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Line 393: − =Conservapedia Original Source Page Production — Master Instructions (for AI)= − '''Note to Humans:''' this is still a work in progress and is designed to function with ChatGPT and is not yet in a truly functional state. Do not try with Microsoft's new Co-Pilot. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − * After digesting the style guide, follow its requirements exactly. Do not redesign, replace, simplify, reinterpret, or improvise any established element of the page format.+ − * When an approved example establishes a particular template, information panel, introductory passage, declaration, navigation structure, or other standard component, reproduce that component faithfully. Change only those values that the style guide authorises for the individual page.+ − * If an instruction in this master set appears to conflict with the established style guide or an approved example, preserve the established convention and identify the conflict for resolution rather than silently choosing a new format.+ − The purpose of this workflow is to transform supplied raw text into a complete, consistent, copy-and-paste-ready MediaWiki page with minimal additional work required from the human editor.+ + − + − * After reviewing the style guide, determine whether the following information has already been supplied in the current conversation, the available Project materials, or an applicable established workflow.+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − * Ask the user only for information that is genuinely missing or ambiguous. Do not repeat questions that have already been answered.+ − + − 1. **Image filename:** Ask, "What is the already uploaded to Conservapedia image filename you wish me to use? Or should we simply substitute the Conservapedia logo in the example info panel?"+ − 2. **Internal links:** Ask whether the user wishes internal links to be added to appropriate proper nouns throughout both the original source text and the information panel.+ + + + + + + + + − 3. **Chapter range:** Ask what chapter range should be used in the Index section and Info Panel. Examples include Chapters 1–14 for a standard volume or Chapters 23–37 for a volume within a larger work.+ − 4. **Complete source text:** Ask the user to identify the complete source text to be integrated into the new page. The user may paste the entire chapter or identify the appropriate text in a supplied document or PDF.+ − * Do not accept partial chapters when the intention is to publish a complete chapter. If the supplied material appears incomplete, establish whether the omission is intentional before proceeding.+ − * Before generating the page, confirm that all essential information is available. If essential information cannot be recovered from the available Project materials, ask for clarification rather than guessing.+ − Once these details have been established, apply them to subsequent chapters without repeatedly asking the same questions, unless the user changes the requirements.+ + − ==3. Faithful Reproduction of the Source==+ + − * Preserve the supplied source text faithfully.+ − * Do not paraphrase, modernise, abridge, summarise, silently correct, rearrange, or otherwise alter the original wording.+ − * Apart from inserting authorised internal-link syntax and applying the formatting expressly required by the style guide, retain the source text as supplied.+ − * Preserve all original paragraph boundaries, sequence, headings, numbering, quotations, punctuation, and substantive wording. Where the style guide requires MediaWiki formatting or paragraph anchors, apply those requirements without changing the underlying text.+ − * Do not introduce new historical interpretations, explanatory claims, biographical details, or chapter summaries into the reproduced source.+ − + + + + + + + − ==4. Mandatory Introductory Material==+ − The introductory paragraphs prescribed by the established style guide must be included in every applicable page. − Reproduce these paragraphs verbatim, in their prescribed order and location. Preserve their wording, paragraph structure, and established formatting.+ − Do not replace the prescribed introduction with a newly written introduction, a chapter synopsis, a thematic summary, or a description of the chapter's contents.+ − Do not assume that an introduction is interchangeable with a summary simply because both discuss the same subject.+ − If the required introductory material is unavailable in the current context, consult the approved examples and existing Project materials. If the exact wording cannot be recovered, request the missing reference material rather than inventing a substitute.+ + − ==5. Information Panel==+ − Use the exact information-panel template demonstrated in the approved example. − Preserve its template name, field names, field order, syntax, formatting, and established conventions. Do not substitute a generic infobox, create a different panel, add unrelated fields, or redesign the layout.+ − Use the image filename specified by the user or the Conservapedia logo, as directed by the user.+ − Use the specified chapter range in the information panel wherever the established template requires it.+ + − Change only those field values that properly vary between pages. Retain established wording and standard values wherever the style guide requires them.+ − Add internal links to appropriate information-panel values only when the user has authorised internal linking and the style guide permits those links.+ − Do not invent publication details, dates, bibliographical information, or other metadata. Verify such information where necessary or flag it for human review.+ + + + + + + − Produce the entire page, not a partial template or an isolated chapter body. − Include every component required by the established style guide, in its prescribed order and format. These may include:+ − - The approved page title and naming convention.+ − - The exact approved information panel.+ − - The prescribed introductory paragraphs.+ − - The complete source text.+ − - Required headings, paragraph numbering, and paragraph anchors.+ − - Authorised internal links.+ − - The prescribed See Also section.+ − - The exact Public Domain Declaration.+ − - The Index section, using the specified chapter range.+ − - Required navigation elements and volume links.+ − - The established categories.+ − - Any additional mandatory components defined by the style guide.+ + + + − + + + − Do not omit required components merely because their exact wording or markup is not immediately available. Recover the approved example first; if it remains unavailable, ask for the necessary reference material.+ + − + − Apply these rules only when the user authorises internal linking, except for links explicitly required by the style guide. − ===7.1 Identifying linkable subjects===+ − Identify appropriate proper nouns and other historically significant subjects in both the original source text and the information panel. These may include monarchs, historical figures, places, institutions, works, dynasties, and significant historical or intellectual concepts.+ + + + + − + − + − + Line 518:
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Do not italicise English quotations merely because they are quotations or originate from an older source.+ − 2. **Foreign-language passages:** Italicise substantial quotations and passages in Latin, French, German, and other foreign languages to distinguish them from the principal English text. − 3. **Mixed-language passages:** Italicise only the foreign-language portions, leaving the surrounding English text in roman type. − 4. **Visual exceptions:** Block quotations, pull quotes, and other deliberately designed display elements may use italics where appropriate to their presentation. Such styling is not the default for ordinary historical text. − 5. **Source fidelity:** Formatting must not alter the original wording, spelling, punctuation, sequence, or meaning. Do not silently translate or correct foreign-language text; record suspected errors separately for editorial review. − 6. **Consistency:** Apply these conventions throughout the page, including footnotes, quotations from cited authorities, and passages embedded within Newton's own prose, wherever the source formatting permits. − ==Date System and Calendar Conventions==+ − 1. **Default calendar:** Use the Gregorian calendar for dates throughout information panels, biographical summaries, indexes, and editorial notes wherever a reliable Gregorian date can be established.+ + + + + − 2. **Julian dates:** If a reliable Gregorian equivalent is unavailable or cannot be established with sufficient confidence, retain the Julian date and explicitly identify it as **Julian**. Do not leave readers to infer which calendar is being used.+ − 3. **Avoid ambiguous terminology:** Do not use *Old Style* (O.S.) or *New Style* (N.S.) as date labels. These expressions can refer to calendar differences, differences in the beginning of the year, or both, and may confuse general readers.+ + + + + + + + − 4. **Historical year numbering:** When converting dates from historical English records, account for differences in the beginning of the year as well as differences between the Julian and Gregorian calendars. A date may require a change of year as well as a change of day and month.+ − 5. **Source fidelity:** Preserve dates exactly as they appear in the original source text. Do not silently convert, modernise, or replace a date within the transcribed text. Calendar conversions belong in editorial material or supplementary biographical information, not in the original text itself. − − 6. **Information panels:** Prefer a single Gregorian birth or death date rather than displaying multiple calendar equivalents. Include a Julian date only when a reliable Gregorian equivalent cannot be established, and label it explicitly as Julian. − − 7. **Uncertainty:** Do not calculate or assert a converted date when the relevant calendar, year convention, or historical evidence is uncertain. Flag the uncertainty for editorial review rather than presenting an unverified conversion as fact. − − 8. **Consistency:** Apply these conventions uniformly across all pages in the Original Source Project, including author information panels, publication dates, historical events, indexes, and editorial reviews. − − ==Mandatory Internal-Link Audit== − 1. **People:** Identify and link relevant historical figures, authors, rulers, religious figures, and other named individuals. Examples include Eusebius, Tatian, Constantine the Great, and Cyril of Jerusalem.+ − 2. **Places and geography:** Identify and link relevant countries, regions, cities, islands, and other geographical entities, including every appropriate place name in the information panel. Examples include Egypt, Jerusalem, Rome, and other locations named in the source or metadata.+ − 3. **Historical entities:** Identify and link empires, states, institutions, councils, religious movements, and other significant historical entities. Examples include the Roman Empire and the Greek Empire.+ − 4. **Works and concepts:** Link appropriate named books, biblical passages, historical events, theological terms, and other subjects that have relevant encyclopedic coverage.+ − 5. **Repeated occurrences:** Do not automatically assume that linking the first occurrence of a name is sufficient. Review subsequent occurrences and link them where doing so is useful and consistent with this project's linking policy. Apply the same standard to comparable names and entities throughout the page.+ − 6. **Information panel:** Audit every metadata field and every Related Pages entry for appropriate internal links. Do not leave linkable proper nouns unlinked merely because they appear in a table or sidebar.+ − 7. **Verification:** Use accurate existing article titles wherever they can be established. Preserve the source's original wording through piped links when necessary. Do not invent article titles or silently substitute an unrelated destination. Record uncertain destinations in the separate editorial review.+ − 8. **Final quality check:** Re-read the completed page specifically to find omitted links. Compare comparable passages and lists of people or places for inconsistent treatment. A page is not ready for delivery until this audit has been completed.+ + + +
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* Press '''Enter''' and then answer the questions.
* Press '''Enter''' and then answer the questions.
==13. Instructions When Using AI==
===Instructions for Human Editors===
AI systems cannot see the raw wikitext of [[Conservapedia]] pages unless the text is pasted directly into the conversation or uploaded in an accessible file. AI systems cannot automatically read the contents of browser tabs, editing windows, or rendered HTML pages. Consequently, AI-generated output may occasionally reconstruct text instead of preserving exact formatting and syntax.
To obtain the best results when generating or updating Original Source Project pages, human editors should follow this procedure:
# Click the '''Edit''' tab on the relevant Original Source Project style guide or approved example page.
# Select all the raw wikitext:
## Click somewhere inside the editing area.
## Press '''CTRL''' + '''A''', then '''CTRL''' + '''C'''.
# Immediately press the Back button or select the Read page tab to reduce the risk of copying contaminated or unwanted text.
# Open the AI chat window and paste the complete copied material by pressing '''CTRL''' + '''V'''.
# Press '''Enter''' and answer any essential questions concerning the source text, image filename, internal links, chapter range, or other information not already supplied.
Human editors remain responsible for checking the generated text, article destinations, bibliographical details, and legal status before publication.
