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For other uses of "WP:NOT", see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NOT_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Wikipedia:NOT (disambiguation)">Wikipedia:NOT (disambiguation)</a>. For other uses of ! in Wikipedia jargon, see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Glossary" title="Wikipedia:Glossary">Wikipedia:Glossary</a>.</div> <table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><img alt="Green check.svg" src="//web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/45px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/60px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></td><td class="mbox-text"><div style="padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><b>This page documents an English Wikipedia <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policy</a>.</b><br/><div style="font-size: 90%;">It describes a widely accepted standard that all editors should <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_%22Ignore_all_rules%22_means#Use_common_sense" title="Wikipedia:What "Ignore all rules" means">normally</a> follow. Changes made to it should reflect <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a>.</div></div></td><td class="mbox-imageright"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1007196855">.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain{float:right;margin:0 0 0 1em;border:1px solid #aaa;background:#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 #aaa;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 .module-shortcutanchordiv{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mbox-imageright .module-shortcutboxplain{padding:0.4em 1em 0.4em 1em;line-height:1.3}</style><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOT"></span></div><div 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content policies</a></span></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <span style="font-size: 120%;">Other <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_policies" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Content policies">content policies</a></span></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use policy</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">What Wikipedia is not</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1063604349">.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 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Content_policy_list&action=edit"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Wikipedia is a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_free_content" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is free content">free</a> online <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia" title="Encyclopedia">encyclopedia</a>. The amount of information on Wikipedia is practically unlimited, but Wikipedia does not aim to contain all knowledge. What to exclude is determined by an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Community" class="extiw" title="meta:The Wikipedia Community">online community</a> committed to building a high-quality encyclopedia. These exclusions are summarized as <strong>things that Wikipedia is <em>not</em></strong>. </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="#Style_and_format"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Style and format</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Wikipedia_is_not_a_paper_encyclopedia"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Encyclopedic_content"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Encyclopedic content</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia is not a dictionary</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Wikipedia_is_not_a_publisher_of_original_thought"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox_or_means_of_promotion"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Wikipedia_is_not_a_mirror_or_a_repository_of_links,_images,_or_media_files"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Wikipedia_is_not_a_blog,_web_hosting_service,_social_networking_service,_or_memorial_site"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia is not a blog, web hosting service, social networking service, or memorial site</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Wikipedia_is_not_a_directory"><span class="tocnumber">2.6</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia is not a directory</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Wikipedia_is_not_a_manual,_guidebook,_textbook,_or_scientific_journal"><span class="tocnumber">2.7</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, textbook, or scientific journal</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Wikipedia_is_not_a_crystal_ball"><span class="tocnumber">2.8</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia is not a crystal ball</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Wikipedia_is_not_a_newspaper"><span class="tocnumber">2.9</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia is not a newspaper</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information"><span class="tocnumber">2.10</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Wikipedia_is_not_censored"><span class="tocnumber">2.11</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia is not censored</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#Community"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Community</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Wikipedia_is_not_an_anarchy_or_a_forum_for_free_speech"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia is not an anarchy or a forum for free speech</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Wikipedia_is_not_a_democracy"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia is not a democracy</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Wikipedia_is_not_a_bureaucracy"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Wikipedia_is_not_a_laboratory"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia is not a laboratory</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#Wikipedia_is_not_a_battleground"><span class="tocnumber">3.5</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia is not a battleground</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Wikipedia_is_not_compulsory"><span class="tocnumber">3.6</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia is not compulsory</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-22"><a href="#And_finally…"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">And finally…</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-23"><a href="#When_you_wonder_what_to_do"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">When you wonder what to do</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-24"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Style_and_format" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Style_and_format","replies":["h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_paper_encyclopedia-Style_and_format"],"headingLevel":2,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Style_and_format"></span>Style and format<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Style_and_format"></span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_paper_encyclopedia" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_paper_encyclopedia-Style_and_format","replies":[],"headingLevel":3,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_paper_encyclopedia-Style_and_format"></span>Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_paper_encyclopedia-Style_and_format"></span></span></h3> <p><span class="anchor" id="PAPER"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTPAPER"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTPAPER"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTPAPER&redirect=no">WP:NOTPAPER</a></span></li></ul></div> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_is_not_paper" class="extiw" title="m:Wikipedia is not paper">Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia, but a digital encyclopedia project</a>. Other than <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:V" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:V">verifiability</a> and the other points presented on this page, there is no practical limit to the number of topics Wikipedia can cover, or the total amount of content. However, there is an important distinction between what <em>can</em> be done, and what <em>should</em> be done, which is covered under <a href="#Encyclopedic_content">§ Encyclopedic content</a> below. Consequently, this policy is not a free pass for inclusion: articles must abide by the appropriate content policies, particularly those covered in the <b><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">five pillars</a></b>. </p><p>Keeping articles to a reasonable size is important for Wikipedia's accessibility, especially for readers with low-bandwidth connections and on <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_browser" title="Mobile browser">mobile platforms</a>, since it directly affects page download time (see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Wikipedia:Article size</a>). Splitting long articles and leaving adequate summaries is a natural part of growth for a topic (see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Wikipedia:Summary style</a>). Some topics are covered by print encyclopedias only in short, static articles, but Wikipedia can include more information, provide more external links, and update more quickly. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Encyclopedic_content" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Encyclopedic_content","replies":["h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary-Encyclopedic_content","h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_publisher_of_original_thought-Encyclopedic_content","h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox_or_means_of_promotion-Encyclopedic_content","h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_mirror_or_a_repository_of_links,_images,_or_media_files-Encyclopedic_content","h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_blog,_web_hosting_service,_social_networking_service,_or_memo-Encyclopedic_content","h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_directory-Encyclopedic_content","h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_manual,_guidebook,_textbook,_or_scientific_journal-Encyclopedic_content","h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_crystal_ball-Encyclopedic_content","h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_newspaper-Encyclopedic_content","h-Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information-Encyclopedic_content","h-Wikipedia_is_not_censored-Encyclopedic_content"],"headingLevel":2,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Encyclopedic_content"></span>Encyclopedic content<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Encyclopedic_content"></span></span></h2> <p><span class="anchor" id="NOTEVERYTHING"></span><span class="anchor" id="Content"></span><span class="anchor" id="ENCYCCONTENT"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTEVERYTHING"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTEVERYTHING&redirect=no">WP:NOTEVERYTHING</a></span></li></ul></div> <p>Information should not be included in this encyclopedia solely because it is true or useful. A Wikipedia article should not be a complete exposition of all possible details, but a <em>summary</em> of accepted knowledge regarding its subject.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> Verifiable and sourced statements should be treated with <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view#Due_and_undue_weight" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">appropriate weight</a>. Although there are debates about the encyclopedic merits of several classes of entries, consensus is that the following are good examples of what Wikipedia is not. The examples under each section are not intended to be exhaustive. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary-Encyclopedic_content","replies":[],"headingLevel":3,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary-Encyclopedic_content"></span>Wikipedia is not a dictionary<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary-Encyclopedic_content"></span></span></h3> <p><span class="anchor" id="DIC"></span><span class="anchor" id="DICDEF"></span><span class="anchor" id="DICT"></span><span class="anchor" id="DICTIONARY"></span><span class="anchor" id="WIKTIONARY"></span><span class="anchor" id="THESAURUS"></span><span class="anchor" id="DICTENTRY"></span><span class="anchor" id="USAGEGUIDE"></span><span class="anchor" id="SLANGBOOK"></span><span class="anchor" id="JARGONBOOK"></span><span class="anchor" id="IDIOMBOOK"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTDEFINITIONS"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOT#DICDEF"></span><span id="WP:NOT#DICT"></span><span id="WP:NOT#DICTIONARY"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOT&redirect=no#DICDEF">WP:NOT#DICDEF</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOT&redirect=no#DICT">WP:NOT#DICT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOT&redirect=no#DICTIONARY">WP:NOT#DICTIONARY</a></span></li></ul></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary">Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary</a></div> <p>Wikipedia is not a dictionary, or a usage or jargon guide. For a wiki that <em>is</em> a dictionary, visit our sister project <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="wikt:Main Page">Wiktionary</a>. Missing dictionary definitions should be <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Transwiki" class="extiw" title="m:Help:Transwiki">transwikied</a> there. Wikipedia articles are not: </p> <ol><li><b>Definitions.</b> Articles should begin with a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary#Good_definitions" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary">good definition</a> or description, but articles that contain nothing more than a definition should be expanded with additional encyclopedic content. If they cannot be expanded beyond a definition, Wikipedia is not the place for them. In some cases, however, the definition of a word may be an encyclopedic subject, such as the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition_of_planet" title="Definition of planet">definition of <i>planet</i></a>.</li> <li><b>Dictionary entries.</b> Encyclopedia articles are about a person, or a group, a concept, a place, a thing, an event, etc. In some cases, a word or phrase itself may be an encyclopedic subject, such as <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_(terminology)" title="Macedonia (terminology)">Macedonia (terminology)</a> or <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truthiness" title="Truthiness">truthiness</a>. However, articles rarely, if ever, contain more than one <em>distinct</em> definition or usage of the article's title. Articles about the cultural or mathematical significance of individual <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_numbers" title="List of numbers">numbers</a> are also acceptable.</li> <li><b>Usage, slang, or idiom guides.</b> Descriptive articles about languages, dialects, or types of slang (such as <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon_language" title="Klingon language">Klingon language</a>, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney#Dialect" title="Cockney">Cockney</a>, or <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet" title="Leet">Leet</a>) are desirable. Prescriptive guides for prospective speakers of such languages are not. See <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTGUIDE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTGUIDE">"Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, textbook, or scientific journal"</a> below for more information. For a wiki that <em>is</em> a collection of textbooks, visit our sister project <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="b:Main Page">Wikibooks</a>. Prescriptive guides for prospective speakers of a language should be <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Transwiki" class="extiw" title="m:Help:Transwiki">transwikied</a> there.