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Dos and don'ts" pages are information pages that summarize Wikipedia policies, guidelines, and style in bullet points. They present the most important points in a quick list, for the benefit of editors who are not inclined to read the full, authoritative guidance.
DO: Use the most common name in English for the subject Follow the pattern of similar articles Use sentence case, and prefer singular nouns: Check for special naming conventions: Create redirects from other plausible titles If necessary, disambiguate as naturally as possible: If the topic is ambiguously named, use a hatnote or dab page
DON'T: Don't use a list where prose would work better.: Don't create lists based on trivial criteria.: Don't leave blank lines between list items.: Don't use a numbered list unless the numbers are meaningful.
2) Don't be on your phone when you are in class or in meetings (yeah, right!!)
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DO: Be familiar with relevant policies, guidelines, and past discussions: Follow the BOLD, revert, discuss cycle: Challenge consensus at the right venue(s) Neutrally ask for more opinions when needed Take intractable disputes to the right dispute resolution process
DO: Limit descriptions to what's necessary. Put the link at the start of each entry. [a] Sort entries; group by subject if appropriate. Put the primary topic at the top, if one exists. Use {} for dictionary definitions. [b] Fix incoming links to target the intended page. Tag pages that need work with {{dab cleanup}}.
Also, no paradoxes should be inferred from the information here. This is a handy dos-and-don'ts list, much abbreviated from the full guidelines. If something appears to be a paradox, we check to see what the actual guidelines say. -- JHunterJ 15:55, 15 July 2012 (UTC) This whole thing is totally wrong.