=Conservapedia Original Source Page Production - Master Instructions for AI=
'''Note to Human Editors:''' These instructions are an evolving working document designed primarily for use with ChatGPT. Compatibility with other AI tools, including Microsoft's Copilot, should not be assumed.
==1. Authority of the Style Guide==
==1. Authority of the Style Guide==
* The established style guide, its prescribed introductory material, and its approved example pages are authoritative for every page produced under this Project.
* The established style guide, its prescribed introductory material, and its approved example pages are authoritative for every page produced under this Project.
* Follow the requirements exactly. Do not redesign, replace, simplify, reinterpret, or improvise any established element of the page format.
* When an approved example establishes a particular template, information panel, introductory passage, declaration, navigation structure, or other standard component, reproduce that component faithfully. Change only the values that the style guide authorises to vary between pages.
* If an instruction in this master set appears to conflict with the established style guide or an approved example, preserve the established convention and identify the conflict for resolution rather than silently introducing a new format.
* If two parts of the style guide conflict, identify the inconsistency and recommend the specific amendment needed to bring them into agreement.
The purpose of this workflow is to transform supplied source material into a complete, consistent, copy-and-paste-ready MediaWiki page with minimal additional work required from the human editor.
==2. Initial Questions and Required Information==
After reviewing the style guide, determine whether the necessary information has already been supplied in the current conversation, the available Project materials, or an established workflow.
Ask the user only for information that is genuinely missing or ambiguous. Do not repeat questions that have already been answered.
The relevant information includes:
# '''Image filename:''' Ask, "What is the already uploaded to Conservapedia image filename you wish me to use? Or should we simply substitute the Conservapedia logo in the example info panel?"
# '''Internal links:''' Establish whether the user authorises internal links to appropriate proper nouns throughout both the original source text and the information panel. Apply an established authorisation to subsequent chapters unless the user changes the instruction.
# '''Chapter range:''' Establish the chapter range required in the Index and information panel. Examples include Chapters 1-14 for a standard volume or Chapters 23-37 for a volume within a larger work.
# '''Complete source text:''' Obtain the complete source text to be integrated into the page. The user may paste the chapter or identify the appropriate text in a supplied document or PDF.
Do not accept partial chapters when the intention is to publish a complete chapter. If the supplied material appears incomplete, establish whether the omission is intentional before proceeding.
Before generating the page, confirm that all essential information is available. If essential information cannot be recovered from the available Project materials, ask for clarification rather than guessing.
Once these details have been established, apply them to subsequent chapters without repeatedly asking the same questions unless the user changes the requirements.
==3. Faithful Reproduction of the Source==
* Preserve the supplied source text faithfully.
* Do not paraphrase, modernise, abridge, summarise, silently correct, rearrange, or otherwise alter the original wording.
* Apart from inserting authorised internal-link syntax and applying formatting expressly required by the style guide, retain the source text as supplied.
* Preserve original paragraph boundaries, sequence, headings, quotations, punctuation, spelling, and substantive wording. Apply required MediaWiki formatting and paragraph anchors without changing the underlying text.
* Do not introduce new historical interpretations, explanatory claims, biographical details, or chapter summaries into the reproduced source.
* If the source appears to contain an error, omission, ambiguity, or inconsistency, preserve the supplied wording and flag the issue separately for human review when appropriate.
* Do not silently renumber source material merely because a gap or inconsistency appears suspicious. Preserve the sequence unless a specific formatting rule requires a conversion or there is clear evidence of an error.
* Where the style guide requires numbered source sections to be displayed using Arabic numerals, convert the corresponding Roman numeral labels to their Arabic equivalents while preserving their numerical sequence. Do not change the substantive text associated with those labels.
* Distinguish changes required by the style guide from corrections to the source itself. Formatting and authorised linking are not permission to rewrite the historical text.
The supplied source text remains the controlling authority for the reproduced passage.
==4. Mandatory Introductory Material==
Every applicable Original Source page must begin with the introductory paragraphs prescribed by the established style guide.
Reproduce the prescribed paragraphs verbatim, in their required order and location. Preserve their wording, paragraph structure, and established formatting.
The standard introductory text is:
==2. Initial Questions and Required Information==
<nowiki>
This page is part of [[Conservapedia's Original Source Project]], which preserves public-domain primary texts in a structured yet academically referencable format that can be easily copy-and-pasted by users.<br><br> All readers are actively encouraged to create internal links to [[Conservapedia|Conservapedia's]] related encyclopedic articles. Readers are also asked to add [[Internal Links|internal links]] and '''references''' from the encyclopedic articles back to these original source documents. [[Internal Links|Internal links]] aid user experience as they can jump directly to specific paragraphs, such as [[Original Source: Sir Isaac Newton - Observations on Daniel, Chapter 10#1]] while strengthen [[SEO Trust Signals]]. While authorative references follow traditional academic style while also increasing the article's [[SEO Authority Signals]] provided the reference is to known sources. Your assistance is appreciated and please enjoy and make full use of the materials below.
</nowiki>
Apply the following rules:
* Do not replace the prescribed introduction with a newly written introduction, a chapter synopsis, a thematic summary, or a description of the chapter's contents.
* Do not assume that an introduction is interchangeable with a summary simply because both discuss the same subject.
* The introduction must not have a heading above it.
* Do not indent or universally italicise or bold the introduction.
