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We need some consensus on whether we capitalise "Autistic", like "Deaf", or not; prefarably sooner than later :D What do you think? --[[User:Fochti|Fochti]] ([[User talk:Fochti|talk]]) 22:47, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
We need some consensus on whether we capitalise "Autistic", like "Deaf", or not; prefarably sooner than later :D What do you think? --[[User:Fochti|Fochti]] ([[User talk:Fochti|talk]]) 22:47, 25 August 2022 (UTC)


Personally I'm accustomed to using lowercase.  If others prefer uppercase, my suggestion would be:  (1) use uppercase 'A' to refer to the Autistic community as a distinct subculture, but (2) use lowercase 'a' to refer to autistic people when talking about our neurotype itself.  Thus a person could be 'autistic' (the neurotype) without necessarily also being "Autistic" (participating in the Autistic community).
Personally I'm accustomed to using lowercase.  If others prefer uppercase, my suggestion would be:  (1) use uppercase 'A' to refer to the Autistic community as a distinct subculture, but (2) use lowercase 'a' to refer to autistic people when talking about our neurotype itself.  Thus a person could be 'autistic' (the neurotype) without necessarily also being "Autistic" (participating in the Autistic community). [[User:Mona Pereth|Mona Pereth]] ([[User talk:Mona Pereth|talk]]) 15:11, 26 August 2022 (UTC)


== REQUEST: make external links open in new window ==
== REQUEST: make external links open in new window ==

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English (US) vs English (UK)

I think we need some consensus on whether people should use American English spelling or British English spelling. Whatever we're gonna use, it should be put into the style guidelines. (Yes, I always focus on the most important topics! :D) --Fochti (talk) 22:47, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

autistic vs Autistic

We need some consensus on whether we capitalise "Autistic", like "Deaf", or not; prefarably sooner than later :D What do you think? --Fochti (talk) 22:47, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Personally I'm accustomed to using lowercase. If others prefer uppercase, my suggestion would be: (1) use uppercase 'A' to refer to the Autistic community as a distinct subculture, but (2) use lowercase 'a' to refer to autistic people when talking about our neurotype itself. Thus a person could be 'autistic' (the neurotype) without necessarily also being "Autistic" (participating in the Autistic community). Mona Pereth (talk) 15:11, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

REQUEST: make external links open in new window

I think the usual thing is for external links (to other sites) to open in another window/tab. I think maybe that's how it worked yesterday and it got changed. Here's the docs on how to adjust the setting: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgExternalLinkTarget --Severian (talk) 01:57, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Adding images

Is there a way to add images to a page? The help says to upload an image, but I don't know where to upload it to

Where to get autism-related stuff

Should we have a page saying where to get autism-related stuff? On the one hand, this could be a useful resource. On the other, it could very easily turn into a spam page, w/ nothing but free advertising

What do you mean by "autism related stuff"? --Fochti (talk) 18:39, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
Good question. That may be too difficult to judge. Anything from noise-cancelling headphones to T-shirts w/ Autism-related sayings

Deleting pages (answered)

Is it possible to actually delete a page (for example if it's redundant or spam), or do you need to make it a redirect? If so, where would you redirect a spam page to? --Fochti (talk) 01:44, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

Okay, it is possible, but only if you're one of the wiki's administrators --Fochti (talk) 20:47, 25 August 2022 (UTC)