Sunday, October 11, 2009

Wikitravel: Manual Of Style

After reading the Manual of Style on Wikitravel, I feel that the following tips are important for those who wish to be apart of Wikitravel.


The rest of the Main Page should not be changed without first discussing it with the community. The mission statement is dear to many people's hearts.
Any drastic changes to the Main Page would definitely alter they way Wikitravel wants their page to look like. From what I read, Wikitravel wants their Main Page to look professional and to not scare any potential readers away.


Articles should be relatively self-sufficient so that travelers can print them out, put in their back pocket, and use for traveling around.
This is definitely an important tip. It's pretty self explanatory. I wouldn't want to print several pages of information to carry around. I want something easily accessible and easy to look through. I don't want to spend my entire trip trying to find things on a bunch of paper.


How do you know if a certain subject gets its own article?
A common test to determine whether a subject gets its own article is the "can you sleep there?" test. While there are numerous hotels and other lodging options in a city like London, you can't sleep in a museum or park within that city; such parks and museums should thus be listed as attractions within an article about the city.

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