* Do not enclose it in quotation marks.
* Preserve the established formatting and syntax.
* The internal-link example must link to the page currently being produced, rather than directing the reader to another page. Replace the example destination with the exact current page title and the appropriate paragraph anchor while retaining the prescribed wording around it.
* Follow the introduction with two empty lines to separate the introductory material from the automatically generated MediaWiki contents table and subsequent text.
* If the exact required introductory material is unavailable, consult the approved examples and existing Project materials. If it still cannot be recovered, request the missing reference rather than inventing a substitute.
==5. Information Panel and Navigation Standards==
Every Original Source page must include the established right-aligned information panel at the top of the page.
Use the exact information-panel template demonstrated in the approved example.
* Preserve its established table syntax, field names, field order, formatting, image treatment, and conventions.
* Do not substitute a generic infobox, redesign the panel, add unrelated fields, or change its width or image dimensions without authorisation.
* Use the image filename specified by the user or the Conservapedia logo, as directed by the user.
* Retain established author, work, and publication information throughout the volume. Change only values that appropriately vary between pages.
* Use the specified chapter range and navigation structure wherever the approved template requires them.
* Add internal links to suitable information-panel values only when authorised by the user or required by the style guide.
* Do not invent dates, publication details, bibliographical information, or other metadata. Verify information where necessary or flag it for human review.
===5.1 Contents: Consistent Volume Navigation===
The required information is:
The '''Contents''' section is the standard navigation list for a multi-chapter work.
It must provide a consistent, complete list of chapters belonging to the volume, in their established order.
* The Contents section must be identical across all chapter pages belonging to the same volume, except where a verified correction or an authorised change to the volume's structure requires an update.
* Include every chapter in the volume, including the introduction or preface where the established arrangement identifies it as a chapter.
* Use the established chapter titles and the correct chapter numbers.
* Use the approved internal page-title conventions and stable chapter links.
* Preserve two-digit display numbers where established by the information-panel template, such as `00`, `01`, `02`, and so on. The underlying chapter page titles must still follow the prescribed naming convention.
* Use Arabic numerals for chapter references and page names. Do not use Roman numerals in chapter page titles or navigation links.
* Do not omit chapters merely because their destination pages have not yet been created. Use the appropriate proposed destination where required by the project's linking conventions.
* Do not replace the complete volume Contents with a short list of nearby chapters, a thematic list, or a chapter-specific selection.
* When creating a new chapter, copy the established Contents list from the existing volume template and make only the changes necessary to correct verified errors or accommodate an authorised structural update.
The purpose of Contents is to give every chapter predictable, comprehensive navigation through the entire work. Its consistency must not be sacrificed to accommodate links relevant only to an individual chapter.
===5.2 Related Pages: Standard and Chapter-Specific Links===
The '''Related Pages''' section has a different purpose from Contents. It connects the source text to its author, its work, and the most relevant encyclopedic material discussed in the particular chapter.
For multi-chapter volumes, Related Pages should contain both standard entries and selectively chosen chapter-specific entries.
====Standard Entries====
Include links to:
* The author's relevant encyclopedic article.
* The encyclopedic article for the work itself, where available or appropriate.
These entries should remain consistent throughout the volume. Use the established article titles and piped links to preserve the desired display text.
If a suitable article does not exist, use the best-supported canonical destination in accordance with the internal-linking rules. Do not falsely imply that a proposed destination is an existing article.
====Chapter-Specific Entries====
In addition to the standard entries, include a selective set of encyclopedic articles relevant to the actual subject matter of the chapter.
Suitable subjects may include:
* If the source appears to contain an error, omission, ambiguity, or inconsistency, preserve the supplied wording and flag the issue separately for human review when appropriate.
* Important people discussed in the chapter.
* Countries, cities, regions, and other geographical locations.
* Historical institutions, empires, states, and organisations.
* Significant historical events and movements.
* Important books, works, and biblical passages.
* Major theological, philosophical, scientific, educational, artistic, economic, or other concepts that form a substantial part of the discussion.
Select articles because they provide useful context for the reader, not simply because a name or term occurs somewhere in the source.
Chapter-specific links should be chosen with editorial judgement. Prioritise subjects central to the chapter, recurring themes, and topics for which encyclopedic background will help readers understand the original material.
The Related Pages section is not intended to reproduce every internal link appearing in the source text. It should remain a useful, selective group of links rather than becoming an exhaustive index of every incidental reference.
====Variation Between Chapters====
The standard author and work entries should remain consistent throughout the volume.
The additional encyclopedic entries should vary according to the chapter's contents. Consequently, the Related Pages section is not required to be identical across all chapters.
For example, a chapter about music and education may include links to music, universities, rhetoric, or significant educators. A chapter about historical rulers may instead include links to the relevant rulers, kingdoms, and political institutions.
Do not mechanically copy the chapter-specific links from one chapter into another unless those subjects are genuinely relevant to both.
====Relationship Between Contents and Related Pages====
Contents and Related Pages must not be treated as interchangeable.
* '''Contents''' provides the complete and consistent navigation list for the whole volume.
* '''Related Pages''' connects readers to the author, the work, and a selective group of relevant encyclopedic subjects.
Do not duplicate the entire list of chapter links in Related Pages merely to provide volume navigation. Do not remove or shorten the Contents list to make room for chapter-specific links.
This separation preserves predictable navigation while allowing individual chapters to establish useful connections with the wider Conservapedia encyclopedia.
