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href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essay_directory" title="Wikipedia:Essay directory">Essays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Directory" title="Help:Directory">How-to</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editor%27s_index_to_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Editor's index to Wikipedia">Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_directory" title="Wikipedia:Request directory">Noticeboards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory">WikiProjects</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620"></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text">This page includes a listing of <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines"> policies and guidelines</a></b> for English Wikipedia. Policy and guideline pages describe Wikipedia's principles and best-agreed practices. <b>Policies</b> are standards that all users should normally follow, while <b>guidelines</b> are meant to be best practices for following those standards in specific contexts.</td><td class="mbox-imageright"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1252059228">.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain{float:right;margin:0 0 0 1em;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);padding:0.3em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;text-align:center;font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxleft{float:left;margin:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutlist{display:inline-block;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);margin-bottom:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain ul{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutanchordiv{position:relative;top:-3em}.mw-parser-output li 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selflink">list</a>)</th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Principles" title="Wikipedia:Principles">Principles</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_policies" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Content policies">Content policies</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary">Not a dictionary</a>)</li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conduct_policies" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Conduct policies">Conduct policies</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Clean_start" title="Wikipedia:Clean start">Clean start</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Ownership of content</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy" title="Wikipedia:Username policy">Username policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Other policy categories</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Deletion" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Enforcement" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Legal" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Legal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Procedural" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Procedural</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Directories</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">List of policies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">List of guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Manual of Style contents</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Searching">Searching</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Policy_list" title="Template:Policy list"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Policy_list" title="Template talk:Policy list"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Policy_list" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Policy list"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following is a comprehensive <b>list of policies and guidelines</b>. For a quick overview, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplified_ruleset" title="Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset">Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset</a>; for descriptive directories see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Wikipedia:List of policies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Wikipedia:List of guidelines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents</a>. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Terminology"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Terminology</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Policy"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Policy</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Guideline"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Guideline</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Basics"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Basics</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Five_Pillars"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Five Pillars</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#List"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">List</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Content_policies"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Content policies</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Content_guidelines"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Content guidelines</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Editing_guidelines"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Editing guidelines</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Notability_guidelines"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Notability guidelines</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Naming_conventions"><span class="tocnumber">3.5</span> <span class="toctext">Naming conventions</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Style_guidelines"><span class="tocnumber">3.6</span> <span class="toctext">Style guidelines</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Conduct_policies"><span class="tocnumber">3.7</span> <span class="toctext">Conduct policies</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Behavioral_guidelines"><span class="tocnumber">3.8</span> <span class="toctext">Behavioral guidelines</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Deletion_policies"><span class="tocnumber">3.9</span> <span class="toctext">Deletion policies</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Deletion_guidelines"><span class="tocnumber">3.10</span> <span class="toctext">Deletion guidelines</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Procedural_policies"><span class="tocnumber">3.11</span> <span class="toctext">Procedural policies</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Enforcement_policies"><span class="tocnumber">3.12</span> <span class="toctext">Enforcement policies</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Legal_policies"><span class="tocnumber">3.13</span> <span class="toctext">Legal policies</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#Project_content_guidelines"><span class="tocnumber">3.14</span> <span class="toctext">Project content guidelines</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Template_guidelines"><span class="tocnumber">3.15</span> <span class="toctext">Template guidelines</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Reference_Desk_guidelines"><span class="tocnumber">3.16</span> <span class="toctext">Reference Desk guidelines</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-23"><a href="#Searching"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Searching</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-24"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Terminology" data-mw-thread-id="h-Terminology"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Terminology"></span>Terminology<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Terminology"></span></h2><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Terminology","replies":["h-Policy-Terminology","h-Guideline-Terminology"]}}--></div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>Wikipedia's rules and best practices are specified in <b>two types of documents</b>: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Policy" data-mw-thread-id="h-Policy-Terminology"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Policy-Terminology"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 30px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" data-width="30" data-height="30" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/45px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/60px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> Policy<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Policy-Terminology"></span></h3></div> <p>A <b>policy</b> documents a rule or standard with wide acceptance among Wikipedia editors that all users should normally follow. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guideline" data-mw-thread-id="h-Guideline-Terminology"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Guideline-Terminology"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 30px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" data-width="30" data-height="30" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/45px-Blue_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/60px-Blue_check.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> Guideline<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Guideline-Terminology"></span></h3></div> <p>A <b>guideline</b> is a set of best practices that are supported by the consensus of Wikipedia editors. Editors should attempt to follow guidelines, though they are best treated with common sense. Occasional exceptions may apply. <b>Naming conventions</b> are considered guidelines. