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.mw-parser-output #shortcut{background-color:#000!important}}</style> <p id="mwCA"><b id="mwCQ">This page is a guide to the policies of English Wikivoyage.</b> If you don't find your answer here or in the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:FAQ" title="Wikivoyage:FAQ" id="mwCg">frequently asked questions</a>, ask in the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Travellers'_pub" title="Wikivoyage:Travellers' pub" id="mwCw">travellers' pub</a>.</p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Guiding_principles"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Guiding principles</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Core_content_policies"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Core content policies</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Community_policies"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Community policies</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Unwanted_edits"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Unwanted edits</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Links"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Specific_community_policies"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Specific community policies</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Community_projects"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Community projects</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Roles_within_the_community"><span class="tocnumber">3.5</span> <span class="toctext">Roles within the community</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Cooperating_with_other_websites"><span class="tocnumber">3.6</span> <span class="toctext">Cooperating with other websites</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="#Other_language_Wikivoyage_projects"><span class="tocnumber">3.6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Other language Wikivoyage projects</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Infrastructure_and_software"><span class="tocnumber">3.7</span> <span class="toctext">Infrastructure and software</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Recognising_contributors_and_articles"><span class="tocnumber">3.8</span> <span class="toctext">Recognising contributors and articles</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Organization_of_the_wiki"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Organization of the wiki</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Hierarchy_of_travel_guides"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Hierarchy of travel guides</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Creating_travel_guides"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Creating travel guides</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Travel_guide_content_policies"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Travel guide content policies</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Article_status"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">Article status</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Pages_that_are_not_travel_guides"><span class="tocnumber">4.5</span> <span class="toctext">Pages that are not travel guides</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19"><a href="#Manual_of_style"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Manual of style</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#Structure_of_travel_guide_articles"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Structure of travel guide articles</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Writing_style"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Writing style</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Language"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">Language</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Numbers_and_dates"><span class="tocnumber">5.4</span> <span class="toctext">Numbers and dates</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-24"><a href="#Legal_information"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Legal information</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#Terms_of_use"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Terms of use</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-26"><a href="#Licencing_and_redistribution"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Licencing and redistribution</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-27"><a href="#Useful_references"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Useful references</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-inputbox-centered" style="" typeof="mw:Extension/inputbox" about="#mwt8" id="mwDQ" data-mw='{"name":"inputbox","attrs":{},"body":{"extsrc":"\nbgcolor = transparent\ntype = fulltext\nprefix = Wikivoyage:\nwidth = 30\nsearchbuttonlabel = Search policy pages\n"}}'><form name="searchbox" class="searchbox mw-inputbox-form" action="/wiki/Special:Search"><div class="cdx-text-input"><input class="mw-inputbox-input mw-searchInput searchboxInput cdx-text-input__input" name="search" placeholder="" size="30" 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traveller's perspective.</i></dd> <dd id="mwGQ">Note: You could call this our <b id="mwGg">Prime Directive</b></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwGw"><dt id="mwHA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Goals_and_non-goals" title="Wikivoyage:Goals and non-goals" id="mwHQ">Goals and non-goals</a></dt><dd id="mwHg"></dd></dl> <div id="mwHw" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt12" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[goals]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Goals" title="Goals" class="mw-redirect">goals</a></b></div><link 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id="mwKg">wiaa</a>)</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwKw"><dt id="mwLA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Consensus" title="Wikivoyage:Consensus" id="mwLQ">Consensus</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwLg" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt15" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[consensus]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Consensus" title="Consensus" class="mw-redirect">consensus</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt15" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwLw"><dd id="mwMA">Nutshell: <i id="mwMQ">Almost all decisions are made by achieving consensus rather than voting <span typeof="mw:Entity" id="mwMg">—</span> so state your arguments and build consensus for debatable matters.</i></dd> <dd id="mwMw">Related pages: <ul id="mwNA"><li id="mwNQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Requests_for_comment" title="Wikivoyage:Requests for comment" id="mwNg">Requests for comment</a></li> <li id="mwNw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Travellers'_pub" title="Wikivoyage:Travellers' pub" id="mwOA">Travellers' pub</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwOQ"><dt id="mwOg"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Plunge_forward" title="Wikivoyage:Plunge forward" id="mwOw">Plunge forward</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwPA" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt18" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[pf]]<br />[[plunge forward]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Pf" title="Pf" class="mw-redirect">pf</a><br/><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Plunge_forward" title="Plunge forward" class="mw-redirect">plunge forward</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt18" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwPQ"><dd id="mwPg">Nutshell: <i id="mwPw">Don't worry about being perfect or making mistakes. If something needs to be done, do it. Jump in and make useful edits to articles.</i></dd></dl>  </section><section data-mw-section-id="2" id="mwQA"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Core_content_policies" data-mw-thread-id="h-Core_content_policies"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Core_content_policies"></span>Core content policies<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Core_content_policies"></span></h2></div> <dl id="mwQQ"><dd id="mwQg"><i id="mwQw">The core content policies refer to the way we write and present our travel guide to the reader.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwRA"><dt id="mwRQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Be_fair" title="Wikivoyage:Be fair" id="mwRg">Be fair</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwRw" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt21" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[bf]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bf" title="Bf" class="mw-redirect">bf</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt21" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwSA"><dd id="mwSQ">Nutshell: <i id="mwSg">Describe travel destinations fairly, even if that means that a description isn't flattering. Provide honest information so travellers can make informed decisions.</i></dd> <dd id="mwSw">Related pages: <ul id="mwTA"><li id="mwTQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Words_to_avoid" title="Wikivoyage:Words to avoid" id="mwTg">Words to avoid</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwTw"><dt id="mwUA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Don't_tout" title="Wikivoyage:Don't tout" id="mwUQ">Don't tout</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwUg" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt24" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[dt]]<br />[[tout]]<br />[[detout]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Dt" title="Dt" class="mw-redirect">dt</a><br/><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tout" title="Tout" class="mw-redirect">tout</a><br/><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Detout" title="Detout" class="mw-redirect">detout</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt24" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwUw"><dd id="mwVA">Nutshell: <i id="mwVQ">Listings should describe the establishment or attraction in clear, honest and concise terms. A business should only be listed once per destination. Edits that look like touting may be reverted.</i></dd> <dd id="mwVg">Related pages: <ul id="mwVw"><li id="mwWA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Words_to_avoid" title="Wikivoyage:Words to avoid" id="mwWQ">Words to avoid</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwWg"><dt id="mwWw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Tone" title="Wikivoyage:Tone" id="mwXA">Tone</a></dt> <dd id="mwXQ">Nutshell: <i id="mwXg">Writing should describe the destination or attraction in a lively and concise manner. Avoid exaggerations, superlatives and vague, flowery language.</i></dd> <dd id="mwXw">Related pages: <ul id="mwYA"><li id="mwYQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Words_to_avoid" title="Wikivoyage:Words to avoid" id="mwYg">Words to avoid</a></li> <li id="mwYw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Avoid_negative_reviews" title="Wikivoyage:Avoid negative reviews" id="mwZA">Avoid negative reviews</a></li></ul></dd></dl> </section><section data-mw-section-id="3" id="mwZQ"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Community_policies" data-mw-thread-id="h-Community_policies"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Community_policies"></span>Community policies<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Community_policies"></span></h2></div> <dl id="mwZg"><dd id="mwZw"><i id="mwaA">How to get along in the Wikivoyage community:</i></dd></dl> <section data-mw-section-id="4" id="mwaQ"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwAA"><h3 id="Unwanted_edits" data-mw-thread-id="h-Unwanted_edits-Community_policies"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Unwanted_edits-Community_policies"></span>Unwanted edits<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Unwanted_edits-Community_policies"></span></h3></div> <dl id="mwag"><dt id="mwaw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Keep_Wikivoyage_fun" title="Wikivoyage:Keep Wikivoyage fun" id="mwbA">Keep Wikivoyage fun</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwbQ" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt27" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[wv:fun]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Fun" title="Wikivoyage:Fun" class="mw-redirect">wv:fun</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt27" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwbg"><dd id="mwbw">Nutshell: <i id="mwcA">Writing about travel should be almost as fun as visiting the destinations themselves, so behavior that makes it less fun for others to contribute to Wikivoyage should be avoided. If someone else is making it less fun for you to contribute here, assume good faith, but if problems persist discuss the issue with that user and solicit feedback from others in extreme cases.</i></dd></dl> <dl id="mwcQ"><dt id="mwcg"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_handle_unwanted_edits" title="Wikivoyage:How to handle unwanted edits" id="mwcw">How to handle unwanted edits</a></dt> <dd id="mwdA">Nutshell: <i id="mwdQ">Unwanted edits are contributions that do not agree with our policies and guidelines or Manual of Style. Any contributor may revert an unwanted edit.</i></dd> <dd id="mwdg">Note: This is the policy on dealing with vandalism.</dd> <dd id="mwdw">Related pages: <ul id="mweA"><li id="mweQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Deny_recognition" title="Wikivoyage:Deny recognition" id="mweg">Deny recognition</a></li> <li id="mwew"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_revert_a_page" title="Wikivoyage:How to revert a page" id="mwfA">How to revert a page</a></li> <li id="mwfQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Recent_changes_patrol" title="Wikivoyage:Recent changes patrol" id="mwfg">Recent changes patrol</a> (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Patrol" title="Patrol" class="mw-redirect" id="mwfw">patrol</a>)</li> <li id="mwgA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Vandalism_in_progress" title="Wikivoyage:Vandalism in progress" id="mwgQ">Vandalism in progress</a> (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Vip" title="Vip" class="mw-redirect" id="mwgg">vip</a>)</li> <li id="mwgw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Local_spam_blacklist" title="Wikivoyage:Local spam blacklist" class="mw-redirect" id="mwhA">Local spam blacklist</a> (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Spam" title="Spam" class="mw-redirect" id="mwhQ">spam</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Blacklist" title="Blacklist" class="mw-redirect" id="mwhg">blacklist</a>)</li> <li id="mwhw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Spam_filter" title="Wikivoyage:Spam filter" id="mwiA">Spam filter</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwiQ"><dt id="mwig"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Edit_war" title="Wikivoyage:Edit war" id="mwiw">Edit war</a></dt> <dd id="mwjA">Nutshell: <i id="mwjQ">Do not wage edit war. If involved in one, step back and use the article’s talk page to come to a consensus.</i></dd> <dd id="mwjg">Related pages: <ul id="mwjw"><li id="mwkA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Consensus" title="Wikivoyage:Consensus" id="mwkQ">Consensus</a></li> <li id="mwkg"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:User_ban_nominations" title="Wikivoyage:User ban nominations" id="mwkw">User ban nominations</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwlA"><dt id="mwlQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Here_to_build_a_travel_guide" title="Wikivoyage:Here to build a travel guide" id="mwlg">Being here to build a travel guide</a></dt> <dd id="mwlw">Nutshell: <i id="mwmA">Wikivoyagers are here to build a global travel guide. Users whose behaviour suggests they are here for some other purpose risk being blocked or banned.