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| {{Policy|30 April 2007|shortcut=BW:GUIDE}} | | {{Proposed Policy}} |
| {{Battlestar Wiki List of Policies}}
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| A '''guideline''' is any page that is:
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| # Actionable (i.e. it recommends, or recommends against, an action to be taken by editors)
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| # Authorized by consensus. Guidelines are not set in stone and should be treated with common sense and the occasional exception.
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| Guidelines often define editing practices on Battlestar Wiki, such as style and formatting.
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| Guidelines differ from '''[[Battlestar Wiki:Policy|Battlestar Wiki policies]]''', which are more official in nature and less likely to have exceptions.
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| Guidelines help define ''processes'' on Battlestar Wiki, which tell editors what specific steps are needed to adhere to a convention, policy or other practice.
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| Amendments to a guideline should be discussed on its talk page, not on a new page — although it's generally acceptable to edit a guideline to improve it.
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| Disputes over the wording of a guideline are resolved by considering and discussing objections and counter-proposals and coming to agreement, often using compromise language; such a dispute does not "suspend" the guideline or "turn it into" something other than a guideline.
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| People are sometimes tempted to call a vote on a guideline, but this is a bad idea because voting can polarize the issues that a guideline is designed to meet. Often, a guideline is not a "yes" or "no" matter, so consensus must be used to handle the "gray" areas that a strict vote may not accomplish.
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| Pages that are guidelines are tagged at the top with - {{tl|guideline}}.
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| [[fr:Battlestar Wiki:Directives]]
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