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Lexicanum is a joint project with the goal of creating as complete an encyclopdia of the Warhammer universes as possible.
To work on Lexicanum, you '''must''' follow the guidelines below. Questions about these can be asked at the [[Lexicanum:Open Discussion|Open Discussion]] page.
*'''Lexicanum is an encyclopedia:''' Lexicanum should be used to develop an encyclopedia. It is not a dictionary or fan site, and is not a carrior for business interests.
* '''No Infringement on copyrightNeutrality:''' The publication of text or pictures without permission neutral point of view tries to present ideas in a way that both those who agree with, and disagree with, can accept the rightful owner can lead to serious problems for way it is written. It does not demand the projectacceptance of all, as some ideologies reject all points other than their own. This is especially relevent Therefore, the goal should be to Games Workshop and the [[GW Copyright|patent rights regulations]] are herecreate a place where all rational ideas can be collected together in a presentable way.
*'''Orthography:''' Lexicanum does not commit itself to old or new spelling rules. Both are to be respected. The author who wrote the article follows their set of rules and as such subsequent changes must follow the same sets. This avoids having different spellings throughout one article.
==Naming Conventions==
===Singular v. Plural===
In general, all articles should be named with the singular form of the topic, so '''Space Marine''' is preferred to '''Space Marines'''. However, the plural form may be used if the singular form is rarely (or never) encountered, such as with most Space Marine chapters. On the other hand, [[Categories]] are generally named in the plural form.
==Categories==
===Categories v. Articles===
Categories are a useful way of organizing articles, but there are some standards that editors should follow. Most importantly, a category page (such as [[:Category:Space Marines]]) should ''not'' contain a detailed writeup of the topic. Instead, create a separate article - in this example, [[Space Marine]], which is in its own category and in [[:Category:Space Marines]] parent category. Thus, the article [[Space Marine]] is in [[:Category:Space Marines]] and [[:Category:Imperium]].
===Parent Categories===
You may have noticed that in the above example, [[:Category:Space Marines]] has a parent category: [[:Category:Imperium]]. In general, most categories should have a parent category of some kind, especially if they are listed in the table of contents at [[Categories]]. Note that you only need to list the immediate parent, not ''all'' the parents.
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