</i></dd></dl> </section><section data-mw-section-id="5" id="mwmQ"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwBNE"><h3 id="Links" data-mw-thread-id="h-Links-Community_policies"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Links-Community_policies"></span>Links<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Links-Community_policies"></span></h3></div> <dl id="mwmg"><dt id="mwmw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:External_links" title="Wikivoyage:External links" id="mwnA">External links</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwnQ" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt30" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[el]]<br />[[xl]]<br />[[extlink]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/El" title="El" class="mw-redirect">el</a><br/><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Xl" title="Xl" class="mw-redirect">xl</a><br/><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Extlink" title="Extlink" class="mw-redirect">extlink</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt30" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwng"><dd id="mwnw">Nutshell: <i id="mwoA">External links should be kept to a minimum, and only links to primary sources should be used. There should not be an external links section in any article.</i></dd></dl> <dl id="mwoQ"><dt id="mwog"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Sister_project_links" title="Wikivoyage:Sister project links" id="mwow">Sister project links (Draft)</a> - (links to articles within the Wikimedia projects group)</dt> <dd id="mwpA">Note: New policy needed as there will be more than just Wikipedia to consider, though that is the most likely to be linked.</dd> <dd id="mwpQ">Nutshell: <i id="mwpg">Many Wikivoyage articles can benefit from links to Wikipedia articles on the same subject. A travel article focuses on the issues facing travelers for a destination, but Wikipedia articles can have deeper or broader information on a topic or attraction.</i></dd> <dd id="mwpw">Related pages: <ul id="mwqA"><li id="mwqQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Links_to_Wikipedia" title="Wikivoyage:Links to Wikipedia" id="mwqg">Links to Wikipedia</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwqw"><dt id="mwrA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Internal_links" title="Wikivoyage:Internal links" id="mwrQ">Internal links</a></dt> <dd id="mwrg">Nutshell: <i id="mwrw">Make links to other Wikivoyage pages, but generally only link the first instance of an article name. These should be incorporated into the text of an article if practical; otherwise, use a "See also" section at the end of the page.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwsA"><dt id="mwsQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Inter-language_links" title="Wikivoyage:Inter-language links" id="mwsg">Inter-language links</a></dt> <dd id="mwsw">Note: More of a how-to page than policy.</dd> <dd id="mwtA">Nutshell: <i id="mwtQ">We use Wikidata to make links between articles that cover the same subject in the different language versions of Wikivoyage. The MediaWiki software has a feature we can use on discussion pages, not articles, for making links between articles that cover different subjects.</i></dd></dl> </section><section data-mw-section-id="6" id="mwtg"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwBNI"><h3 id="Specific_community_policies" data-mw-thread-id="h-Specific_community_policies-Community_policies"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Specific_community_policies-Community_policies"></span>Specific community policies<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Specific_community_policies-Community_policies"></span></h3></div> <dl id="mwtw"><dt id="mwuA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Deletion_policy" title="Wikivoyage:Deletion policy" id="mwuQ">Deletion policy</a></dt> <dd id="mwug">Nutshell: <i id="mwuw">Articles and images can be deleted if certain criteria are met. If you feel an article or image should be deleted, nominate it for deletion. Some items, such as spam or blatant copyright violations, can be speedy deleted.</i></dd> <dd id="mwvA">Related pages: <ul id="mwvQ"><li id="mwvg"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Votes_for_deletion" title="Wikivoyage:Votes for deletion" id="mwvw">Votes for deletion</a> (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Vfd" title="Vfd" class="mw-redirect" id="mwwA">vfd</a>)</li> <li id="mwwQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Votes_for_undeletion" title="Wikivoyage:Votes for undeletion" id="mwwg">Votes for undeletion</a> (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Vfu" title="Vfu" class="mw-redirect" id="mwww">vfu</a>)</li> <li id="mwxA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_delete_a_page" title="Wikivoyage:How to delete a page" class="mw-redirect" id="mwxQ">How to delete a page</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwxg"><dt id="mwxw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Protected_page_policy" title="Wikivoyage:Protected page policy" id="mwyA">Protected page policy</a></dt> <dd id="mwyQ">Nutshell: <i id="mwyg">Administrators may protect a page when necessary, but it is preferable that abusive edits are effectively counteracted without protecting a page.</i></dd> <dd id="mwyw">Related pages: <ul id="mwzA"><li id="mwzQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_handle_unwanted_edits" title="Wikivoyage:How to handle unwanted edits" id="mwzg">How to handle unwanted edits</a></li> <li id="mwzw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Edit_war" title="Wikivoyage:Edit war" id="mw0A">Edit war</a></li> <li id="mw0Q"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:User_ban_nominations" title="Wikivoyage:User ban nominations" id="mw0g">User ban nominations</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mw0w"><dt id="mw1A"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Image_policy" title="Wikivoyage:Image policy" id="mw1Q">Image policy</a></dt></dl> <div id="mw1g" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt33" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[ip]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ip" title="Ip" class="mw-redirect">ip</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt33" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mw1w"><dd id="mw2A">Nutshell: <i id="mw2Q">Images must be compatible with our copyleft licence. The image page must contain a summary with the appropriate attribution information and licence information. Photos generally should not contain people unless it is a public space and the people are peripheral to the picture content.</i></dd> <dd id="mw2g">Related pages: <ul id="mw2w"><li id="mw3A"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_add_an_image" title="Wikivoyage:How to add an image" id="mw3Q">How to add an image</a></li> <li id="mw3g"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Image_resources" title="Wikivoyage:Image resources" id="mw3w">Image resources</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mw4A"><dt id="mw4Q">Site notice policy</dt> <dd id="mw4g">Nutshell: <i id="mw4w">The site notice is a feature which can be used to alert the community about important developments. Site notices should be discussed on the talk page and published by consensus</i></dd> <dd id="mw5A">Related pages: <ul id="mw5Q"><li id="mw5g"><a rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CentralNotice" title="meta:CentralNotice" class="extiw" id="mw5w">Meta:CentralNotice</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mw6A"><dt id="mw6Q"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Child_protection_policy" title="Wikivoyage:Child protection policy" id="mw6g">Child protection policy</a></dt> <dd id="mw6w">Nutshell: <i id="mw7A">Wikivoyage is a safe environment for people of all ages, and as such does not allow inappropriate relationships between adults and minors. There is zero tolerance of child pornography or the advocacy thereof.</i></dd> <dd id="mw7Q">Related page: <ul id="mw7g"><li id="mw7w"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Illegal_activities_policy" title="Wikivoyage:Illegal activities policy" id="mw8A">Illegal activities</a></li> <li id="mw8Q"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Sex_tourism_policy" title="Wikivoyage:Sex tourism policy" id="mw8g">Sex tourism</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mw8w"><dt id="mw9A"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Checkuser#Sock_puppets" title="Wikivoyage:Checkuser" class="mw-redirect" id="mw9Q">Sock puppets</a></dt> <dd id="mw9g">Nutshell: <i id="mw9w">The creation of sockpuppets, i.e., multiple accounts per user, is discouraged, but they are usually just ignored.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mw-A"><dt id="mw-Q"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:No_real_world_threats" title="Wikivoyage:No real world threats" id="mw-g">No real world threats</a></dt></dl> <div id="mw-w" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt36" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[nrwt]]<br />[[nlt]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Nrwt" title="Nrwt" class="mw-redirect">nrwt</a><br/><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Nlt" title="Nlt" class="mw-redirect">nlt</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt36" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mw_A"><dd id="mw_Q">Nutshell: <i id="mw_g">Real world threats—essentially threats of physical or legal harm—are strictly prohibited on Wikivoyage. They are never necessary, and can have a chilling effect on public participation. If you do post a threat of a lawsuit or physical harm, even an ambiguous or vague one, you will likely be banned from further editing here with prejudice.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mw_w"><dt id="mwAQA">It's not carved in stone</dt> <dd id="mwAQE">Nutshell: <i id="mwAQI">Most of our detail policies and guidelines, and the manual of style can be changed if there is a need and the community can come to a consensus on the change. Any proposed change must be compatible with our guiding principles.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAQM">Related pages: <ul id="mwAQQ"><li id="mwAQU"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Consensus" title="Wikivoyage:Consensus" id="mwAQY">Consensus</a></li> <li id="mwAQc"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Bug_reports" title="Wikivoyage:Bug reports" class="mw-redirect" id="mwAQg">Bug reports</a></li> <li id="mwAQk"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Travellers'_pub" title="Wikivoyage:Travellers' pub" id="mwAQo">Travellers' pub</a> (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Pub" title="Pub" class="mw-redirect" id="mwAQs">pub</a>)</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAQw"><dt id="mwAQ0"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Jargon" title="Wikivoyage:Jargon" id="mwAQ4">Jargon</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwAQ8" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt39" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[jargon]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Jargon" title="Jargon" class="mw-redirect">jargon</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt39" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwARA"><dd id="mwARE">Nutshell: <i id="mwARI">A glossary of terms used in discussions, edit summaries, or on IRC.</i></dd> <dd id="mwARM">Related pages: <ul id="mwARQ"><li id="mwARU"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" id="mwARY">Shortcuts</a></li> <li id="mwARc"><a rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Internet-related_terms" title="wikipedia:Glossary of Internet-related terms" class="extiw" id="mwARg">Glossary of Internet jargon at Wikipedia</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwARk"><dt id="mwARo"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Checkuser" title="Wikivoyage:Checkuser" class="mw-redirect" id="mwARs">Checkuser</a></dt> <dd id="mwARw">Nutshell: <i id="mwAR0">Checkuser can be used to examine user IP address information and other server log data. It is to be used sparingly and only to protect Wikivoyage against vandalism, disruption and/or bad faith.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAR4">Note: Under discussion.</dd> <dd id="mwAR8">Related pages: <ul id="mwASA"><li id="mwASE"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Edit_war" title="Wikivoyage:Edit war" id="mwASI">Edit war</a></li> <li id="mwASM"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_handle_unwanted_edits" title="Wikivoyage:How to handle unwanted edits" id="mwASQ">How to handle unwanted edits</a></li> <li id="mwASU"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Sock_puppets" title="Wikivoyage:Sock puppets" class="mw-redirect" id="mwASY">Sock puppets</a></li></ul></dd></dl> </section><section data-mw-section-id="7" id="mwASc"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwBNM"><h3 id="Community_projects" data-mw-thread-id="h-Community_projects-Community_policies"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Community_projects-Community_policies"></span>Community projects<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Community_projects-Community_policies"></span></h3></div> <dl id="mwASg"><dt id="mwASk"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Collaboration_of_the_month" title="Wikivoyage:Collaboration of the month" class="mw-redirect" id="mwASo">Collaboration of the month</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwASs" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt42" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[cotm]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cotm" title="Cotm" class="mw-redirect">cotm</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt42" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwASw"><dd id="mwAS0">Nutshell: <i id="mwAS4">The Collaboration of the month is a way to get many contributors working on one article at once, often to get it ready for an upcoming event or a nomination for destination of the month. While anyone can edit any article at any time, this provides a way to highlight specific articles allowing many contributors to help improve them together.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwAS8"><dt id="mwATA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Expeditions" title="Wikivoyage:Expeditions" id="mwATE">Expeditions</a></dt> <dd id="mwATI">Nutshell: <i id="mwATM">An Expedition is a special project for articles or images. (Sure, we could just call it a "project", but what fun is that?) Expeditions help us collaborate and organize around certain subjects, be they based on shared interests, geography, or shared skills.</i></dd> <dd id="mwATQ">Related pages: <ul id="mwATU"><li id="mwATY"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Language_Expeditions" title="Wikivoyage:Language Expeditions" id="mwATc">Language Expeditions</a></li></ul></dd></dl> </section><section data-mw-section-id="8" id="mwATg"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwBNQ"><h3 id="Roles_within_the_community" data-mw-thread-id="h-Roles_within_the_community-Community_policies"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Roles_within_the_community-Community_policies"></span>Roles within the community<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Roles_within_the_community-Community_policies"></span></h3></div> <dl id="mwATk"><dt id="mwATo"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Hierarchy" title="Wikivoyage:Hierarchy" id="mwATs">Hierarchy</a></dt> <dd id="mwATw">Nutshell: <i id="mwAT0">Wikivoyage has a hierarchy of people involved in the community, with varying levels of responsibility in the project. People burdened with more responsibility are expected to serve those above them, and make life easier for them.