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Welcome to the proposed style guide for Wikimedia projects and communications. This guide is maintained by the communications committee. Please leave suggestions and comments on the talk page.

Usage

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Proper usage should be defined for:

  • Project and wiki names
  • Project subtitles, slogans, and other epithets
  • Project logos
  • Foundation names and components
  • Major Wikipedia project names
  • Names of individuals
  • Names of MediaWiki components and pages
  • Special naming (events, Days, parts of the default skin, &c)

Project logos

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  • Each major Wikimedia Project should have its own basic logo, which should be approved by the Foundation.
  • Individual language versions of each project should suggest localized version of the basic logo, which should be implemented as the sitewide logo by a developer.


Project slogans

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  • Each major Wikimedia Project should have a brief slogan, aligned with its official goals.

Wikiproject logos and slogans

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These are less directly 'wikimedia projects' and so have more leeway in how they define themselves; however some basic style guidelines should still be observed.

Formatting

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Format style should be defined for:

  • Statistics (stats to use, definition of ambiguous terms)
  • First paragraphs of typical documents (overview, links to related work, bolding)
  • Letters of various kinds

See also

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Reference should be made in this guide to:

  • Other style guides for specific projects
  • Other identity and style discussions
  • Communications policies