====Verification and Accuracy====
* Use verified existing article titles wherever they can be established.
* If an appropriate subject page does not exist, use the best-supported proposed canonical title where appropriate, even if the resulting link is a redlink.
* Do not claim that a page exists or that a redirect is in place unless this has been verified.
* Do not invent titles or link a term to an unrelated article merely to populate the panel.
* Record unresolved destination questions and useful new-article recommendations in the editorial review outside the copy-ready wikitext.
* Audit both the standard and chapter-specific entries for accuracy and relevance before delivery.
==6. Complete Page Structure and Required Components==
==6. Complete Page Structure and Required Components==
Produce the complete page, not an isolated chapter body or partial template.
Include every component required by the established style guide, in its prescribed order and format. Depending on the approved example, the page may include:
* The approved page title and naming convention.
* The exact approved information panel.
* The prescribed introductory paragraphs.
* The complete source text.
* Required chapter headings, paragraph numbering, and paragraph anchors.
* Authorised internal links throughout the page.
* Translation, edition, and publication information where prescribed.
* The required See Also section.
* The exact Public Domain Declaration.
* The Index section, covering the specified chapter range.
* Required navigation elements and volume links.
* The established categories.
* Any additional mandatory components defined by the style guide.
Use the exact standard wording and markup for prescribed components. Do not create substitute declarations, invent See Also entries, fabricate index titles, or guess category names.
Use the exact standard wording and markup for prescribed components. Do not create substitute declarations, invent See Also entries, fabricate index titles, or guess category names.
For chapter indexes, use verified titles wherever available. If a title is not available, investigate the existing Project materials and Conservapedia coverage. Do not present a guessed title as a verified existing article.
For chapter indexes, use verified titles wherever possible. If a title or destination is unavailable, investigate the existing Project materials and Conservapedia coverage. Clearly distinguish proposed destinations from verified existing articles.
Do not omit required components merely because their exact wording or markup is not immediately available. Consult the approved example and existing Project materials first. If the necessary reference remains unavailable, identify the precise missing material rather than inventing a replacement and presenting it as compliant.
==7. Internal Linking Rules==
Apply these rules whenever the user authorises internal linking, except for links explicitly required by the style guide.
==7. Internal Linking Rules==
===7.1 Identifying Linkable Subjects===
Identify appropriate proper nouns and other historically significant subjects in both the original source text and the information panel. These may include:
* Authors, monarchs, rulers, religious figures, and other historical individuals.
* Countries, regions, cities, islands, and other geographical entities.
* Institutions, councils, empires, states, dynasties, and organisations.
* Religious movements, historical events, and political developments.
* Named works, biblical passages, and significant intellectual, theological, scientific, or historical concepts.
Use editorial judgement. Link worthwhile subjects consistently without indiscriminately linking every occurrence of an ordinary word or phrase.
Use editorial judgement. Link worthwhile subjects consistently without indiscriminately linking every ordinary word or phrase.
===7.2 Verify existing coverage===
===7.2 Verify Existing Coverage===
Check Conservapedia to determine whether a relevant encyclopedic page exists.
Check Conservapedia to determine whether a relevant encyclopedic page exists.
Use the best-supported canonical encyclopedic title as the link destination, rather than automatically adopting the title of an existing page.
Use the best-supported canonical encyclopedic title as the link destination rather than automatically adopting the title of an existing page.
Do not assume an existing title is correct or optimal merely because the page exists. Existing titles may be ambiguous, insufficiently precise, provisional, or inconsistent with appropriate naming conventions.
Do not assume an existing title is correct or optimal merely because the page exists. Existing titles may be ambiguous, insufficiently precise, provisional, or inconsistent with appropriate naming conventions.
Distinguish verified existing pages from proposed article destinations.
Distinguish verified existing pages from proposed article destinations.
===7.3 Canonical titles and piped links===
===7.3 Canonical Titles and Piped Links===
Choose canonical titles using historical accuracy, established naming conventions, contextual identification, and the need to distinguish subjects from similarly named people, places, works, and concepts.
Choose canonical titles using historical accuracy, established naming conventions, contextual identification, and the need to distinguish subjects from similarly named people, places, works, and concepts.
Preserve the original source wording through piped links wherever necessary.
Preserve the original wording through piped links wherever necessary.
For example, if the source says "Cyrus" and the historical context establishes that it refers to Cyrus II the Great, use `[[Cyrus II the Great|Cyrus]]`, regardless of whether the destination page currently exists.
For example, if the source says "Cyrus" and the historical context establishes that it refers to Cyrus II the Great, use `[[Cyrus II the Great|Cyrus]]`, regardless of whether the destination page currently exists.
Use the surrounding context to distinguish people, places, and concepts with similar names. Do not guess when the identity cannot be established reliably. Flag genuinely ambiguous cases for human review.
Use the surrounding context to distinguish people, places, and concepts with similar names. Do not guess when the identity cannot be established reliably. Flag genuinely ambiguous cases for human review.
===7.4 Missing articles and inferior existing titles===
===7.4 Missing Articles and Inferior Existing Titles===
If a relevant page does not exist, do not omit a worthwhile link merely because the destination is missing. Use the best-supported canonical encyclopedic title for the proposed article. This identifies missing coverage and facilitates future article creation.