</li></ol> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_publisher_of_original_thought" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_publisher_of_original_thought-Encyclopedic_content","replies":[],"headingLevel":3,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_publisher_of_original_thought-Encyclopedic_content"></span>Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_publisher_of_original_thought-Encyclopedic_content"></span></span></h3> <p><span class="anchor" id="COOL"></span><span class="anchor" id="FANSITE"></span><span class="anchor" id="OR"></span><span class="anchor" id="ORIGINAL"></span><span class="anchor" id="OTHOUGHT"></span><span class="anchor" id="PUBLISHER"></span><span class="anchor" id="HELPDESK"></span><span class="anchor" id="NEW_THOUGHT"></span><span class="anchor" id="FREEPUBLISHING"></span><span class="anchor" id="ORIGINALTHOUGHT"></span><span class="anchor" id="PROPOSAL"></span><span class="anchor" id="FANBOY"></span><span class="anchor" id="SECRET"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:FORUM"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:FORUM&redirect=no">WP:FORUM</a></span></li></ul></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:FORUM" redirects here. You may be looking for <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Forum_shopping" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Forum shopping">Wikipedia:Forum shopping</a> or <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump" title="Wikipedia:Village pump">Wikipedia:Village pump</a>.</div> <p>Wikipedia is not a place to publish your own thoughts and analyses or to publish new information. Per our <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">policy on original research</a>, please <strong>do not use Wikipedia for any of the following</strong>: </p> <ol><li><b>Primary (original) research</b>, such as proposing theories and solutions, original ideas, defining terms, coining new words, etc. If you have completed primary research on a topic, your results should be published in other venues, such as <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholarly_peer_review" title="Scholarly peer review">peer-reviewed</a> journals, other printed forms, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_research" title="Open research">open research</a>, or respected online publications. Wikipedia can report your work after it is published and becomes part of accepted knowledge; however, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">citations</a> of <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RS">reliable sources</a> are needed to demonstrate that such material is <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verifiable</a>, and not merely the editor's <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">opinion</a>.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="MYINVENTION"></span><b>Personal inventions.</b> If you or a friend invented a drinking game, a new type of dance move, or even the word <i><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frindle" title="Frindle">frindle</a></i>, it is not <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">notable enough</a> to be given an article until multiple, independent, and reliable secondary sources report on it. And <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_for_things_made_up_one_day" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not for things made up one day">Wikipedia is <em>certainly</em> not for things made up one day</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTESSAY"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTESSAY&redirect=no">WP:NOTESSAY</a></span></li></ul></div><b>Personal essays</b> <span class="anchor" id="ESSAY"></span><span class="anchor" id="MYOPINION"></span> that state your particular feelings about a topic (rather than the opinions of experts). Although Wikipedia is supposed to compile human knowledge, it is not a vehicle to make personal opinions become part of such knowledge. In the unusual situation where the opinions of an individual are important enough to discuss, it is preferable to let other people write about them. (Personal essays on Wikipedia-related topics are welcome in your user namespace or on the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="meta:">Meta-wiki</a>.)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTFORUM"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTFORUM&redirect=no">WP:NOTFORUM</a></span></li></ul></div><span class="anchor" id="FORUM"></span><span class="anchor" id="CHAT"></span><span class="anchor" id="not_a_forum"></span><b>Discussion forums.</b> Please try to stay on the task of creating an encyclopedia. You can chat with people about Wikipedia-related topics on their user talk pages, and should resolve problems with articles on the relevant <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Talk page">talk pages</a>, but please do not take discussion into articles. In addition, bear in mind that article talk pages exist solely to discuss how to improve articles; they are not for general discussion about the subject of the article, nor are they a help desk for obtaining instructions or technical assistance. Material unsuitable for talk pages may be subject to removal per the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">talk page guidelines</a>. If you wish to ask a specific question on a topic, Wikipedia has a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk">Reference desk</a>; questions should be asked there rather than on talk pages.</li></ol> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox_or_means_of_promotion" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox_or_means_of_promotion-Encyclopedic_content","replies":[],"headingLevel":3,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox_or_means_of_promotion-Encyclopedic_content"></span>Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox_or_means_of_promotion-Encyclopedic_content"></span></span></h3> <p><span class="anchor" id="ADVOCATE"></span><span class="anchor" id="ADVOCACY"></span><span class="anchor" id="PROMO"></span><span class="anchor" id="SOAP"></span><span class="anchor" id="SOAPBOX"></span><span class="anchor" id="PLUG"></span><span class="anchor" id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox"></span><span class="anchor" id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_means_of_promotion"></span><span class="anchor" id="SHOWCASING"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PROMO"></span><span id="WP:SOAPBOX"></span><span id="WP:PROMOTION"></span><span id="WP:SOAP"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PROMO&redirect=no">WP:PROMO</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SOAPBOX&redirect=no">WP:SOAPBOX</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PROMOTION&redirect=no">WP:PROMOTION</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SOAP&redirect=no">WP:SOAP</a></span></li></ul></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:PROMOTION" redirects here. For other pages about advertising and promotion, see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Advertising" class="mw-disambig" title="Wikipedia:Advertising">Wikipedia:Advertising</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:SOAP" redirects here. For the Soap Operas WikiProject, see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Soap_Operas" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Soap Operas">Wikipedia:WikiProject Soap Operas</a>.</div> <p>Wikipedia is not a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soapbox" title="Soapbox">soapbox</a>, a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTBATTLEGROUND" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTBATTLEGROUND">battleground</a>, or a vehicle for propaganda, advertising and showcasing. This applies to <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Promotional_usernames" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Promotional usernames">usernames</a>, articles, drafts, categories, files, talk page discussions, templates, and user pages. Therefore, content hosted in Wikipedia is not for: </p> <ol><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTADVOCACY"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTADVOCACY&redirect=no">WP:NOTADVOCACY</a></span></li></ul></div><span class="anchor" id="SOAP1"></span><span class="anchor" id="soap1"></span><span class="anchor" id="Soap1"></span><span class="anchor" id="PROSELYTIZING"></span><span class="anchor" id="EVANGELISM"></span><span class="anchor" id="RECRUITMENT"></span><span class="anchor" id="CAMPAIGN"></span><span class="anchor" id="PROPAGANDA"></span><span class="anchor" id="WORTHYCAUSE"></span><span class="anchor" id="LA_CAUSA"></span><span class="anchor" id="MOVEMENT"></span><span class="anchor" id="JOIN_US"></span><span class="anchor" id="Advocacy,_propaganda,_or_recruitment"></span><b><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Advocacy" title="Wikipedia:Advocacy">Advocacy</a>, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda" title="Propaganda">propaganda</a>, or recruitment</b> of any kind: commercial, political, scientific, religious, national, sports-related, or otherwise. An article can report objectively <em>about</em> such things, as long as an attempt is made to describe the topic from a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral point of view</a>. You might wish to start a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog" title="Blog">blog</a> or visit a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum" title="Internet forum">forum</a> if you want to convince people of the merits of your opinions.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTOPINION"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTOPINION&redirect=no">WP:NOTOPINION</a></span></li></ul></div><span class="anchor" id="soap2"></span><span class="anchor" id="Soap2"></span><span class="anchor" id="SOAP2"></span><span class="anchor" id="MYOPINION"></span><span class="anchor" id="OPINION"></span><span class="anchor" id="POLITICALVIEWS"></span><span class="anchor" id="CURRENTAFFAIRS"></span><span class="anchor" id="OPINIONPIECES"></span><span class="anchor" id="RECENTISM"></span><span class="anchor" id="Opinion_pieces"></span><b>Opinion pieces.</b> Although some topics, particularly those concerning current affairs and politics, may stir passions and tempt people to "climb <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soapbox" title="Soapbox">soapboxes</a>", Wikipedia is not the medium for this. Articles must be balanced to put entries, especially for <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Portal:Current events">current events</a>, in a reasonable perspective, and represent a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral point of view</a>. Furthermore, Wikipedia authors should strive to write articles that will not quickly become obsolete. However, Wikipedia's sister project <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="n:">Wikinews</a> allows commentaries on its articles.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTSCANDAL"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTSCANDAL&redirect=no">WP:NOTSCANDAL</a></span></li></ul></div><span class="anchor" id="SOAP3"></span><span class="anchor" id="soap3"></span><span class="anchor" id="Soap3"></span><span class="anchor" id="SCANDAL"></span><span class="anchor" id="GRAPEVINE"></span><span class="anchor" id="RUMOR"></span><span class="anchor" id="GOSSIP"></span><span class="anchor" id="TABLOID"></span><span class="anchor" id="MONGERING"></span><span class="anchor" id="HEARSAY"></span><span class="anchor" id="Scandal_mongering"></span><b>Scandal mongering,</b> promoting things "heard through the grapevine" or <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip" title="Gossip">gossiping</a>. Articles and content <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_Living_Persons" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of Living Persons">about living people</a> are required to meet an especially high standard, as they may otherwise be <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:LIBEL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:LIBEL">libellous</a> or infringe the subjects' <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_privacy" title="Right to privacy">right to privacy</a>. Articles must not be written purely to <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ATP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ATP">attack</a> the reputation of another person.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="Soap4"></span><span class="anchor" id="SOAP4"></span><span class="anchor" id="soap4"></span><span class="anchor" id="SELFPROMO"></span><span class="anchor" id="BOAST"></span><span class="anchor" id="YOURSELF"></span><span class="anchor" id="VANITY"></span><span class="anchor" id="CV"></span><span class="anchor" id="Self-promotion"></span><b>Self-promotion.</b> It can be tempting to <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NAU" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NAU">write about yourself</a> or projects in which you have a strong personal involvement. However, remember that the standards for encyclopedic articles apply to such pages just like any other. This includes the requirement to maintain a neutral point of view, which can be difficult when writing about yourself or about projects close to you. Creating overly abundant links and references to autobiographical sources, such as your <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_the_place_to_post_your_r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not the place to post your résumé">résumé or curriculum vitae</a>, is unacceptable. See <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">Wikipedia:Autobiography</a>, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Wikipedia:Notability</a> and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SELFPROMOTION" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SELFPROMOTION">Wikipedia:Conflict of interest</a>.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="soap5"></span><span class="anchor" id="Soap5"></span><span class="anchor" id="SOAP5"></span><span class="anchor" id="ADVERTISING"></span><span class="anchor" id="MARKETING"></span><span class="anchor" id="PR"></span><span class="anchor" id="ADVERT"></span><span class="anchor" id="COMMERCIAL"></span><span class="anchor" id="PROMOCORP"></span><span class="anchor" id="GARAGE"></span><span class="anchor" id="PUBLICRELATIONS"></span><span class="anchor" id="PUBLIC_RELATIONS"></span><span class="anchor" id="PUBLICITY"></span><span class="anchor" id="Advertising,_marketing_or_public_relations"></span><b>Advertising, marketing or public relations.</b> Information about companies and products must be written in an <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">objective and unbiased style</a>, free of <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Puffery" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch">puffery</a>. All article topics must be <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verifiable</a> with <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources">independent</a>, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Third-party_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Third-party sources">third-party sources</a>, so articles about very small <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_one_cares_about_your_garage_band" title="Wikipedia:No one cares about your garage band">garage bands</a> or local companies are typically unacceptable. Wikipedia articles about a person, company or organization are not an extension of their website, press releases, or other <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_marketing" title="Social media marketing">social media marketing</a> efforts. <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">External links</a> to commercial organizations are acceptable if they identify <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">notable</a> organizations which are the topic of the article. Wikipedia neither endorses organizations nor runs affiliate programs. See also <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(organizations_and_companies)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)">Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)</a> for guidelines on corporate notability. Those promoting causes or events, or issuing <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_service_announcement" title="Public service announcement">public service announcements</a>, even if noncommercial, should use a forum other than Wikipedia to do so. Contributors must <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">disclose any payments they receive</a> for editing Wikipedia. See also <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest#Paid_editing" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Wikipedia:Conflict of interest</a>.