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwAT4"><dt id="mwAT8"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Autoconfirmed_users" title="Wikivoyage:Autoconfirmed users" id="mwAUA">Autoconfirmed users</a></dt> <dd id="mwAUE">Nutshell: <i id="mwAUI">Users who have been registered for longer than 4 days and have made at least 3 edits are autoconfirmed. In addition to this allowing them to mark anonymous users' edits as reviewed, it also means that their own edits are marked as reviewed automatically.</i></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAUM"><dt id="mwAUQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Administrators" title="Wikivoyage:Administrators" id="mwAUU">Administrators</a></dt> <dd id="mwAUY">Nutshell: <i id="mwAUc">Administrators are registered users who have shown a good appreciation of the policies and guidelines and made significant contributions, have been nominated by the community and have been granted some additional functions. They are the plumbers and janitors of the travel guide and perform mostly mundane tasks, but also those few tasks which could do permanent damage if done wrongly.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAUg">Related pages: <ul id="mwAUk"><li id="mwAUo"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:User_rights_nominations" title="Wikivoyage:User rights nominations" id="mwAUs">Administrator nominations</a></li> <li id="mwAUw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Administrator's_handbook" title="Wikivoyage:Administrator's handbook" class="mw-redirect" id="mwAU0">Administrator's handbook</a></li> <li id="mwAU4"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Non-administrator_tasks" title="Wikivoyage:Non-administrator tasks" id="mwAU8">Non-administrator tasks</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAVA"><dt id="mwAVE"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Bureaucrats" title="Wikivoyage:Bureaucrats" id="mwAVI">Bureaucrats</a></dt> <dd id="mwAVM">Nutshell: <i id="mwAVQ">Bureaucrats are administrators with a few extra, rarely needed, but essential functions, who are trusted by the community to do things like switch on administrator functions.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAVU">Related pages: <ul id="mwAVY"><li id="mwAVc"><a rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats" title="wikipedia:Wikipedia:Bureaucrats" class="extiw" id="mwAVg">wikipedia:Wikipedia:Bureaucrats</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAVk"><dt id="mwAVo"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Docents" title="Wikivoyage:Docents" id="mwAVs">Docents</a></dt> <dd id="mwAVw">Nutshell: <i id="mwAV0">Docents are registered users who know a lot about a particular destination or topic and volunteer their time and knowledge to help travellers who have questions about that destination or topic.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAV4">Related pages: <ul id="mwAV8"><li id="mwAWA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:What_is_a_docent%3F" title="Wikivoyage:What is a docent?" id="mwAWE">What is a docent?</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAWI"><dt id="mwAWM"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Welcome_message" title="Wikivoyage:Welcome message" id="mwAWQ">Welcome message</a></dt> <dd id="mwAWU">Nutshell: <i id="mwAWY">When new Wikivoyagers set up a user account and make a new user page, we usually welcome them to the site with a brief message. We want every contributor's first contact with Wikivoyage to be a positive experience. A friendly welcome and an explanation of any reversion can save a contributor who may otherwise just turn away from the site. </i></dd> <dd id="mwAWc">Related pages: <ul id="mwAWg"><li id="mwAWk"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Welcome,_newcomers" title="Wikivoyage:Welcome, newcomers" id="mwAWo">Welcome, newcomers</a> (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Welcome" title="Welcome" class="mw-redirect" id="mwAWs">welcome</a>)</li> <li id="mwAWw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Welcome,_business_owners" title="Wikivoyage:Welcome, business owners" id="mwAW0">Welcome, business owners</a> (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wbo" title="Wbo" class="mw-redirect" id="mwAW4">wbo</a>)</li> <li id="mwAW8"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Welcome,_Wikipedians" title="Wikivoyage:Welcome, Wikipedians" id="mwAXA">Welcome, Wikipedians</a></li> <li id="mwAXE"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Welcome,_tourism_professionals" title="Wikivoyage:Welcome, tourism professionals" id="mwAXI">Welcome, tourism professionals</a></li></ul></dd></dl> </section><section data-mw-section-id="9" id="mwAXM"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwBNU"><h3 id="Cooperating_with_other_websites" data-mw-thread-id="h-Cooperating_with_other_websites-Community_policies"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Cooperating_with_other_websites-Community_policies"></span>Cooperating with other websites<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Cooperating_with_other_websites-Community_policies"></span></h3></div>  <p id="mwAXQ"><span about="#mwt45" typeof="mw:Transclusion" id="mwAXU" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"WMFLEGAL_Disclaimer","href":"./Template:WMFLEGAL_Disclaimer"},"params":{},"i":0}}]}'>The Wikimedia Foundation believes there is enough room for multiple travel sites to co-exist, and for community members to contribute to multiple sites in this area.</span><br id="mwAXY"/></p> <p id="mwAXc"><i id="mwAXg">All of the various "cooperating with..." policy pages</i><br id="mwAXk"/></p> <ul id="mwAXo"><li id="mwAXs"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Cooperating_with_OpenGuides" title="Wikivoyage:Cooperating with OpenGuides" id="mwAXw">Cooperating with OpenGuides</a></li> <li id="mwAX0"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Cooperating_with_OpenStreetMap" title="Wikivoyage:Cooperating with OpenStreetMap" id="mwAX4">Cooperating with OpenStreetMap</a></li> <li id="mwAX8"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Cooperating_with_Wikia_Travel" title="Wikivoyage:Cooperating with Wikia Travel" id="mwAYA">Cooperating with Wikia Travel</a></li> <li id="mwAYE"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Cooperating_with_Wikidata" title="Wikivoyage:Cooperating with Wikidata" id="mwAYI">Cooperating with Wikidata</a></li> <li id="mwAYM"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Cooperating_with_Wikipedia" title="Wikivoyage:Cooperating with Wikipedia" id="mwAYQ">Cooperating with Wikipedia</a></li></ul> <section data-mw-section-id="10" id="mwAYU"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading4" id="mwBNY"><h4 id="Other_language_Wikivoyage_projects" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_language_Wikivoyage_projects-Cooperating_with_other_websites"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_language_Wikivoyage_projects-Cooperating_with_other_websites"></span>Other language Wikivoyage projects<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_language_Wikivoyage_projects-Cooperating_with_other_websites"></span></h4></div> <p id="mwAYY">Wikivoyage projects have many common goals, and content that is acceptable on English Wikivoyage will usually be welcome on other languages, suitably translated. </p> <p id="mwAYc">If you are registered on the English Wikivoyage project, you are automatically registered on all other Wikimedia Foundation projects, and can edit any of them under your user name following the local policies and guidelines, many of which may be similar to those of English Wikivoyage. Be careful if your command of the local language is poor, and look out for the differences. Our policies are not enforceable on other languages and trying to enforce them will offend. Similarly, their policies are not enforceable here. If you think they are better or should be harmonized, start a discussion about it. The <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Travellers'_pub" title="Wikivoyage:Travellers' pub" id="mwAYg">Travellers' pub</a> is a good place to start such a discussion if a better place is not obvious.</p> </section></section><section data-mw-section-id="11" id="mwAYk"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwBNc"><h3 id="Infrastructure_and_software" data-mw-thread-id="h-Infrastructure_and_software-Community_policies"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Infrastructure_and_software-Community_policies"></span>Infrastructure and software<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Infrastructure_and_software-Community_policies"></span></h3></div> <dl id="mwAYo"><dt id="mwAYs"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Technical_infrastructure_policy" title="Wikivoyage:Technical infrastructure policy" id="mwAYw">Wikivoyage:Technical infrastructure policy</a></dt> <dd id="mwAY0"><i id="mwAY4">Obsolete: the primary Web and database servers that run Wikivoyage.org are now operated by the Wikimedia Foundation. With rare exceptions (such as Wikivoyage-specific map servers), any issues should be reported to WMF through <a rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/" title="phabricator:" class="extiw" id="mwAY8">phabricator:</a> or on <a rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/" title="meta:" class="extiw" id="mwAZA">meta:</a>.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwAZE"><dt id="mwAZI"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Avoid_HTML" title="Wikivoyage:Avoid HTML" id="mwAZM">Avoid HTML</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwAZQ" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt46" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[html]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Html" title="Html" class="mw-redirect">html</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt46" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwAZU"><dd id="mwAZY"><i id="mwAZc">HTML should be avoided in marking up articles. Use Wikimarkup for formatting when possible. If Wikimarkup is not possible, and the formatting will be generally useful, consider a MediaWiki template</i></dd> <dd id="mwAZg">Related pages: <ul id="mwAZk"><li id="mwAZo"><a rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Template" title="meta:Help:Template" class="extiw" id="mwAZs">Template Help at Wikimedia</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAZw"><dt id="mwAZ0"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Offline_version" title="Wikivoyage:Offline version" class="mw-redirect" id="mwAZ4">Offline version</a></dt> <dd id="mwAZ8">Nutshell: <i id="mwAaA">You as a traveller should be able to take your tour guide with you on the road. An internet café is not always just around the corner. But maybe you have a laptop or palm with the content of Wikivoyage on it. Our offline version is (will be) updated weekly.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAaE">Note: We don't have one (yet) officially, although individual users have repackaged <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Database_dump" title="Wikivoyage:Database dump" id="mwAaI">our open-source data</a> in third-party apps or archives which may be downloaded to Android, iOS or similar devices. The underlying Wikimedia database dumps are updated at best twice monthly; these may be repackaged at will if the original licence and authors' attribution is retained. As of 2012, we still need an *.epub (Nook, Kobo) or *.mobi (Kindle) version; this would need to be split into multiple volumes (so each large country or region as an e-book volume) due to e-reader limitations on the size of each book.</dd></dl> <dl id="mwAaM"><dt id="mwAaQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Script_policy" title="Wikivoyage:Script policy" id="mwAaU">Script policy</a></dt> <dd id="mwAaY">Nutshell: <i id="mwAac">Automated scripts that modify Wiki travel guide pages and images must comply with the script policy and be approved.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAag">Related pages: <ul id="mwAak"><li id="mwAao"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Terms_of_use" title="Wikivoyage:Terms of use" id="mwAas">Terms of use</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAaw"><dt id="mwAa0"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Using_MediaWiki_templates" title="Wikivoyage:Using MediaWiki templates" id="mwAa4">Using MediaWiki templates</a></dt> <dd id="mwAa8">Nutshell: <i id="mwAbA">The software we use, MediaWiki, has a feature to include the contents of one article into another automatically. This is called transclusion or templating, although it has nothing to do with our article skeleton templates. Templates should be used for editorial markup and metadata.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAbE">Related pages: <ul id="mwAbI"><li id="mwAbM"><a rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Template" title="meta:Help:Template" class="extiw" id="mwAbQ">Template Help at Wikimedia</a></li> <li id="mwAbU"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Template_index" title="Wikivoyage:Template index" id="mwAbY">Template index</a></li> <li id="mwAbc">Not to be confused with <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Article_skeleton_templates" title="Wikivoyage:Article skeleton templates" id="mwAbg">Article skeleton templates</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAbk"><dt id="mwAbo"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Wiki_markup" title="Wikivoyage:Wiki markup" id="mwAbs">Wiki markup</a></dt> <dd id="mwAbw">Nutshell: <i id="mwAb0">MediaWiki software uses a special code called Wiki markup for formatting the text and images in an article. The Wiki markup used while editing a page will determine how the text looks and what links and images are in the page.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAb4">Related pages: <ul id="mwAb8"><li id="mwAcA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Help" title="Wikivoyage:Help" id="mwAcE">Help</a></li> <li id="mwAcI"><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents" class="external text" id="mwAcM">MediaWiki Help</a></li> <li id="mwAcQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User's_Guide:_Editing_overview#The_wiki_markup" title="meta:MediaWiki User's Guide: Editing overview" class="extiw" id="mwAcU">The MediaWiki User's Guide section on Wiki markup</a></li> <li id="mwAcY"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:External_links" title="Wikivoyage:External links" id="mwAcc">External links</a></li></ul></dd></dl> </section><section data-mw-section-id="12" id="mwAcg"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwBNg"><h3 id="Recognising_contributors_and_articles" data-mw-thread-id="h-Recognising_contributors_and_articles-Community_policies"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Recognising_contributors_and_articles-Community_policies"></span>Recognising contributors and articles<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Recognising_contributors_and_articles-Community_policies"></span></h3></div> <dl id="mwAck"><dt id="mwAco"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Barncompasses" title="Wikivoyage:Barncompasses" id="mwAcs">Barncompasses</a></dt> <dd id="mwAcw">Nutshell: <i id="mwAc0">One great tradition in wiki culture is the barnstar. This is a simple image of an iron star, as used for decoration on barns in the northeastern United States. Because wiki community building is often compared to barn raising -- coming together to work on a project. The barnstar is a symbol of that community-mindedness, and is an informal "award" to recognize a user's exceptional community and content work.