Wikipedia:WikiProject Conservatism/Style guide

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The WikiProject Conservatism Style Guide is an editing manual for conservatism-related articles. The guide focuses three types of articles: concepts, people and organizations.

Notability

Naming conventions

Article structure

Concepts

Lead
Background
See also
References
External links

Political theorists

Lead
Biography
Political philosophy
Reception and legacy or Influence
Achievements
Selected works or Bibliography
Timeline
See also
References
External links

Politicians

Lead
Early life
Political career
Election of year
Term as office
Later life or Personal life
Political positions
Legacy
Awards
Works published
See also
References
External links

Organizations

Lead
History
Objectives
Leadership or Organizational structure
Membership
Policies and positions or Ideology
Programs
Accomplishments
Sources of funding -- can also be placed under Organizational structure
See also
References
External links

Political parties

Lead
History
Policies or Ideology
Party factions
Electoral performance
See also
References
External links

Templates

Infobox

{{Infobox officeholder}} (includes candidate)
{{infobox organization}}
{{Infobox political party}}

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Conservatism (20 C, 56 P)

Conservatism by continent (7 C)

Conservatism by country (83 C, 2 P)

Conservatism templates (7 C, 103 P)

Conservatism-related lists (2 C, 33 P)

Conservative parties (15 C, 4 P)

Conservative Anabaptists (1 C, 5 P)

Books about conservatism (1 C, 51 P)

Christian democracy (11 C, 13 P)

Fiscal conservatism (4 C, 24 P)

Conservatism and left-wing politics (2 C, 27 P)

LGBTQ conservatism (1 C, 11 P)

Liberal conservatism (3 C, 31 P)

Conservative mass media (5 C, 27 P)

Conservative Mennonites (9 P)

National conservatism (8 C, 46 P)

Paternalistic conservatism (27 P)

Progressive conservatism (7 C, 32 P)

Reactionary (13 C, 76 P)

Social conservatism (7 C, 38 P)

Ultraconservatism (2 C, 23 P)

See also

Category:WikiProject style advice

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Canada
China (and Chinese)
France (and French)
Hawaii
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Japan
Kurdistan
Korea
Pakistan
Philippines
Poland
Singapore
Ukrainian
See also: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names), WikiProject style advice

Religion and education

Science and technology

Cue sports
- Snooker
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