</li></ol> <p><span class="anchor" id="SOAPYES"></span><span class="anchor" id="SOAPOK"></span><span class="anchor" id="soap_yes"></span><span class="anchor" id="SOAP_GOOD"></span><span class="anchor" id="SOAPGOOD"></span><span class="anchor" id="Soap_relevant"></span>Non-disruptive statements of opinion on internal Wikipedia policies and guidelines may be made on user pages and within the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace"><i>Wikipedia:</i> namespace</a>, as they are relevant to the current and future operation of the project. However, article <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Using_talk_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Using talk pages">talk pages</a> should not be used by editors as platforms for their personal views on a subject (see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines</a>). </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h3><span id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_mirror_or_a_repository_of_links.2C_images.2C_or_media_files"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_mirror_or_a_repository_of_links,_images,_or_media_files" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_mirror_or_a_repository_of_links,_images,_or_media_files-Encyclopedic_content","replies":[],"headingLevel":3,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_mirror_or_a_repository_of_links,_images,_or_media_files-Encyclopedic_content"></span>Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_mirror_or_a_repository_of_links,_images,_or_media_files-Encyclopedic_content"></span></span></h3> <p><span class="anchor" id="LINK"></span><span class="anchor" id="LINKS"></span><span class="anchor" id="MIRROR"></span><span class="anchor" id="REPOSITORY"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTYAHOO"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:LINKFARM"></span><span id="WP:NOTMIRROR"></span><span id="WP:NOTREPOSITORY"></span><span id="WP:NOTGALLERY"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:LINKFARM&redirect=no">WP:LINKFARM</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTMIRROR&redirect=no">WP:NOTMIRROR</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTREPOSITORY&redirect=no">WP:NOTREPOSITORY</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTGALLERY&redirect=no">WP:NOTGALLERY</a></span></li></ul></div> <p>Wikipedia is neither a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_website" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirror website">mirror</a> nor a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_library" title="Digital library">repository</a> of links, images, or media files.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> Wikipedia articles are not merely collections of: </p> <ol><li><b>External links</b> or <b><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_directory" title="Web directory">Internet directories</a>.</b> There is nothing wrong with adding one or more useful content-relevant links to the external links section of an article; however, excessive lists can dwarf articles and detract from the purpose of Wikipedia. On articles about topics with many fansites, for example, including a link to one major fansite may be appropriate. See <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">Wikipedia:External links</a> for some guidelines.</li> <li><b>Internal links,</b> except for <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">disambiguation</a> pages when an article title is ambiguous, and for <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lists" class="mw-disambig" title="Wikipedia:Lists">lists</a> for browsing or to assist with article organization and navigation; for these, please follow relevant guidance at <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists</a>, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Stand-alone_lists" title="Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists">Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists</a> and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Embedded_lists" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">Public domain</a> or other source material</b> such as entire books or source code, original historical documents, letters, laws, proclamations, and other source material that are useful only when presented with their original, unmodified wording. Complete copies of primary sources may go into <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a>, but not on Wikipedia. <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">Public domain resources</a> such as the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">1911 <i>Encyclopædia Britannica</i></a> may be used to add content to an article (see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism#Public-domain_sources" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">Plagiarism guideline: Public-domain sources</a> for guidelines on doing so). See also <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/WS:WWI" class="extiw" title="s:WS:WWI">Wikisource's inclusion policy</a>.</li> <li><b>Photographs or media files</b> with no accompanying text. If you are interested in presenting a picture, please provide an encyclopedic context, or consider adding it to <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons" title="Wikimedia Commons">Wikimedia Commons</a>. If a picture comes from a public domain source on a website, then consider adding it to <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Images_with_missing_articles" title="Wikipedia:Images with missing articles">Wikipedia:Images with missing articles</a> or <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_image_resources" title="Wikipedia:Public domain image resources">Wikipedia:Public domain image resources</a>.</li></ol> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h3><span id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_blog.2C_web_hosting_service.2C_social_networking_service.2C_or_memorial_site"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_blog,_web_hosting_service,_social_networking_service,_or_memorial_site" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_blog,_web_hosting_service,_social_networking_service,_or_memo-Encyclopedic_content","replies":[],"headingLevel":3,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_blog,_web_hosting_service,_social_networking_service,_or_memo-Encyclopedic_content"></span>Wikipedia is not a blog, web hosting service, social networking service, or memorial site<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_blog,_web_hosting_service,_social_networking_service,_or_memo-Encyclopedic_content"></span></span></h3> <p><span class="anchor" id="BLOG"></span><span class="anchor" id="DATINGSERVICE"></span><span class="anchor" id="FACEBOOK"></span><span class="anchor" id="MEMORIAL"></span><span class="anchor" id="MYSPACE"></span><span class="anchor" id="SOCIAL"></span><span class="anchor" id="SOCIALNET"></span><span class="anchor" id="STORAGE"></span><span class="anchor" id="WEBHOST"></span><span class="anchor" id="WEBSPACE"></span><span class="anchor" id="GAMEHOST"></span><span class="anchor" id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_blog,_Web_hosting_service,_social_networking_service,_or_memorial_site"></span><span class="anchor" id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_blog,_Web_hosting_service,_social_networking_service,_or_memorial_site"></span><span class="anchor" id="RÉSUMÉ"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTRÉSUMÉ"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTWEBHOST"></span><span id="WP:NOTSOCIALNETWORK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTWEBHOST&redirect=no">WP:NOTWEBHOST</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTSOCIALNETWORK&redirect=no">WP:NOTSOCIALNETWORK</a></span></li></ul></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:MEMORIAL" and "WP:HOST" redirect here. For a list of deceased Wikipedians, see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians" title="Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians">Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians</a>. For ownership of content, see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Wikipedia:Ownership of content</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">Wikipedia:User pages</a> and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Alternative_outlets" title="Wikipedia:Alternative outlets">Wikipedia:Alternative outlets</a></div> <p>Wikipedia is not a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking_service" title="Social networking service">social networking service</a> like <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> or <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>, nor a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social-network_game" title="Social-network game">social-network game</a>. It is not a place to host your own <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website" title="Website">website</a>, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog" title="Blog">blog</a>, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki" title="Wiki">wiki</a>, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9sum%C3%A9" title="Résumé">résumé</a>, or <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_hosting_service" title="File hosting service">cloud</a>. Wikipedia pages, <b>including those in <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages"> user space</a></b>, are not: </p> <ol><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTCV"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTCV&redirect=no">WP:NOTCV</a></span></li></ul></div><b>Personal web pages.</b> <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedians" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedians">Wikipedians</a> have individual user pages, but they should be used primarily to present information relevant to work on the encyclopedia. <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:UPYES" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UPYES">Limited autobiographical information</a> is allowed, but user pages do not serve as personal webpages, blogs, or repositories for large amounts of material irrelevant to collaborating on Wikipedia. If you want to post your résumé or make a personal webpage, please use one of the many free providers on the Internet or any hosting included with your <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_service_provider" title="Internet service provider">Internet service provider</a>. The focus of user pages <em>should not</em> be <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Social network service">social networking</a> or <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:UP#GAMES" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UP">amusement</a>, but rather providing a foundation for effective <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaboration" title="Collaboration">collaboration</a>. <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_humor" title="Category:Wikipedia humor">Humorous pages</a> that refer to Wikipedia in some way may be created in an appropriate <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Namespace" title="Wikipedia:Namespace">namespace</a>. Personal web pages are often <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#U5" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">speedily deleted</a>. Wikipedia articles use formal English and are <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles#Tone" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">not written in Internet posting style</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTFILESTORAGE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTFILESTORAGE&redirect=no">WP:NOTFILESTORAGE</a></span></li></ul></div><b><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_hosting_service" title="File hosting service">File storage</a> areas.</b> Please upload only <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:File" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:File">files</a> that are used (or will be used) in encyclopedia articles or project pages; anything else will be deleted. If you have extra relevant images, consider uploading them to the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons" title="Wikimedia Commons">Wikimedia Commons</a>, where they can be linked from Wikipedia.</li> <li><b><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Dating service">Dating services</a>.</b> Wikipedia is not an appropriate place to pursue relationships or sexual encounters. User pages that move beyond broad expressions of sexual orientation are unacceptable.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTMEMORIAL"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTMEMORIAL&redirect=no">WP:NOTMEMORIAL</a></span></li></ul></div><b><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial" title="Memorial">Memorials</a>.</b> Subjects of encyclopedia articles must satisfy <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(people)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (people)">Wikipedia's notability requirements</a>. Wikipedia is not the place to memorialize deceased friends, relatives, acquaintances, or others who <strong>do not meet such requirements</strong>. (<a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RIP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RIP">WP:RIP</a> is excluded from this rule.)</li> <li><b>Content for projects unrelated to Wikipedia.</b> Do not store material unrelated to Wikipedia, including in userspace. Please see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:UPNOT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UPNOT">WP:UPNOT</a> for examples of what may not be included.</li></ol> <p>If you are interested in using the wiki technology for a collaborative effort on something else, even just a single page, many free and commercial sites provide wiki hosting. You can also install wiki software on your own server. See the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_guide" class="extiw" title="mw:Manual:Installation guide">installation guide</a> at MediaWiki.org for information on doing this. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="NOTYOURS"></span><span class="anchor" id="Not_yours"></span><strong><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">You do not own your userpage.</a></strong> It is a part of Wikipedia, and exists to make collaboration among Wikipedians easier, not for self-promotion. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_directory" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_directory-Encyclopedic_content","replies":[],"headingLevel":3,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_directory-Encyclopedic_content"></span>Wikipedia is not a directory<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_directory-Encyclopedic_content"></span></span></h3> <p><span class="anchor" id="Complete"></span><span class="anchor" id="Cross"></span><span class="anchor" id="DIR"></span><span class="anchor" id="DIRECTORY"></span><span class="anchor" id="Directories"></span><span class="anchor" id="Sales"></span><span class="anchor" id="INDEX"></span><span class="anchor" id="Index"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTDIRECTORY"></span><span id="WP:NOTCATALOG"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTDIRECTORY&redirect=no">WP:NOTDIRECTORY</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTCATALOG&redirect=no">WP:NOTCATALOG</a></span></li></ul></div> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Two-volume_Yellow_Pages%C2%AE_directory_for_Auckland,_New_Zealand.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Two-volume_Yellow_Pages%C2%AE_directory_for_Auckland%2C_New_Zealand.png/150px-Two-volume_Yellow_Pages%C2%AE_directory_for_Auckland%2C_New_Zealand.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="81" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Two-volume_Yellow_Pages%C2%AE_directory_for_Auckland%2C_New_Zealand.png/225px-Two-volume_Yellow_Pages%C2%AE_directory_for_Auckland%2C_New_Zealand.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Two-volume_Yellow_Pages%C2%AE_directory_for_Auckland%2C_New_Zealand.png/300px-Two-volume_Yellow_Pages%C2%AE_directory_for_Auckland%2C_New_Zealand.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="644"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Two-volume_Yellow_Pages%C2%AE_directory_for_Auckland,_New_Zealand.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_pages" title="Yellow pages">Nuh-uh</a></div></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:DIRECTORY" and "WP:NOTSALE" redirect here. For a listing of Wikipedia's directories and indexes, see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Directory" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Directory">Wikipedia:Directory</a>. For "adminship is not for sale" policy, see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ANOT#SALE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ANOT">WP:ANOT § SALE</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists</a>, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Stand-alone_lists" title="Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists">Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists</a>, and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Embedded_lists" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Embedded lists">Wikipedia:Embedded lists</a></div> <p>Wikipedia encompasses many lists of links to articles within Wikipedia that are used for internal organization or to describe a notable subject. In that sense, Wikipedia functions as an index or directory of its own content. However, Wikipedia is not a directory of everything in the universe that exists or has existed. Please see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Alternative_outlets" title="Wikipedia:Alternative outlets">Wikipedia:Alternative outlets</a> for alternatives. Wikipedia articles are not: </p> <ol><li><span class="anchor" id="simplelists"></span><b>Simple listings</b> without <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles#Provide_context_for_the_reader" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">contextual information</a> showing encyclopedic merit. <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:DAB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DAB">Disambiguation pages</a> (such as <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith" class="mw-disambig" title="John Smith">John Smith</a>) are not intended to be complete listings of every person named John Smith—just the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:N" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:N">notable</a> ones. Nor should listings such as the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_directory" title="Telephone directory">white</a> or <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_pages" title="Yellow pages">yellow pages</a> be replicated. See <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:LISTCRITERIA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:LISTCRITERIA">WP:LISTCRITERIA</a> for more information.</li> <li><b>Lists or repositories of loosely associated topics</b> such as (but not limited to) quotations, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphorism" title="Aphorism">aphorisms</a>, or persons (real or fictional). If you want to enter lists of quotations, put them into our sister project <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiquote" title="Wikiquote">Wikiquote</a>. Of course, there is nothing wrong with having <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:LIST" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Wikipedia:LIST">lists</a> if their entries are relevant <em>because</em> they are associated with or significantly contribute to the list topic. Wikipedia also includes reference tables and tabular information for quick reference. <i>Merged groups of small articles</i> based on a core topic are permitted. (See <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Stand-alone_lists#Appropriate_topics_for_lists" title="Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists">Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists § Appropriate topics for lists</a> for clarification.)</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="Non-encyclopedic_cross-categorizations"></span><b>Non-encyclopedic cross-categorizations</b>, such as "people from ethnic / cultural / religious group X employed by organization Y" or "restaurants specializing in food type X in city Y". Cross-categories such as these are not considered a sufficient basis for creating an article, unless the intersection of those categories is in some way a culturally significant phenomenon. See also <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Overcategorization" title="Wikipedia:Overcategorization">Wikipedia:Overcategorization</a> for this issue in categories.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTGENEALOGY"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTGENEALOGY&redirect=no">WP:NOTGENEALOGY</a></span></li></ul></div><span class="anchor" id="NOTGENEALOGY"></span><span class="anchor" id="Genealogical"></span><span class="anchor" id="GENEALOGY"></span> <b>Genealogical entries</b>. Family histories should be presented only where appropriate to support the reader's understanding of a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:N" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:N">notable</a> topic.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTTVGUIDE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTTVGUIDE&redirect=no">WP:NOTTVGUIDE</a></span></li></ul></div><span class="anchor" id="NOTTVGUIDE"></span><b><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_program_guides" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic program guides">Electronic program guides</a></b>. An article on a broadcaster should not list upcoming events, current promotions, current schedules, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Format_clock" class="mw-redirect" title="Format clock">format clocks</a>, etc., although mention of major events, promotions or historically significant program lists and schedules may be acceptable.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="YELLOWPAGES"></span><span class="anchor" id="Wikipedia_is_not_Yellow_Pages"></span><b>A resource for conducting business</b>. Neither articles nor their associated talk pages are for conducting the business of the topic of the article. Listings to be avoided include, but are not limited to: business alliances, clients, competitors, employees (except CEOs, supervisory directors and similar top functionaries), equipment, estates, offices, store locations, contact information, patent filings, products and services, sponsors, subdivisions and tourist attractions. An article should not include product pricing or availability information (which can vary widely with time and location) unless there is an independent <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">source</a> <em>and</em> encyclopedic significance for the mention, which may be indicated by mainstream media sources or books (not just <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review" title="Review">product reviews</a>) provide commentary on these details instead of just passing mention. Wikipedia is not a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_comparison_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Price comparison service">price comparison service</a> to compare prices and availability of competing products or a single product from different vendors. Lists of creative works are permitted. Thus, for example, Wikipedia should not include a list of all books published by <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins">HarperCollins</a>, but may include a bibliography of books written by HarperCollins author <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Roth#Bibliography" title="Veronica Roth">Veronica Roth</a>.</li></ol> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h3><span id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_manual.2C_guidebook.2C_textbook.2C_or_scientific_journal"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_manual,_guidebook,_textbook,_or_scientific_journal" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_manual,_guidebook,_textbook,_or_scientific_journal-Encyclopedic_content","replies":[],"headingLevel":3,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_manual,_guidebook,_textbook,_or_scientific_journal-Encyclopedic_content"></span>Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, textbook, or scientific journal<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_manual,_guidebook,_textbook,_or_scientific_journal-Encyclopedic_content"></span></span></h3> <p><span class="anchor" id="5_EASY_STEPS"></span><span class="anchor" id="ADVICE"></span><span class="anchor" id="CASE"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTCASE"></span><span class="anchor" id="COOKBOOK"></span><span class="anchor" id="FAQ"></span><span class="anchor" id="GAMEGUIDE"></span><span class="anchor" id="GUIDE"></span><span class="anchor" id="GUIDEBOOK"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTGUIDEBOOK"></span><span class="anchor" id="HOWTO"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTHOWTO"></span><span class="anchor" id="INTERNET"></span><span class="anchor" id="JARGON"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTJARGON"></span><span class="anchor" id="INSTRUCTIONMANUAL"></span><span class="anchor" id="INSTRUCTIVE"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTINSTRUCTIVE"></span><span class="anchor" id="JOURNAL"></span><span class="anchor" id="MANUAL"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTMANUAL"></span><span class="anchor" id="PAPERS"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTPAPERS"></span><span class="anchor" id="RECIPE"></span><span class="anchor" id="TEXTBOOK"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTTEXTBOOK"></span><span class="anchor" id="TRAVEL"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTTRAVEL"></span><span class="anchor" id="SCIENTIFICJOURNAL"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTGUIDE"></span><span id="WP:NOTHOWTO"></span><span id="WP:NOTTEXTBOOK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTGUIDE&redirect=no">WP:NOTGUIDE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTHOWTO&redirect=no">WP:NOTHOWTO</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTTEXTBOOK&redirect=no">WP:NOTTEXTBOOK</a></span></li></ul></div> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:132px;"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crisco_Cookbook_1912.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Antique book cover: Tested Crisco Recipes" src="//web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Crisco_Cookbook_1912.jpg/130px-Crisco_Cookbook_1912.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="205" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Crisco_Cookbook_1912.jpg/195px-Crisco_Cookbook_1912.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Crisco_Cookbook_1912.jpg/260px-Crisco_Cookbook_1912.jpg 2x" data-file-width="304" data-file-height="480"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crisco_Cookbook_1912.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Serve_Man_(The_Twilight_Zone)" title="To Serve Man (The Twilight Zone)">It's a cookbook!</a> <span class="nowrap">(But Wikipedia</span> is not.)</div></div></div> <p>Wikipedia is an encyclopedic reference, not an instruction manual, guidebook, or textbook. Wikipedia articles should not read like: </p> <ol><li><b>Instruction manuals and cookbooks.</b> While Wikipedia has descriptions of people, places and things, an <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WIAA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WIAA">article</a> should not read like a "how-to" style <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owner%27s_manual" title="Owner's manual">owner's manual</a>, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookbook" title="Cookbook">cookbook</a>, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advice_column" title="Advice column">advice column</a> (<a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Legal_disclaimer" title="Wikipedia:Legal disclaimer">legal</a>, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Medical_disclaimer" title="Wikipedia:Medical disclaimer">medical</a> or otherwise) or <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suggestion_box" title="Suggestion box">suggestion box</a>. This includes tutorials, instruction manuals, game guides, and recipes. Describing to the reader how people or things use or do something is encyclopedic; instructing the reader in the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperative_mood" title="Imperative mood">imperative mood</a> about how to use or do something is not.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> Such guides may be welcome at <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikibooks" title="Wikibooks">Wikibooks</a> instead.</li> <li><b><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_guide" class="mw-redirect" title="Travel guide">Travel guides</a>.</b> An article on <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> should mention landmarks, such as the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower" title="Eiffel Tower">Eiffel Tower</a> and the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre" title="Louvre">Louvre</a>, but not the telephone number or street address of the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:POV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:POV">"best"</a> restaurants, nor the current price of a <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_au_lait" title="Café au lait">café au lait</a></i></span> on the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champs-%C3%89lys%C3%A9es" title="Champs-Élysées">Champs-Élysées</a>. Wikipedia is not the place to recreate content more suited to entries in hotel or culinary guides, travelogues, and the like. Notable locations may meet the inclusion criteria, but the resulting articles need not include every tourist attraction, restaurant, hotel or venue, etc. While travel guides for a city will often mention distant attractions, a Wikipedia article for a city should list only those that are actually in the city. If you <em>do</em> wish to help write a travel guide, your contributions would be more than welcome at our sister project, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikivoyage" title="Wikivoyage">Wikivoyage</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_guide" class="mw-redirect" title="Game guide">Game guides</a>.</b> An article about a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game" title="Game">game</a> should briefly summarize the story and the main actions the player performs in the game. Avoid lists of gameplay concepts and items unless these are notable as discussed in secondary sources in their own right in gaming context (such as the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BFG_(weapon)" title="BFG (weapon)">BFG</a> from the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doom (series)"><i>Doom</i> series</a>). A concise summary of gameplay details (specific point values, achievements, time-limits, levels, types of enemies, etc.) is appropriate if it is essential to understanding the game or its significance in the industry, but walk-throughs and detailed coverage are not. See also <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WAF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WAF">WP:WAF</a> and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VGSCOPE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:VGSCOPE">WP:VGSCOPE</a>. As of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Reading_room/Proposals#Start_allowing_game_strategies" class="extiw" title="b:Wikibooks:Reading room/Proposals">a 2021 decision to start allowing them</a>, such guides may be welcome at <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikibooks" title="Wikibooks">Wikibooks</a> instead.</li> <li><b><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_guide" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet guide">Internet guides</a>.</b> Wikipedia articles should not exist <b><em>only</em></b> to describe the nature, appearance or services a website offers, but should also describe the site in an <em>encyclopedic manner</em>, offering detail on a website's achievements, impact or historical significance, which can be kept significantly more up-to-date than most reference sources, since editors can incorporate new developments and facts as they are made known. See the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Portal:Current events">Current events portal</a> for examples.</li> <li><b>FAQs.</b> Wikipedia articles should not list <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAQ" title="FAQ">frequently asked questions</a> (FAQs). Instead, format the information as neutral prose within the appropriate article(s).</li> <li><b>Textbooks and annotated texts.</b> The purpose of Wikipedia is to summarize accepted knowledge, not to teach subject matter. Articles should not read like <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textbook" title="Textbook">textbooks</a>, with leading questions and systematic problem solutions as examples. These belong on our sister projects, such as <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikibooks" title="Wikibooks">Wikibooks</a>, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a>, and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiversity" title="Wikiversity">Wikiversity</a>. <span class="anchor" id="INFORM,_NOT_INSTRUCT"></span>However, examples intended to <em>inform</em> rather than to <em>instruct</em>, may be appropriate for inclusion in a Wikipedia article.