Template:Guideline/doc

This template is for formal BattleTechWiki guidelines that can be classified more specifically by topic. For the rare case of a guideline that does not suit any of these categorizations, you can use {{Guideline}}.

Usage

{{Guideline/doc|section=|guideline category|category sort key|shortcut|...|shortcut5}}

Template parameters

• For guideline category, use one of the following:
  • behavioral guideline
  • content guideline
  • deletion guideline
  • editing guideline
  • naming convention
  • notability guideline

• For category sort key such as notability or naming conventions guidelines, use what is in the parenthetical disambiguator, and capitalise it.
• For the optional shortcut, use an established shortcut; it is not necessary to wrap it in [[...]]. For example: BTW:FOO
  • For the next optional shortcut, use another established shortcut. You can use up to five shortcuts in total, each as a separate parameter.
• The parameter |section=y can be used to tweak the wording to refer to a section instead of the whole page. This is only used when an guideline of a particular sort (e.g. a naming convention) is a section in a larger combined guideline, it is not to be used for each section in guideline page that is all of the same category.

New or greatly modified guidelines require community approval

If you or a wikiproject have drafted a new guideline or substantially revised one, the BattleTechWiki community must have significant time to consider the proposal and arrive at a consensus about it. See the BTW: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.

For more suggestions and background on how to go from a proposal to a BattleTechWiki guideline, see Category:Proposals and BattleTechWiki:How to contribute to BattleTechWiki guidance.

See also

• {{MoS-guideline}} – for the style guidelines that are part of our wiki's Manual of Style
• {{Proposed}} – to solicit comments from the wider community before declaring a page to be a guideline
• For other header templates, see Template index/Project namespace.