User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Tips for being a great admin/@comment-1430834-20121031092114/@comment-20644-20121105193444

Great question! Dinoguy1000 made a really great suggestion as well.

I think Manuals of Style are a good thing as long as they don’t go too overboard. You want to avoid instruction creep. What that means is that you want to avoid having a rule in your Manual of Style or other policies for EVERYTHING, to the point that the article guidelines become overwhelming for people. If you can strike a good balance with a limited but still effective Manual of Style, then I think you’ll have a good policy there.

Of course, it depends on the wiki’s subject as well, but there are certain universal truths to policies. Above all, remember the KISS rule: Keep It Simple, Stupid. That’s generally a good rule to live by when you’re coming up with policies.