</li> <li><b><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_journal" title="Scientific journal">Scientific journals</a>.</b> A Wikipedia article should not be presented on the assumption that the reader is well-versed in the topic's field. Introductory language in the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">lead</a> (and sometimes the initial sections) of the article should be written in plain terms and concepts that can be understood by any literate reader of Wikipedia without any knowledge in the given field before advancing to more detailed explanations of the topic. While <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikilinks" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Wikilinks">wikilinks</a> should be provided for advanced terms and concepts in that field, articles should be written on the assumption that the reader will not or cannot follow these links, instead attempting to infer their meaning from the text. See <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking</a>.</li> <li><b>Academic language.</b> Texts should be written for everyday readers, not just for academics. Article titles should reflect <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(common_names)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names)">common usage</a>, not academic terminology, whenever possible. Academic language in the text should be explained in lay terms.</li> <li><span id="CASESTUDY"><b>Case studies.</b></span> Many topics are based on the relationship of <i>factor X</i> to <i>factor Y</i>, resulting in one or more full articles. For example, this could refer to <i>situation X</i> in <i>location Y</i>, or <i>version X</i> of <i>item Y</i>. This is perfectly acceptable when the two variables put together represent some culturally significant phenomenon or some otherwise notable interest. Often, separate articles are needed for a subject within a range of different countries, due to substantial differences across international borders; articles such as "<a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_industry_in_Wales" title="Slate industry in Wales">Slate industry in Wales</a>" are fitting examples. Writing about "<a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oak_trees_in_North_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oak trees in North Carolina (page does not exist)">Oak trees in North Carolina</a>" or "<a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_trucks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blue trucks (page does not exist)">Blue trucks</a>", however, would likely constitute a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:POVFORK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:POVFORK">POV fork</a> or <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:OR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OR">original research</a>, and would certainly not result in an encyclopedic article.</li></ol> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_crystal_ball" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_crystal_ball-Encyclopedic_content","replies":[],"headingLevel":3,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_crystal_ball-Encyclopedic_content"></span>Wikipedia is not a crystal ball<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_crystal_ball-Encyclopedic_content"></span></span></h3> <p><span class="anchor" id="CBALL"></span><span class="anchor" id="CRYSTAL"></span><span class="anchor" id="CRYSTALBALL"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:CRYSTAL"></span><span id="WP:CRYSTALBALL"></span><span id="WP:RUMOUR"></span><span id="WP:RUMOR"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CRYSTAL&redirect=no">WP:CRYSTAL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CRYSTALBALL&redirect=no">WP:CRYSTALBALL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:RUMOUR&redirect=no">WP:RUMOUR</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:RUMOR&redirect=no">WP:RUMOR</a></span></li></ul></div> <div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:132px;"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Poster_of_Alexander_Crystal_Seer.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Antique carnival poster: "Alexander Crystal-Seer: Knows, Sees, Tells All"" src="//web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Poster_of_Alexander_Crystal_Seer.jpg/130px-Poster_of_Alexander_Crystal_Seer.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="367" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Poster_of_Alexander_Crystal_Seer.jpg/195px-Poster_of_Alexander_Crystal_Seer.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Poster_of_Alexander_Crystal_Seer.jpg/260px-Poster_of_Alexander_Crystal_Seer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1031" data-file-height="2909"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Poster_of_Alexander_Crystal_Seer.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>...<span class="nowrap"> </span>but Wikipedia does not.</div></div></div> <p>Wikipedia is not a collection of <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">unverifiable</a> speculation or presumptions. Wikipedia does not predict the future. All articles about anticipated events must be verifiable, and the subject matter must be of sufficiently wide interest that it would merit an article if the event had already occurred. It <em>is</em> appropriate to report discussion and arguments about the prospects for success of future proposals and projects or whether some development will occur, if discussion is properly referenced. It is <em>not</em> appropriate for editors to insert <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NOR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOR">their own opinions or analyses</a>. Predictions, speculation, forecasts and theories stated by reliable, expert sources or recognized entities in a field may be included, though editors should be aware of creating <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:UNDUE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UNDUE">undue bias</a> to any specific point-of-view. In forward-looking articles about unreleased products, such as films and games, take special care to avoid <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Spam" title="Wikipedia:Spam">advertising</a> and unverified claims (for films, see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NFF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NFF">WP:NFF</a>). In particular: </p> <ol><li>Individual <b>scheduled or expected future events</b> should be included only if the event is notable and almost certain to take place. Dates are <strong>not definite</strong> until the event actually takes place, as even otherwise-notable events can be cancelled or postponed at the last minute by a major incident. If preparation for the event is not already in progress, speculation about it must be well documented. Examples of appropriate topics include the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" title="2024 United States presidential election">2024 U.S. presidential election</a> and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2028_Summer_Olympics" title="2028 Summer Olympics">2028 Summer Olympics</a>. By comparison, the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2036_United_States_presidential_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2036 United States presidential election (page does not exist)">2036 U.S. presidential election</a> and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2044_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2044 Summer Olympics (page does not exist)">2044 Summer Olympics</a> are not appropriate article topics if nothing can be said about them that is verifiable and not original research. Avoid predicted sports team line-ups, which are inherently unverifiable and speculative. A schedule of future events may be appropriate if it can be verified. As an exception, even highly speculative articles about events that may or may not occur far in the future <em>might</em> be appropriate, where coverage in reliable sources is sufficient. For example, the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_fate_of_the_universe" title="Ultimate fate of the universe">ultimate fate of the universe</a> is an acceptable topic.</li> <li>Individual items from a <b>predetermined list or a systematic pattern of names,</b> pre-assigned to future events or discoveries, are not suitable article topics, if only generic information is known about the item. <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_tropical_cyclone_names" class="mw-redirect" title="Lists of tropical cyclone names">Lists of tropical cyclone names</a> is encyclopedic; "<a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tropical_Storm_Arlene_(2023)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tropical Storm Arlene (2023) (page does not exist)">Tropical Storm Arlene (2023)</a>" is not, even though it is virtually certain that such a storm will occur. Similarly, articles about <b>words formed on a predictable numeric system</b> (such as "<a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Septenquinquagintillion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Septenquinquagintillion (page does not exist)">septenquinquagintillion</a>") are not encyclopedic unless they are defined on good authority, or genuinely in use. Certain scientific extrapolations are considered to be encyclopedic, such as <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_periodic_table" title="Extended periodic table">chemical elements documented before isolation in the laboratory</a>, provided that scientists have made significant non-trivial predictions of their properties.</li> <li>Articles that present original research in the form of <b>extrapolation, speculation, and "future history"</b> are inappropriate. Although scientific and cultural norms continually evolve, we must wait for this evolution to happen, rather than try to predict it. Of course, we do and should have articles <em>about</em> <strong>notable</strong> <em>artistic works, essays, or credible research</em> that embody predictions. An article on <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_in_Star_Trek" title="Weapons in Star Trek">weapons in <i>Star Trek</i></a> is appropriate; an article on "<a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weapons_to_be_used_in_World_War_III&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Weapons to be used in World War III (page does not exist)">Weapons to be used in World War III</a>" is not.</li> <li>Although currently accepted scientific paradigms may later be rejected, and hypotheses previously held to be controversial or incorrect sometimes become accepted by the scientific community, it is not the place of Wikipedia to venture such projections.</li> <li><b>Wikipedia is not a collection of product announcements and rumors.</b> Although Wikipedia includes up-to-date knowledge about newly revealed products, short articles that consist of only product announcement information and rumors are not appropriate. Until such time that more encyclopedic knowledge about the product can be verified, product announcements should be merged to a larger topic (such as an article about the creator(s), a series of products, or a previous product) if applicable.</li></ol> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_newspaper" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_newspaper-Encyclopedic_content","replies":[],"headingLevel":3,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_newspaper-Encyclopedic_content"></span>Wikipedia is not a newspaper<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_newspaper-Encyclopedic_content"></span></span></h3> <p><span class="anchor" id="NEWSPAPER"></span><span class="anchor" id="NEWS"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTNEWS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTNEWS&redirect=no">WP:NOTNEWS</a></span></li></ul></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(events)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (events)">Wikipedia:Notability (events)</a> and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Too_much_detail" title="Wikipedia:Too much detail">Wikipedia:Too much detail</a></div> <p>Editors are encouraged to include current and up-to-date information within its coverage, and to develop stand-alone articles on significant current events. However, not all verifiable events are suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia. Ensure that Wikipedia articles are not: </p> <ol><li><b>Original reporting.</b><span class="anchor" id="ORIGINALREPORTING"></span> Wikipedia should not offer first-hand news reports on breaking stories. Wikipedia does not constitute a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:PRIMARY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PRIMARY">primary source</a>. However, our sister projects <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a> and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikinews" title="Wikinews">Wikinews</a> do exactly that, and <em>are</em> intended to be primary sources. Wikipedia does have many <em>encyclopedia articles</em> on topics of historical significance that are currently in the news, and can be updated with recently <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:V" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:V">verified</a> information.</li> <li><b>News reports.</b><span class="anchor" id="NEWSREPORTS"></span> Wikipedia considers the enduring <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">notability</a> of persons and events. While news coverage can be useful source material for encyclopedic topics, most newsworthy events do not qualify for inclusion and Wikipedia is not written in <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_style" title="News style">news style</a>. For example, routine news coverage of announcements, events, sports, or celebrities, while sometimes useful, is not by itself a sufficient basis for inclusion of the subject of that coverage (see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ROUTINE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ROUTINE">WP:ROUTINE</a> for more on this with regard to routine <i>events</i>). Also, while including information on recent developments is sometimes appropriate, breaking news should not be emphasized or otherwise treated differently from other information. Timely news subjects not suitable for Wikipedia may be suitable for our sister project <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_page" class="extiw" title="n:Main page">Wikinews</a>, though that is not a particularly active project.</li> <li><b>Who's who.</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTWHOSWHO"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTWHOSWHO&redirect=no">WP:NOTWHOSWHO</a></span></li></ul></div><span class="anchor" id="NOTWHOSWHO"></span><span class="anchor" id="WHOSWHO"></span> Even when an event is notable, individuals involved in it may not be. Unless news coverage of an individual goes beyond the context of a single event, our coverage of that individual should be limited to the article about that event, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:DUE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DUE">in proportion</a> to their importance to the overall topic. (See <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons</a> for more details.)</li> <li><b>Celebrity gossip and diary.</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTGOSSIP"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTGOSSIP&redirect=no">WP:NOTGOSSIP</a></span></li></ul></div><span class="anchor" id="NOTDIARY"></span><span class="anchor" id="DIARY"></span> Even when an individual is notable, not all events they are involved in are. For example, news reporting about celebrities and sports figures can be very frequent and cover a lot of trivia, but using all these sources would lead to overly detailed articles that look like a diary. Not every facet of a celebrity's life, personal details, matches played, or goals scored warrants inclusion in the biography of that person, only those for which they have notability or for which our readers are reasonably likely to have an interest.