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==Directory Space==

'''''Directory Space''''' is a protected [[Help:About|MyWikiBiz]] custom namespace that supports advocate point of view ([[APOV]]) for "[[Help:user-owned|user-owned]]" pages.  '''''Directory''''' pages are not typically intended to be modified by the community of MyWikiBiz editors; rather, they are almost always the work of just one author.

MyWikiBiz uses an ''[[Entity|entity]]'' (person [legal organization or individual], place, or thing) concept to determine placement of articles. The basic rule-of-thumb to determine whether an article should be listed under the '''''Directory Space''''' or be placed within '''''Main Space''''' is: ''"Would the entity have legal standing in a court of law"?''

If the answer is '''''yes''''' as to whether an entity could bring a cause of action as a plaintiff, or respond to a complaint as a defendant, then it should almost always be listed under the '''''Directory Space'''''. Examples:

* Commercial Enterprise - [[Directory:IBM|International Business Machines]], [[Directory:Van Doren Oil|Van Doren Oil]]
* Non-Profit Organization - [[Directory:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]], [[Directory:Church of the Loving Shepherd|Church of the Loving Shepherd]]
* Government/Agency - [[Directory:Huntington Beach, California|City of Huntington Beach]]
* Person (Living/Deceased) - [[Directory:Liz Cohen|Liz Cohen]], [[Directory:Carl Sagan|Carl Sagan (estate of)]]
* Property - [[Directory:The Walt Disney Company/Mickey Mouse|Disney/Mickey Mouse]]

If the answer is '''''no''''', then it may be placed within '''''[[Help:Main Space|Main Space]]''''' and follow traditional neutral point of view ([[NPOV]]) rules of conduct. Examples:

* [[Central Index Key]]
* [[North America Industry Classification System]]
* [[Sir Isaac Newton]]
* [[Wealth of Nations]]
* [[Sugar]]

Experienced wiki editors may also wish to use '''''Directory Space''''' as a personal publishing area for content not related to a legal entity, but for which they will take responsibility, without interference from other editors.  Some examples of where this has been done on MyWikiBiz:

* Recipe collection - [[Directory:KJ Kitchens|KJ Kitchens]]
* Theater of public domain films - [[Directory:Minks Theater Presents|Minks Theater Presents]]
* Repository of philosophy texts - [[Directory:Logic Museum|Logic Museum]]

==Discussion==

Public discussions between editors regarding '''''Directory''''' listing entries should take place in the respective [[Help:Discussion Namespace|discussion namespace]]s. For example, to discuss corporate governance issues respective to an entity; compare mutual fund performance; debate the merits of intellectual property ; consumer complaints about a company; etc., can be presented by editors, simply by going to the "Discussion" tab of any Directory listing.