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwAc4"><dt id="mwAc8"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Destination_of_the_month" title="Wikivoyage:Destination of the month" id="mwAdA">Destination of the month</a></dt> <dd id="mwAdE">Shotcuts: <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Dotm" title="Dotm" class="mw-redirect" id="mwAdI">dotm</a></dd> <dd id="mwAdM">Nutshell: <i id="mwAdQ">Good articles are be featured on the main page as Destinations of the month</i></dd> <dd id="mwAdU">Related pages: <ul id="mwAdY"><li id="mwAdc"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Destination_of_the_Month_candidates" title="Wikivoyage:Destination of the Month candidates" class="mw-redirect" id="mwAdg">Destination of the month candidates</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAdk"><dt id="mwAdo"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Star_articles" title="Wikivoyage:Star articles" id="mwAds">Star articles</a></dt> <dd id="mwAdw">Nutshell: <i id="mwAd0">Our best articles are recognised by awarding them a star rating</i></dd> <dd id="mwAd4">Related pages: <ul id="mwAd8"><li id="mwAeA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Star_articles" title="Star articles" id="mwAeE">Star articles</a> (List of star articles)</li> <li id="mwAeI"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Star_nominations" title="Wikivoyage:Star nominations" id="mwAeM">Wikivoyage:Star nominations</a> (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Starnom" title="Starnom" class="mw-redirect" id="mwAeQ">starnom</a>)</li></ul></dd></dl> </section></section><section data-mw-section-id="13" id="mwAeU"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Organization_of_the_wiki" data-mw-thread-id="h-Organization_of_the_wiki"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Organization_of_the_wiki"></span>Organization of the wiki<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Organization_of_the_wiki"></span></h2></div> <dl id="mwAeY"><dd id="mwAec"><i id="mwAeg">Structure of the wiki is described here. Structure within an article is described in section <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="#Manual_of_style" class="mw-selflink-fragment" id="mwAek">Manual of style</a>.</i></dd></dl> <section data-mw-section-id="14" id="mwAeo"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwBNk"><h3 id="Hierarchy_of_travel_guides" data-mw-thread-id="h-Hierarchy_of_travel_guides-Organization_of_the_wiki"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Hierarchy_of_travel_guides-Organization_of_the_wiki"></span>Hierarchy of travel guides<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Hierarchy_of_travel_guides-Organization_of_the_wiki"></span></h3></div> <dl id="mwAes"><dt id="mwAew"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Breadcrumb_navigation" title="Wikivoyage:Breadcrumb navigation" id="mwAe0">Breadcrumb navigation</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwAe4" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt49" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[crumb]]<br />[[crumbs]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Crumb" title="Crumb" class="mw-redirect">crumb</a><br/><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Crumbs" title="Crumbs" class="mw-redirect">crumbs</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt49" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwAe8"><dd id="mwAfA">Nutshell: <i id="mwAfE">Wikivoyage has a feature to show bread crumb menus under the title of a destination article to show the countries and regions that a destination belongs to.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAfI">Related pages: <ul id="mwAfM"><li id="mwAfQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Template:IsPartOf" title="Template:IsPartOf" id="mwAfU">Template:IsPartOf</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAfY"><dt id="mwAfc"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Geographical_hierarchy" title="Wikivoyage:Geographical hierarchy" id="mwAfg">Geographical hierarchy</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwAfk" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt52" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[geographical hierarchy]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Geographical_hierarchy" title="Geographical hierarchy" class="mw-redirect">geographical hierarchy</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt52" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwAfo"><dd id="mwAfs">Nutshell: <i id="mwAfw">To help organize travel guide articles, they are arranged into a non-overlapping geographical hierarchy. The type of information contained within an article varies depending on where it is in the hierarchy.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwAf0"><dt id="mwAf4"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Other_ways_of_seeing_travel" title="Wikivoyage:Other ways of seeing travel" id="mwAf8">Other ways of seeing travel</a></dt> <dd id="mwAgA">Nutshell: <i id="mwAgE">Destinations, Travel topics, Itineraries and Phrasebooks</i></dd> <dd id="mwAgI">Related pages: <ul id="mwAgM"><li id="mwAgQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:List_of_phrasebooks" title="Wikivoyage:List of phrasebooks" class="mw-redirect" id="mwAgU">List of phrasebooks</a></li> <li id="mwAgY"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Phrasebook_Expedition" title="Wikivoyage:Phrasebook Expedition" id="mwAgc">Phrasebook expedition</a></li> <li id="mwAgg"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Pseudo-phoneticization_guide" title="Wikivoyage:Pseudo-phoneticization guide" id="mwAgk">Pseudo-phoneticization guide</a></li></ul></dd></dl> </section><section data-mw-section-id="15" id="mwAgo"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwBNo"><h3 id="Creating_travel_guides" data-mw-thread-id="h-Creating_travel_guides-Organization_of_the_wiki"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Creating_travel_guides-Organization_of_the_wiki"></span>Creating travel guides<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Creating_travel_guides-Organization_of_the_wiki"></span></h3></div> <dl id="mwAgs"><dt id="mwAgw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:What_is_an_article%3F" title="Wikivoyage:What is an article?" id="mwAg0">What is an article?</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwAg4" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt55" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[wiaa]]<br />[[wia]]<br />[[na]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wiaa" title="Wiaa" class="mw-redirect">wiaa</a><br/><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wia" title="Wia" class="mw-redirect">wia</a><br/><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Na" title="Na" class="mw-redirect">na</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt55" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwAg8"><dd id="mwAhA">Nutshell (existing page): <i id="mwAhE">Generally, articles can be created for destinations where a traveller can sleep, such as geographical units in the geographical hierarchy (e.g., countries, states, cities). Attractions, companies, transports systems and routine schedules generally do not have articles unless there is a compelling reason for an exception.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAhI">Alt (proposed change): <i id="mwAhM">A destination is a geographical location where the traveller stays for some time, typically over several days, uses accommodation facilities provided at the destination, eats there and engages in activities which are the purpose of the visit. The basic destination is the city, but destination types include regions, national parks, and districts of exceptionally large cities.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAhQ">Note: Regions include continents, continental sections, countries, states, provinces etc. Cities may be split into districts if the article becomes cumbersome.</dd> <dd id="mwAhU">Note: This does not apply to non-destination articles. Travel topics, Itineraries and Phrasebooks should be mentioned.</dd></dl> <p id="mwAhY">We have four categories of article: Destinations, Itineraries, Phrasebooks and Travel topics.</p> <dl id="mwAhc"><dd id="mwAhg">Related pages: <ul id="mwAhk"><li id="mwAho"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_start_a_new_page" title="Wikivoyage:How to start a new page" id="mwAhs">How to start a new page</a></li> <li id="mwAhw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_merge_two_pages" title="Wikivoyage:How to merge two pages" id="mwAh0">How to merge two pages</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAh4"><dt id="mwAh8"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Bodies_of_water" title="Wikivoyage:Bodies of water" id="mwAiA">Bodies of water</a></dt> <dd id="mwAiE">Nutshell: <i id="mwAiI">We don't write destination guide articles about bodies of water. They may be referred to in other destination guides as attractions or as part of an itinerary or in a travel topic.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwAiM"><dt id="mwAiQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Destinations?action=edit&redlink=1" title="Wikivoyage:Destinations (page does not exist)" class="new" typeof="mw:LocalizedAttrs" id="mwAiU" data-mw-i18n='{"title":{"lang":"x-page","key":"red-link-title","params":["Wikivoyage:Destinations"]}}'>Destinations</a></dt> <dd id="mwAiY">Note: update nutshell</dd> <dd id="mwAic">Nutshell:<i id="mwAig">A <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Destinations" title="Destinations" id="mwAik">destination</a> is a geographical location where the traveller stays for some time, typically over several days, uses accommodation facilities provided at the destination, eats there and engages in activities which are the purpose of the visit. Destination types include regions, cities and national parks.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAio">Related pages: <ul id="mwAis"><li id="mwAiw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Bodies_of_water" title="Wikivoyage:Bodies of water" id="mwAi0">Bodies of water</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAi4"><dt id="mwAi8"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Disambiguation_pages" title="Wikivoyage:Disambiguation pages" id="mwAjA">Disambiguation pages</a></dt> <dd id="mwAjE">Nutshell: <i id="mwAjI">A disambiguation page lists the full titles of several different articles with similar names, and allows the traveler to choose between them.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAjM">Related pages: <ul id="mwAjQ"><li id="mwAjU"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Links_to_disambiguating_pages" title="Wikivoyage:Links to disambiguating pages" id="mwAjY">Wikivoyage:Links to disambiguating pages</a> (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Dablink" title="Dablink" class="mw-redirect" id="mwAjc">dablink</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Dp" title="Dp" class="mw-redirect" id="mwAjg">dp</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ldp" title="Ldp" class="mw-redirect" id="mwAjk">ldp</a>)</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAjo"><dt id="mwAjs"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Itineraries" title="Wikivoyage:Itineraries" id="mwAjw">Itineraries</a></dt> <dd id="mwAj0">Nutshell: <i id="mwAj4">An itinerary is a guide for traveling along a specific route through several destinations or attractions, giving suggestions of where to stop, what to see, how to prepare, etc. If you think of our destination guides as dots on a map, an itinerary describes a line that connects those dots.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAj8">Related pages: <ul id="mwAkA"><li id="mwAkE"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Itinerary_article_template" title="Wikivoyage:Itinerary article template" id="mwAkI">Itinerary article template</a></li> <li id="mwAkM"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Itineraries" title="Itineraries" id="mwAkQ">Itineraries</a> (directory, not guideline)</li> <li id="mwAkU"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Travel_topics" title="Travel topics" id="mwAkY">Travel topics</a> (directory, not guideline)</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAkc"><dt id="mwAkg">Phrasebooks</dt> <dd id="mwAkk">Nutshell: <i id="mwAko">Phrasebooks are intended to define just enough of the language so that an English-speaking traveller can "get by" in an area where that language is spoken.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAks">Related pages: <ul id="mwAkw"><li id="mwAk0"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Phrasebook_Expedition" title="Wikivoyage:Phrasebook Expedition" id="mwAk4">Phrasebook Expedition</a></li> <li id="mwAk8"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Phrasebooks" title="Phrasebooks" id="mwAlA">Phrasebooks</a> (directory, not guideline)</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAlE"><dt id="mwAlI"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Travel_topics" title="Wikivoyage:Travel topics" class="mw-redirect" id="mwAlM">Travel topics</a></dt> <dd id="mwAlQ">Nutshell: <i id="mwAlU">Travel topics are articles that deal with a specific topic that is too large or detailed to go in a specific travel guide destination page, or travel tips that are so general that they apply to nearly all destinations and don't need to be in each specific travel guide.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAlY">Note: A huge range of possibilities exist and if there is no guidance available for a proposed article, you can discuss it at the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Travellers'_pub" title="Wikivoyage:Travellers' pub" id="mwAlc">Travellers' pub</a>.</dd> <dd id="mwAlg">Related pages: <ul id="mwAlk"><li id="mwAlo"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Consensus" title="Wikivoyage:Consensus" id="mwAls">Consensus</a></li> <li id="mwAlw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Plunge_forward" title="Wikivoyage:Plunge forward" id="mwAl0">Plunge forward</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAl4"><dt id="mwAl8"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Naming_conventions" title="Wikivoyage:Naming conventions" id="mwAmA">Naming conventions</a></dt> <dd id="mwAmE">Nutshell: <i id="mwAmI">Destination articles should use the name most commonly used in English-speaking countries, or if one doesn't exist, the most commonly used name in the local language.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAmM">Related pages: <ul id="mwAmQ"><li id="mwAmU"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_rename_a_page" title="Wikivoyage:How to rename a page" id="mwAmY">How to rename a page</a></li> <li id="mwAmc"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_redirect_a_page" title="Wikivoyage:How to redirect a page" id="mwAmg">How to redirect a page</a> (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Redirect?action=edit&redlink=1" title="Redirect (page does not exist)" class="new" typeof="mw:LocalizedAttrs" id="mwAmk" data-mw-i18n='{"title":{"lang":"x-page","key":"red-link-title","params":["Redirect"]}}'>redirect</a>)</li></ul></dd></dl> </section><section data-mw-section-id="16" id="mwAmo"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwBNs"><h3 id="Travel_guide_content_policies" data-mw-thread-id="h-Travel_guide_content_policies-Organization_of_the_wiki"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Travel_guide_content_policies-Organization_of_the_wiki"></span>Travel guide content policies<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Travel_guide_content_policies-Organization_of_the_wiki"></span></h3></div> <dl id="mwAms"><dt id="mwAmw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Avoid_negative_reviews" title="Wikivoyage:Avoid negative reviews" id="mwAm0">Avoid negative reviews</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwAm4" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt58" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[anr]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Anr" title="Anr" class="mw-redirect">anr</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt58" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwAm8"><dd id="mwAnA">Nutshell: <i id="mwAnE">Generally, if an attraction or business is not worth going to, leave it out. If a negative review is given, explain why the review is negative.