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The basic rule-of-thumb to determine whether an article should be listed under the Directory namespace or be placed within Main pages is: ''"Would the entity have legal standing in a court of law"?''
 
The basic rule-of-thumb to determine whether an article should be listed under the Directory namespace or be placed within Main pages is: ''"Would the entity have legal standing in a court of law"?''
  
If the answer is '''''yes''''' as to whether the entity could bring a cause of action as the plaintiff, or respond to a complaint as a defendant, then it should be placed under the Directory namespace. Examples:
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If the answer is '''''yes''''' as to whether the entity could bring a cause of action as the plaintiff, or respond to a complaint as a defendant, then it should be listed under the Directory namespace. Examples:
  
 
* Commercial Enterprise - [[Directory:IBM|International Business Machines]]
 
* Commercial Enterprise - [[Directory:IBM|International Business Machines]]
* Non-Profit Organization - [[Directory:WikiMedia Foundation|WikiMedia Foundation]]
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* Non-Profit Organization - [[Directory:Wikimedia Foundation|WikiMedia Foundation]]
 
* Government Entity - [[Directory:Huntington Beach|City of Huntington Beach]]
 
* Government Entity - [[Directory:Huntington Beach|City of Huntington Beach]]
 
* Person (Living/Deceased) - [[Directory:Marilyn Monroe|Estate of Marilyn Monroe]]
 
* Person (Living/Deceased) - [[Directory:Marilyn Monroe|Estate of Marilyn Monroe]]
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If the answer is '''''no''''', then it should be placed within Main pages. Examples:
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* [[Central Index Key]]
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* [[North America Industry Classification System]]
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* [[Sir Issac Newton]]

Revision as of 16:56, 5 December 2006

Directory Namespace is a Centiare custom namespace that supports advocate point of view (APOV) for "user-owned" pages.

The basic rule-of-thumb to determine whether an article should be listed under the Directory namespace or be placed within Main pages is: "Would the entity have legal standing in a court of law"?

If the answer is yes as to whether the entity could bring a cause of action as the plaintiff, or respond to a complaint as a defendant, then it should be listed under the Directory namespace. Examples:

If the answer is no, then it should be placed within Main pages. Examples: