skyHow:Policy

Note: This is a draft

This is a policy on what is and is not allowed on skyHow.

What belong here?

How-to articles

How-to content belong on skyHow, as long as it follows the SkyWiki's content policy. This includes, but not limited to:

• Respecting the U.S. law
• Pornography or sexual content are prohibited
• Commercial activity not allowed

Quizzes

Like wikiHow, quizzes belong on skyHow, as long as it follows the SkyWiki's content policy.

• Unlike wikiHow, which quizzes on that wiki are protected from editing to administrators only, quizzes here can be edited freely.

Manual of style

Users are encouraged, while not required, to follow the manual of style for both how-to articles and quizzes. The following structure is the basis for every how-to article.

(Add {{methods}} at the top if creating an article with multiple methods, or {{parts}} if creating an article with multiple parts.)

This is the introduction text. It should be a short paragraph (2-4 sentences).

== Ingredients ==
(This section is to list any food you use in the recipes. Any non-food items should be listed at the "Things you'll need" header.)
* {{convert|300|g|oz}} ingredient 1
* 2 cups (500 g) ingredient 2, chopped
* 1 tablespoon ingredient 3

== Method ==
(If writing multiple methods or parts, use in the format for every method or part:
=== (method or part title) ===
# Step 1. Write a short paragraph (around 2-4 sentences).
#* Substep 1-1. You can separate longer steps into sub-steps.
#* Substep 1-2.
# Step 2. Write a step for every main action.
# Step 3. 
(and so on)

(If writing multiple methods or parts, write in the form:)
=== (2nd method or part title) ===
# Step 1.
#* Substep 1-1.
#* Substep 1-2.
# Step 2.
# Step 3.

(and so on)

== Things you'll need ==
(This section is to list any items you use in the article.)
* Item 1
* Item 2
* Item 3

(Categories should be listed at the bottom of articles)

Copyright

Do not copy content from copyrighted websites without permission.

Although skyHow is similar to wikiHow in scope, again, please do not copy content from wikiHow without permission. The wikiHow's User Content License Grants states:

This license does not grant other Users the right to reproduce, distribute, adapt, or otherwise use the User Content outside of the [wikiHow] Service unless given explicit written permission by wikiHow or the User who created the specific content.

It is OK to copy content from other sites, as long as it is public domain or licensed under CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA. For the latter two, you need to attribute the users and provide the link back to the original page.

We want skyHow to redistribute the contents for both personal and commercial usage, so it's not allowed to copy content from websites that prohibits reuse commercially outside these websites.

The exception is the pages from other sites being authored/contributed solely by the same user who also cross-posted here.

Naming

For how-to articles, the title of a page should contain a verb at the start. "How to" is added automatically at the start and doesn't need to be included at start of title.

For quizzes, the title of a page should start with "Quiz:".

Uploading policy

You can upload any files, such as images, provided it:

• has a free license (public domain, CC0, CC BY, CC BY-SA).
  • For tech articles that use proprietary software, you can upload as fair use, as well, provided you take the screenshots yourself.
• follows the SkyWiki's content policy.

Blocking policy

Administrators should block users and IP addresses who engage in vandalism, spam, disruptive editing, personal attacks, or abuse of multiple accounts (sockpuppetry). They should block users who are found to be underage (i.e. under 13 years old) for the duration until they reach 13 years old.

For user(s) and/or IP address(es) engaging in vandalism, spam, disruptive editing or personal attacks, administrators or trustworthy users should first send a warning to the affected user(s) and/or IP address(es), but if they persist, administrators should block them.

The blocking duration is based on severity and how many times the user/IP got blocked. As a general rule of thumb, on the first block, the duration should be between 1 and 7 days, but can be longer on subsequent blocks. Indefinite blocks should only be applied if the user is previously blocked multiple times and/or is clearly a vandalism/disruption-only account.

Users who are abusing multiple accounts may be indefinitely blocked by administrators. Any trustworthy user can request a CheckUser request on Steward requests on SkyMeta. Stewards will look at the IP address(es) involved in multiple account abuse and should be blocked.

Adminstrators should not block IP address indefinitely; these (who are disruptive) should be blocked for a maximum of 6 months, unless it is an open proxy, which should be blocked for up to 3 years.

Deletion policy

Speedy deletion

Some pages may be speedily deleted for the following reasons:

General

1. Patent nonsense: This includes meaningless text, including gibberish. This doesn't apply to text which is meaningful.
2. Test page:
3. Vandalism:
4. Spam or advertising:
5. Copyright infringement:
6. Author request: This includes pages solely contributed by one author and then requested deletion.
7. Non-controversial housekeeping and/or cleanup:
8. Attack page:

Redirects

1. Broken redirect:

How-to articles

1. Not a how-to article:

Quizzes

1. Not a quiz:

Files

1. No license after 1 week:

Protection policy

Some pages on skyHow are protected to prevent vandalism or spam, and for legal and security reasons.

All pages in the MediaWiki namespace are protected to interface administrators for security reasons.

Examples of pages to be semi-protected:

• Pages or files that have repeatedly vandalised or otherwise used for disruptive actions (temporary)
• Pages, with names that fit in our scope, that have inappropriately created and deleted repeatedly (temporary)
• Templates and modules with more than 500 transclusions (indefinite)

Examples of pages to be protected to administrators only:

• High-traffic policies
• Templates and modules with more than 5,000 transclusions
• Files that are used in system messages (move and upload only)
• Inappropriate pages repeatedly created and deleted