</li></ol> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information-Encyclopedic_content","replies":[],"headingLevel":3,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information-Encyclopedic_content"></span>Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information-Encyclopedic_content"></span></span></h3> <p><span class="anchor" id="ALSONOT"></span><span class="anchor" id="ENC"></span><span class="anchor" id="IINFO"></span><span class="anchor" id="INFO"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTES"></span><span class="anchor" id="TRIVIA"></span><span class="anchor" id="INDISCRIMINATE"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTDATABASE"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:INDISCRIMINATE"></span><span id="WP:NOTDATABASE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:INDISCRIMINATE&redirect=no">WP:INDISCRIMINATE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTDATABASE&redirect=no">WP:NOTDATABASE</a></span></li></ul></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:PLOT" redirects here. For information regarding plot summary manuals of style, see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:PLOT" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:PLOT">MOS:PLOT</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Wikipedia:Notability</a> and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Trivia_sections" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections</a></div> <p>To provide encyclopedic value, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data" title="Data">data</a> should be put in context with explanations referenced to independent sources. As explained in <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Encyclopedic_content" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">§ Encyclopedic content</a> above, merely being true, or even <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:V" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:V">verifiable</a>, does not automatically make something suitable for inclusion in the encyclopedia. Wikipedia articles should not be: </p> <ol><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTPLOT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTPLOT&redirect=no">WP:NOTPLOT</a></span></li></ul></div><span class="anchor" id="PLOT"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTPLOT"></span><b>Summary-only descriptions of works.</b> Wikipedia treats <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_work" title="Creative work">creative works</a> (including, for example, works of art or fiction, video games, documentaries, research books or papers, and religious texts) in an encyclopedic manner, discussing the development, design, reception, significance, and influence of works in addition to concise summaries of those works. For more information regarding summaries, see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Writing_about_fiction#Contextual_presentation" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction § Contextual presentation</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTLYRICS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTLYRICS&redirect=no">WP:NOTLYRICS</a></span></li></ul></div><span class="anchor" id="LYRICS"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTLYRICS"></span><b>Lyrics databases.</b> An article about a song should provide information about authorship, date of publication, social impact, and so on. Quotations from a song should be kept to a reasonable length relative to the rest of the article, and used to facilitate discussion, or to illustrate the style; the full text can be put on <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a> and linked from the article. Most song lyrics published after 1926 are protected by <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:COPY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COPY">copyright</a>; any quotation of them must be kept to a minimum, and used for direct commentary or to illustrate some aspect of style. Never link to the lyrics of copyrighted songs unless the linked-to site clearly has the right to distribute the work. See <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources</a> for full discussion.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTSTATS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTSTATS&redirect=no">WP:NOTSTATS</a></span></li></ul></div><span class="anchor" id="STATS"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOTSTATS"></span><b>Excessive listings of unexplained <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistic" title="Statistic">statistics</a>.</b> Statistics that lack context or explanation can reduce readability and may be confusing; accordingly, statistics should be placed in tables to enhance readability, and articles with statistics should include explanatory text providing context. Where statistics are so lengthy as to impede the readability of the article, the statistics can be <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SPLIT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SPLIT">split</a> into a separate article and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SUMMARY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SUMMARY">summarized</a> in the main article. (e.g., statistics from the main article <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">2012 United States presidential election</a> have been moved to a related article <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_opinion_polling_for_the_2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="Nationwide opinion polling for the 2012 United States presidential election">Nationwide opinion polling for the 2012 United States presidential election</a>). <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability#Stand-alone_lists" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Wikipedia:Notability#Stand-alone lists</a> offers more guidance on what kind of lists are acceptable, and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Stand-alone_lists#Selection_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists">Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists#Selection criteria</a> offers guidance on what entries should be included.</li> <li><b>Exhaustive logs of software updates.</b> Use <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RS">reliable</a> third-party (not <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:PRIMARY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PRIMARY">self-published or official</a>) sources in articles dealing with software updates to describe the versions listed or discussed in the article. Common sense must be applied with regard to the level of detail to be included.</li></ol> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedia_is_not_censored" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Wikipedia_is_not_censored-Encyclopedic_content","replies":[],"headingLevel":3,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_is_not_censored-Encyclopedic_content"></span>Wikipedia is not censored<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_is_not_censored-Encyclopedic_content"></span></span></h3> <p><span class="anchor" id="CENSOR"></span><span class="anchor" id="CENSORED"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTCENSORED"></span><span id="WP:WINC"></span><span id="WP:CENSOR"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTCENSORED&redirect=no">WP:NOTCENSORED</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WINC&redirect=no">WP:WINC</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CENSOR&redirect=no">WP:CENSOR</a></span></li></ul></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:REDACTION" redirects here. For the criteria for redaction, see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CRD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CRD">WP:CRD</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_disclaimer" title="Wikipedia:Content disclaimer">Wikipedia:Content disclaimer</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Wikipedia" title="Censorship of Wikipedia">Censorship of Wikipedia</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1023981488">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .rquote{width:auto!important;float:none!important}}</style> <table class="rquote pullquote floatright" role="presentation" style="display:table; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; float:right; margin:0.5em 0.75em; width:33%;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"> <td style="color:#b2b7f2; font-size:3.3em; font-family:'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight:bold; padding:4px 2px 2px; width:0.5em; line-height: 1em;">“ </td> <td style="padding:0 10px;">The University is not engaged in making ideas safe for students. It is engaged in making students safe for ideas. Thus it permits the freest expression of views before students, trusting to their good sense in passing judgment on these views. </td> <td style="color:#b2b7f2; font-size:3.3em; font-family:'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight:bold; padding:4px 2px 2px; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom; width:0.5em; line-height: 1em;">” </td></tr> <tr> <td class="rquotecite" colspan="3" style="padding-top:10px; font-size:smaller; line-height:normal; text-align:right;"><cite>— <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Kerr" title="Clark Kerr">Clark Kerr</a>, President of the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California" title="University of California">University of California</a> (1961)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Wikipedia may contain content that some readers consider objectionable or offensive‍—‌even exceedingly so. Attempting to ensure that articles and images will be acceptable to all readers, or will adhere to general <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_(sociology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Norm (sociology)">social</a> or <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religious</a> norms, is incompatible with the purposes of an encyclopedia. </p><p>Content <em>will</em> be removed if it is judged to violate <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Wikipedia's policies</a> (especially those on <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">biographies of living persons</a> and using a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral point of view</a>) or the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_United_States" title="Law of the United States">law of the United States</a> (where Wikipedia is hosted). However, because most edits are displayed immediately, inappropriate material may be visible to readers, for a time, before being detected and removed. </p><p>Some articles may include images, text, or links which are relevant to the topic but that some people find objectionable. Discussion of potentially objectionable content should usually focus not on its potential offensiveness but on whether it is <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images#Pertinence_and_encyclopedic_nature" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">an appropriate image</a>, text, or link. Beyond that, "being objectionable" is generally not sufficient grounds for the removal of content. The <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Offensive_material" title="Wikipedia:Offensive material">Wikipedia:Offensive material</a> guideline can help assess appropriate actions to take in the case of content that may be considered offensive. </p><p>Some organizations' rules or traditions call for secrecy with regard to certain information about them. Such restrictions do not apply to Wikipedia, because Wikipedia is not a member of those organizations; thus, Wikipedia will not remove such information from articles if it is otherwise encyclopedic. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Community" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Community","replies":["h-Wikipedia_is_not_an_anarchy_or_a_forum_for_free_speech-Community","h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_democracy-Community","h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_bureaucracy-Community","h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_laboratory-Community","h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_battleground-Community","h-Wikipedia_is_not_compulsory-Community"],"headingLevel":2,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Community"></span>Community<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Community"></span></span></h2> <p><span class="anchor" id="COMM"></span><span class="anchor" id="COMMUNITY"></span> The above policies are about Wikipedia's content. The following relate to Wikipedia's governance and processes. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedia_is_not_an_anarchy_or_a_forum_for_free_speech" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Wikipedia_is_not_an_anarchy_or_a_forum_for_free_speech-Community","replies":[],"headingLevel":3,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_is_not_an_anarchy_or_a_forum_for_free_speech-Community"></span>Wikipedia is not an anarchy or a forum for free speech<span id="Wikipedia_is_not_an_anarchy"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_is_not_an_anarchy_or_a_forum_for_free_speech-Community"></span></span></h3> <div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:172px;"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2014_-_0803_-_Speaker%27s_Corner220908.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Wikimania_2014_-_0803_-_Speaker%27s_Corner220908.jpg/170px-Wikimania_2014_-_0803_-_Speaker%27s_Corner220908.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Wikimania_2014_-_0803_-_Speaker%27s_Corner220908.jpg/255px-Wikimania_2014_-_0803_-_Speaker%27s_Corner220908.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Wikimania_2014_-_0803_-_Speaker%27s_Corner220908.jpg/340px-Wikimania_2014_-_0803_-_Speaker%27s_Corner220908.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3456"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2014_-_0803_-_Speaker%27s_Corner220908.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>WP is Encyclopedists' Corner, not <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speakers%27_Corner" title="Speakers' Corner">Speakers' Corner</a>.</div></div></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="ANARCHY"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTANARCHY"></span><span id="WP:NOTFREESPEECH"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTANARCHY&redirect=no">WP:NOTANARCHY</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTFREESPEECH&redirect=no">WP:NOTFREESPEECH</a></span></li></ul></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:ANARCHY" redirects here. For WikiProject Anarchism, see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Anarchism" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Anarchism">Wikipedia:WikiProject Anarchism</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Power_structure" class="extiw" title="m:Power structure">m:Power structure</a>, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">WP:User access levels</a>, and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Enforcement" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Enforcement">WP:Enforcement</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administration" title="Wikipedia:Administration">Wikipedia:Administration</a></div> <p>Wikipedia is free and open, but restricts both freedom and openness where they interfere with creating an encyclopedia. Accordingly, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Free_speech" title="Wikipedia:Free speech">Wikipedia is not a forum for unregulated free speech</a>. The fact that Wikipedia is an open, self-governing project does not mean that any part of its purpose is to explore the viability of <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anarchist_communities" title="List of anarchist communities">anarchist communities</a>. <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Purpose" title="Wikipedia:Purpose">Our purpose</a> is to <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:HERE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HERE">build an encyclopedia</a>, not to test the limits of <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism" title="Anarchism">anarchism</a>. </p> <div style="clear:right;"></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_democracy" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_democracy-Community","replies":[],"headingLevel":3,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_democracy-Community"></span>Wikipedia is not a democracy<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_democracy-Community"></span></span></h3> <p><span class="anchor" id="DEM"></span><span class="anchor" id="DEMOCRACY"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:DEM"></span><span id="WP:NOTDEMOCRACY"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DEM&redirect=no">WP:DEM</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTDEMOCRACY&redirect=no">WP:NOTDEMOCRACY</a></span></li></ul></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Polling_is_not_a_substitute_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Polling is not a substitute for discussion">Wikipedia:Polling is not a substitute for discussion</a> and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Elections" title="Wikipedia:Elections">Wikipedia:Elections</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:DEMOCRACY" redirects here. For Wikipedia's democratic structures, see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Democracy" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Democracy">WP:WikiProject Democracy</a>.