Forum:CT:MOS merge: Avoid self-references and Neutral point of view

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The result of the debate was Support proposal. AnilSerifoglu (talk) 20:47, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

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Following up on Forum:SH:Merging Neutral point of view and Avoid self-references to MOS, I propose merging the Avoid self-references and Neutral point of view guidelines to the Manual of Style (MOS), along with some adjustments to the "Perspective" section. As part of the MOS rewrite, I also propose removing the "Trivia sections" section in the Layout Guide.

A brief summary of the proposed changes:

• Redirect Wookieepedia:Avoid self-references and Wookieepedia:Neutral point of view to Wookieepedia:Manual of Style#Perspective
• Remove Wookieepedia:Layout Guide#Trivia sections and redirect WP:TRIVIA to Wookieepedia:Manual of Style#Perspective
• Merge the "Tense" subsection to the in-universe and out-of-universe perspective subsections, with the "fate is unknown" paragraph incorporated in—
• —a new "Neutral point of view" section that elaborates on the principle with some examples.
• Mention avoiding self-referencing Wookieepedia, plus codifying how we address discreptancies in canon via the wording "This article assumes…"
• Codify how we address Wookieepedia via the wording "free-to-edit, unofficial online encyclopedia"
• Clarify the "trivia" section policy in highlighting that prose is preferred over lists.

Permalink of my proposal — Diff comparing the original proposed amended MOS and revision after the SH feedback. OOM 224 (he/him) 16:45, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Support

1. OOM 224 (he/him) 16:45, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
2. NanoLuuke^{Cloning Facility} 17:16, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
3. Imperators II^(Talk) 18:50, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
4. —spookywilloww^talk 18:51, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
5. AnilSerifoglu (talk) 20:27, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
6. Janomoogo (talk) 20:35, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
7. SaintSirNicholas (talk) 20:54, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
8. Zed42 ^(talk) 21:38, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
9. Lewisr (talk) 04:15, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
10. Bonzane10 black belt in card-jitsu 16:38, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose

Discuss