{"id":27850,"key":"Appropedia:Policies","title":"Appropedia:Policies","latest":{"id":1214884,"timestamp":"2025-12-11T17:06:08Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{Appropedia navigation}}\n\nAppropedia operates less by imposing strict rules, and more by encouraging voluntary guidelines which you can choose to follow. We believe that only a couple of strict rules are necessary, relating to how we treat others, and how we use the work of others.\n\nYou might see people doing things that are plainly not in accordance with these guidelines. Keep in mind that they may or may not still be well within the actual Appropedia policies and guidelines, and therefore, we encourage you to apply the ''be gracious'' guideline in those situations.\n\n== Code of conduct ==\n\n{{Excerpt|Appropedia:Code of conduct}}\n\n== Content creation ==\n\n# '''[[Appropedia:Rigor|Rigor]]'''. Our aim is to be factual, so evidence, analysis and science are encouraged. Evidence may include in-the-field experience, backed up by the agreement of other editors, but can also include the results of research and analysis.\n# '''[[Appropedia:Neutral point of view|Neutral point of view (NPOV)]]'''. Appropedia is supportive of [[appropriate technology]] and [[sustainable development]], and we recognize articles will usually be written from a point of view that is sympathetic to these concepts. We encourage you to follow our [[Help:Types of content|content and format suggestions]] to know how to best express your personal point of view. Appropedia encourages the application of a NPOV depending on the type of content. For example:\n## [[:Category:How tos|\"How to\"]] pages, for example, are usually easy to write from a NPOV by contributing information about different ways to do something.\n## [[:Category:Projects|Project]] pages are usually written from a NPOV, but may have sections where the opinions of the creators are stated.\n## [[:Category:Organizations|Organization]] pages can benefit from having a NPOV to inform others and let them make their own decisions.\n## Particularly, [[Special:Listusers|User]] pages are reasonable places to express opinions from a personal perspective.\n# Follow [[Help:Page naming|'''Naming conventions''']]. In short:\n#* Don't use capital letters, except for the very first letter (and that's automatic, anyway); except for proper names (people, places, organizations).\n#* For a project, use a specific name, e.g. '''Jodie Doe's water filter''', not just '''Water filter'''.\n\n== Original content ==\n\n{{Excerpt|Appropedia:Original content|references=no}}\n\n== What Appropedia is not ==\n\n{{Excerpt|Appropedia:What Appropedia is not}}\n\n== See also ==\n\n* [[Appropedia:About]]\n* [[Appropedia:Guidelines]]\n\n{{Page data}}\n\n[[Category:Appropedia policies]]"}