User:P858snake/Sandbox/ReWriteRules

These are not so much proposed rules, but proposals to the pre-exising systems so they work better.

1. Simpler style guidelines
   1. Cleanup MoS so is easier to understand for less advanced editors.
   2. Reduce the number of subpages so content is easier to find
   3. Have a common place for style guidelines (for example some WikiProjects store their own in their place and some contradict MoS standards)
2. Make sure standards/documents don't contradict each other. An example of that is
   1. WP:MOSNUM » "the first occurrence of each unit should be linked"
   2. WP:OVERLINK » "It is generally not necessary to link... Plain English words, including common units of measurement".
   3. A example of this issue can be seen at Wikipedia:ANI#Possible Lightbot Problem (Perma Link)
3. Define some of the documentation meanings. Some of examples of this inculde:
   1. "Common English"
      1. What is common english?.
      2. This "common english" could/would/does easier differ on the country its being taught in.
      3. For example its common for me just to refer the temperature as 22 but that's not common in America because they use a different system, or i use the letter M for meters where as some locations don't and write it out fully.
4. Reduce locations of noticeboards for different matters (For example it can be hard for some less advanced users to find the correct one and they default to AN)
   Some of the noticeboards that i quickly found for users lodging complaints:
   1. Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts aka WP:WQA
   2. Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents aka WP:ANI
   3. Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard aka WP:AN
5. Standardize Usernames for certain things. A example for this would be:
   1. Bots » Most have the world in their username but some don't (Easier to notice on Recent Changes/Page Watchlist)
6. Common sense when it comes to images. Sure a article does look nice with images but don't overload it and lay them out nicely.
   For example:
   1. Don't go overboard, eg: as my IRC quote has already been shown by AddShore "The penis article doesn't need like 200+ images/examples" Sure it might benefit for a image or two and maybe a diagram but it doesn't need much more than that.
   2. But there is a free version, we should use that instead. Free isn't always better, If theres a Fair Use image that identifies that image subject better than a Public Domain/GFDL one, i'm all up for using it.
   3. Layout the images nicely, eg: (This) looks worse than (This). Don't be afraid to move them into different sections, place them different sides of the page or even thumbnail them so they appear smaller.
7. Ban the whole "Unwritten Rules" system, it just causes more problems and issues than its worth