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=How to Propose New Style Guidelines=


<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">[[Image:Alert.png]] '''Status:''' ''This page is out of date, but still helpful. Please read the page on the [[Style Council|StyleCouncil]] for current (ever changing) practices.''
Please read the page on the [[Style Council]] for some other practices.
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If you think there is a need for a new [[Style Guideline|StyleGuideline]], please proceed as follows:
If you think there is a need for a new [[Style Guideline|style guideline]], please proceed as follows:
# If you are unsure, whether this has been discussed already, you could ask on the [[Users Mailing List|UsersMailingList]]. Also please search the [[MusicBrainz Wiki|MusicBrainzWiki]] for related places where the issue might have been discussed already.
# If you are unsure whether this has been discussed already, you could ask on the [[Users Mailing List]]. Also please search the [[MusicBrainz Wiki]] for related places where the issue might have been discussed already.
# Raise the issue on the [[Style Mailing List|StyleMailingList]].
# Raise the issue on the [[Style Mailing List]].
# If people start to pick your proposal up, or if you need to describe it in detail, please create a wiki page for it.
# If people start to pick your proposal up, or if you need to describe it in detail, please create a wiki page for it.
#* Note that article page names for [[Style Guideline|style guideline]]s should be in the form ''Foo_Bar_Style''.
#* Note that [[Wiki Name|WikiName]]<code><nowiki></nowiki></code>s of [[Style Guideline|StyleGuideline]]s should have the form <code><nowiki>XYStyle</nowiki></code> and [[Editing Guideline|EditingGuideline]]s have the form <code><nowiki>DoThis</nowiki></code>. Check [[Good WikiName|GoodWikiName]] for more information.
#* The page should be added to [[:Category:Proposed_Style]].
#* The page should be of CategoryGuideline and CategoryProposedStyle. <ref>There is currently no category for proposed [[Editing Guideline|EditingGuideline]]<code><nowiki></nowiki></code>s, go ahead and create it, if you need it</ref>
#* List your page on [[Proposed Style Guideline|ProposedStyleGuideline]] and describe it in a few words.
#* List your page on [[Proposed Style Guideline|proposed style guideline]] and describe it in a few words.
#* '''Important:''' Intertwingle your page. Link to it from related places in the wiki. If you do not do that, your page is likely to drop out of focus quickly.
#* '''Important:''' Intertwingle your page. Link to it from related places in the wiki. If you do not do that, your page is likely to drop out of focus quickly.
#* Try to answer the questions on [[Checklist For Style Changes|ChecklistForStyleChanges]]
#* Try to answer the questions on [[Checklist For Style Changes|ChecklistForStyleChanges]]
# If consensus is reached, your page will eventually be made official by a member of the [[Style Council|StyleCouncil]]. Don't do this yourself.
# If consensus is reached, your page will eventually be made official by a member of the [[Style Council|StyleCouncil]]. Don't do this yourself.


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[[Category:How To]] [[Category:Wiki]] [[Category:Style Council]]
That's about it.

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Revision as of 08:26, 8 December 2009

Status: This page is out of date, but is still helpful.

Please read the page on the Style Council for some other practices.

If you think there is a need for a new style guideline, please proceed as follows:

  1. If you are unsure whether this has been discussed already, you could ask on the Users Mailing List. Also please search the MusicBrainz Wiki for related places where the issue might have been discussed already.
  2. Raise the issue on the Style Mailing List.
  3. If people start to pick your proposal up, or if you need to describe it in detail, please create a wiki page for it.
  4. If consensus is reached, your page will eventually be made official by a member of the StyleCouncil. Don't do this yourself.
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