Guidelines
PsychonautWiki policies and guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practice, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal of creating a free, reliable encyclopedia.
This page specifies the community standards and guidelines related to the organization, maintenance, and creation of PsychonautWiki content.
What should be on this wiki
This wiki contains unbiased information regarding psychonautics (the exploration of consciousness), including comprehensive documentation on the techniques and tools necessary for experiencing the variety of subjective effects found within this field as well as the scientific explanations behind them.
For more information please see our Site map.
For details on how pages should be formatted, see the Manual of Style.
What should not be on this wiki
- Psuedoscience - PW is a firm believer that
General guidelines when editing PW to keep the data consistent:
- CONSULT THE Special:RecentChanges PAGE REGULARLY TO KNOW WHICH CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE RECENTLY
- Please get acquainted with the Wiki markup/formatting.
- Please use the "Move" function to move pages, instead of deleting the original page and recopying it manually into the new one, as to not lose all the edit history.
- Please make page names singular, like in an encyclopedia. Redirects can be made to singular pages. It will also help for translations in the future. Category names shall be made plural (?).
- The top level header (=Title=) has almost never any reason to be used in practice, as it is the page's title. In other words, top sections should be Level 2 (==Section==). [1]
- Please use "File:" instead of "Image:" when linking to an image when possible, since "Image:" is the legacy way. [2]
- Please use the Template:SubstanceBox template for new substances as it will simplify the database a great deal. It will definitely be needed for version 1.0 release. Implementation help is available on the template documentation page.
- Please see our standards and a brief walkthrough of how we expect to maintain consistency amongst molecular diagrams across the wiki. Please do not upload externally sourced molecular diagrams as they will vary wildly in appearance. If you are capable, ChemDraw and an image editor with transparency ability can be used to produce the images. Any outstanding images should be added to the list of molecules to be drawn. When using these images in articles, if using the |thumb tag, please also specify the image's full width using File:Something.png|thumb|000px as any resizing of the image will impact its appearance.
- Once an article has been published, please add it to the grammar check to-do list
Neutral point of view
NPOV is when one writes or edits articles with a completely neutral point of view. That is to say, without bias, opinion, or general advice. Doing this is quite easy; read on to find out.
How do I do it?
NPOV is easy. Just write/edit without use of words like "I", "I think", or "I like, I hate." Avoid writing about what "some people" or "certain people" say or think.
Write about facts, such as events seen directly in the show. You may also include information from official sources such as the show's creators, but please be sure to provide a link to the source so that other users can verify it's true. What if I don't do it?
NPOV is not a requirement. Granted, it helps a lot, but if you really, truly cannot follow the NPOV guidelines, then this isn't a problem. Edits can be reverted or edited in a short time; nothing is permanent. However, if you blatantly just disregard NPOV, repeated violations can be found as vandalism, a serious offense. After a certain amount of NPOV-free edits, you will be notified about this by a user. If you don't understand, ask an admin or trusted user on their talk page for assistance.
If you have any more questions, please ask any admin. Thank you!
Editing the Main Page
To edit The "Recent updates" section on the main page, please edit the Template:Recent page.
Please always limit it to four bullet points maximum.
Main page construction diagram:
Translation
- Please translate links descriptions, but keeping the link to the page in english for links to pages not translated in that particular language.