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A draft will be declined if the hardware cannot be documented from reliable technical sources, if it uses copyrighted material without citing it, or if its facts are not cited.
- Documentation
- The hardware a page covers needs technical documentation that a reader can check: service manuals, engineering documents, schematics, component datasheets, or established technical websites with documented repair procedures. Forum posts, social media, video descriptions and undocumented modification guides are not primary sources. Your own bench measurements and repair findings can be included if you say that they are your own. See RetroTechCollection:Technical documentation.
- Copyright
- Manuals, datasheets and schematics may be uploaded and quoted, in full or in part, as long as you cite them: give the source, the author or publisher, and the copyright holder. See RetroTechCollection:Copyrights.
- Sources
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- Official service documentation and technical manuals are preferred over community-written content.
- Manufacturer specifications, datasheets and engineering documents can support technical specifications.
- Personal blogs, unverified forum posts and video tutorials are generally not acceptable as primary sources.
- Cite each fact with a
<ref></ref> tag. {{Cite manual}} takes title, author, publisher, date, version, url and access-date; put the page or section after the template, inside the same ref:
The SE/30 uses a Motorola 68030 processor at 15.667 MHz.<ref>{{Cite manual |title=Macintosh SE/30 Service Source |publisher=Apple Computer, Inc. |date=1995}} Specifications chapter.</ref>
- Pages that involve mains or CRT voltages need a plain hazard statement before the first step. See RetroTechCollection:Safety requirements.
- RetroTechCollection:Citing sources covers citation templates and formats in more detail.
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