Peace Corps Wiki:Style guide

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Contents 1 All article titles and headings 2 Titles 2.1 Category titles 2.2 Site titles 2.3 Personal titles 3 Category tag use 3.1 Region articles 3.2 Country articles 3.3 Personal articles 4 Category tags under a country 4.1 Site articles 4.2 Country Program/Sector Article 4.3 Country Group Article

All article titles and headings

• Capital letters are used only for proper nouns and the first letter. Example: "[[Category:Mali programs]]"

• For sorting issues it is highly recommended to start any article that deals with aspects of a country with the "country name." Example: "Mali programs" not "Programming in Mali" An exemption is site names (see below)

• The word of 'Peace Corps' is understood for most article. e.g. "Peace Corps Training in The Gambia" (as a title of subsection) would just be "Training in The Gambia"

• The name of the Country is understood for subsections if the article has the country name in the title. Example: The section "What is the electric current in The Gambia?" under FAQs about Peace Corps in The Gambia becomes "What is the electric current?" since The Gambia is understood.

Titles

Category titles

• A category is titled in the plural if each member of the category constitutes an instance of what that title refers to. Ex: [[Category:Countries]] (each member of the category is "a country": Albania, Armenia, Ukraine, etc.). Ex: [[Category:Transportation]] (each member of the category is related to transportation, but is not "a transportation").

Site titles

• Articles about sites are titled in the following format: the full name of the town, village, or city (spaces OK). Only include: ", Country" if there is another instance of the name existing in this wiki.

Personal titles

• Please do not use parentheses! Wiki supports any page title, so it will work. But remember: to have the URL of the page name read effectively, do not use "()" or "[]". Periods are OK.

Category tag use

• General tags [[Category:Needs review]] can be used anywhere ...or something to alert us to the article's status

Category

Region articles

• [[Category:(Region name)]] For example: [[Category:Africa]]

Country articles

• [[Category:(Country name)]] For example: [[Category:Nigeria]]

this could also be a redirect???

Personal articles

• Slowly we can start to tag each personal page with the tags: [[Category:(Country name) volunteers]] or [[Category:(Country name) staff]] and [[Category:(Country name)(the year service started)]]
• Note: Please use name of the country, example: [[Category:Bolivia volunteers]] not [[Category:Bolivian volunteers]]

• The tags: [[Category:volunteer]]and [[Category:Volunteers who served in (Country name)]] categories will slowly be phased out.

Category tags under a country

• All pages must contain [[Category:(Country name)]]

Site articles

• [[Category:(Country name) sites]]
• A general grouping of all sites I think is still good under [[Category:Sites]]

Country Program/Sector Article

• [[Category:(Country name) programs]]

Country Group Article

• [[Category:(Country name)(the year service started)]]