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Basics" data-mw-thread-id="h-Basics"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Basics"></span>Basics<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Basics"></span></h2><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Basics","replies":["h-Five_Pillars-Basics"]}}--></div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Five_Pillars" data-mw-thread-id="h-Five_Pillars-Basics"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Five_Pillars-Basics"></span>Five Pillars<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Five_Pillars-Basics"></span></h3></div> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five Pillars</a></b> are the five fundamental principles of Wikipedia: </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:5px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Encyclopedia_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Encyclopedia_icon.svg/47px-Encyclopedia_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="47" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="552" data-file-height="551"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 47px;height: 47px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Encyclopedia_icon.svg/47px-Encyclopedia_icon.svg.png" data-width="47" data-height="47" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Encyclopedia_icon.svg/71px-Encyclopedia_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Encyclopedia_icon.svg/94px-Encyclopedia_icon.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia is an encyclopedia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scale_icon_green.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Scale_icon_green.svg/47px-Scale_icon_green.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="47" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="551" data-file-height="551"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 47px;height: 47px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Scale_icon_green.svg/47px-Scale_icon_green.svg.png" data-width="47" data-height="47" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Scale_icon_green.svg/71px-Scale_icon_green.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Scale_icon_green.svg/94px-Scale_icon_green.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jigsaw_piece_yellow_01.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Jigsaw_piece_yellow_01.svg/47px-Jigsaw_piece_yellow_01.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="47" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="551" data-file-height="551"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 47px;height: 47px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Jigsaw_piece_yellow_01.svg/47px-Jigsaw_piece_yellow_01.svg.png" data-width="47" data-height="47" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Jigsaw_piece_yellow_01.svg/71px-Jigsaw_piece_yellow_01.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Jigsaw_piece_yellow_01.svg/94px-Jigsaw_piece_yellow_01.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Wikipedia is free content that anyone can use, edit, and distribute</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Smiley_icon_orange.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Smiley_icon_orange.svg/47px-Smiley_icon_orange.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="47" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="551" data-file-height="551"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 47px;height: 47px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Smiley_icon_orange.svg/47px-Smiley_icon_orange.svg.png" data-width="47" data-height="47" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Smiley_icon_orange.svg/71px-Smiley_icon_orange.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Smiley_icon_orange.svg/94px-Smiley_icon_orange.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Editors should treat each other with respect and civility</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:5px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Light_bulb_icon_red.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Light_bulb_icon_red.svg/47px-Light_bulb_icon_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="47" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="551" data-file-height="551"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 47px;height: 47px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Light_bulb_icon_red.svg/47px-Light_bulb_icon_red.svg.png" data-width="47" data-height="47" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Light_bulb_icon_red.svg/71px-Light_bulb_icon_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Light_bulb_icon_red.svg/94px-Light_bulb_icon_red.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Wikipedia has no firm rules</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="List" data-mw-thread-id="h-List"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-List"></span>List<span data-mw-comment-end="h-List"></span></h2><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-List","replies":["h-Content_policies-List","h-Content_guidelines-List","h-Editing_guidelines-List","h-Notability_guidelines-List","h-Naming_conventions-List","h-Style_guidelines-List","h-Conduct_policies-List","h-Behavioral_guidelines-List","h-Deletion_policies-List","h-Deletion_guidelines-List","h-Procedural_policies-List","h-Enforcement_policies-List","h-Legal_policies-List","h-Project_content_guidelines-List","h-Template_guidelines-List","h-Reference_Desk_guidelines-List"]}}--></div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p><big><b>Large-print links</b></big> are broad, fundamental policies and guidelines that apply throughout Wikipedia. </p><p><b>Normal-print links</b> are policies and guidelines that are general in scope but may apply to more specific situations. </p><p><small><b>Small-print links</b></small> are policies and guidelines that are specific to a subject area or process on Wikipedia. </p><p><br> </p> <div style="margin: 0em 2em; border-bottom:1px dotted #999;"></div> <table style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"> </td> <td style="line-height:2;"><div style="font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; margin-top:0.7em;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore All Rules</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia Is Not</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Content_policies" data-mw-thread-id="h-Content_policies-List"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Content_policies-List"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 30px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" data-width="30" data-height="30" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/45px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/60px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Content" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Content policies</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Content_policies-List"></span></h3></div> </td> <td style="line-height:2;"><div style="font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; margin-top:0.7em;"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral Point of View</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No Original Research</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of Living Persons</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image Use Policy</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary">Wikipedia is Not a Dictionary</a> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Content_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Content_guidelines-List"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Content_guidelines-List"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 30px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" data-width="30" data-height="30" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/45px-Blue_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/60px-Blue_check.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Content" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Content guidelines</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Content_guidelines-List"></span></h3></div> </td> <td style="line-height:2;"><div style="font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; margin-top:0.7em;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing Sources</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Do Not Create Hoaxes</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">No Full Texts of Primary Sources</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Reliable Sources</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">Plagiarism</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent Nonsense</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">Autobiography</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute">Accuracy Dispute</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_forks" title="Wikipedia:Content forks">Content Forks</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">External Links</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_disclaimers" title="Wikipedia:No disclaimers">No Disclaimers</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content">Non-Free Content</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_use_rationale_guideline" title="Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline">Non-Free Use Rationale Guideline</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-US_copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Non-US copyrights">Non-US Copyrights</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Offensive_material" title="Wikipedia:Offensive material">Offensive Material</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain" title="Wikipedia:Public domain">Public Domain</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Spam" title="Wikipedia:Spam">Spam</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Spoiler" title="Wikipedia:Spoiler">Spoiler</a> </p> <div style="font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Days_of_the_year" title="Wikipedia:Days of the year">Days of the Year</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Fringe Theories</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">Identifying Reliable Sources (Medicine)</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Indic_transliteration" title="Wikipedia:Indic transliteration">Indic Transliteration</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Logos" title="Wikipedia:Logos">Logos</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_3D_illustrations" title="Wikipedia:No 3D illustrations">No 3D Illustrations</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Record_charts" title="Wikipedia:Record charts">Record Charts</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Scientific_citation_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Scientific citation guidelines">Scientific Citation Guidelines</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_for_things_made_up_one_day" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not for things made up one day">Wikipedia Is Not For Things Made Up One Day</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Editing_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Editing_guidelines-List"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Editing_guidelines-List"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 30px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" data-width="30" data-height="30" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/45px-Blue_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/60px-Blue_check.