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwAnI"><dt id="mwAnM"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Listings#Rental_listings" title="Wikivoyage:Listings" id="mwAnQ">Rental listings</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwAnU" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt61" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[al]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Al" title="Al" class="mw-redirect">al</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt61" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwAnY"><dd id="mwAnc">Nutshell: <i id="mwAng">Real estate and rental agencies are not listed unless specific criteria are met.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwAnk"><dt id="mwAno"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Listings#Tour_listings" title="Wikivoyage:Listings" id="mwAns">Tour operators</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwAnw" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt64" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[tour]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tour" title="Tour" class="mw-redirect">tour</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt64" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwAn0"><dd id="mwAn4">Nutshell: <i id="mwAn8">Tours should only be listed if they are a value-added activity for the traveller.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAoA">Note: What does this mean?</dd></dl>  <dl id="mwAoE"><dt id="mwAoI"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Sex_tourism_policy" title="Wikivoyage:Sex tourism policy" id="mwAoM">Sex tourism policy</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwAoQ" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt67" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[stp]]<br />[[sex tourism]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Stp" title="Stp" class="mw-redirect">stp</a><br/><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Sex_tourism" title="Sex tourism" class="mw-redirect">sex tourism</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt67" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwAoU"><dd id="mwAoY">Nutshell: <i id="mwAoc">Information relating to sex tourism is not included in our travel guides. Information relating to red-light districts and strip clubs is generally OK.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwAog"><dt id="mwAok"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Illegal_activities_policy" title="Wikivoyage:Illegal activities policy" id="mwAoo">Illegal activities policy</a></dt> <dd id="mwAos">Nutshell: <i id="mwAow">Activities that are illegal at the destination should be discussed in the travel guide article if the information is useful to the traveller, particularly when these activities are commonly legal in other places, or the penalties are unusually severe</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwAo0"><dt id="mwAo4"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Information_for_LGBT_travel" title="Wikivoyage:Information for LGBT travel" id="mwAo8">Information for LGBT travel</a></dt> <dd id="mwApA">Nutshell: <i id="mwApE">Information of interest to LGBT travellers is placed in the appropriate section of the article (e.g., gay bars go in Drink, gay-friendly hotels go in Sleep).</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwApI"><dt id="mwApM"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:When_to_use_dates" title="Wikivoyage:When to use dates" id="mwApQ">When to use dates</a></dt> <dd id="mwApU">Nutshell: <i id="mwApY">Attaching a date to facts can be useful to the traveller, but it must be balanced against maintaining a clear and concise travel guide. Prices are generally not dated, but cultural events may be. Operating hours (including seasonal closures) should be included in the guide.</i></dd> <dd id="mwApc">Related pages: <ul id="mwApg"><li id="mwApk"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Time_and_date_formats" title="Wikivoyage:Time and date formats" id="mwApo">Time and date formats</a> (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tdf" title="Tdf" class="mw-redirect" id="mwAps">tdf</a>)</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwApw"><dt id="mwAp0"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Living_persons" title="Wikivoyage:Living persons" id="mwAp4">Living persons</a></dt> <dd id="mwAp8">Nutshell: <i id="mwAqA">Editors must take particular care when adding information about living persons to any Wikivoyage page. This is seldom an issue, as it is unusual for personal information on specific living people to be relevant to our articles.</i></dd></dl>  </section><section data-mw-section-id="17" id="mwAqE"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwBNw"><h3 id="Article_status" data-mw-thread-id="h-Article_status-Organization_of_the_wiki"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Article_status-Organization_of_the_wiki"></span>Article status<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Article_status-Organization_of_the_wiki"></span></h3></div> <p id="mwAqI">Note: Should we distinguish between status and quality?</p> <dl id="mwAqM"><dt id="mwAqQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Article_status" title="Wikivoyage:Article status" id="mwAqU">Article status</a></dt> <dd id="mwAqY">Nutshell: <i id="mwAqc">The overall quality of each travel guide should be assessed on a five point scale using the identified criteria. Star status is the highest level and is only given after successfully completing the nomination process.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAqg">Related pages: links to various pages describing the different status types: <ul id="mwAqk"><li id="mwAqo"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:City_article_status" title="Wikivoyage:City article status" id="mwAqs">City article status</a></li> <li id="mwAqw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Region_article_status" title="Wikivoyage:Region article status" id="mwAq0">Region article status</a></li> <li id="mwAq4"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Country_article_status" title="Wikivoyage:Country article status" id="mwAq8">Country article status</a></li> <li id="mwArA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Park_article_status" title="Wikivoyage:Park article status" id="mwArE">Park article status</a></li> <li id="mwArI"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Itinerary_status" title="Wikivoyage:Itinerary status" id="mwArM">Itinerary status</a></li> <li id="mwArQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Travel_topic_status" title="Wikivoyage:Travel topic status" id="mwArU">Travel topic status</a></li> <li id="mwArY"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Phrasebook_status" title="Wikivoyage:Phrasebook status" id="mwArc">Phrasebook status</a></li> <li id="mwArg"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Votes_for_deletion" title="Wikivoyage:Votes for deletion" id="mwArk">Votes for deletion</a></li> <li id="mwAro"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Stub_articles" title="Wikivoyage:Stub articles" id="mwArs">Stub articles</a></li> <li id="mwArw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Outline_articles" title="Wikivoyage:Outline articles" id="mwAr0">Outline articles</a></li> <li id="mwAr4"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Usable_articles" title="Wikivoyage:Usable articles" id="mwAr8">Usable articles</a></li> <li id="mwAsA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Guide_articles" title="Wikivoyage:Guide articles" id="mwAsE">Guide articles</a></li> <li id="mwAsI"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Star_articles" title="Wikivoyage:Star articles" id="mwAsM">Star articles</a></li> <li id="mwAsQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Dive_guide_article_status_criteria" title="Wikivoyage:Dive guide article status criteria" id="mwAsU">Dive guide articles</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAsY"><dt id="mwAsc"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Star_nominations" title="Wikivoyage:Star nominations" id="mwAsg">Star nominations</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwAsk" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt70" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[starnom]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Starnom" title="Starnom" class="mw-redirect">starnom</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt70" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwAso"><dd id="mwAss">Nutshell: <i id="mwAsw">Only nominate travel guides that appear to meet the criteria of a Star article. Star status will be given if consensus is reached within the community.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwAs0"><dt id="mwAs4"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Star_potential" title="Wikivoyage:Star potential" id="mwAs8">Star potential</a></dt> <dd id="mwAtA">Nutshell: <i id="mwAtE">Travel guides that are very close to Star status should be identified and tagged as "Star potential". </i></dd> <dd id="mwAtI">Related pages: <ul id="mwAtM"><li id="mwAtQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Category:Star_potential" title="Category:Star potential" id="mwAtU">List of Star potential guides</a></li></ul></dd></dl> </section><section data-mw-section-id="18" id="mwAtY"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwBN0"><h3 id="Pages_that_are_not_travel_guides" data-mw-thread-id="h-Pages_that_are_not_travel_guides-Organization_of_the_wiki"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Pages_that_are_not_travel_guides-Organization_of_the_wiki"></span>Pages that are not travel guides<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Pages_that_are_not_travel_guides-Organization_of_the_wiki"></span></h3></div> <dl id="mwAtc"><dt id="mwAtg"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to" title="Wikivoyage:How to" id="mwAtk">How to</a> pages</dt> <dd id="mwAto">Nutshell: <i id="mwAts">Not only policy, also helpful hints on how to do things that may not be obvious</i></dd> <dd id="mwAtw">Related pages: <ul id="mwAt0"><li id="mwAt4"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_add_an_image" title="Wikivoyage:How to add an image" id="mwAt8">How to add an image</a></li> <li id="mwAuA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_add_travel_news" title="Wikivoyage:How to add travel news" id="mwAuE">How to add travel news</a> (historical)</li> <li id="mwAuI"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_create_a_user_account" title="Wikivoyage:How to create a user account" id="mwAuM">How to create a user account</a></li> <li id="mwAuQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_delete_a_page" title="Wikivoyage:How to delete a page" class="mw-redirect" id="mwAuU">How to delete a page</a></li> <li id="mwAuY"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_describe_yourself" title="Wikivoyage:How to describe yourself" id="mwAuc">How to describe yourself</a></li> <li id="mwAug"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Docents" title="Wikivoyage:Docents" id="mwAuk">How to become a destination docent</a></li> <li id="mwAuo"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_draw_static_maps" title="Wikivoyage:How to draw static maps" id="mwAus">Wikivoyage:How to draw static maps</a></li> <li id="mwAuw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_use_dynamic_maps" title="Wikivoyage:How to use dynamic maps" id="mwAu0">Wikivoyage:How to use dynamic maps</a></li> <li id="mwAu4"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_edit_a_page" title="Wikivoyage:How to edit a page" id="mwAu8">How to edit a page</a></li> <li id="mwAvA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_handle_unwanted_edits" title="Wikivoyage:How to handle unwanted edits" id="mwAvE">How to handle unwanted edits</a></li> <li id="mwAvI"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Disambiguation_pages" title="Wikivoyage:Disambiguation pages" id="mwAvM">How to make a disambiguation page</a></li> <li id="mwAvQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_merge_two_pages" title="Wikivoyage:How to merge two pages" id="mwAvU">How to merge two pages</a></li> <li id="mwAvY"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_redirect_a_page" title="Wikivoyage:How to redirect a page" id="mwAvc">How to redirect a page</a></li> <li id="mwAvg"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_rename_a_page" title="Wikivoyage:How to rename a page" id="mwAvk">How to rename a page</a></li> <li id="mwAvo"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_re-use_Wikivoyage_guides" title="Wikivoyage:How to re-use Wikivoyage guides" id="mwAvs">How to re-use Wikivoyage guides</a></li> <li id="mwAvw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_revert_a_page" title="Wikivoyage:How to revert a page" id="mwAv0">How to revert a page</a></li> <li id="mwAv4"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_start_a_new_page" title="Wikivoyage:How to start a new page" id="mwAv8">How to start a new page</a></li> <li id="mwAwA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Using_talk_pages" title="Wikivoyage:Using talk pages" id="mwAwE">How to use talk pages</a></li> <li id="mwAwI"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Wiki_markup" title="Wikivoyage:Wiki markup" id="mwAwM">How to use Wiki markup</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAwQ"><dt id="mwAwU"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Main_Page_guidelines" title="Wikivoyage:Main Page guidelines" id="mwAwY">Main Page guidelines</a></dt> <dd id="mwAwc">Nutshell: <i id="mwAwg">The Main Page is the entry point for most casual readers into Wikivoyage. It should show us in our best light. It includes a mix of gradually-changing information. Any logged-in user can edit it but, because of the complexity of the page layout, great care should be taken.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwAwk"><dt id="mwAwo"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Namespaces" title="Wikivoyage:Namespaces" id="mwAws">Namespaces</a></dt> <dd id="mwAww">Note: this page could be modified and used as the landing page for 4.0 Organization</dd> <dd id="mwAw0">Nutshell: <i id="mwAw4">The software used by the Wikivoyage travel guide lets us split up the site into multiple namespaces. With namespaces, each page is explicitly tagged to show what it's used for and where it fits in the site structure.</i></dd> <dd id="mwAw8">Related pages: <ul id="mwAxA"><li id="mwAxE"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Namespace_index" title="Wikivoyage:Namespace index" id="mwAxI">Namespace index</a> Note: Really only an index to the Wikivoyage namespace.</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAxM"><dt id="mwAxQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_redirect_a_page" title="Wikivoyage:How to redirect a page" id="mwAxU">Redirect pages</a></dt> <dd id="mwAxY">Nutshell: <i id="mwAxc">A redirect page is a page that automatically links to another page. There are several possible reasons to have a redirect.