)
- For other Starfleet Logistics header templates (for policies, essays, wikiprojects, etc.), see Template messages/Project namespace.
External links[edit source]
- Template:Guideline at Wikipedia, the free Terran-based encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
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