If a relevant page does not exist, do not omit a worthwhile link merely because the destination is missing. Use the best-supported canonical encyclopedic title for the proposed article. This identifies missing coverage and facilitates future article creation.
If an existing article uses an inferior or ambiguous title, use the best-supported canonical title in the generated wikitext where appropriate and include the existing article in the editorial review list for consideration of a rename, consolidation, or other corrective action.
If an existing article uses an inferior or ambiguous title, use the best-supported canonical title in the generated wikitext where appropriate and include the existing article in the editorial review for consideration of a rename, consolidation, or other corrective action.
Do not assume a rename is necessarily appropriate without considering the existing content and relevant naming conventions.
Do not assume a rename is necessarily appropriate without considering the existing content and relevant naming conventions.
===7.5 Alternative names and redirects===
===7.5 Alternative Names and Redirects===
Identify common alternative names, spellings, and former article titles that may warrant redirects to the canonical article.
Identify common alternative names, spellings, and former article titles that may warrant redirects to the canonical article.
Include useful suggestions in the editorial review list. Do not claim that a redirect already exists unless its existence has been verified.
Include useful suggestions in the editorial review. Do not claim that a redirect already exists unless its existence has been verified.
===7.6 Consistency and accuracy===
===7.6 Consistency and Accuracy===
Link subjects consistently. Preserve the supplied wording and do not rewrite the primary source to accommodate preferred article titles.
Link subjects consistently. Preserve the supplied wording and do not rewrite the primary source to accommodate preferred article titles.
Use the exact Public Domain Declaration prescribed by the established style guide or approved example.
Use the exact Public Domain Declaration prescribed by the established style guide or approved example.
The standard wording is:
<nowiki>
=Public Domain Declaration=
This text is in the public domain. [Author]'s [Work Title] may be freely reproduced.
</nowiki>
The declaration must use the prescribed Level-1 heading and appear immediately above the Index section.
Do not replace it with a newly written declaration, shorten it, expand it, or substitute a generic copyright statement.
Do not replace it with a newly written declaration, shorten it, expand it, or substitute a generic copyright statement.
==9. See Also, Index, and Categories==
==9. See Also, Index, and Categories==
Follow the approved conventions for the See Also section, chapter index, and categories.
Follow the approved conventions for the See Also section, Index, and categories.
===9.1 See Also===
Use the prescribed structure and standard entries:
<nowiki>
=See Also=
* [[Original Source Naming Standard]]
* [[Internal Links]]
* [[SEO Trust Signals]]
</nowiki>
Retain any additional See Also entries authorised by the established example or specifically required for the page. Do not invent entries merely to lengthen the section.
===9.2 Index===
Every chapter-by-chapter Original Source page must include an Index section below See Also and directly above the category information, following the prescribed Public Domain Declaration.
The Index must list all chapters in the work, even if the list is long. Use the specified chapter range, verified chapter titles, approved page-title conventions, and appropriate internal links.
Use Arabic numerals for chapter and volume references. Do not use Roman numerals in chapter page names, chapter navigation, or Index links.
Where two-digit display numbers are established for the Contents section, preserve that display convention there. Use the correct underlying chapter number in the actual page title and link destination.
The Index and Contents have complementary but different purposes:
* The Contents section in the information panel provides a complete, consistent list of the volume's chapters at the top of each page.
* The Index section at the bottom provides the prescribed chapter navigation and progression point for readers who have reached the end of the page.
Both must follow the established volume structure. Keep their chapter ranges and titles consistent, and correct discrepancies only on the basis of verified information or an authorised change.
Do not omit chapters or shorten the list merely because the destinations have not yet been created. Do not present guessed titles as verified titles.
===9.3 Categories===
Include at least the categories required by the established style guide:
<nowiki>
[[Category:Conservapedia's Original Source Project]]
[[Category:Original Sources]]
[[Category:Public Domain Works]]
</nowiki>
Additional categories may be added for the author, subject matter, or historical and thematic relevance, in accordance with the established conventions.
Do not invent category names or claim that a category or destination exists without verification where verification is required.
Categories must always appear at the bottom of the page.
Do not omit, reorder, or redesign these components unless the style guide explicitly allows it.
Do not omit, reorder, or redesign these components unless the style guide explicitly allows it.
Alongside the finished wikitext, provide a concise editorial review list identifying proposed new articles, suggested renames or consolidations, potentially useful redirects, and unresolved naming questions.
Alongside the finished wikitext, provide a concise editorial review list identifying proposed new articles, suggested renames or consolidations, potentially useful redirects, and unresolved naming questions.
Keep all editorial commentary outside the copy-ready wikitext block.
Where applicable, separate recommendations into the following groups:
Where applicable, separate recommendations into the following groups:
* '''New articles:''' Worthwhile subjects for which no suitable existing article has been verified.
* '''Potential renames or consolidations:''' Existing articles whose titles or coverage may warrant editorial review.
* '''Potential redirects:''' Alternative spellings, common names, and former titles that may usefully redirect to canonical articles.
* '''Items requiring human review:''' Uncertain identities, competing naming conventions, or recommendations that cannot be resolved confidently.
For each recommendation, provide the proposed canonical title and a brief reason. Identify the current page title when verified and relevant.
For each recommendation, provide the proposed canonical title and a brief reason. Identify the current page title when verified and relevant.
The editorial review should also identify, where appropriate:
* Important chapter-specific subjects considered for the Related Pages information-panel section.
* Useful subjects for which no suitable encyclopedia article has been verified.