</i></dd></dl> <dl id="mwAxg"><dt id="mwAxk"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Special_pages_help" title="Wikivoyage:Special pages help" id="mwAxo">Special pages help</a></dt> <dd id="mwAxs">Nutshell: <i id="mwAxw">Special pages are pages that provide a range of information about the information Wikivoyage contains. Through these pages you can quickly find most of the information in the guide, identify problems, locate users, see statistics and even find out what is missing!</i></dd> <dd id="mwAx0">Related pages: <ul id="mwAx4"><li id="mwAx8"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:AllMessages" title="Special:AllMessages" id="mwAyA">Allmessages</a></li> <li id="mwAyE"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:AllPages" title="Special:AllPages" id="mwAyI">Allpages</a></li> <li id="mwAyM"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:AncientPages" title="Special:AncientPages" id="mwAyQ">Ancientpages</a></li> <li id="mwAyU"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:BookSources" title="Special:BookSources" id="mwAyY">Booksources</a></li> <li id="mwAyc"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:DeadendPages" title="Special:DeadendPages" id="mwAyg">Deadendpages</a></li> <li id="mwAyk"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:Export" title="Special:Export" id="mwAyo">Export</a></li> <li id="mwAys"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles" title="Special:ListFiles" id="mwAyw">Imagelist</a></li> <li id="mwAy0"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:BlockList" title="Special:BlockList" id="mwAy4">Ipblocklist</a></li> <li id="mwAy8"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:ListAdmins" title="Special:ListAdmins" id="mwAzA">Listadmins</a></li> <li id="mwAzE"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:ListUsers" title="Special:ListUsers" id="mwAzI">Listusers</a></li> <li id="mwAzM"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:LonelyPages" title="Special:LonelyPages" id="mwAzQ">Lonelypages</a></li> <li id="mwAzU"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:LongPages" title="Special:LongPages" id="mwAzY">Longpages</a></li> <li id="mwAzc"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="Special:MyContributions" id="mwAzg">Mycontributions</a></li> <li id="mwAzk"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:MyPage" title="Special:MyPage" id="mwAzo">Mypage</a></li> <li id="mwAzs"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:NewPages" title="Special:NewPages" id="mwAzw">Newpages</a></li> <li id="mwAz0"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:Preferences" title="Special:Preferences" id="mwAz4">Preferences</a></li> <li id="mwAz8"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:Random" title="Special:Random" id="mwA0A">Randompage</a></li> <li id="mwA0E"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="Special:RecentChanges" id="mwA0I">Recentchanges</a></li> <li id="mwA0M"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:ShortPages" title="Special:ShortPages" id="mwA0Q">Shortpages</a></li> <li id="mwA0U"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:Statistics" title="Special:Statistics" id="mwA0Y">Statistics</a></li> <li id="mwA0c"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:UnusedFiles" title="Special:UnusedFiles" id="mwA0g">Unusedimages</a></li> <li id="mwA0k"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:Upload" title="Special:Upload" id="mwA0o">Upload</a></li> <li id="mwA0s"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:UserLogin" title="Special:UserLogin" id="mwA0w">Userlogin</a></li> <li id="mwA00"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:UserLogout" title="Special:UserLogout" id="mwA04">Userlogout</a></li> <li id="mwA08"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:Version" title="Special:Version" id="mwA1A">Version</a></li> <li id="mwA1E"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:WantedPages" title="Special:WantedPages" id="mwA1I">Wantedpages</a></li> <li id="mwA1M"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist" title="Special:Watchlist" id="mwA1Q">Watchlist</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwA1U"><dt id="mwA1Y"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:User_page_help" title="Wikivoyage:User page help" id="mwA1c">User page help</a></dt> <dd id="mwA1g">Nutshell: <i id="mwA1k">Wikivoyage users that create their own user accounts get assigned their own user page. These pages are intended to provide a brief introduction about the user. Associated pages provide a personal sandbox to work on projects or ideas outside the "main" travel guide amd a communications medium for collaborating with other users.</i></dd> <dd id="mwA1o">Related pages: <ul id="mwA1s"><li id="mwA1w"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_describe_yourself" title="Wikivoyage:How to describe yourself" id="mwA10">How to describe yourself</a></li> <li id="mwA14"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_create_a_user_account" title="Wikivoyage:How to create a user account" id="mwA18">How to create a user account</a></li> <li id="mwA2A"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Welcome,_newcomers" title="Wikivoyage:Welcome, newcomers" id="mwA2E">Welcome, newcomers</a></li> <li id="mwA2I"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Babel" title="Wikivoyage:Babel" id="mwA2M">Babel</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwA2Q"><dt id="mwA2U"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Using_talk_pages" title="Wikivoyage:Using talk pages" id="mwA2Y">Using talk pages</a></dt> <dd id="mwA2c">Nutshell: <i id="mwA2g">Every article on Wikivoyage has an associated talk page for discussing that article. Talk pages are not chat boards or comment areas; they're for coordinating editorial decisions, suggesting new material that should be considered, and generally collaborating on making a great article.</i></dd></dl>  </section></section><section data-mw-section-id="19" id="mwA2k"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Manual_of_style" data-mw-thread-id="h-Manual_of_style"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Manual_of_style"></span>Manual of style<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Manual_of_style"></span></h2></div> <dl id="mwA2o"><dt id="mwA2s"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Manual_of_style" title="Wikivoyage:Manual of style" id="mwA2w">Manual of style</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwA20" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt73" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[mos]]<br />[[style]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Mos" title="Mos" class="mw-redirect">mos</a><br/><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Style" title="Style" class="mw-redirect">style</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt73" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <p id="mwA24">Nutshell: <i id="mwA28">Our Manual of style is a collection of rules of thumb and guidelines for giving Wikivoyage articles a consistent look and feel. Most of these rules have exceptions, but to put together a good reference work collaboratively, it's best to follow the rules unless they're quite inappropriate for a particular situation.</i></p> <dl id="mwA3A"><dd id="mwA3E">Note: Structure within an article is described here. Structure of the wiki is described in section <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="#Organization_of_the_wiki" class="mw-selflink-fragment" id="mwA3I">Organization of the wiki</a>.</dd></dl> <section data-mw-section-id="20" id="mwA3M"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwBN4"><h3 id="Structure_of_travel_guide_articles" data-mw-thread-id="h-Structure_of_travel_guide_articles-Manual_of_style"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Structure_of_travel_guide_articles-Manual_of_style"></span>Structure of travel guide articles<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Structure_of_travel_guide_articles-Manual_of_style"></span></h3></div> <dl id="mwA3Q"><dt id="mwA3U"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Article_skeleton_templates" title="Wikivoyage:Article skeleton templates" id="mwA3Y">Article skeleton templates</a></dt> <dd id="mwA3c">Nutshell: <i id="mwA3g">Travel guides are generally structured using standardized section headings and order, and we have handy substitution templates to help with this.</i></dd> <dd id="mwA3k">Related pages: <ul id="mwA3o"><li id="mwA3s"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Article_skeleton_templates/Sections" title="Wikivoyage:Article skeleton templates/Sections" id="mwA3w">Article skeleton template sections</a></li> <li id="mwA30"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Article_skeleton_templates" title="Wikivoyage:Article skeleton templates" id="mwA34">Article skeleton templates</a></li> <li id="mwA38"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Country_article_template" title="Wikivoyage:Country article template" id="mwA4A">Country article template</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Quick_country_article_template" title="Wikivoyage:Quick country article template" id="mwA4E">quick country article template</a></li> <li id="mwA4I"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Region_article_template" title="Wikivoyage:Region article template" id="mwA4M">Region article template</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Quick_region_article_template" title="Wikivoyage:Quick region article template" id="mwA4Q">quick region article template</a></li> <li id="mwA4U"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Small_city_article_template" title="Wikivoyage:Small city article template" id="mwA4Y">Small city article template</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Quick_small_city_article_template" title="Wikivoyage:Quick small city article template" id="mwA4c">quick small city article template</a></li> <li id="mwA4g"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Big_city_article_template" title="Wikivoyage:Big city article template" id="mwA4k">Big city article template</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Quick_big_city_article_template" title="Wikivoyage:Quick big city article template" id="mwA4o">quick big city article template</a></li> <li id="mwA4s"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Huge_city_article_template" title="Wikivoyage:Huge city article template" id="mwA4w">Huge city article template</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Quick_huge_city_article_template" title="Wikivoyage:Quick huge city article template" id="mwA40">quick huge city article template</a></li> <li id="mwA44"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:District_article_template" title="Wikivoyage:District article template" id="mwA48">District article template</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Quick_district_article_template" title="Wikivoyage:Quick district article template" id="mwA5A">quick district article template</a></li> <li id="mwA5E"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Rural_area_article_template" title="Wikivoyage:Rural area article template" id="mwA5I">Rural area article template</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Quick_rural_area_article_template" title="Wikivoyage:Quick rural area article template" id="mwA5M">quick rural area article template</a></li> <li id="mwA5Q"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Park_template" title="Wikivoyage:Park template" class="mw-redirect" id="mwA5U">Park template</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Quick_park_template" title="Wikivoyage:Quick park template" class="mw-redirect" id="mwA5Y">quick park template</a></li> <li id="mwA5c"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Itinerary_article_template" title="Wikivoyage:Itinerary article template" id="mwA5g">Itinerary article template</a></li> <li id="mwA5k"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Phrasebook_template" title="Wikivoyage:Phrasebook template" class="mw-redirect" id="mwA5o">Phrasebook template</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Quick_phrasebook_template" title="Wikivoyage:Quick phrasebook template" class="mw-redirect" id="mwA5s">quick phrasebook template</a></li> <li id="mwA5w"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Template:DiveRegion" title="Template:DiveRegion" id="mwA50">Dive region template</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Template:Divesite" title="Template:Divesite" id="mwA54">Divesite template</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwA58"><dt id="mwA6A"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Avoid_long_lists" title="Wikivoyage:Avoid long lists" id="mwA6E">Avoid long lists</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwA6I" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt76" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[7+2]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/7+2" title="7+2" class="mw-redirect">7+2</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt76" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwA6M"><dd id="mwA6Q">Nutshell: <i id="mwA6U">Long lists and large groups of items can be difficult to grasp. If there are more than 9 items to group, consider subdividing into groups of 7±2 items.</i></dd> <dd id="mwA6Y">Related pages: <ul id="mwA6c"><li id="mwA6g"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Geographical_hierarchy" title="Wikivoyage:Geographical hierarchy" id="mwA6k">Geographical hierarchy</a></li> <li id="mwA6o"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Listings" title="Wikivoyage:Listings" id="mwA6s">Listings</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwA6w"><dt id="mwA60"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Banners" title="Wikivoyage:Banners" id="mwA64">Banners</a></dt> <dd id="mwA68">Nutshell: <i id="mwA7A">All main space articles – destinations, travel topics, phrase books and disambiguation pages – should have a page banner based on the standard <span about="#mwt79" typeof="mw:Transclusion" id="mwA7E" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"tl","href":"./Template:Tl"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Pagebanner"}},"i":0}}]}'>{{</span><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Template:Pagebanner" title="Template:Pagebanner" about="#mwt79">Pagebanner</a><span about="#mwt79">}}</span> template. The template should not be used for project pages or talk pages.</i></dd> <dd id="mwA7I">Related pages: <ul id="mwA7M"><li id="mwA7Q"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Banner_Expedition" title="Wikivoyage:Banner Expedition" id="mwA7U">Banner expedition</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwA7Y"><dt id="mwA7c"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Climate?action=edit&redlink=1" title="Wikivoyage:Climate (page does not exist)" class="new" typeof="mw:LocalizedAttrs" id="mwA7g" data-mw-i18n='{"title":{"lang":"x-page","key":"red-link-title","params":["Wikivoyage:Climate"]}}'>Climate</a> (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/User:Shaund/Sandbox_Policies##Presenting_climate_information" title="User:Shaund/Sandbox Policies" class="mw-redirect" id="mwA7k">draft policy</a>)</dt> <dd id="mwA7o">Nutshell: <i id="mwA7s">Provide basic climate information about the destination. It helps to travel light by bringing only the things one needs, and to travel comfortably by bringing the right things.