Christian Democracy Wiki:Policies

This page outlines the rules and policies of this wiki.

On-topic policy
All pages should be related to Christian democracy or related ideologies.

Style Guide
Content should be encyclopedic and adhere to CDPOV (see below) Generally, try to adhere to Wikipedia's Manual of Style.

Sourcing
Since Christian democracy is often unpopular and not covered by mainstream media, we allow less-known sources as well as a degree of "original research". Primary sources are encouraged. However, if there is dispute about claims of a primary source, a secondary source summarising the controversy might be more appropriate.

Christian Democratic Point of View (CDPOV)
One of the things that distinguish this wiki from Christian democratic articles on Wikipedia is that our articles are written from an explicitly Christian democratic perspective. The Christian Democratic Point of View (CDPOV) is a set of viewpoints which every Christian democrat should hold and which this wiki supports. These viewpoints are:


 * We affirm the consistent life ethic and oppose abortion, death penalty, euthanasia, assisted suicide and unjust war.
 * We recognize the need for environmental stewardship and to act on the climate crisis.
 * We are against both unregulated capitalism and socialism, supporting alternatives such as social market economy, social democracy or distributism.
 * We believe the family is a basic social unit and needs to be supported by both social and economic means.
 * We support freedom of religion for all, while also opposing aggressive secularization and attempts to remove religion from public sphere.
 * We support fair treatment of immigrants. Note that this does not necessarily mean we are against any form of border control, we just need to respect the inherent human dignity of immigrants.
 * We strongly support democracy and are against any authoritarian regimes and human right violations.

Importing from other wikis
Importing content from other wikis is allowed as long as the content is relevant and properly credited.

Importing pages or text content is discouraged, especially if this content comes from Wikipedia, as it makes the wiki less original, but still allowed if necessary. If you're importing text content, make sure to modify it in accordance with the Style Guide. Also, make sure to fix any template errors that might come from importing content.