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.

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
Article layout	WPS:ART	Draft
Article names	WPS:NAMES	Accepted
Capitalization	WPS:CAP	Proposed
Categories	WPS:CAT	Draft
English- national varieties	WPS:ENG	Draft
Fair use rationale	WPS:FUR	Proposed
Image standards	WPS:IMAGE	Accepted
Lists	WPS:LIST	Draft
Local Scouting articles (BSA)	WPS:LOCALBSA	Accepted
Merging, moving and deleting articles	WPS:MMD	Proposed
References	WPS:REF	Accepted
Requirements for awards and advancement	WPS:REQ	Draft
Scouting organizations	WPS:ORGS	Draft
Scope and inclusion criteria	WPS:SCOPE	Proposed
See also and External links	WPS:LINK	Proposed
Style guides and standards	WPS:STYLE	Proposed
Templates	WPS:TEMP	Accepted
Userboxes	WPS:USER	Accepted