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Editing" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Editing guidelines</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Editing_guidelines-List"></span></h3></div> </td> <td style="line-height:2;"><div style="font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; margin-top:0.7em;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article Size</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Be Bold</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Categorization</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">Understandability</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub" title="Wikipedia:Stub">Stub</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Summary Style</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:As_of" title="Wikipedia:As of">As Of</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Broad-concept_article" title="Wikipedia:Broad-concept article">Broad-Concept Article</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Categories, Lists, and Navigation Templates</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copying_within_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia">Copying within Wikipedia</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reviewing_good_articles" title="Wikipedia:Reviewing good articles">Reviewing Good Articles</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnote</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_blanking" title="Wikipedia:Page blanking">Page Blanking</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Overcategorization" title="Wikipedia:Overcategorization">Overcategorization</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Preparing_images_for_upload" title="Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload">Preparing Images for Upload</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Red_link" title="Wikipedia:Red link">Red Link</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect" title="Wikipedia:Redirect">Redirect</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Set_index_articles" title="Wikipedia:Set index articles">Set Index Articles</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Soft_redirect" title="Wikipedia:Soft redirect">Soft Redirect</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Spellchecking" title="Wikipedia:Spellchecking">Spellchecking</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages" title="Wikipedia:Subpages">Subpages</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Updating_information" title="Wikipedia:Updating information">Updating Information</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_categories" title="Wikipedia:User categories">User Categories</a> </p> <div style="font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorizing_articles_about_people" title="Wikipedia:Categorizing articles about people">Categorizing articles about people</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorizing_redirects" title="Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects">Categorizing Redirects</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_assessment" title="Wikipedia:Content assessment">Content Assessment</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter" title="Wikipedia:Edit filter">Edit filter</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax" title="Wikipedia:Extended image syntax">Extended Image Syntax</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Recurring_items" title="Wikipedia:In the news/Recurring items">In The News: Recurring Items</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Overcategorization/User_categories" title="Wikipedia:Overcategorization/User categories">Overcategorization: User Categories</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:People_by_year" title="Wikipedia:People by year">People by Year</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation/PrimaryTopicDefinition" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation/PrimaryTopicDefinition">Primary Topic Definition</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="margin: 0em 2em; border-bottom:1px dotted #999;"></div> <table style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notability_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notability_guidelines-List"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notability_guidelines-List"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 30px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" data-width="30" data-height="30" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/45px-Blue_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/60px-Blue_check.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Notability" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Notability guidelines</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notability_guidelines-List"></span></h3></div> </td> <td style="line-height:2;"><div style="font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; margin-top:0.7em;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(academics)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (academics)">Academics</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(astronomical_objects)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (astronomical objects)">Astronomical Objects</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(books)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (books)">Books</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(events)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (events)">Events</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(films)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (films)">Films</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(geographic_features)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features)">Geographic Features</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(music)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (music)">Music</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(numbers)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (numbers)">Numbers</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(organizations_and_companies)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)">Organizations and Companies</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(people)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (people)">People</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (sports)">Sports</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(web)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (web)">Web</a> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Naming_conventions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Naming_conventions-List"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Naming_conventions-List"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 30px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" data-width="30" data-height="30" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/45px-Blue_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/60px-Blue_check.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> Naming conventions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Naming_conventions-List"></span></h3></div> </td> <td style="line-height:2;"><div style="font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; margin-top:0.7em;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article Titles</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Category_names" title="Wikipedia:Category names">Category Names</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_names" title="Wikipedia:File names">File Names</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(capitalization)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization)">Capitalization</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(country-specific_topics)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (country-specific topics)">Country-Specific Topics</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(definite_or_indefinite_article_at_beginning_of_name)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (definite or indefinite article at beginning of name)">Definite or Indefinite Articles</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(events)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (events)">Events</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)">Geographic Names</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(numbers_and_dates)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (numbers and dates)">Numbers and Dates</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(lists)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (lists)">Lists</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(people)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people)">People</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(plurals)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (plurals)">Plurals</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(technical_restrictions)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions)">Technical Restrictions</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(use_English)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English)">Use