WikiAlpha:Rules

While WikiAlpha has a radically inclusionist policy, that does not mean that there are no rules here. Mutual respect, civility, and basic competency are absolutely mandatory for such a project to survive. WikiAlpha is an open-source, public domain encyclopedia that is curated for others to browse through, not a wiki sandbox or senseless jumble of bits and bytes. These rules make the encyclopedia easier to navigate and read.

Here is our list of rules.

1. Make sure you capitalize names properly, use proper spacing, and use proper punctuation. Do not use ALL CAPS. Capitalize people's last names. Ali Khan should not be Ali khan or ALI KHAN.
2. Do not create duplicate pages. For example, create only one page for Ali Khan, not two pages for Ali khan and ALI KHAN. Do not create duplicate pages on your user page and user talk page. This does not help with SEO and creates unnecessary workload for volunteer editors working to maintain WikiAlpha. You must use redirects instead. All duplicate pages will be merged. Copying and pasting the same content over and over again is the quintessential definition of spam. Users who continue to do so despite repeated warnings will be blocked.
   1. Use the code #REDIRECT [[Article name]] to create a redirect.
3. For page names, use the person's actual name, not his online alias or Facebook page ID. Professional artist names are allowed.
4. Do not completely replace existing pages and templates with your own test content. Experiment using your own user page or talk page.
5. Do not blank pages that others have created without explaining why.
6. Be respectful of server capacities. Do not make too many small edits to one page, or since they take up storage space and bandwidth when each unique historical version is saved. Do not upload too many large photos, and make sure they are your own work. This is because the bills are completely paid for by volunteers with no commercial interests, such as Richard.
7. Do not copy content from Wikipedia or other websites using the Creative Commons license without providing proper attribution. Template:Wp-cca must be included when copying from Wikipedia. Content copied from other websites will be deleted as copyright violations. We use the public domain license here, which means you irrevocably give everyone permission to mercilessly edit and copy your work, even without attribution and for commercial purposes.
8. Do not needlessly create more than one account. While we will not block multiple accounts if you have not vandalized or spammed WikiAlpha before, there is no practical need to create a separate user account every time you create a new page.
9. Do not post libel of non-public figures. That means no childish name-calling of individuals and entities who are not public figures. These are severe violations that are grounds for immediate, indefinite blocks.
10. Please consider making a donation if you are a frequent user of WikiAlpha, since WikiAlpha is an entirely non-profit, volunteer-run site. Bandwidth and hosting cost money, and the more traffic WikiAlpha receives, the higher the costs. Donations will help make sure that WikiAlpha can stay online. Without donations, WikiAlpha would go offline due to high server and bandwidth costs, since data center electricity costs money. WritingSnowman (talk) 02:23, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

Notability on WikiAlpha is not an issue, but please be neat and meticulous. Enjoy editing WikiAlpha.