H+Pedia:Manual of style
Contextual naming
In order to for subjects to be accessible to a wide range of readers, occasionally use of less scientific, more accessible terms will be preferred. Examples:
- Space seeding rather than Panspermia
- Superbabies rather than Liberal eugenics
Naming
Where possible, pages should be 'Wikipedia compatible' without use of implicitly shortened names.
e.g.
[[Category:Political transhumanist organisations]] not
[[Category:Political organisations]] (and assuming the transhumanist element is implicit)
Where the page doesn't need to be disambiguated on this wiki, the simpler name is okay, e.g.
not
David Pearce (philosopher) as exists on Wikipedia
Regional styles
This wiki accepts most dialects of English, e.g. US and British. As such some spelling variants may have established themselves. e.g.
[[Category:Transhumanist organisations]]
rather than:
[[Category:Transhumanist organizations]]
Should the page be focused on an area which has a specific dialect, native dialects are preferred, e.g.:
The Transhuman National Committee is a United States is a community based political party organization
However it is in the category "Transhumanist organisations"
Linking
Simply use inline references like this when you need to cite a reference for now.
When it comes to external links, policy is far more liberal than Wikipedia. Use the following shortened link syntax:
We use a number of reference templates for popular services:
Please post in this order:
- Custom links
- Unstylised templated links
- Small stylised links
- Large stylised links
| Link | Example | Creates |
|---|---|---|
| Official website | [https://google.co.uk google.co.uk] | google.co.uk |
| Facebook page | {{facebook page|https://www.facebook.com/Hpluspedia/}} | |
| Facebook group | [https://www.facebook.com/groups/Hpluspedia/ Facebook Group or FB Group] | Facebook Group or FB Group |
| {{twitter|Hpluspedia}} | Hpluspedia on Twitter | |
| Subreddit | {{Reddit|hpluspedia}} |  /r/hpluspedia on Reddit
|
| Wikipedia | {{wikipedia|example}} |  example on Wikipedia
|
References
Wikipedia prefers external links to come after references, presumably in an effort to discourage use of outgoing links. However on H+Pedia we prefer external links placed before references.
To place a reference, you use the <ref> tags likes so:
This is some information<ref>This is a reference</ref>
References will automatically display at the bottom of the page, or wherever you place the {{references}} template.
