Wikipedia:WikiProject Organizations/Guidelines

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Guidelines

Naming conventions

Organization versus Organisation

See Wikipedia Manual of Style regarding English and American variant spellings.

See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Organizations for discussions on this matter.

Article structure

A central discussion on proposals for a format (or various formats) for articles related to organizations can be found here.

Article talk pages may include the following templates:

• {{talkheader}}
• {{skiptotoctalk}}
• {{WikiProject Organizations}}

Infobox templates

• Template:Infobox organization

Categories

At a minimum, each organization should have relevant categories for:

• Year established. format [[Category:Organizations established in YYYY]] example Category:Organizations established in 1990. (Tree is in Category:Organizations by year of establishment.)
• Location - A location or geography category. Format is usually [[Category:Organizations based in Country]]; example, Category:Organizations based in the United States. Spelling of "organization" may vary depending on country and who began the category. If in doubt, browse the tree at Category:Organizations by location. If an appropriate, more geographically-specific category exists, use that one.
• Subject - A subject category (e.g., Category:Scientific organizations). Browse the tree at Category:Organizations by subject.
• Note: There are some combined subject/country categories, e.g., Category:Environmental organisations based in the United Kingdom). Browse Category:Organizations by subject and country .
• If applicable or known, an activity category (e.g., Category:Research organizations). Browse the tree at Category:Organizations by activity. (If an organization has many different activities it may not be appropriate to categorize by activity.)
• If applicable or known, a "legal status or organizational structure" category (e.g., Category:Non-profit organizations). Browse the category at Category:Organizations by legal status.

Relevant guidelines:

• Wikipedia:Categorization
• Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(categories)

Templates that can be placed on organization category talk pages:

• {{talkheader}}
• {{skiptotoctalk}}
• {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Organizations/Navigation}}

Category work

See discussions:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Organizations/Thematically ordered organizations
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Organizations/Categorization

Categorization needed:

• Category:Organizations missing subject classification