Wiki Rules

I think these are the things that I found most interesting about the rules within Wikipedia:

• Article size

Article size is limited by technical issues and considerations of readability and organization. It's useful to split long articles and combine small pages.

• Be bold in updating pages

Wikis develop faster when people fix problems, correct grammar, add facts, make sure the language is precise, and so on. We expect everyone to be bold. It's okay.

• Build the web

Connect relevant topics throughout an article since all articles in the encyclopedia are nodes in a hypertext system.

• Provide an edit summary

Providing an edit summary, even if the edit is minor, makes Wikipedia work better by quickly explaining to other users what your change was about.

• Cite sources

point the reader to authoritative references (and list them properly), so that facts can be verified.

• Check your facts

Only write stuff that is true. It isn't enough to write stuff that you think is true, or should be true, or likely to be true. This requires that you check your facts.

This is also a basic part of citing good sources...even if you think you know something, you have to cite references anyway to help the reader check facts and look for more information. In searching for good references to cite, you might even learn something new.

• Please do not bite the newcomers

Many new contributors lack knowledge about Wikipedia policies. But always understand that new contributors are prospective "members" and are therefore our most valuable resource.

• Wikipedia:Manual of Style

The rules seem to me to be very straight forward, back the information that you are posting discuss between authors and make it the best possible. I can’t wait to start in the project. I can see myself being addicted to this thing.