Project:Editing guidelines
The following contains general editing guidelines for this entire wiki. These guideline are selected in order to keep all the editors involved here to be "on the same page" and to maintain some level of consistency.
Game scope
Otherwise known as Riichi mahjong, Japanese mahjong is the general scope of this Wiki. Therefore, all other mahjong variations are not to be included here. Nevertheless, any material pertaining to Japanese mahjong either from referenced work and/or original material from game play experience may be included here.
Article titles
For the sake of consistency (if possible), article titles, especially articles dedicated to terminology, use the Romaji form. If not possible, then an English equivalent will suffice. An English form is best used when there is either no Japanese equivalent.
Purpose
To the West, this game is a little known game. However, thanks to a few anime like Akagi and Saki, the game has taken a limelight. A number of published work regarding the game exists. Unfortunately, they are mostly printed in Japanese. So, players unfamiliar with the language do not have easy access to this material.
Article use
- Article pages contain information on various aspects of the game from basic rules, terminology, and strategy.
- Talk pages are available for each article to be best used for article editing notes, discussion, and debate.
- Personal pages can be used for every user. Every user has their own userpage. In there, feel free to design your page as you see fit.
Signature
Particularly with talk pages, users are encouraged to leave signatures after comments for identification purposes. This can easily be done by leaving the following text after comments in user talk pages.
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Signatures can be modified under "Preferences" using wiki formatting.
Viewpoints
It is important to note for any Wiki. Multiple users each have their own viewpoints. With regards to editing, we do our best to supplement as many readers and editors as possible. While agreement is ideal, dispute may be unavoidable. Individuals or groups of individuals should do their best arrive at some sort of compromise, in order to proceed with the editing process and ultimately produce a good referential product.
Third person perspective
Articles are best written in third person.
- The use of the word "I" may be viewed as arrogance in relation to article writing.
- The use of the word "you" may be viewed as condescending in relation to article writing.
Gender neutral
It is important to note that players are a mix of both genders. So, articles are best written to address both, by using gender neutrality.
Fix it
If you find any incorrect information, fix it with a good faith edit. If you happen to have time to complain about an article's content, then you have time to fix it. At the same time, it is in the spirit of wiki's for content to be edited at any given time for the sake of improving content.
English standardization
Outside links
It is best practice to collect outside links and gather them under a section labeled as External links at the bottom of the page.
Do not make this section to list categories. Categories appear in their own box at the end of the page, regardless of their position in the source code. If you made the External links section nonetheless, it would appear empty.
As a corrolary, to make use of an External links subsection, it is encouraged to provide some relevant links into that section. Blogs, game links, Youtube video, regular Wikipedia (particularly Japanese Wikipedia), and the like are fair game. Unlike regular Wikipedia, relevance is taking more precedence than reliable. Although, reliable sources are preferred.
Game links
For now, links from Tenhou.net prove to be the most convenient, as the game allows players access to their replays via provided links. Likewise, those games do not expire for an extended period of time. So far, some games dating to 2008 or 2009 are still available for viewing.
Despite the reliance on Tenhou.net, other game sources may be used for reference purposes.