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Wikiscot.com presents, side by side,
the case for Scotland remaining in the UK
and the case for Scotland becoming a new country.
Anyone can contribute to it - just click the 'Edit' tab at the top of any page.

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• If the page you want to edit doesn't have an 'Edit' tab, it's been locked ('protected'). To see when the protection will expire, click 'Page information' in the menu-column at the top left.
• You can always suggest an edit, or propose a new page, in the Discussion subpage of any page. Alternatively, email us.
• The moderators may selectively apply premoderation. If your edit doesn't appear within an hour or so, this will be the reason.
• Only certain user groups can create new pages - click 'Special pages' in the left-hand menu-column on any page, then 'User group rights'. This right may be extended or restricted as circumstances dictate.

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• Be objective.
  • Don't ever attack the content, logic or evidence on another page.
    • If the other page is wrong, edit it.
    • Alternatively, state on your page the position as you see it, then add a note such as, Page (Whatever) takes a different view, arguing that (thingy) is not a material factor..
    • Exceptionally, criticism of the contents of a page is allowed on its Discussion subpage; but all the other ground-rules still apply.
  • Don't make selective data look like evidence. If you say, This strategy has failed in three countries, you need also to say how many countries it hasn't failed in.
  • Draw your evidence from sources that are not controversial, and quote them.
• Respect your opponents.
  • Play the ball, not the man. Don't question an opponent's character or motives.
  • No immoderate language:
    • Even mild expressions like 'unrealistic claims' will be deleted by the moderators; instead, make a specific, evidence-based alternative claim.
    • Call the other side 'Some commentators', or similar. If you really need to be more specific, call unionists 'Unionists', 'Union supporters' or 'the pro-Union side', and call supporters of independence 'independence supporters' or 'the pro-indy side', or similar.
• Look for consensus.
  • Use the Discussion pages to get readers' opinions on proposed changes.
• Don't court legal trouble.
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