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===Neutral Point of View (NPOV)===
 
===Neutral Point of View (NPOV)===
 
'''Neutral Point of View''' describes the way in which articles on this site and on all wiki sites should be written. That is, we want our articles to not contain any bias or unverifiable facts and opinions. This line can often be hard to define; for example, on our site we often list the services of a given company, but we try to remove any marketing spin or unverifiable language that implies these services accomplish something that their competitors do not. Generally speaking, when opinions are stated as facts, or when unappealing facts are intentionally omitted, then the article is not written from a NPOV.
 
'''Neutral Point of View''' describes the way in which articles on this site and on all wiki sites should be written. That is, we want our articles to not contain any bias or unverifiable facts and opinions. This line can often be hard to define; for example, on our site we often list the services of a given company, but we try to remove any marketing spin or unverifiable language that implies these services accomplish something that their competitors do not. Generally speaking, when opinions are stated as facts, or when unappealing facts are intentionally omitted, then the article is not written from a NPOV.
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===Mechanisms of a good article===
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Great wiki articles contain links, references, Userboxes, images and are formatted with appropriate headings. To read a brief overview on how to get started with creating a great article, see the [[Getting Started]] page.
    
==Getting Started==
 
==Getting Started==
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The content on ICANNWiki extends well beyond the personal articles. Additionally, there are articles about organizations, companies, events, issue areas, policies, working groups, ICANN bodies and more. For these various categories of content, there are a variety of templates and forms that can be used for the creation of new pages.  
 
The content on ICANNWiki extends well beyond the personal articles. Additionally, there are articles about organizations, companies, events, issue areas, policies, working groups, ICANN bodies and more. For these various categories of content, there are a variety of templates and forms that can be used for the creation of new pages.  
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===Forms===
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====Forms====
 
In addition to the form available to create a personal page, there are two more forms:  
 
In addition to the form available to create a personal page, there are two more forms:  
 
*'''Events:''' [[Form:Event|Event Form]]
 
*'''Events:''' [[Form:Event|Event Form]]
 
*'''Companies, Organizations, institutions, etc:''' [[Form:Actor|Actor Form]]
 
*'''Companies, Organizations, institutions, etc:''' [[Form:Actor|Actor Form]]
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===Templates===
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====Templates====
 
If you prefer to create new pages with the Page Source or the Visual Editor, you will need to locate the proper templates for the category of page you wish to create. Here you will find those templates:  
 
If you prefer to create new pages with the Page Source or the Visual Editor, you will need to locate the proper templates for the category of page you wish to create. Here you will find those templates:  
 
*'''Companies, Organizations, institutions, etc:''' [[Template:Actor]]
 
*'''Companies, Organizations, institutions, etc:''' [[Template:Actor]]
 
*'''Events:''' [[Template:Event]]
 
*'''Events:''' [[Template:Event]]
 
*'''ICANN Working Groups:''' [[Template:ICANN Working Group]]
 
*'''ICANN Working Groups:''' [[Template:ICANN Working Group]]
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*'''Top-Level Domain:''' [[Template:TLD]]
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===Updating Existing Articles===
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There are several ways in which you can update existing articles in a meaningful way.
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#Check articles for out of date or missing information and make the necessary edits.
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#Improve the format of the articles.
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##Add Internal Links
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==Additional Resources==
 
==Additional Resources==
 
*[[Wiki Editing Tutorial Videos]]
 
*[[Wiki Editing Tutorial Videos]]
 
*[[Wiki-Editing Tutorial]]
 
*[[Wiki-Editing Tutorial]]
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