[wp-docs] Codex Guidelines

[Carthik Sharma]

Go ahead. All these are sound suggestions and should be there.

You could just add more of these and then later, if someone has an
objection, they can use the corresponding talk page, I guess.

Carthik.

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 03:26:35 -0700, Craig Hartel <milquetoast at telus.net> wrote:
> Was thinking of adding these items:
> 
> "Any page that has a non-English equivalent should have a section with links to
> the alternative language."
> Discussion:
> This could be done by creating some Stub-like templates with text such as:
> Cette page est disponible en français. (fr:page name)
> Diese Seite ist auf Deutsch vorhanden.  (de:page name)
> Deze pagina is beschikbaar in het Nederlands. (nl:page name)
> Questa pagina è disponibile in italiano. (it:page name)
> Esta página está disponible en español. (es:page name)
> **Please excuse my Babel Fish translations. The only one I am confident with is
> the French one! :)
> 
> "Please provide a brief explanation of what changes you did."
> Discussion:
> Spelling, grammar, correct/update URL - this helps when scanning through the
> Recent Changes list. I realize it's easy enough to view the DIFF page, but that
> shouldn't have to happen. There is a summary field...we should use it.
> 
> "Please create an account and use it before editing."
> Discussion:
> I don't like dealing with IP addresses instead of names. I would like to know
> who it is that's doing the work. One reason is for recognition of their efforts.
> Another reason is that I think it's simple courtesy. Still another reason is
> that if there is a problem or something that needs to be clarified, it can be
> done with a person off-list and may save some conflict/embarassment for all.
> I'm *almost* of the mind to suggest forcing people to register in order to edit.
> 
> Craig.
> 
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