Meta:Wiki Page Guidelines and Editor's Rules

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The Solar System 1.1 Wiki is a collaborative project, and thus a page convention must be made. The following text will detail the specific rules and wiki expectations when making pages.

## Naming Articles

Different articles have different naming conventions.

### Solar System Bodies

#### Planets

When naming an article about a planet, capitalize the first letter. e.g. Saturn.

#### Asteroids, Comets and Dwarf Planets

When naming an article about an asteroid or comet, add the IAU MPC number, and capitalize the first letter of the name. e.g. 21 Lutetia, 103P/Hartley, C/2023 E3 (ZTF).

##### Periodic Comets

Periodic comets are assigned the P/ prefix. A number before the P/ represents the nth comet discovered. For example: 103P/Hartley *(The 103rd periodic comet discovered).*

##### Non-Periodic Comets

Non-periodic comets receive the C/ prefix. For example: C/2023 E3 (ZTF) *(A non-periodic comet discovered in 2023. In this case, the (ZTF) means it was found by the Zwicky-Transient Facility).*

Comets that have been destroyed or disintegrated receive the D/ prefix. For example: D/1993 F2 *(Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9).*

##### Provisional Designations

A provisional designation is a system of naming objects, that currently have no name. When writing a provisional designation, add the IAU MPC minor planet catalogue nuumber (writen in parenthesis), the year of discovery, its two letter identifier, and then the carryover number written in subscript. *Learn more here.*

For example: (55637) 2002 UX₂₅

The MPC Number is written in red.
The year of discovery is written in blue.
The two letter identifier is written in yellow.
And the subscript carryover number is written in green.

###### Rings

Naming unnamed rings adds the R/ prefix to the beginning of the name. For example: R/2004 S 2 *(The second unnamed ring of Saturn discovered in 2004)*.

###### Satellites

Naming unnamed satellites is similar. It adds the S/ prefix to the beginning. For example: S/2003 J 2 *(The second unnamed satellite of Jupiter discovered in 2003).* The MPC number can be added instead of the parent-identifying letter (e.g. N for Neptune, U for Uranus, etc.). For example: S/2015 (136572) 1 *(The first unnamed satellite of Makemake).*

## Images

Please use discovery images or real images of the subject. Please no fan-made or artists impressions of objects. Same thing with images from games, such as Celestia.

## Creating Your First Article

**When you create an article, please keep in mind that it must adequately describe its subject.**

The following is a simple set of expectations for creating an article.

1. Please use correct English grammar and spelling.
2. Add formatting, like tables, infoboxes, headings, templates, etc.
3. Detail the subject properly.
4. If your first article is a test, please do said test on a blog post or on the public sandbox.
5. And most importantly, **put forth your best effort.**

### Articles about Solar System Bodies

Please follow the guidelines for creating an article about a body in our solar system.

1. Add the **"Planet, Comet, Asteroid and Moon" Infobox (aka PCAM) for Planets, Comets, Asteroids and Moons** and the **"Star Data" infobox for stars**.
2. Add the solar system template, at the end of the article.
3. Follow other article creation guidelines.
4. Add these categories to your article.
5. Use the correct terminology when describing your subject.
6. If you create an article please contact Lemniscate Biscuit for further evaluation.

## Fan-Fiction

Fan-fiction is highly discouraged on Solarpedia. **Any fan pages (accept blog posts) will be deleted instantly**, or will be put under Candidates for Deletion or Pages for Speedy Deletion. If you come across any fan-fiction on the wiki, please notify wiki staff.

## Editor's Rules

1. *Edit warring is not allowed. The user who started will be blocked for 5 days.*
2. Do not created pages that are 500 bytes or less. If the creator persists to create these pages they will be blocked for 3 days.
3. *As stated above, fan-fiction is not allowed.*
4. ***Inappropriate images or topics will begin with a caution then a ban if the user persists.***
5. ***No adding profanity***
6. English is an international language, thus please use it. If you need help translating ask a content moderator or administrator.
7. *As of July 2023, please do not copy from Wikipedia, unless required. Pages created before this rule will be edited and fixed in Project/Paraphrase.*
8. **Spam pages will result in a ban.**
9. Do not blank any unnecessary pages, that is the job of wiki staff.
10. *Do not edit, blank, or redirect another user's userpage (unless they are wiki staff).*
11. *Don't add nonsense to pages.*
12. Please do not include artist's impressions into infoboxes, instead put them into a gallery.
13. ***Do not vandalize pages.***
14. **Don't upload copywrited images, unless the author gave permission.**

## Legend of Severity

Normal Text symbolizes a caution/reprimand.

*Italics* symbolize a temporary block or ban. (Up to 30 Days)

**Bold** represents a ban. (can be permanent)

***Bold Italics*** represent a caution then ban.

## Style of Punishment

1. A calm caution, warning of the consequences ahead if they persist.
2. A caution/reprimand, stating that the user needs to stop breaking rules.
3. A final warning, stating that if they do persist they may be blocked or banned.
4. A warning with a temporary block (up to 14 days) and message.
5. A warning with a longer temporary block (up to 30 days) and message.
6. A final warning before permanent ban.
7. A permanent ban and message stating the user why they where permanently banned.
8. if the user comes back/returns with an alt account, they will be reported to FANDOM staff.
9. Global ban

## See Also

* IAU naming convention

* Astronomical Naming Conventions

* Wikipedia Naming Convention