</i></dd> <dd id="mwA7w">Related pages: <ul id="mwA70"><li id="mwA74"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Climate_Expedition" title="Wikivoyage:Climate Expedition" id="mwA78">Wikivoyage:Climate Expedition</a></li> <li id="mwA8A"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Template:Climate" title="Template:Climate" id="mwA8E">Template:Climate</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwA8I"><dt id="mwA8M"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Geocoding" title="Wikivoyage:Geocoding" id="mwA8Q">Geocoding</a></dt> <dd id="mwA8U">Nutshell: <i id="mwA8Y">It's possible to encode information about the latitude and longitude of a destination into the destination guide itself.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwA8c"><dt id="mwA8g"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Information_boxes" title="Wikivoyage:Information boxes" id="mwA8k">Information boxes</a></dt> <dd id="mwA8o">Nutshell: <i id="mwA8s">An information box tells the reader something interesting about the destination or an attraction that is not included in the listing. They are good for providing supplemental information but should not be overused in an article.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwA8w"><dt id="mwA80"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Listings" title="Wikivoyage:Listings" id="mwA84">Listings</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwA88" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt81" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[listings]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Listings" title="Listings" class="mw-redirect">listings</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt81" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwA9A"><dd id="mwA9E">Nutshell: <i id="mwA9I">Use standardized templates to provide consistent and complete information for business and attraction listings.</i></dd> <dd id="mwA9M">Related pages: <ul id="mwA9Q"><li id="mwA9U"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Where_you_can_stick_it" title="Wikivoyage:Where you can stick it" id="mwA9Y">Where you can stick it</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwA9c"><dt id="mwA9g"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Map" title="Wikivoyage:Map" id="mwA9k">Map (Draft Policy)</a></dt> <dd id="mwA9o">Nutshell: <i id="mwA9s">A picture may be worth a thousand words, but when a trying to find your way around a new city, it's more like a million. A clear and simple map can save hours or even days of hassle.</i></dd> <dd id="mwA9w">Related pages: <ul id="mwA90"><li id="mwA94"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_draw_static_maps" title="Wikivoyage:How to draw static maps" id="mwA98">How to draw static maps</a></li> <li id="mwA-A"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_use_dynamic_maps" title="Wikivoyage:How to use dynamic maps" id="mwA-E">How to use dynamic maps</a></li> <li id="mwA-I"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Mapmaking_expedition" title="Wikivoyage:Mapmaking expedition" class="mw-redirect" id="mwA-M">Mapmaking expedition</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwA-Q"><dt id="mwA-U"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:One-liner_listings" title="Wikivoyage:One-liner listings" id="mwA-Y">One-liner listings</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwA-c" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt84" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[1liner]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/1liner" title="1liner" class="mw-redirect">1liner</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt84" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwA-g"><dd id="mwA-k">Nutshell: <i id="mwA-o">A brief description of a destination that allows the reader to select the travel guide they want to read.</i></dd> <dd id="mwA-s">Related pages: <ul id="mwA-w"><li id="mwA-0"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Listings" title="Wikivoyage:Listings" id="mwA-4">Listings</a></li> <li id="mwA-8"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Manual_of_style#Formatting_style" title="Wikivoyage:Manual of style" id="mwA_A">Formatting style</a></li> <li id="mwA_E"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Article_skeleton_templates" title="Wikivoyage:Article skeleton templates" id="mwA_I">Article skeleton templates</a></li> <li id="mwA_M"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Section_headers" title="Wikivoyage:Section headers" id="mwA_Q">Section headers</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwA_U"><dt id="mwA_Y"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Routebox_navigation" title="Wikivoyage:Routebox navigation" id="mwA_c">Routebox navigation</a></dt> <dd id="mwA_g">Nutshell: <i id="mwA_k">Routeboxes are included in the Go next section and provide a quick way of identifying nearby destinations. Routes should reflect the type(s) of travel commonly used in the local area.</i></dd> <dd id="mwA_o">Related pages: <ul id="mwA_s"><li id="mwA_w"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Route_icons" title="Wikivoyage:Route icons" id="mwA_0">Route icons</a></li> <li id="mwA_4"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:United_States_route_icons" title="Wikivoyage:United States route icons" id="mwA_8">U.S. route icons</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwBAA"><dt id="mwBAE"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Section_headers" title="Wikivoyage:Section headers" id="mwBAI">Section headers</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwBAM" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt87" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[sh]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Sh" title="Sh" class="mw-redirect">sh</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt87" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwBAQ"><dd id="mwBAU">Nutshell: <i id="mwBAY">Wherever possible, section headers should be identical to the ones in the article skeletons. The more consistent the sections of articles in Wikivoyage are, the easier it is for readers to find what they're looking for.</i></dd> <dd id="mwBAc">Related pages: <ul id="mwBAg"><li id="mwBAk"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Article_skeleton_templates/Sections" title="Wikivoyage:Article skeleton templates/Sections" id="mwBAo">Article skeleton templates/Sections</a></li> <li id="mwBAs"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Listings" title="Wikivoyage:Listings" id="mwBAw">Listings</a></li></ul></dd></dl> </section><section data-mw-section-id="21" id="mwBA0"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwBN8"><h3 id="Writing_style" data-mw-thread-id="h-Writing_style-Manual_of_style"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Writing_style-Manual_of_style"></span>Writing style<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Writing_style-Manual_of_style"></span></h3></div> <dl id="mwBA4"><dt id="mwBA8"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Abbreviations" title="Wikivoyage:Abbreviations" id="mwBBA">Abbreviations</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwBBE" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt90" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[abbr]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Abbr" title="Abbr" class="mw-redirect">abbr</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt90" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwBBI"><dd id="mwBBM">Nutshell: <i id="mwBBQ">Using abbreviations for commonly known terms is encouraged. The abbreviations used should be uniform.</i></dd> <dd id="mwBBU">Related pages: <ul id="mwBBY"><li id="mwBBc"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Spelling" title="Wikivoyage:Spelling" id="mwBBg">Spelling</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwBBk"><dt id="mwBBo"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Creating_emphasis" title="Wikivoyage:Creating emphasis" id="mwBBs">Creating emphasis</a> (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Italics" title="Italics" class="mw-redirect" id="mwBBw">italics</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bold" title="Bold" class="mw-redirect" id="mwBB0">bold</a>)  </dt><dd id="mwBB4">Nutshell: <i id="mwBB8">Use boldface to call important topics and use italics for emphasis.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwBCA"><dt id="mwBCE"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:No_advice_from_Captain_Obvious" title="Wikivoyage:No advice from Captain Obvious" id="mwBCI">No advice from Captain Obvious</a></dt> <dd id="mwBCM">Nutshell: <i id="mwBCQ">If something is very obvious or true for nearly all destinations, it does not need to be written.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwBCU"><dt id="mwBCY"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Use_of_pronouns" title="Wikivoyage:Use of pronouns" id="mwBCc">Use of Pronouns</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwBCg" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt93" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[1st]]<br />[[fpp]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/1st?action=edit&redlink=1" title="1st (page does not exist)" class="new" typeof="mw:LocalizedAttrs" data-mw-i18n='{"title":{"lang":"x-page","key":"red-link-title","params":["1st"]}}'>1st</a><br/><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Fpp" title="Fpp" class="mw-redirect">fpp</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt93" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwBCk"><dd id="mwBCo">Note: this is a combination of the existing 1st and 2nd person policies.</dd> <dd id="mwBCs">Nutshell: <i id="mwBCw">You can address the reader, but do not refer to yourself in an article.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwBC0"><dt id="mwBC4"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Words_to_avoid" title="Wikivoyage:Words to avoid" id="mwBC8">Words to avoid</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwBDA" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt96" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[wta]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wta" title="Wta" class="mw-redirect">wta</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt96" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwBDE"><dd id="mwBDI">Nutshell: <i id="mwBDM">A list of words to avoid when describing a destination and its attractions and businesses.</i></dd> <dd id="mwBDQ">Alt: <i id="mwBDU">Don't use weasel words, waffle, double-talk or puffery.</i></dd></dl>  </section><section data-mw-section-id="22" id="mwBDY"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwBOA"><h3 id="Language" data-mw-thread-id="h-Language-Manual_of_style"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Language-Manual_of_style"></span>Language<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Language-Manual_of_style"></span></h3></div> <dl id="mwBDc"><dt id="mwBDg"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Foreign_words" title="Wikivoyage:Foreign words" id="mwBDk">Foreign words</a></dt> <dd id="mwBDo">Nutshell: <i id="mwBDs">It's often useful to point out the local-language name for a place or thing in an article. List the foreign-language word in parentheses after the English name.</i></dd> <dd id="mwBDw">Related pages: <ul id="mwBD0"><li id="mwBD4"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Naming_conventions" title="Wikivoyage:Naming conventions" id="mwBD8">Wikivoyage:Naming conventions</a></li> <li id="mwBEA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Romanization" title="Wikivoyage:Romanization" id="mwBEE">Wikivoyage:Romanization</a></li> <li id="mwBEI"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Spelling" title="Wikivoyage:Spelling" id="mwBEM">Wikivoyage:Spelling</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwBEQ"><dt id="mwBEU"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Romanization" title="Wikivoyage:Romanization" id="mwBEY">Romanization</a></dt> <dd id="mwBEc">Nutshell: <i id="mwBEg">Non-Latin alphabet names should be written in the latin alphabet for English to assist readers in pronounciation.</i></dd> <dd id="mwBEk">Alt: <i id="mwBEo">Romanization is the process of mapping a script into the Latin alphabet used for English. As a rule of thumb, romanization should allow the casual reader to guess at the pronunciation, and the expert to pronounce it right.</i></dd> <dd id="mwBEs">Related pages: -</dd></dl> <dl id="mwBEw"><dt id="mwBE0"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Spelling" title="Wikivoyage:Spelling" id="mwBE4">Spelling</a></dt> <dd id="mwBE8">Nutshell: <i id="mwBFA">Destination guides should be written in the local variant of English.</i></dd> <dd id="mwBFE">Related pages: <ul id="mwBFI"><li id="mwBFM"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:List_of_common_misspellings" title="Wikivoyage:List of common misspellings" id="mwBFQ">List of common misspellings</a></li> <li id="mwBFU"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Naming_conventions" title="Wikivoyage:Naming conventions" id="mwBFY">Naming conventions</a></li> <li id="mwBFc"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Foreign_words" title="Wikivoyage:Foreign words" id="mwBFg">Foreign words</a></li> <li id="mwBFk"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Romanization" title="Wikivoyage:Romanization" id="mwBFo">Romanization</a></li> <li id="mwBFs"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Abbreviations" title="Wikivoyage:Abbreviations" id="mwBFw">Abbreviations</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl id="mwBF0"><dt id="mwBF4"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Trademarks" title="Wikivoyage:Trademarks" id="mwBF8">Trademarks</a></dt> <dd id="mwBGA">Nutshell: <i id="mwBGE">It is OK to refer to trademarks, but trademark symbols should not be used.</i></dd></dl>  </section><section data-mw-section-id="23" id="mwBGI"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwBOE"><h3 id="Numbers_and_dates" data-mw-thread-id="h-Numbers_and_dates-Manual_of_style"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Numbers_and_dates-Manual_of_style"></span>Numbers and dates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Numbers_and_dates-Manual_of_style"></span></h3></div> <dl id="mwBGM"><dt id="mwBGQ"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Currency" title="Wikivoyage:Currency" id="mwBGU">Currency</a></dt> <dd id="mwBGY">Nutshell: <i id="mwBGc">The cost of an item should be listed in the local currency unless the local convention is to list the price in a foreign currency. Prices should be listed with the currency symbol or abbreviation that travellers will encounter.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwBGg"><dt id="mwBGk"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Measurements" title="Wikivoyage:Measurements" id="mwBGo">Measurements</a></dt> <dd id="mwBGs">Nutshell: <i id="mwBGw">Metric or imperial units of measurement should be displayed depending on the predominant local usage. It is good practice to provide both metric and imperial conversions (local units first with conversion in parentheses).</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwBG0"><dt id="mwBG4"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Phone_numbers" title="Wikivoyage:Phone numbers" id="mwBG8">Phone numbers</a></dt> <dd id="mwBHA">Nutshell: <i id="mwBHE">Format phone numbers as they would be dialled internationally but in a way that separates the country code, area code, and part that can be dialled locally.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwBHI"><dt id="mwBHM"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Time_and_date_formats" title="Wikivoyage:Time and date formats" id="mwBHQ">Time and date formats</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwBHU" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt99" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[tdf]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tdf" title="Tdf" class="mw-redirect">tdf</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt99" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwBHY"><dd id="mwBHc">Nutshell: <i id="mwBHg">Times should be displayed in the local timezone using the 12 or 24 hour format, whichever is the predominant local usage. Days of the week should be abbreviated to the minimum number of letters. Dates should use the format dd mmm yyyy.