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| ==Directory Space== | | ==Directory Space== |
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− | '''''Directory Space''''' is a protected [[Centiare:About|Centiare]] custom namespace that supports advocate point of view ([[APOV]]) for "[[Centiare:user-owned|user-owned]]" pages. | + | '''''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. |
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− | Centiare uses an ''[[Entity|entity]]'' (person [legal organization or individual], place, or thing) concept to determine placement. 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"?''
| + | 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"?'' |
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− | 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 be listed under the '''''Directory Space'''''. Examples: | + | 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: |
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− | * Commercial Enterprise - [[Directory:IBM|International Business Machines]] | + | * Commercial Enterprise - [[Directory:IBM|International Business Machines]], [[Directory:Van Doren Oil|Van Doren Oil]] |
− | * Non-Profit Organization - [[Directory:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] | + | * 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]] | | * Government/Agency - [[Directory:Huntington Beach, California|City of Huntington Beach]] |
− | * Person (Living/Deceased) - [[Directory:Carl Sagan|Estate of Carl Sagan]] | + | * 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]] | | * Property - [[Directory:The Walt Disney Company/Mickey Mouse|Disney/Mickey Mouse]] |
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− | If the answer is '''''no''''', then it should be placed within '''''Main Space''''' and follow traditional neutral point of view ([[NPOV]]) rules of conduct. Examples: | + | 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: |
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| * [[Central Index Key]] | | * [[Central Index Key]] |
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| * [[Sir Isaac Newton]] | | * [[Sir Isaac Newton]] |
| * [[Wealth of Nations]] | | * [[Wealth of Nations]] |
| + | * [[Sugar]] |
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| + | 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: |
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| + | * 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]] |
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| ==Discussion== | | ==Discussion== |
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− | '''Note''' Discussions regarding Directory listing entries should take place in the respective [[Centiare:Discussion Namespace|discussion namespace]]s. For example, corporate governance issues respective to publicly held companies; mutual fund performance; intellectual property merits; etc. | + | 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. |