* Ambiguous or potentially incorrect internal-link destinations.
* Discrepancies between Contents, the bottom Index, and established volume navigation.
* Any apparent transcription errors, omissions, numbering anomalies, or source inconsistencies that require human review.
Do not repeat every ordinary link made in the chapter. Concentrate on substantive recommendations and unresolved questions.
If no additional naming or redirection recommendations are identified, explicitly state that no additional recommendations were identified.
If no additional naming or redirection recommendations are identified, explicitly state that no additional recommendations were identified.
==11. Final Verification Before Delivery==
==11. Final Verification Before Delivery==
Before presenting the finished page, check the entire output against the style guide and approved examples, component by component.
Before presenting the finished page, check the entire output against the style guide and approved examples, component by component.
Verify:
Verify all of the following:
* '''Page title and naming conventions:''' Confirm the approved professional title, author name, work title, chapter designation, spacing, and hyphen conventions.
- Exact introductory paragraphs.
* '''Introductory paragraphs:''' Confirm that the prescribed introduction is reproduced verbatim, with the current page's exact title used in the internal-link example and the required spacing afterwards.
* '''Information panel template:''' Confirm the exact approved table syntax, field names, field order, formatting, dimensions, and image filename.
- Image filename or logo selection.
* '''Contents:''' Confirm that the complete chapter list is present, that it follows the established order, and that it matches the Contents used across the same volume.
* '''Related Pages:''' Confirm that the standard author and work entries are present where appropriate and that the additional chapter-specific encyclopedic links are selective, relevant, and accurate.
* '''Image selection:''' Confirm that the image filename or Conservapedia logo matches the user's instructions.
* '''Source fidelity:''' Confirm that the supplied source is complete and that its wording, paragraph boundaries, order, headings, quotations, punctuation, and substantive content have been preserved.
* '''Heading levels and paragraph anchors:''' Confirm that chapter titles use Level-1 headings, numbered source paragraphs use Level-4 headings, and the prescribed paragraph text formatting is applied.
* '''Arabic numbering:''' Confirm that numbered source-section headings, paragraph labels, chapter references, chapter page names, and volume references use Arabic numerals wherever required. Check that Roman-numeral source labels have been converted where the established formatting rule requires it, without accidentally changing the numerical sequence or substantive text.
* '''Internal links:''' Confirm that authorised internal links are contextually appropriate, use the best-supported canonical titles, and preserve the wording of the source through piped links where necessary.
* '''Public Domain Declaration:''' Confirm that the exact prescribed declaration is present with the correct heading and location.
- Any other mandatory requirements in the established style guide.
* '''See Also:''' Confirm the prescribed standard entries and any expressly authorised additions.
* '''Index:''' Confirm that all chapters in the specified range are included, with verified titles and correct destinations.
* '''Navigation consistency:''' Confirm that the Contents list, Index, established chapter titles, and specified chapter range agree.
* '''Categories:''' Confirm that all required categories are present and that categories appear at the bottom of the page.
* '''Foreign-language formatting:''' Confirm that applicable foreign-language passages are italicised as required, without italicising ordinary English quotations merely because they are quotations.
* '''Date conventions:''' Confirm that supplementary dates and information-panel dates comply with the established calendar rules.
* '''Editorial review:''' Confirm that unresolved links, potential corrections, proposed articles, and naming recommendations are clearly separated from the source text.
* '''Completeness:''' Confirm that every mandatory component has been included and appears in the prescribed order.
Do not claim that an element has been verified when it has merely been guessed or reconstructed.
Do not claim that an element has been verified when it has merely been guessed or reconstructed.
If a required element cannot be verified, resolve the issue from the available source material or identify the precise missing reference before proceeding. Do not silently substitute invented content.
If a required element cannot be verified, resolve it from the available Project materials or identify the precise missing reference before proceeding. Do not silently substitute invented content.
==12. Output Format and Editorial Responsibility==
==12. Output Format and Editorial Responsibility==
Return the complete raw MediaWiki wikitext as one continuous, copy-and-paste-ready code block wherever practicable.
Return the complete raw MediaWiki wikitext as one continuous, copy-and-paste-ready code block wherever practicable.
The code block must contain the entire page, including all required syntax, formatting, navigation, metadata, and categories. Do not interrupt it with explanations or editorial commentary.
The code block must contain the entire page, including all required syntax, formatting, metadata, information-panel navigation, source text, internal links, declarations, Index, and categories.
Do not interrupt the code block with explanations, editorial notes, citations, or commentary that are not intended to appear on the published page.
Place the concise editorial review outside the wikitext block so that recommendations, uncertainties, and proposed improvements cannot accidentally become part of the published page.
The governing principle is exact compliance with the established style guide, not creative reconstruction. When the guide supplies a standard, reproduce it. When the source supplies text, preserve it. When information is missing, verify it or ask. Never invent a replacement and present it as compliant.
The AI prepares the page for human review and publication. The human editor remains responsible for checking the final text, links, metadata, naming decisions, source fidelity, and legal status before publication.
The governing principle is exact compliance with the established style guide, not creative reconstruction. When the guide supplies a standard, reproduce it. When the source supplies text, preserve it. When a formatting rule requires a transformation, apply that transformation consistently. When information is missing, verify it or ask. Never invent a replacement and present it as compliant.
