Wikipedia:WikiProject Organizations/Guidelines

Naming conventions
See Wikipedia Manual of Style regarding English and American variant spellings.
 * Organization versus Organisation

See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Organizations for discussions on this matter.

Article structure
A central discussion on proposals for a format (or various formats) for articles related to organizations can be found here.

Article talk pages may include the following templates:
 * talkheader
 * skiptotoctalk
 * WikiProject Organizations

Infobox templates

 * Template:Infobox organization

Categories
At a minimum, each organization should have relevant categories for:
 * Year established. format Category:Organizations established in YYYY  example Category:Organizations established in 1990. (Tree is in Category:Organizations by year of establishment.)
 * Location - A location or geography category. Format is usually Category:Organizations based in Country  ; example, Category:Organizations based in the United States.  Spelling of "organization" may vary depending on country and who began the category. If in doubt, browse the tree at Category:Organizations by location. If an appropriate, more geographically-specific category exists, use that one.
 * Subject - A subject category (e.g., Category:Scientific organizations). Browse the tree at Category:Organizations by subject.
 * Note: There are some combined subject/country categories, e.g., Category:Environmental organisations based in the United Kingdom). Browse Category:Organizations by subject and country.
 * If applicable or known, an activity category (e.g., Category:Research organizations). Browse the tree at Category:Organizations by activity. (If an organization has many different activities it may not be appropriate to categorize by activity.)
 * If applicable or known, a "legal status or organizational structure" category (e.g., Category:Non-profit organizations). Browse the category at Category:Organizations by legal status.

Relevant guidelines:
 * Categorization
 * Naming_conventions_%28categories%29

Templates that can be placed on organization category talk pages:
 * talkheader
 * skiptotoctalk

Category work
See discussions:
 * WikiProject Organizations/Thematically ordered organizations
 * WikiProject Organizations/Categorization

Categorization needed:
 * Category:Organizations missing subject classification