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On 25 March 2024, it was proposed that this page be moved to Wikipedia:Guidelines and policies. The result of the discussion was not moved. |
I talked to someone a little while ago who did some work with new editors. One of the problems she identified was that all of the policy, guideline, and help pages look the same. The result is that everything blends together, and they can't remember it. This is actually two problems:
The first probably isn't under our immediate control, but the second is.
The problem makes sense (the human brain keeps track of different colors, unexpected things, little jokes, etc. better than an oblong gray blur of text), and I think that we should take advantage of the way the brain works by adding a picture or colored box here or there. I'm not suggesting that every policy should have a big picture in the lead, but these are all good things:
If this makes sense to you, then please consider adding an image occasionally, whenever you find a page (or section) that could use a little lightening and anchoring, and an image that is a good fit for it. If you're interested in this idea but not sure where to start, then Wikipedia:Image use policy should probably have an image to illustrated every major point. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 04:01, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
Brackets are used by Google Sheets to identify notes. Wikipedia displays [1] as a citation so it is made unclear as to their functionality. Brackets are used inside the word application to denote an endnote. This is a special hardship on an artists or a writer. 174.214.48.187 ( talk) 20:27, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
Detail aware how they are and name birthday and job private. 24.223.82.124 ( talk) 17:08, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
I need some help with closing a discussion that IMHO hinges on the interpretation of the words "widespread consensus" in WP:PGCHANGE. Please reply at this Discussions for discussion thread. Thank you. Szmenderowiecki ( talk) 16:57, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: not moved per
snowball clause . (
closed by non-admin page mover) –
Hilst
[talk]
16:04, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines → Wikipedia:Guidelines and policies – The reason for this controversial move request is so that the topics are listed in alphabetical order, per WP:AND, and because I think the words 'guidelines' and 'policies' sound clearer and make more sense in that order. PK2 ( talk) 09:27, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
If you are new to editing Wikipedia, you might be on the wrong page. This page is not meant for general questions or discussions about articles. This page is specifically for discussions about the Wikipedia page Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines. To discuss an article, please use that article's talk page instead. For help with using and editing Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Teahouse. |
This is the
talk page for discussing improvements to the
Policies and guidelines page. |
|
Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14Auto-archiving period: 180 days |
Frequently asked questions
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The project page associated with this talk page is an official policy on Wikipedia. Policies have wide acceptance among editors and are considered a standard for all users to follow. Please review policy editing recommendations before making any substantive change to this page. Always remember to keep cool when editing, and don't panic. |
On 25 March 2024, it was proposed that this page be moved to Wikipedia:Guidelines and policies. The result of the discussion was not moved. |
I talked to someone a little while ago who did some work with new editors. One of the problems she identified was that all of the policy, guideline, and help pages look the same. The result is that everything blends together, and they can't remember it. This is actually two problems:
The first probably isn't under our immediate control, but the second is.
The problem makes sense (the human brain keeps track of different colors, unexpected things, little jokes, etc. better than an oblong gray blur of text), and I think that we should take advantage of the way the brain works by adding a picture or colored box here or there. I'm not suggesting that every policy should have a big picture in the lead, but these are all good things:
If this makes sense to you, then please consider adding an image occasionally, whenever you find a page (or section) that could use a little lightening and anchoring, and an image that is a good fit for it. If you're interested in this idea but not sure where to start, then Wikipedia:Image use policy should probably have an image to illustrated every major point. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 04:01, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
Brackets are used by Google Sheets to identify notes. Wikipedia displays [1] as a citation so it is made unclear as to their functionality. Brackets are used inside the word application to denote an endnote. This is a special hardship on an artists or a writer. 174.214.48.187 ( talk) 20:27, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
Detail aware how they are and name birthday and job private. 24.223.82.124 ( talk) 17:08, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
I need some help with closing a discussion that IMHO hinges on the interpretation of the words "widespread consensus" in WP:PGCHANGE. Please reply at this Discussions for discussion thread. Thank you. Szmenderowiecki ( talk) 16:57, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: not moved per
snowball clause . (
closed by non-admin page mover) –
Hilst
[talk]
16:04, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines → Wikipedia:Guidelines and policies – The reason for this controversial move request is so that the topics are listed in alphabetical order, per WP:AND, and because I think the words 'guidelines' and 'policies' sound clearer and make more sense in that order. PK2 ( talk) 09:27, 25 March 2024 (UTC)