English</a> </p> <div style="font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(aircraft)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (aircraft)">Aircraft</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(ancient_Romans)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ancient Romans)">Ancient Romans</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Armenian)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Armenian)">Armenian</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(astronomical_objects)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (astronomical objects)">Astronomical Objects</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Australian_roads)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Australian roads)">Australian Roads</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(baseball_players)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (baseball players)">Baseball Players</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Belgium/Castle,_country_house,_ch%C3%A2teau_and_kasteel_naming_conventions" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Belgium/Castle, country house, château and kasteel naming conventions">Belgium: Castle, Country House, Château and Kasteel</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Belgium/Alternate_language_names" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Belgium/Alternate language names">Belgium: Alternate Language Names</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(books)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (books)">Books</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(broadcasting)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (broadcasting)">Broadcasting</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Belgium/Brussels_naming_conventions" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Belgium/Brussels naming conventions">Brussels</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Burmese)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Burmese)">Burmese</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(law_enforcement_agency_categories)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (law enforcement agency categories)">Law Enforcement Agency Categories</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(chemistry)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (chemistry)">Chemistry</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Chinese)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Chinese)">Chinese</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(clergy)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (clergy)">Clergy</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_College_football/Naming_conventions" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject College football/Naming conventions">College Football</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(comics)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (comics)">Comics</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(companies)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (companies)">Companies</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(fauna)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (fauna)">Fauna</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(films)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (films)">Films</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(flora)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (flora)">Flora</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(UK_Parliament_constituencies)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (UK Parliament constituencies)">UK Parliament Constituencies</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(government_and_legislation)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (government and legislation)">Government and Legislation</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Greek)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Greek)">Greek</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Hebrew)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Hebrew)">Hebrew</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(ice_hockey)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ice hockey)">Ice Hockey</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Indic)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Indic)">Indic</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ireland/Ireland_Category_Norms" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland/Ireland Category Norms">Irish Categories</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Korean)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Korean)">Korean</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(languages)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (languages)">Languages</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Latter Day Saints)">Latter Day Saints</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Macedonia)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Macedonia)">Macedonia</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(manuscripts)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (manuscripts)">Manuscripts</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Mongolian)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Mongolian)">Mongolian</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(music)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (music)">Music</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(New_Zealand)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (New Zealand)">New Zealand</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Norse_mythology)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Norse mythology)">Norse Mythology</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(operas)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (operas)">Operas</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(ethnicities_and_tribes)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ethnicities and tribes)">Ethnicities and Tribes</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/Style_guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Style guide">Mining</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(political_parties)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (political parties)">Political Parties</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(ships)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ships)">Ships</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(sports_teams)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (sports teams)">Sports Teams</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(sportspeople)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (sportspeople)">Sportspeople</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(stations_in_Poland)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (stations in Poland)">Stations in Poland</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(television)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (television)">Television</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Tibetan)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Tibetan)">Tibetan</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(royalty_and_nobility)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (royalty and nobility)">Royalty and Nobility</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(U.S._state_and_territory_highways)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (U.S. state and territory highways)">U.S. State and Territory Highways</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(UK_stations)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (UK stations)">UK Stations</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(video_games)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (video games)">Video Games</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(West_Bank)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (West Bank)">West Bank</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Swiss_municipalities/Article_title_conventions" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Swiss municipalities/Article title conventions">Swiss Municipalities</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(writing_systems)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (writing systems)">Writing Systems</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Style_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Style_guidelines-List"><span data-mw-comment-start="" 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</td> <td style="line-height:2;"><div style="font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; margin-top:0.7em;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Contents</a>)</div> <p><b>Content:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biography" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biography">Biography</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Linking</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Self-references_to_avoid" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Self-references to avoid">Self-References to Avoid</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch">Words to Watch</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_sister_projects" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects">Wikimedia Sister Projects</a> </p><p><b>Formatting:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Abbreviations" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations">Abbreviations</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Capital_letters" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters">Capital Letters</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Dates and Numbers</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Pronunciation" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation">Pronunciation</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Spelling" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Spelling">Spelling</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Text_formatting" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting">Text