==13. Quotation and Foreign-Language Formatting==
# '''English quotations:''' Use quotation marks to identify quoted English text. Do not italicise English quotations merely because they are quotations or originate from an older source.
# '''Foreign-language passages:''' Italicise substantial quotations and passages in Latin, French, German, and other foreign languages to distinguish them from the principal English text.
# '''Mixed-language passages:''' Italicise only the foreign-language portions, leaving the surrounding English text in roman type.
# '''Visual exceptions:''' Block quotations, pull quotes, and other deliberately designed display elements may use italics where appropriate to their presentation. Such styling is not the default for ordinary historical text.
# '''Source fidelity:''' Formatting must not alter the original wording, spelling, punctuation, sequence, or meaning. Do not silently translate or correct foreign-language text; record suspected errors separately for editorial review.
# '''Consistency:''' Apply these conventions throughout the page, including footnotes, quotations from cited authorities, and passages embedded within an author's own prose, wherever the source formatting permits.
==14. Date System and Calendar Conventions==
# '''Default calendar:''' Use the Gregorian calendar for dates throughout information panels, biographical summaries, indexes, and editorial notes wherever a reliable Gregorian date can be established.
# '''Julian dates:''' If a reliable Gregorian equivalent is unavailable or cannot be established with sufficient confidence, retain the Julian date and explicitly identify it as Julian. Do not leave readers to infer which calendar is being used.
# '''Avoid ambiguous terminology:''' Do not use ''Old Style'' (O.S.) or ''New Style'' (N.S.) as date labels. These expressions can refer to calendar differences, differences in the beginning of the year, or both, and may confuse general readers.
# '''Historical year numbering:''' When converting dates from historical English records, account for differences in the beginning of the year as well as differences between the Julian and Gregorian calendars. A date may require a change of year as well as a change of day and month.
# '''Source fidelity:''' Preserve dates exactly as they appear in the original source text. Do not silently convert, modernise, or replace a date within the transcribed text. Calendar conversions belong in editorial material or supplementary biographical information, not in the original text itself.
# '''Information panels:''' Prefer a single Gregorian birth or death date rather than displaying multiple calendar equivalents. Include a Julian date only when a reliable Gregorian equivalent cannot be established, and label it explicitly as Julian.
# '''Uncertainty:''' Do not calculate or assert a converted date when the relevant calendar, year convention, or historical evidence is uncertain. Flag the uncertainty for editorial review rather than presenting an unverified conversion as fact.
# '''Consistency:''' Apply these conventions uniformly across all pages in the Original Source Project, including author information panels, publication dates, historical events, indexes, and editorial reviews.
==15. Mandatory Internal-Link Audit==
Before completing any Original Source Project page, conduct a systematic internal-link audit of the entire page, including the introductory text, information panel, original source text, See Also section, and Index.
Before completing any Original Source Project page, conduct a systematic internal-link audit of the entire page, including the introductory text, information panel, original source text, See Also section, and Index.
# '''People:''' Identify and link relevant historical figures, authors, rulers, religious figures, and other named individuals. Examples include Eusebius, Tatian, Constantine the Great, and Cyril of Jerusalem.
# '''Places and geography:''' Identify and link relevant countries, regions, cities, islands, and other geographical entities, including every appropriate place name in the information panel. Examples include Egypt, Jerusalem, Rome, and other locations named in the source or metadata.
# '''Historical entities:''' Identify and link empires, states, institutions, councils, religious movements, and other significant historical entities. Examples include the Roman Empire and the Greek Empire.
# '''Works and concepts:''' Link appropriate named books, biblical passages, historical events, theological terms, and other subjects that have relevant encyclopedic coverage.
# '''Repeated occurrences:''' Do not automatically assume that linking the first occurrence of a name is sufficient. Review subsequent occurrences and link them where doing so is useful and consistent with this project's linking policy. Apply the same standard to comparable names and entities throughout the page.
# '''Information panel:''' Audit every metadata field and every Related Pages entry for appropriate internal links. Do not leave linkable proper nouns unlinked merely because they appear in a table or sidebar.
# '''Contents and Related Pages:''' Check that Contents provides complete and consistent volume navigation, while Related Pages includes the standard author and work links and a selective set of chapter-specific encyclopedic links. Confirm that chapter-specific entries are relevant to the chapter and are not copied mechanically from one chapter to another.
# '''Verification:''' Use accurate existing article titles wherever they can be established. Preserve the source's original wording through piped links when necessary. Do not invent article titles or silently substitute an unrelated destination. Record uncertain destinations in the separate editorial review.
# '''Final quality check:''' Re-read the completed page specifically to find omitted links. Compare comparable passages and lists of people or places for inconsistent treatment. A page is not ready for delivery until this audit has been completed.
The purpose is to improve reader navigation, connect primary sources to relevant encyclopedic coverage, and strengthen the meaningful internal-link relationships described in the SEO Trust Signals guidance. Linking must remain contextually relevant and must not distort the original text.
The purpose is to improve reader navigation, connect primary sources to relevant encyclopedic coverage, and strengthen the meaningful internal-link relationships described in the SEO Trust Signals guidance. Linking must remain contextually relevant and must not distort the original text.
The systematic use of the same panel structure, complete volume navigation, consistent author and work links, and selective chapter-specific encyclopedia links is intended to make the Original Source Project easier to navigate and more coherent as a collection. These practices support sound information architecture and internal linking. They must not be represented as a guaranteed search-engine ranking benefit.