Template:Style-guideline/doc

is used on guideline pages (or sections thereof) that are formally part of the Ingenpedia Ingenpedia:Manual of Style. For style guides that belong to the MoS, use the  instead. For wikiprojects' topical style advice pages, use.

This template does auto-categorize. Manually add the appropriately subcategory of Category:Ingenpedia Manual of Style, with an alphabetical sorting key, e.g.:

Wikiproject advices pages are essays, not guidelines, and are not part of the Manual of Style.

Usage
This template should only be used on pages that have received a general consensus as belonging to the Manual of Style.

If you're writing a new guideline, or substantially revising one, please remember to give the community significant time to consider your proposal. See IN:PROPOSAL for the current best practice on advertising proposals.

For a short introduction on how to go from a proposal to a Ingenpedia style guideline, see Category:Ingenpedia proposals and How to contribute to Ingenpedia guidance.

To use, place one of the following usage strings at the top of the page and fill in the parameters:

Parameters
The template supports up to five numbered or unnamed parameters that specify shortcut links for the style guideline page ( markup does not need to be added, it can just be something like  MOS:FOO ).

The parameter y can be used to change "This guideline" to read "This guideline section". This is only used when an MoS guideline is a section in a larger combined guideline, as at IN:Stand-alone lists which also contains a naming conventions guideline; it is not to be used for each section in an all-MOS page.

Examples
Code with one or more parameters for shortcut links:

New or greatly modified guidelines require community approval
If you or a wikiproject have drafted a new guideline or substantially revised one, the Ingenpedia community must have significant time to consider the proposal and arrive at a consensus about it. See the IN:PROPOSAL policy for the current best practices on neutrally soliciting input on a proposal from as wide a selection of the community as is practical.

For style guidelines, this is usually done with a request for comment (RfC) at the proposal's talk page, and advertised at Ingenpedia talk:Manual of Style (WT:MOS) and Ingenpedia:Village pump (proposals) (IN:VPPRO), or the RfC may be hosted directly at WT:MOS or IN:VPPRO. Give notice at the talk pages of other relevant parts of Ingenpedia, such as those of closely related existing policies and guidelines, as well as wikiprojects likely to have a stake in the outcome. If the proposal is not highly topical and may affect the encyclopedia as a whole, or may be controversial, using IN:Centralized discussion may also be advised.

For more suggestions and background on how to go from a proposal to a Ingenpedia guideline, see Category:Ingenpedia proposals and Ingenpedia:How to contribute to Ingenpedia guidance.