Formatting</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Titles_of_works" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles of works">Titles of Works</a> </p><p><b>Layout:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Layout</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Lead Section</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Lists</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists_of_works" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists of works">Lists of Works</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Road_junction_lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Road junction lists">Road Junction Lists</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stand-alone_lists" title="Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists">Stand-Alone Lists</a>)</span> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Tables" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables">Tables</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Trivia_sections" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections">Trivia Sections</a> </p><p><b>Images:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Images</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Captions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Captions">Captions</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Icons" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Icons">Icons</a> </p> <div style="font-size:90%;"><i>Arts</i> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Anime_and_manga" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Anime and manga">Anime and Manga</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Comics" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Comics">Comics</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Film" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film">Film</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Music" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music">Music</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Music_samples" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music samples">Music Samples</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Record_charts" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Record charts">Record Charts</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Stringed_instrument_tunings" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stringed instrument tunings">Stringed Instrument Tunings</a>) – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Novels" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Novels">Novels</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Television" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Television">Television</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Video_games" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Video games">Video Games</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Visual_arts" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Visual arts">Visual Arts</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Writing_about_fiction" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction">Writing About Fiction</a> – <i>History</i> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Military_history" title="Wikipedia:Manual of 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sports">Cue Sports</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Snooker" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Snooker">Snooker</a> – <i>Wikipedia Content</i> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Disambiguation_pages" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages">Disambiguation Pages</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes">Infoboxes</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="margin: 0em 2em; border-bottom:1px dotted #999;"></div> <table style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conduct_policies" data-mw-thread-id="h-Conduct_policies-List"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Conduct_policies-List"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 30px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" data-width="30" data-height="30" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/45px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/60px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Conduct" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Conduct policies</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Conduct_policies-List"></span></h3></div> </td> <td style="line-height:2;"><div style="font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; margin-top:0.7em;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Editing Policy</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Clean_start" title="Wikipedia:Clean start">Clean Start</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute Resolution</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit Warring</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No Personal Attacks</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Ownership of Content</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy" title="Wikipedia:Username policy">Username Policy</a> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Behavioral_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Behavioral_guidelines-List"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Behavioral_guidelines-List"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 30px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" data-width="30" data-height="30" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/45px-Blue_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/60px-Blue_check.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Behavioral" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Behavioral guidelines</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Behavioral_guidelines-List"></span></h3></div> </td> <td style="line-height:2;"><div style="font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; margin-top:0.7em;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume Good Faith</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Conflict of Interest</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Disruptive Editing</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Talk Page Guidelines</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Appealing_a_block" title="Wikipedia:Appealing a block">Appealing a Block</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Canvassing" title="Wikipedia:Canvassing">Canvassing</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username/Guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Changing username/Guidelines">Changing Username Guidelines</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy Vanishing</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians/Guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians/Guidelines">Deceased Wikipedians Guidelines</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point" title="Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point">Do Not Disrupt Wikipedia to Illustrate a Point</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system" title="Wikipedia:Gaming the system">Gaming the System</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">Please Do Not Bite the Newcomers</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Responding_to_threats_of_harm" title="Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm">Responding to Threats of Harm</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reviewing_pending_changes" title="Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes">Reviewing</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Rollback" title="Wikipedia:Rollback">Rollback</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Spam_blacklist" title="Wikipedia:Spam blacklist">Spam Blacklist</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Linking_to_external_harassment" title="Wikipedia:Linking to external harassment">Linking to External Harassment</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="margin: 0em 2em; border-bottom:1px dotted #999;"></div> <table style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deletion_policies" data-mw-thread-id="h-Deletion_policies-List"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Deletion_policies-List"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 30px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" data-width="30" data-height="30" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/45px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/60px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Deletion" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Deletion policies</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Deletion_policies-List"></span></h3></div> </td> <td style="line-height:2;"><div style="font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; margin-top:0.7em;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Deletion Policy</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Criteria for Speedy Deletion</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed Deletion</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Attack_page" title="Wikipedia:Attack page">Attack Page</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">Proposed Deletion of Biographies of Living People</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision Deletion</a> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deletion_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Deletion_guidelines-List"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Deletion_guidelines-List"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 30px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" data-width="30" data-height="30" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/45px-Blue_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/60px-Blue_check.