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== Writing standards ==
Per [[CW:DEFER]], articles on CivWiki follow [[WP:SMOS|Wikipedia's manual of style]] and are written from a [[WP:NPOV|neutral point of view]]. Nevertheless, [[CW:NOTWP|CivWiki is not Wikipedia]]: in particular, content that is not written from a neutral point of view can remain as long as it is clearly stated to be opinion.
Generally CivWiki follows the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style Wikipedia Manual of Style] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view]. Common academic writing guidelines should be followed such as avoiding the use of first person in articles and references should be used when possible. Nevertheless, CivWiki is not Wikipedia:
=== CivWiki:References === ▼* Content that does not take a neutral point of view can remain hosted on CivWiki as long as it is affixed with [[Template:Neutrality_warning]]
* The standards for topic verifiability and notability are of necessity much lower on CivWiki
This is not to say that that low quality content is encouraged. All CivWiki content that is not affixed with warnings should follow Wikipedia quality standards to the greatest possible degree.
=== CivWiki:Neutral point of view ===
CivWiki hosts many types of content. Some content is created with no intention of presenting information from a neutral perspective. This is permissible, yet to avoid confusion this content must be marked with [[template:Neutrality warning]]. If you wish to have a version of page with a neutral point of view (NPOV) and a version of a page without NPOV, make the NPOV the main page and create a new sub page (without NPOV) by adding '/NW' to the current page url.
=== CivWiki:Obsolete ===
Content that does not make clear it is highly outdated should be marked with [[template:Obsolete warning]]
▲=== CivWiki:References ===
References should be used whenever possible. They can be anything from reddit posts, links to discord messages(screenshots of discord messages are also okay but a link is preferred), imgur albums/pictures, newspapers, or anything that has a name attached to the source which is easily verifiable.
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