Category:RetroTechCollection policies and guidelines

This category holds the policies and guidelines of the RetroTechCollection wiki. Policies are rules that all contributors must follow. Guidelines are recommended practice: follow them unless there is a good reason not to.

• RetroTechCollection:Technical documentation – standards for accurate, verifiable technical content.
• RetroTechCollection:Safety requirements – the hazard statement required on pages involving mains or CRT voltages.
• CRT Discharge Procedure – the procedure for high-voltage CRT systems.

• RetroTechCollection:Copyrights – licensing, and citing material by other people.
• RetroTechCollection:Copyright violations – what counts as a violation, and removal requests.
• RetroTechCollection:Service manual reproduction – uploading and citing manuals and schematics.
• RetroTechCollection:Terms of Use and its summary, the RetroTechCollection:Terms of Service
• RetroTechCollection:Privacy policy and RetroTechCollection:Cookie policy
• RetroTechCollection:General disclaimer

• RetroTechCollection:Administrators – who the administrators and moderators are.
• RetroTechCollection:Blocking policy – warnings, blocks and appeals.
• RetroTechCollection:Deletion policy – when pages and files are deleted.
• RetroTechCollection:Protection policy – protection levels, and asking for changes to protected pages.

See also RetroTechCollection guidelines.

• RetroTechCollection:Technical specifications – presenting and verifying technical data.
• RetroTechCollection:Reliable technical sources – judging whether a source can be trusted.
• RetroTechCollection:Citing sources – attribution and referencing.
• RetroTechCollection:Verification drive – checking the figures on existing pages.

• RetroTechCollection:Welcome – introduction for new contributors.
• Help:Contents – all help pages, including Help:Your first article, Help:Writing a repair guide and Help:Uploading service manuals.
• RetroTechCollection:Community portal and RetroTechCollection:Village Pump – discussion and questions.

• Copyrighted material, including complete manuals, schematics and photographs, may be used and uploaded as long as it is cited: the file page and the article give the source, the author or publisher, and the copyright holder. Copyright holders can ask for material to be removed. See RetroTechCollection:Copyrights.
• Every checkable figure needs a citation. Your own bench measurements, photographs and repair findings are welcome when they are labelled as your own.
• Pages whose procedures involve mains or CRT voltages carry a plain hazard statement that links the safety pages.
• Edits by users who are not logged in, and by new accounts, are held for review by a moderator before they appear.

Propose new policies, or changes to existing ones, on the Village Pump or the forum. The administrators make the change once it has been discussed. Major changes to the Terms of Use are announced on the Main Page.

Most problems are fixed by editing: adding a missing citation, correcting a figure, or asking the contributor. Warnings and blocks follow section 7 of the Terms of Use and the Blocking policy.

For questions about policies and guidelines:

• use the RetroTechCollection forum for general policy discussion
• contact an administrator for an urgent interpretation of a policy
• propose new policies or changes on the forum or the Village Pump