Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/Project editing conventions
Template:WPScouting Navigation This is the page for the agreed upon rules and standards of the Scouting Project and Portal. Please don't discuss issues here, use the talk page.
Dialects
For spelling variations, such as American vs British spelling, use the standard form of the language of the country the article is about. In generic articles, such as Scouting, use American.
Male-Female issues
As stated elsewhere, the Scouting WikiProject's scope includes male, female, and coed Scouting units. Articles about the WOSM and other primarily male affiliated Scout organisations in a particular country should not mention, other than a "See also" link, the equivalent WAGGGS or other primarily female organisation in that country. Material about the WAGGGS organisation should be put into a new article, even if only a stub, and vice versa for WAGGGS/female articles and their mentioning of WOSM/male organizations. This is meant to assist in providing equal weight to female Guiding and Scouting as the project has mostly male editors.
Divisions of national organizations
Cub Scouts (Boy Scouts of America) is the proper name for American Cub Scouting, not "Cub Scouts" or "Cub Scouts of America" or the abbreviation "CSA"; though they are common phrases, they are not the name of the organization. Use the correct name.
BSA (spelled out, see above) should be part of article titles, not the section of BSA, EX: Skipper (Sea Scouting) to Skipper (Boy Scouts of America), Skipper is not the name used in all Scout organizations. This pattern should be used for other countries like "... (Boy Scouts of the Philippines)", vice "....(BSP)".
Manual of style and standards
The Wikiproject Scouting Manual of Style and Standards is a series of supplements to the Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines and the Wikipedia:Manual of Style. It aims to promote consistency, simplicity and professionalism in Scouting related articles. All Wikipedia policies and guidelines have clear precedence over any Scouting guidelines presented here if there is any conflict between the two.
| Guideline | Shortcut | Status |
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| Article layout | WPS:ART |  Draft
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| Article names | WPS:NAMES |  Accepted
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| Capitalization | WPS:CAP |  Proposed
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| Categories | WPS:CAT | Draft
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| Fair use rationale | WPS:FUR | Proposed
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| Image standards | WPS:IMAGE | Accepted
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| Lists | WPS:LIST | Draft
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| Local Scouting articles (BSA) | WPS:LOCALBSA | Accepted
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| Merging, moving and deleting articles | WPS:MMD | Proposed
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| References | WPS:REF | Accepted
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| Requirements for awards and advancement | WPS:REQ | Draft
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| Scope and inclusion criteria | WPS:SCOPE | Proposed
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| See also and External links | WPS:LINK | Proposed
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| Style guides and standards | WPS:STYLE | Proposed
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| Templates | WPS:TEMP | Accepted
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| Userboxes | WPS:USER | Accepted
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