Help:Articles

Point-of-view

PoliceWiki strives for a neutral point of view. To accomplish this, please keep in mind the following style notes:

• The use of "I", "we", or "you" in editing articles, with the exception of User pages, is discouraged. (Ex: I think this is the best Police song would be bad style on the wiki.)
• Sometimes multiple points of view should be represented, in a fair and equal way, so that no one point of view is given more weight or suggested as more the truth than another.
• Citations of verifiable souces should be provided whenever possible, especially on controversial topics. See Help:Citations for more information.
• Do not delete content from an article just because you disagree with its content, unless it can be factually proven as inaccurate. If you feel an article suffers from lack of neutrality, please discuss the matter on the article's discussion page, or provide more information to the text to balance the points of view represented.
• Articles which may suffer from lack of neutrality should be marked with the {{POV}} template.

For more information, please see PoliceWiki:Neutral point of view.

Articles about historical people

Unlike wikipedia, PoliceWiki encourages and invites individuals featured in this wiki for their contribution to Police history to contribute to and edit the pages about themselves. Also, if such an individual would like information about themselves removed from a page in the wiki, he or she should contact User:Sockii or User:DM-Kellie to discuss this as we will endeavor to make sure no one's privacy is compromised.

Articles about fans

Fans have been an integral part of Police history and as such we encourage members of Police fandom to create pages about themselves (using the Fan template) or to contribute to entries that may already name or list them for their involvement in certain activities, websites, fan clubs, etc. However, we also understand that privacy may be a concern and we will honor any request by a fan to have an entry about themselves deleted, and to remove mention of their names/pseudonyms from any PoliceWiki articles. Fans who wish this should contact either User:Sockii or User:DM-Kellie directly who can handle such matters for you.

We would also ask the following, if you are editing a page or entry about a fellow fan:

1. Use only that individual's fannish name or pseudonym in an article, unless they actively use their real name openly in fandom.
2. Do not post a photograph of another fan unless you have documented approval from them to do so.
3. Never post personal information such as a phone number or mailing address for another fan.
4. Do not use PoliceWiki to engage in personal wank or kerfluffles with other fans (see PoliceWiki:Neutral_point_of_view). While articles may make note of conflicts which have occurred in fandom as part of our fan history, any statements of obvious bias against an individual will be flagged and deleted by the administrators.

Use of templates

PoliceWiki encourages the use of the wiki's suggested Category:Article templates for building new pages. This helps ensure a consistency in how information is presented and makes the information easier to follow. However, it is understood that templates are general and may contain suggested sub-headers or sections which do not fit the topic of an article precisely, or may require more information. Please use best judgment and edit templates as necessary.