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Deletion" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Deletion guidelines</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Deletion_guidelines-List"></span></h3></div> </td> <td style="line-height:2;"><div style="font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; margin-top:0.7em;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_process" title="Wikipedia:Deletion process">Deletion Process</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_guidelines_for_administrators" title="Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators">Deletion Guidelines for Administrators</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Speedy_keep" title="Wikipedia:Speedy keep">Speedy Keep</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="margin: 0em 2em; border-bottom:1px dotted #999;"></div> <table style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Procedural_policies" data-mw-thread-id="h-Procedural_policies-List"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Procedural_policies-List"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 30px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" data-width="30" data-height="30" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/45px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/60px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Procedural" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Procedural policies</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Procedural_policies-List"></span></h3></div> </td> <td style="line-height:2;"><div style="font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; margin-top:0.7em;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policies and Guidelines</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy">Arbitration Policy</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_policy" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia policy">Wikimedia Policy</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/CheckUser_and_Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight">Arbitration Committee: CheckUser and Oversight</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy" title="Wikipedia:Bot policy">Bot Policy</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CheckUser" title="Wikipedia:CheckUser">CheckUser</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Global_rights_policy" title="Wikipedia:Global rights policy">Global Rights Policy</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption" title="Wikipedia:IP block exemption">IP Block Exemption</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_mover" title="Wikipedia:Page mover">Page mover</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Open_proxies" title="Wikipedia:Open proxies">Open Proxies</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Volunteer_Response_Team" title="Wikipedia:Volunteer Response Team">Volunteer Response Team</a> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Enforcement_policies" data-mw-thread-id="h-Enforcement_policies-List"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Enforcement_policies-List"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 30px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" data-width="30" data-height="30" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/45px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/60px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Enforcement" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Enforcement policies</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Enforcement_policies-List"></span></h3></div> </td> <td style="line-height:2;"><div style="font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; margin-top:0.7em;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrators</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Blocking Policy</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">Protection Policy</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Discretionary_sanctions" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions">Discretionary Sanctions</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning Policy</a> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legal_policies" data-mw-thread-id="h-Legal_policies-List"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Legal_policies-List"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 30px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" data-width="30" data-height="30" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/45px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/60px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Legal" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Legal policies</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Legal_policies-List"></span></h3></div> </td> <td style="line-height:2;"><div style="font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; margin-top:0.7em;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Copyrights</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No Legal Threats</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Terms_of_use" title="Wikipedia:Terms of use">Terms of Use</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection" title="Wikipedia:Child protection">Child Protection</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">Copyright Violations</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Libel" title="Wikipedia:Libel">Libel</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria">Non-Free Content Criteria</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Paid-contribution disclosure</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reusing_Wikipedia_content" title="Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content">Reusing Wikipedia Content</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="margin: 0em 2em; border-bottom:1px dotted #999;"></div> <table style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Project_content_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Project_content_guidelines-List"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Project_content_guidelines-List"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 30px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" data-width="30" data-height="30" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/45px-Blue_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/60px-Blue_check.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> Project content guidelines<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Project_content_guidelines-List"></span></h3></div> </td> <td style="line-height:2;"><div style="font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; margin-top:0.7em;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">Project Namespace</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User Pages</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes">Userboxes</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">WikiProject Council Guide</a> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Template_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Template_guidelines-List"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Template_guidelines-List"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 30px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" data-width="30" data-height="30" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/45px-Blue_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/60px-Blue_check.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> Template guidelines<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Template_guidelines-List"></span></h3></div> </td> <td style="line-height:2;"><div style="font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; margin-top:0.7em;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template namespace">Template Namespace</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:High-risk_templates" title="Wikipedia:High-risk templates">High-Risk Templates</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Substitution" title="Wikipedia:Substitution">Substitution</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_templates" title="Wikipedia:Talk page templates">Talk Page Templates</a> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reference_Desk_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Reference_Desk_guidelines-List"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Reference_Desk_guidelines-List"></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 30px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" data-width="30" data-height="30" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/45px-Blue_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/60px-Blue_check.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> Reference Desk guidelines<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Reference_Desk_guidelines-List"></span></h3></div> </td> <td style="line-height:2;"><div style="font-size:110%; font-weight:bold; margin-top:0.7em;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk">Reference Desk</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Guidelines">General</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Guidelines/Medical_advice" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Guidelines/Medical advice">Medical advice</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Searching" data-mw-thread-id="h-Searching"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Searching"></span>Searching<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Searching"></span></h2><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Searching","replies":[]}}--></div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main pages: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Wikipedia:List of policies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Wikipedia:List of guidelines</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Policies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">guidelines</a> can also be navigated via <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia policies and guidelines">categories</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines">navigation template</a> or by <a href="/wiki/Help:Searching#Custom_search_boxes" title="Help:Searching">custom search boxes</a> (as seen below). </p> <div class="mw-inputbox-centered" style=""><form name="searchbox" class="searchbox