Wikipedia talk:List of guidelines

Prior to March 10, 2008, this page was a redirect to Wikipedia talk:List of policies; see that page for earlier discussion.

"Readability"

Is it really necessary to have a separate "Readability" section just for listing WP:ACCESSIBILITY and WP:TECHNICAL? Wouldn't it be more straightforward to list these two guidelines under § Style and § Editing, respectively? WP:TECHNICAL isn't really about "readability" anyway (in the sense of being legible). —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 05:08, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Agree, the two entries don't belong in the same section: Noyster (talk), 09:29, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

 Done. See edit. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 10:20, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 August 2017

Shridhar Kadam (talk) 09:42, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. DRAGON BOOSTER ★ 09:53, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

add to Notability (media) to list of Notability guidelines

Can we add Notability (media) to the "Other notability guidelines" section of the Notability list? The media guideline is an explanatory supplement to the Notability guideline, but it contains guidelines for newspapers, magazines and journals, academic journals and student media that are not covered in the other notability guidelines and which can be very helpful at AfD discussions - cheers - Epinoia (talk) 23:45, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

Words to Watch disambiguation/clarification

Currently, under Style and Words to Watch headings is;

Be cautious with expressions that may introduce bias. Use clear, direct language.

Perhaps should be changed to;

Be cautious with expressions that may introduce bias or be interpreted in more than one way. Use clear, direct language.

There was a discussion in the Samuel R. Delaney article talk page about the phrase "straight science fiction". Given Delaney's sexual orientation it made the phrase somewhat ambiguous. It could be interpreted as sexually straight science fiction or as science fiction with no leakage of other genres into the writing. Perhaps a brief mention here will prevent further occurrences of this. I haven't had any feedback so I "got'er done". Quisizyx (talk) 09:29, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Legal status of these Guidelines

The header does not mention what the official and/or legal status of these guidelines is. Edit request is, to mention that the guidelines are, or are not, governing policies as meant in Wikimedia Terms of Use, under Overview: "You are welcome to join as a contributor, editor, or author, but you should follow the policies that govern each of the independent Project editions." Thanks. WillTim 2001:16B8:8C13:FF01:196F:BE90:43F6:9FEA (talk) 15:52, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

IP address

I was just wondering, can you edit without an account, or is that against a policy. if so, where is it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:7C59:6B01:45A7:FC07:9655:6E45 (talk) 03:48, 1 July 2021 (UTC)