Scottish Clans Teams Guideline

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Scottish Clans Teams Guideline

Please Note: Scottish Families will follow a new format, yet to be determined. This Team will include all other surnames originating in Scotland, where people wish to document their proud history and will be addressed in a separate Guideline.

The Scotland Project has set out the following Guidelines for Scottish Clans Teams and their associated pages:

Category Pages

Please contact the Scotland Categories Team for assistance setting up new categories.

• Scottish Clans categories will follow the existing Clan X format; for example:[[Category:Clan MacPherson]] Only officially recognized Clans and Armigerous Families will be part of the Scottish Clans Teams.
• All Mac names will use the format MacCapital, unless otherwise arranged with the Categorization Project and Scotland Project Leaders, as an exception to this rule.
  • Current exception: Clan MacKenzie is the parent category for Clan Mackenzie
• Category pages should contain the following content:

Maintained by the [[:Space:Scotland - Scottish Clans Teams|Scottish Clans Teams]]

Clan (Name)

Clan Team Leader: (TBC or Name)

Please visit (Link to Clan Free Space Page) for more information about this Clan.

Team Free Space Pages

• All Team Pages will follow the same standard format, as determined by the project. Research is to be conducted and added to the Team Pages by the Team Leader and Team Members of each clan.
• Additional pages may be set up to contain more detailed research, as outlined by the Team Leader, and according to WikiTree Standards, if all team members agree.
• Team Pages are managed by the Scotland Project, plus the Team Leader of each Clan. Team members will be added to the trusted list (or removed if they choose to leave the team).
• Team Pages are intended to be a summary of the Clan's information and a place for the Team Leader and members to communicate. They are not intended to be a comprehensive Clan document.
• Team Pages should not have any:
  • Animation
  • Coloured Text
  • Copyrighted Images
  • Copy/paste content from other websites

Individual Profile Pages

The Scotland Project strictly follows the rules outlined in WikiTree's Styles and Standards for Profiles, and ensures our members adhere to the WikiTree Honour Code.

• Biographies should highlight the person's life, not their manner of death
• Appropriate sources are required
• Profiles are managed, not owned. Profile Managers need to collaborate with others to keep profiles the best they can be.