</i></dd> <dd id="mwBHk">Related pages: <ul id="mwBHo"><li id="mwBHs"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:When_to_use_dates" title="Wikivoyage:When to use dates" id="mwBHw">When to use dates</a></li> <li id="mwBH0"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Abbreviations" title="Wikivoyage:Abbreviations" id="mwBH4">Abbreviations</a></li></ul></dd></dl> </section></section><section data-mw-section-id="24" id="mwBH8"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Legal_information" data-mw-thread-id="h-Legal_information"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Legal_information"></span>Legal information<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Legal_information"></span></h2></div> <section data-mw-section-id="25" id="mwBIA"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwBOI"><h3 id="Terms_of_use" data-mw-thread-id="h-Terms_of_use-Legal_information"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Terms_of_use-Legal_information"></span>Terms of use<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Terms_of_use-Legal_information"></span></h3></div> <dl id="mwBIE"><dt id="mwBII"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Cookies" title="Wikivoyage:Cookies" id="mwBIM">Cookies</a></dt> <dd id="mwBIQ">Nutshell: <i id="mwBIU">Cookies are not required to read or edit a guide, but they are necessary to log into and use a user account.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwBIY"><dt id="mwBIc"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Disclaimer" title="Wikivoyage:Disclaimer" id="mwBIg">Disclaimer</a></dt> <dd id="mwBIk">Nutshell: <i id="mwBIo">You're responsible for yourself, we're not.</i></dd></dl> <dl id="mwBIs"><dt id="mwBIw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Terms_of_use" title="Wikivoyage:Terms of use" id="mwBI0">Terms of use</a></dt> <dd id="mwBI4">Nutshell: <i id="mwBI8">The whole content of Wikivoyage is available for everybody, provided that our Copyleft license is followed. Besides this webserver we provide our content as XML dumps and an offline version for re-use.</i></dd> <dd id="mwBJA">Related pages: <ul id="mwBJE"><li id="mwBJI"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_re-use_Wikivoyage_guides" title="Wikivoyage:How to re-use Wikivoyage guides" id="mwBJM">How to re-use Wikivoyage guides</a></li></ul></dd></dl> </section><section data-mw-section-id="26" id="mwBJQ"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwBOM"><h3 id="Licencing_and_redistribution" data-mw-thread-id="h-Licencing_and_redistribution-Legal_information"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Licencing_and_redistribution-Legal_information"></span>Licencing and redistribution<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Licencing_and_redistribution-Legal_information"></span></h3></div> <dl id="mwBJU"><dt id="mwBJY"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Copyleft" title="Wikivoyage:Copyleft" id="mwBJc">Copyleft</a></dt></dl> <div id="mwBJg" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaff; margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; text-align: center; padding:5px; float: right; clear: right; background-color: var(--wv-notice-bg-color, #f4f4ff); color: var(--wv-notice-fg-color, #202122);" about="#mwt102" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Shortcut","href":"./Template:Shortcut"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"[[copyleft]]<br />[[copyright]]<br />[[copyvio]]"}},"i":0}}]}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Shortcuts" title="Wikivoyage:Shortcuts">Shortcut:</a><br/><b><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Copyleft" title="Copyleft" class="mw-redirect">copyleft</a><br/><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright" class="mw-redirect">copyright</a><br/><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Copyvio" title="Copyvio" class="mw-redirect">copyvio</a></b></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4909512" about="#mwt102" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Shortcut/styles.css"}}'/> <dl id="mwBJk"><dd id="mwBJo">Nutshell: <i id="mwBJs">All written contributions to this project are automatically licenced under CC BY-SA 3.0. All files uploaded to the project must be licenced under CC BY-SA or a compatible licence.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwBJw"><dt id="mwBJ0"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Copyright-related_issues" title="Wikivoyage:Copyright-related issues" id="mwBJ4">Copyright-related issues</a></dt> <dd id="mwBJ8">Note: was "Copyright details" - this page is about copyright-related issues contributors could encounter - recommend changing the name of the page so it's more clear what it is.</dd></dl>  <dl id="mwBKA"><dt id="mwBKE"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Database_dump" title="Wikivoyage:Database dump" id="mwBKI">Database dump</a></dt> <dd id="mwBKM">Nutshell: <i id="mwBKQ">The Mediawiki software provides a XML format for data exchange between wikis. As a matter of principle, the Wikimedia Foundation keeps its open-source content in a readily downloadable format for import into another running Mediawiki installation.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwBKU"><dt id="mwBKY"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Dual_licensing" title="Wikivoyage:Dual licensing" id="mwBKc">Dual licencing</a></dt> <dd id="mwBKg">Nutshell: <i id="mwBKk">The original creator of a work can choose to dual licence it. Subsequent contributors can only dual licence the work if it was previously dual-licenced.</i></dd> <dd id="mwBKo">Note: Will this be necessary when we work from Commons?</dd></dl>  <dl id="mwBKs"><dt id="mwBKw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Full_text_of_the_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_license" title="Wikivoyage:Full text of the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license" id="mwBK0">Full text of the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license</a></dt></dl>  <dl id="mwBK4"><dt id="mwBK8"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Full_text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License,_Version_1.2" title="Wikivoyage:Full text of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2" id="mwBLA">Full text of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2</a></dt></dl>  <dl id="mwBLE"><dt id="mwBLI"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:How_to_re-use_Wikivoyage_guides" title="Wikivoyage:How to re-use Wikivoyage guides" id="mwBLM">How to re-use Wikivoyage guides</a></dt> <dd id="mwBLQ">Nutshell: <i id="mwBLU">To redistribute Wikivoyage content, you must attribute the authors of the content (not just Wikivoyage), and clearly note that the Wikivoyage content is available under the CC-by-sa 3.0 license, and note the specific copyright for each image.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwBLY"><dt id="mwBLc"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:License_upgrade" title="Wikivoyage:License upgrade" id="mwBLg">License upgrade</a></dt> <dd id="mwBLk">Nutshell: <i id="mwBLo">Following broad consensus in favor, the license was upgraded to CC-by-sa 3.0 on January 1, 2010.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwBLs"><dt id="mwBLw"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Non-compliant_redistribution" title="Wikivoyage:Non-compliant redistribution" id="mwBL0">Non-compliant redistribution</a></dt> <dd id="mwBL4">Nutshell: <i id="mwBL8">Non-compliant distributors should be contacted and made aware of their obligations under the licence.</i></dd></dl>  <dl id="mwBMA"><dt id="mwBME"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Non-free_content" title="Wikivoyage:Non-free content" id="mwBMI">Non-free content</a></dt> <dd id="mwBMM">Nutshell: <i id="mwBMQ">To remain as free as possible, Wikivoyage allows only limited use of photographs of copyrighted artwork and buildings.</i></dd> <dd id="mwBMU">Note: This is the official <b id="mwBMY">Exemption Doctrine Policy</b> for English Wikivoyage, as required by the Wikimedia Foundation.</dd></dl>  <dl id="mwBMc"><dt id="mwBMg"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Why_Wikivoyage_isn't_GFDL" title="Wikivoyage:Why Wikivoyage isn't GFDL" id="mwBMk">Why Wikivoyage isn't GFDL</a></dt> <dd id="mwBMo">Nutshell: <i id="mwBMs">GFDL 1.3 is now compatible with Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0</i></dd></dl> </section></section><section data-mw-section-id="27" id="mwBMw"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Useful_references" data-mw-thread-id="h-Useful_references"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Useful_references"></span>Useful references<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Useful_references"></span></h2></div> <ul id="mwBM0"><li id="mwBM4"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Namespace_index" title="Wikivoyage:Namespace index" id="mwBM8">Namespace index</a></li></ul> <link rel="mw:PageProp/Category" href="./Category:Wikivoyage_policies#Policies" about="#mwt105" typeof="mw:Transclusion" id="mwBNA" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"WikivoyageDoc","href":"./Template:WikivoyageDoc"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"policies"}},"i":0}}]}'/></section>     </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?title=Wikivoyage:Policies&oldid=4965007">https://en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?title=Wikivoyage:Policies&oldid=4965007</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikivoyage_policies" title="Category:Wikivoyage policies">Wikivoyage policies</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </div> <div id="mw-navigation"> <h2>Navigation menu</h2> <div id="mw-head"> <nav id="p-personal" class="mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal vector-user-menu-legacy vector-menu" aria-labelledby="p-personal-label" > <h3 id="p-personal-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > <span class="vector-menu-heading-label">Personal tools</span> </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anonuserpage" class="mw-list-item"><span title="The user page for the IP address you are editing as">Not logged in</span></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li><li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Wikivoyage%3APolicies" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; 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You can view its source [e]" accesskey="e"><span>View source</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikivoyage:Policies&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </nav> <nav id="p-cactions" class="mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-menu-dropdown vector-menu" aria-labelledby="p-cactions-label" title="More options" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-cactions-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-cactions" class="vector-menu-checkbox" aria-labelledby="p-cactions-label" > <label id="p-cactions-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > <span class="vector-menu-heading-label">More</span> </label> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </nav> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <h3 >Search</h3> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="vector-search-box-form"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="vector-search-box-inner" data-search-loc="header-navigation"> <input class="vector-search-box-input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikivoyage" aria-label="Search Wikivoyage" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikivoyage [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> <input id="mw-searchButton" class="searchButton mw-fallbackSearchButton" type="submit" name="fulltext" title="Search the pages for this text" value="Search"> <input id="searchButton" class="searchButton" type="submit" name="go" title="Go to a page with this exact name if it exists" value="Go"> </div> </form> </div> </div> </div> <div id="mw-panel" class="vector-legacy-sidebar"> <div id="p-logo" role="banner"> <a class="mw-wiki-logo" href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page"></a> </div> <nav id="p-navigation" class="mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation vector-menu-portal portal vector-menu" aria-labelledby="p-navigation-label" > <h3 id="p-navigation-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > <span class="vector-menu-heading-label">Navigation</span> </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-Main-page" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-Travel-destinations" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Destinations"><span>Travel destinations</span></a></li><li id="n-Star-articles" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Star_articles"><span>Star articles</span></a></li><li id="n-What's-Nearby?" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Nearby"><span>What's Nearby?</span></a></li><li id="n-Tourist-office" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikivoyage:Tourist_office"><span>Tourist office</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Load a random page [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random page</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </nav> <nav id="p-Get_involved" class="mw-portlet mw-portlet-Get_involved vector-menu-portal portal vector-menu" aria-labelledby="p-Get_involved-label" > <h3 id="p-Get_involved-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > <span class="vector-menu-heading-label">Get involved</span> </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-Travellers'-pub" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikivoyage:Travellers%27_pub"><span>Travellers' pub</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes in the wiki [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikivoyage:Community_portal" title="About the project, what you can do, where to find things"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-Maintenance-panel" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikivoyage:Maintenance_panel"><span>Maintenance panel</span></a></li><li id="n-Policies" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikivoyage:Policies"><span>Policies</span></a></li><li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikivoyage:Help" title="The place to find out"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-Interlingual-lounge" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikivoyage/Lounge"><span>Interlingual lounge</span></a></li><li id="n-sitesupport" class="mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=spontaneous&uselang=en" title="Support us"><span>Donate</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </nav> <nav id="p-tb" class="mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb vector-menu-portal portal vector-menu" aria-labelledby="p-tb-label" > <h3 id="p-tb-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > <span class="vector-menu-heading-label">Tools</span> </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Wikivoyage:Policies" title="A list of all wiki pages that link here [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Wikivoyage:Policies" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Upload_file" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikivoyage:Policies&oldid=4965007" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" 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