mw-inputbox-form-inline" action="/wiki/Special:Search" id="style-searchbox"><div class="cdx-text-input"><input class="mw-searchInput searchboxInput cdx-text-input__input" name="search" placeholder="" size="35" dir="ltr"></div><input type="hidden" value='incategory:"Wikipedia policies"' name="searchfilter"> <input type="hidden" name="ns4" value="1" id="mw-inputbox-ns4-style-searchbox0.124080622486" checked> <input type="submit" name="fulltext" value="Search policies" class="cdx-button"><input type="hidden" value="Search" name="fulltext"></form></div> <p><br> </p> <div class="mw-inputbox-centered" style=""><form name="searchbox" class="searchbox mw-inputbox-form-inline" action="/wiki/Special:Search" id="style-searchbox"><div class="cdx-text-input"><input class="mw-searchInput searchboxInput cdx-text-input__input" name="search" placeholder="" size="35" dir="ltr"></div><input type="hidden" value='deepcat:"Wikipedia guidelines"' name="searchfilter"> <input type="hidden" name="ns4" value="1" id="mw-inputbox-ns4-style-searchbox0.511330364185" checked> <input type="submit" name="fulltext" value="Search guidelines" class="cdx-button"><input type="hidden" 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id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-See_also","replies":[]}}--></div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents/Directory#Community_standards_and_advice" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Contents/Directory">Community standards and advice</a> – a quick directory of community norms and related guidance essays.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide#Advice_pages" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">Advice pages</a> – about advice pages written by WikiProjects.</li></ul> <dl><dt>Tutorial</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_policies_and_guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Introduction to policies and guidelines">Introduction to policies and guidelines</a> – a quick introduction to the major policies and guidelines for very new users.</li></ul> <dl><dt>Related essays</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplified_ruleset" title="Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset">Simplified rule-set</a> – some basic aspect of Wikipedia norms and practices. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:8_simple_rules_for_editing_our_encyclopedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:8 simple rules for editing our encyclopedia">Eight rules for editing</a> – if you start out by following these simple rules, the rest should come naturally.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ten_Simple_Rules_for_Editing_Wikipedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia">Ten rules for editing</a> – Wikipedia can be daunting, but here we provide tips to make editing smoother.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Trifecta" title="Wikipedia:Trifecta">Trifecta</a> – ultra-fast overview of foundational principles related to policies and guidelines.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_rules_are_principles" 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style="padding:0px;text-align: center;width:20%;"><div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a></b><br>Statement of our principles </p> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;text-align: center;width:20%;"><div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales/Statement_of_principles" title="User:Jimbo Wales/Statement of principles">Jimbo's statement</a></b><br>Historic principles </p> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;text-align: center;width:20%;"><div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplified_ruleset" title="Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset">Simplified ruleset</a></b><br>Synopsis of our conventions </p> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;text-align: center;width:20%;"><div> <p><b><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Founding_principles" class="extiw" title="meta:Founding principles">Wikimedia principles</a></b><br>Common to all projects<br>(in Meta-Wiki) </p> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;text-align: center;width:20%;"><div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Principles" title="Wikipedia:Principles">Principles</a></b><br>Other essays on Wikipedia's principles </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><link 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href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></b></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="defines the scope of the encyclopedia and the material that is suitable for it">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Copyright</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">Copyright violations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">Autobiography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Reliable sources</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">Medicine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Do not include copies of lengthy primary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">Plagiarism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Don't create hoaxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">External links</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Conduct <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="describes how editors can successfully collaborate and what behavior is acceptable">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Ownership of content</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection" title="Wikipedia:Child protection">Child protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Paid-contribution disclosure</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Disruptive editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point" title="Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point">Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system" title="Wikipedia:Gaming the system">Gaming the system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">Please do not bite the newcomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Responding_to_threats_of_harm" title="Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm">Responding to threats of harm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Talk page guidelines</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Deletion <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the processes by which pages, revisions, and logs may be deleted">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P529" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Deletion policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed deletion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">Biographies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Speedy deletion">Speedy deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Attack_page" title="Wikipedia:Attack page">Attack page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Enforcement <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the various means by which standards may be enforced">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P350" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Blocking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">Page protection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Editing <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="documents the various protocols about style and grouping">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Summary style</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Be bold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Broad-concept_article" title="Wikipedia:Broad-concept article">Broad-concept article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">Understandability</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Style</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Contents</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Dates and numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Layout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Lead section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Linking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Lists</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Classification</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Categories, lists, and navigation templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Categorization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template namespace">Template namespace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Project content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="protocols related to administration">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="G427" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">Project namespace</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">WikiProjects</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes">User boxes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages" title="Wikipedia:Subpages">Subpages</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;;background: #dddddd;color:inherit;"><abbr title="Wikimedia Foundation">WMF</abbr> <abbr title="official policies and statements of the Wikimedia Foundation">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P512" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal; background: #e6e6e6;color:inherit;"><b><span 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Policies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Manual of Style</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Assistance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Directory" title="Help:Directory">Help directory</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/Help:Menu" title="Help:Menu">Menu</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ" title="Wikipedia:FAQ">FAQs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_directory" title="Wikipedia:Request directory">Interactive help</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reader%27s_index_to_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Reader's index to Wikipedia">Reader's