Template:Guideline

This page documents an BattleIntelligence guideline.

It is a generally accepted standard that editors should attempt to follow, though it is best treated with common sense]], and occasional exceptions may apply. Any substantive edit to this page should reflect consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on the talk page.

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Template usage notes

This template should only be used on pages that are formal BattleIntelligence guidelines.

For advice that is not a BattleIntelligence guideline, use the {{Essay}} or one of its variants, instead.
Please do not apply this template to any page without first advertising your proposal to other editors via a request for comments, as described below.

This template is for formal BattleIntelligence guidelines that can be classified more specifically by topic. For the rare case of a guideline that does not suit any of these categorizations, you can use {{Guideline}}.

Usage

{{Guideline|section=|guideline category|category sort key|shortcut|...|shortcut5}}

Template parameters

For guideline category, use one of the following:
- behavioral guideline
- content guideline
- deletion guideline
- editing guideline
- naming convention
- notability guideline

For category sort key such as notability or naming conventions guidelines, use what is in the parenthetical disambiguator, and capitalise it.
For the optional shortcut, use an established shortcut; it is not necessary to wrap it in [[...]]. For example: BTW:FOO
- For the next optional shortcut, use another established shortcut. You can use up to five shortcuts in total, each as a separate parameter.
The parameter |section=y can be used to tweak the wording to refer to a section instead of the whole page. This is only used when an guideline of a particular sort (e.g. a naming convention) is a section in a larger combined guideline, it is not to be used for each section in guideline page that is all of the same category.

New or greatly modified guidelines require community approval

If you or a wikiproject have drafted a new guideline or substantially revised one, the BattleIntelligence community must have significant time to consider the proposal and arrive at a consensus about it. See the BTW:PROPOSAL policy for the current best practices on neutrally soliciting input on a proposal from as wide a selection of the community as is practical.

For more suggestions and background on how to go from a proposal to a BattleIntelligence guideline, see Category:Proposals and BattleIntelligence:How to contribute to BattleIntelligence guidance.

Usage

Template parameters

New or greatly modified guidelines require community approval

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