index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tips" title="Wikipedia:Tips">Tips</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Styletips" title="Wikipedia:Styletips">Styletips</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools" title="Wikipedia:Tools">Tools</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">The community</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="Wikipedia:Community portal">Portal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dashboard" title="Wikipedia:Dashboard">Discussions</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Noticeboards#List_of_Wikipedia's_noticeboards" title="Wikipedia:Noticeboards">Noticeboards</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essay_directory" title="Wikipedia:Essay directory">Essays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editor%27s_index_to_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Editor's index to Wikipedia">Editor's index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Department_directory" title="Wikipedia:Department directory">Departments</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Maintenance" title="Wikipedia:Maintenance">Maintenance</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory">WikiProjects</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">MediaWiki</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Wikitext" title="Help:Wikitext">Wikitext</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/Help:HTML_in_wikitext" title="Help:HTML in 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proper</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Types</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Overviews" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Overviews">Overviews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines">Outlines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Lists">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Portals">Portals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Glossaries" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Glossaries">Glossaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Categories" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Categories">Categories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Indices" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Indices">Indices</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_content" title="Wikipedia:Featured content">Featured</a>, good</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles">Featured articles</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles" title="Wikipedia:Good articles">Good articles</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_lists" title="Wikipedia:Featured lists">Featured lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">Featured pictures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics" title="Wikipedia:Featured 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title="Wikipedia:Contents/Technology and applied sciences">Technology</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">LOC, bios, times</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_academic_disciplines" title="Outline of academic disciplines">Academic disciplines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_days_of_the_year" title="List of days of the year">Anniversaries</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/February_17" title="February 17">Today</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories" title="Lists of sovereign states and dependent territories">Sovereign states and dependent territories</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/Deaths_in_2025" title="Deaths in 2025">Deaths this year</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_timelines" title="List of 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class="minerva-icon minerva-icon-size-medium minerva-icon--modified-history"></span> <span class="last-modified-bar__text modified-enhancement" data-user-name="Moxy" data-user-gender="male" data-timestamp="1739718431"> <span>Last edited on 16 February 2025, at 15:07</span> </span> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon-size-small minerva-icon--expand"></span> </div> </a> <div class="post-content footer-content"> <div id="p-lang"> <h4>Languages</h4> <section> <ul id="p-variants" class="minerva-languages"></ul> <ul class="minerva-languages"><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%85%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="ويكيبيديا:قائمة السياسات والإرشادات – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا:قائمة السياسات والإرشادات" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="ویکیپدیا:سیاستلر ایله تاپشیریقلار لیستی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکیپدیا:سیاستلر ایله تاپشیریقلار لیستی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%93_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:নীতিমালা ও নির্দেশাবলীর তালিকা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:নীতিমালা ও নির্দেশাবলীর তালিকা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AD_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F" title="विकिपीडिया:नीति अउरी दिसानिर्देस सभ के लिस्ट – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="विकिपीडिया:नीति अउरी दिसानिर्देस सभ के लिस्ट" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A1pov%C4%9Bda:Pravidla" title="Nápověda:Pravidla – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Nápověda:Pravidla" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lista_de_pol%C3%ADticas_y_convenciones" title="Wikipedia:Lista de políticas y convenciones – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Lista de políticas y convenciones" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Liste_des_r%C3%A8gles_et_recommandations" title="Wikipédia:Liste des règles et recommandations – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wikipédia:Liste des règles et recommandations" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC%EC%9D%98_%EC%A0%95%EC%B1%85%EA%B3%BC_%EC%A7%80%EC%B9%A8_%EB%AA%A9%EB%A1%9D" title="위키백과:위키백과의 정책과 지침 목록 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:위키백과의 정책과 지침 목록" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Daftar_kebijakan_dan_pedoman" title="Wikipedia:Daftar kebijakan dan pedoman – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Daftar kebijakan dan pedoman" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80" title="विकिपीडिया:धोरणांची व मार्गदर्शक तत्त्वांची सूची – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="विकिपीडिया:धोरणांची व मार्गदर्शक तत्त्वांची सूची" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AE%E1%80%80%E1%80%AE%E1%80%95%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%92%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8:%E1%80%99%E1%80%B0%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AB%E1%80%92%E1%80%99%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8%E1%80%94%E1%80%BE%E1%80%84%E1%80%B7%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%9C%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%8A%E1%80%BD%E1%80%BE%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%81%E1%80%BB%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8_%E1%80%85%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9B%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:မူဝါဒများနှင့် လမ်းညွှန်ချက်များ စာရင်း – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:မူဝါဒများနှင့် လမ်းညွှန်ချက်များ စာရင်း" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80" title="विकिपिडिया:नीति तथा दिशानिर्देशहरूको सूची – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="विकिपिडिया:नीति तथा दिशानिर्देशहरूको सूची" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E6%96%B9%E9%87%9D%E3%81%A8%E3%82%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7" title="Wikipedia:方針とガイドラインの一覧 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:方針とガイドラインの一覧" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Liste_over_anbefalinger_og_retningslinjer" title="Wikipedia:Liste over anbefalinger og retningslinjer – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Wikipedia:Liste over anbefalinger og retningslinjer" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A1%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86:%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%82_%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%87_%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%80" title="ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ:ਨੀਤੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਹਦਾਇਤਾਂ ਦੀ ਸੂਚੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ:ਨੀਤੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਹਦਾਇਤਾਂ ਦੀ ਸੂਚੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D9%BE%DB%8E%DA%95%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%95%D8%AA_%D9%88_%DA%95%DB%8E%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86" title="ویکیپیدیا:پێڕستی سیاسەت و ڕێساکان – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ویکیپیدیا:پێڕستی سیاسەت و ڕێساکان" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BA_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" title="Википедија:Списак правила и смерница – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Википедија:Списак правила и смерница" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%A2%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="ویکیپیڈیا:آئین ویکیپیڈیا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ویکیپیڈیا:آئین ویکیپیڈیا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Danh_s%C3%A1ch_quy_%C4%91%E1%BB%8Bnh_v%C3%A0_h%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Bng_d%E1%BA%ABn" title="Wikipedia:Danh sách quy định và hướng dẫn – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Wikipedia:Danh sách quy định và hướng dẫn" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E6%96%B9%E9%92%88%E6%8C%87%E5%BC%95%E5%88%97%E8%A1%A8" title="Wikipedia:方针指引列表 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="Wikipedia:方针指引列表" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li></ul> </section> </div> <div class="minerva-footer-logo"><img src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" alt="Wikipedia" width="120" height="18" style="width: 7.5em; height: 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