</div> <p>Wikipedia is <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2005-January/018735.html">not an experiment in democracy</a></span> or any other <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_system" title="Political system">political system</a>. Its primary (though not exclusive) means of decision making and conflict resolution is <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:EP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:EP">editing</a> and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Using_talk_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Using talk pages">discussion</a> leading to <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a>—<i>not</i> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/don%27t_vote_on_everything" class="extiw" title="m:don't vote on everything">voting</a>. (<a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Elections" title="Wikipedia:Elections">Voting is used for certain matters</a> such as electing the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitration_Committee" title="Arbitration Committee">Arbitration Committee</a>.) <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Polling_is_not_a_substitute_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Polling is not a substitute for discussion">Straw polls</a> are sometimes used to test for consensus, but polls or surveys can impede, rather than foster, discussion and should be used with caution. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_bureaucracy" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_bureaucracy-Community","replies":[],"headingLevel":3,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_bureaucracy-Community"></span>Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_bureaucracy-Community"></span></span></h3> <p><span class="anchor" id="BUREAUCRACY"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTBURO"></span><span id="WP:BURO"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTBURO&redirect=no">WP:NOTBURO</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BURO&redirect=no">WP:BURO</a></span></li></ul></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Wikipedia:Ignore all rules</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:BURO" and "WP:BUREAU" redirect here. For the "bureaucrat" user access level, see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats" title="Wikipedia:Bureaucrats">Wikipedia:Bureaucrats</a>.</div> <p>While Wikipedia <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Human_and_legal_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Human and legal administration">has many elements</a> of a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureaucracy" title="Bureaucracy">bureaucracy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Jr.Lessig2010_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jr.Lessig2010-6">[6]</a></sup> it is not governed by statute: it is not a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-judicial_body" title="Quasi-judicial body">quasi-judicial body</a>, and rules are not the purpose of the community. Although <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Enforcement" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Enforcement">some rules may be enforced</a>, the written rules themselves do not set accepted practice. Rather, they document already-existing community consensus regarding what should be accepted and what should be rejected. </p><p>While Wikipedia's written <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policies and guidelines</a> should be taken seriously, they can be misused. Do not follow an overly strict interpretation of the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:LETTER" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:LETTER"><em>letter</em></a> of policies without consideration for their <em>principles</em>. If the rules truly prevent you from improving the encyclopedia, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">ignore them</a>. Disagreements are resolved through <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus-based</a> discussion, not by tightly sticking to rules and procedures. Furthermore, policies and guidelines themselves <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:PGLIFE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PGLIFE">may be changed</a> to reflect <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CCC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CCC">evolving consensus</a>. </p><p>A procedural error made in a proposal or request is not grounds for rejecting that proposal or request. </p><p>A procedural, coding, or grammatical error in a new contribution <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:PRESERVE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PRESERVE">is not grounds for reverting it</a>, unless the error cannot easily be fixed. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_laboratory" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_laboratory-Community","replies":[],"headingLevel":3,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_laboratory-Community"></span>Wikipedia is not a laboratory<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_laboratory-Community"></span></span></h3> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTLAB"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTLAB&redirect=no">WP:NOTLAB</a></span></li></ul></div> <p>Research about Wikipedia's content, processes, and the people involved<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> can provide valuable insights and understanding that benefit public knowledge, scholarship, and the Wikipedia community, but Wikipedia is not a public laboratory. Research that analyzes articles, talk pages, or other content on Wikipedia is not typically controversial, since all of Wikipedia is <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:5P3" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:5P3">open and freely usable</a>. However, research projects that are <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">disruptive</a> to the community or which negatively affect articles—even temporarily—are not allowed and can result in loss of editing privileges. Before starting a potentially controversial project,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> researchers should open discussion at the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VPR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:VPR">Village pump</a> to ensure it will not interfere with Wikipedia's mission. Regardless of the type of project, researchers are advised to be as transparent as possible on their user pages, disclosing information such as institutional connections and intentions.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> </p><p>Some editors explicitly request <u>not</u> to be subjects in research and experiments. Please respect the wish of editors to opt out of research. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedia_is_not_a_battleground" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_battleground-Community","replies":[],"headingLevel":3,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_battleground-Community"></span>Wikipedia is not a battleground<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_is_not_a_battleground-Community"></span></span></h3> <p><span class="anchor" id="BATTLE"></span><span class="anchor" id="BATTLEGROUND"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BATTLEGROUND"></span><span id="WP:BATTLE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BATTLEGROUND&redirect=no">WP:BATTLEGROUND</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BATTLE&redirect=no">WP:BATTLE</a></span></li></ul></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_about_winning" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not about winning">Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not about winning</a> and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Wikipedia:Edit warring</a></div> <p>Wikipedia is not a place to hold grudges, import personal conflicts, carry on ideological battles, or nurture prejudice, hatred, or fear. Making personal battles out of Wikipedia discussions goes directly against our policies and goals. In addition to avoiding battles in discussions, do not try to advance your position in disagreements by making unilateral changes to policies. <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/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>. </p><p>Every user is expected to interact with others <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">civilly</a>, calmly, and in a spirit of cooperation. Do not <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">insult</a>, harass, or intimidate those with whom you have a disagreement. Rather, approach the matter intelligently and engage in polite discussion. If another user behaves in an uncivil, uncooperative, or insulting manner, or even tries to harass or intimidate you, this does not give you an excuse to respond in kind. Address only the factual points brought forward, ignoring the inappropriate comments, or disregard that user entirely. If necessary, point out gently that you think the comments might be considered uncivil, and make it clear that you want to move on and focus on the content issue. If a conflict continues to bother you, take advantage of Wikipedia's <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">dispute resolution</a> process. There are always users willing to mediate and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RFAr" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RFAr">arbitrate</a> disputes between others. </p><p>In <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">large disputes</a>, resist the urge to turn Wikipedia into a battleground between factions. <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AGF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AGF">Assume good faith</a> that every editor and group is here to improve Wikipedia—especially if they hold a point of view with which you disagree. Work with whomever you like, but do not <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CANVASSING" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CANVASSING">organize a faction</a> that disrupts (or aims to disrupt) Wikipedia's fundamental decision-making process, which is based on building a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CONSENSUS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CONSENSUS">consensus</a>. Editors in large disputes should work in good faith to find broad principles of agreement between different viewpoints. </p><p>Do not use Wikipedia to make <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">legal</a> or other threats against Wikipedia, Wikipedians, or the Wikimedia Foundation—other means already exist to communicate legal problems.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> Threats are not tolerated and may result in a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">ban</a>. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Wikipedia_is_not_compulsory" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Wikipedia_is_not_compulsory-Community","replies":[],"headingLevel":3,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_is_not_compulsory-Community"></span>Wikipedia is not compulsory<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_is_not_compulsory-Community"></span></span></h3> <p><span class="anchor" id="COMPULSORY"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTCOMPULSORY"></span><span id="WP:CHOICE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTCOMPULSORY&redirect=no">WP:NOTCOMPULSORY</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CHOICE&redirect=no">WP:CHOICE</a></span></li></ul></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_a_volunteer_service" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is a volunteer service">Wikipedia:Wikipedia is a volunteer service</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"/><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:NOTREQUIRED" redirects here. For "References are not optional" policy, see <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:OPTIONAL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OPTIONAL">WP:OPTIONAL</a>.</div> <p>Wikipedia is a volunteer community and does not require Wikipedians to give any more time and effort than they wish. Focus on improving the encyclopedia itself, rather than demanding more from other Wikipedians. Editors are free to take a break or leave Wikipedia at any time. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h2><span id="And_finally.E2.80.A6"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="And_finally…" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-And_finally\u2026","replies":[],"headingLevel":2,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-And_finally…"></span>And finally…<span data-mw-comment-end="h-And_finally…"></span></span></h2> <p><span class="anchor" id="NOTSTUPID"></span><span class="anchor" id="STUPID"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BADIDEA"></span><span id="WP:NOTSTUPID"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BADIDEA&redirect=no">WP:BADIDEA</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTSTUPID&redirect=no">WP:NOTSTUPID</a></span></li></ul></div> <p>Wikipedia is not a lot of other things as well. We cannot anticipate every bad idea that someone might have. Almost everything on this page is here because somebody came up with a <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Most_ideas_are_bad" title="Wikipedia:Most ideas are bad">bad idea</a> that had not been anticipated. (See <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BEANS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BEANS">WP:BEANS</a>—it is, in fact, <em>strongly discouraged</em> to anticipate them.) In general, "that is a terrible idea" is always sufficient grounds to avoid doing something when there is a good reason that the idea is terrible. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="When_you_wonder_what_to_do" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-When_you_wonder_what_to_do","replies":[],"headingLevel":2,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-When_you_wonder_what_to_do"></span>When you wonder what to do<span data-mw-comment-end="h-When_you_wonder_what_to_do"></span></span></h2> <p><span class="anchor" id="WHATISTOBEDONE"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1007196855"/><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:WHATISTOBEDONE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WHATISTOBEDONE&redirect=no">WP:WHATISTOBEDONE</a></span></li></ul></div> <p>When you wonder what should or should not be in an article, ask yourself what a reader would expect to find under the same heading <em>in an encyclopedia</em>. </p><p>When you wonder whether the rules given above are being violated, consider: </p> <ol><li>Modifying the content of an article (normal editing).</li> <li>Turning the page into a redirect, preserving the page history.</li> <li>Nominating the page for <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion">deletion</a> if it meets grounds for such action under the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Deletion policy</a> page. To develop an understanding of what kinds of contributions are in danger of being deleted, you have to regularly follow discussions there.</li> <li>Changing the rules on this page after a consensus has been reached following appropriate discussion with other Wikipedians via the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not">Talk</a> page. When adding new options, please be as clear as possible and provide counter-examples of similar, but permitted, subjects.</li></ol> <p><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Common_outcomes" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes">Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes</a> is not official policy, but can be referred to as a record of what has and has not been considered encyclopedic in the past. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-See_also","replies":[],"headingLevel":2,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/Cleanup#Style_of_writing" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup">Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup § Style of writing</a>—a list of templates that can be used to tag potentially inappropriate content when you can't fix the problem immediately yourself</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Controversial_content" class="extiw" title="wmf:Resolution:Controversial content">wmf:Resolution:Controversial content</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is" title="Special:PrefixIndex/Wikipedia:Wikipedia is">Pages titled "Wikipedia is<span class="nowrap"> </span>..." and "Wikipedia is not<span class="nowrap"> </span>..."</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoiding_common_mistakes" title="Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes">Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Alternative_outlets" title="Wikipedia:Alternative outlets">Wikipedia:Alternative outlets</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Common_outcomes" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes">Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Here_to_build_an_encyclopedia" title="Wikipedia:Here to build an encyclopedia">Wikipedia:Here to build an encyclopedia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recentism" title="Wikipedia:Recentism">Wikipedia:Recentism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_was_the_page_I_created_deleted%3F" title="Wikipedia:Why was the page I created deleted?">Wikipedia:Why was the page I created deleted?</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not/Outtakes" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not/Outtakes">Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not/Outtakes</a> for a more humorous version.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes" data-mw-comment="{"type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Notes","replies":[],"headingLevel":2,"placeholderHeading":false,"name":"h-"}"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notes"></span>Notes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notes"></span></span></h2> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1011085734">.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wikipedia <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NSO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NSO">article pages</a> (and various navigational pages: categories, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NAV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NAV">navboxes</a>, disambiguation pages, etc.) are off limits for any advocacy. <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:TP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TP">Talk pages</a>, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:UP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UP">user space</a> pages and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ESSAY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ESSAY">essays</a> are venues where you can advocate your opinions provided that they are directly <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:HERE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HERE">related to the improvement of Wikipedia</a> and are <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:EXPECT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:EXPECT">not disruptive</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia" title="English Wikipedia">English Wikipedia</a> incorporates many images and some text which are considered "fair use" into its <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_content" title="Free content">free content</a> articles. (Other language Wikipedias often <em>do not</em>.) See also <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Wikipedia:Copyrights</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The how-to restriction does not apply to the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">project namespace</a>, where <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_how-to" title="Category:Wikipedia how-to">"how-to"s relevant to editing Wikipedia itself</a> are appropriate, such as <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_draw_a_diagram_with_Dia" title="Wikipedia:How to draw a diagram with Dia">Wikipedia:How to draw a diagram with Dia</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1067248974">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//web.archive.org/web/20220529194431im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#3a3;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}</style><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/12/02_kerr.shtml">"Former UC President Clark Kerr, a national leader in higher education, dies at 92"</a> (Press release). UC Berkeley. December 2, 2003<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 5,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Former+UC+President+Clark+Kerr%2C+a+national+leader+in+higher+education%2C+dies+at+92&rft.pub=UC+Berkeley&rft.date=2003-12-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.berkeley.edu%2Fnews%2Fmedia%2Freleases%2F2003%2F12%2F02_kerr.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWikipedia%3AWhat+Wikipedia+is+not" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jr.Lessig2010-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Jr.Lessig2010_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1067248974"/><cite id="CITEREFJoseph_Michael_Reagle,_Jr.Lawrence_Lessig2010" class="citation book cs1">Joseph Michael Reagle, Jr.; <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig" title="Lawrence Lessig">Lawrence Lessig</a> (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://books.google.com/books?id=ml7SlTq8XvIC&pg=PA90"><i>Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia</i></a>. MIT Press. pp. 90–91. <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780262014472" title="Special:BookSources/9780262014472"><bdi>9780262014472</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Good+Faith+Collaboration%3A+The+Culture+of+Wikipedia&rft.pages=90-91&rft.pub=MIT+Press&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=9780262014472&rft.au=Joseph+Michael+Reagle%2C+Jr.&rft.au=Lawrence+Lessig&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dml7SlTq8XvIC%26pg%3DPA90&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWikipedia%3AWhat+Wikipedia+is+not" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Academic_studies_of_Wikipedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Academic studies of Wikipedia">list of academic studies of Wikipedia</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research" class="extiw" title="meta:Research">Research resources at Wikimedia Meta</a>, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter" class="extiw" title="meta:Research:Newsletter">Meta research newsletter</a>, and the <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://blog.wikimedia.org/c/foundation/research/wikimedia-research-newsletter/">Wikimedia Foundation research blog</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Projects that are "potentially controversial" include, but are not limited to, any project that involves directly changing article content (contributors are expected to have as their primary motivation the betterment of the encyclopedia, without a competing motivation such as research objectives), any project that involves contacting a very large number of editors, and any project that involves asking sensitive questions about their real-life identities.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See also <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Researching_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Researching Wikipedia">Researching Wikipedia</a>, <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ethically_researching_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Ethically researching Wikipedia">Ethically researching Wikipedia</a>, as well as the <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:COI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COI">conflict of interest guideline</a> and <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:PAID" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PAID">paid-contribution disclosure policy</a> (if researchers editing Wikipedia are being paid under grants to do so, this is paid editing that must be disclosed).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">If you believe that your legal rights are being violated, you may discuss this with other users involved, take the matter to the appropriate <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_list" class="extiw" title="meta:Mailing list">mailing list</a>, contact the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation</a>, or in cases of <a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" 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style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px;"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="width:5em;"> </td><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;text-align: center;;;width:20%;"><div> <p><b><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/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: 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community to describe best practices, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal.">(?)</abbr></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div id="*_Five_pillars_**_Ignore_all_rules"> <ul><li><b><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/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 <abbr title="defines the scope of the encyclopedia and the material that is suitable for it">(?)</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 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:large">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="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">What Wikipedia is not</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Copyright</a> (<a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">Copyright violations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/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:large">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="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">Autobiography</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Reliable sources</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">Reliable sources (medicine)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">Plagiarism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Don't create hoaxes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/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 <abbr title="describes how editors can successfully collaborate and what behavior is acceptable">(?)</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 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:large">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="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Ownership of content</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection" title="Wikipedia:Child protection">Child protection</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/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:large">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="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Disruptive editing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system" title="Wikipedia:Gaming the system">Gaming the system</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Responding_to_threats_of_harm" title="Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm">Responding to threats of harm</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Talk page guidelines</a> <ul><li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/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 <abbr title="explains the processes by which pages, revisions, and logs may be deleted">(?)</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="P" 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:large">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="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Deletion policy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed deletion</a> <ul><li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Criteria for speedy deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Attack_page" title="Wikipedia:Attack page">Attack page</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/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 <abbr title="explains the various means by which standards may be enforced">(?)</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="P" 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:large">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="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Blocking</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/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 <abbr title="documents the various protocols about style and grouping">(?)</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 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:large">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="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/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:large">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="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a> <ul><li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Summary style</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Be bold</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Broad-concept_article" title="Wikipedia:Broad-concept article">Broad-concept article</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> <ul><li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Contents</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Dates and numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20220529194431/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wat_Wikipedia_nie_is_nie" title="Wikipedia:Wat Wikipedia nie is nie – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Was_Wikipedia_nicht_ist" title="Wikipedia:Was Wikipedia nicht ist – Alemannisch" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C7%A3dia:Hw%C3%A6t_Wikip%C7%A3dia_Nis" title="Wikipǣdia:Hwæt Wikipǣdia Nis – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA" title="ويكيبيديا:ويكيبيديا ليست – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%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%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%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%95%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC" title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া:ৱিকিপিডিয়া কি নহয় – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lo_que_Wikipedia_nun_ye" title="Wikipedia:Lo que Wikipedia nun ye – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:Vikipediya_n%C9%99_deyil%3F" title="Vikipediya:Vikipediya nə deyil? – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%AF%D8%A6%DB%8C%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%9F" title="ویکی‌پدیا:ویکی‌پدیا نه دئییل؟ – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/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%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%95%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:উইকিপিডিয়া কী নয় – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D3%99_%D1%82%D2%AF%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Википедия:Википедия нимә түгел – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F:%D0%A7%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%B7%E2%80%99%D1%8F%D1%9E%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Вікіпедыя:Чым не з’яўляецца Вікіпедыя – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F:%D0%A7%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%B7%D1%8C%D1%8F%D1%9E%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Вікіпэдыя:Чым не зьяўляецца Вікіпэдыя – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/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%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%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87" title="विकिपीडिया:विकिपीडिया का ना हवे – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%B5_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Уикипедия:Какво не е Уикипедия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wos_Wikipedia_ned_is" title="Wikipedia:Wos Wikipedia ned is – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%C5%A0ta_Wikipedia_nije" title="Wikipedia:Šta Wikipedia nije – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ar_pezh_n%27eo_ket" title="Wikipedia:Ar pezh n'eo ket – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:All%C3%B2_que_la_Viquip%C3%A8dia_no_%C3%A9s" title="Viquipèdia:Allò que la Viquipèdia no és – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedie:Co_Wikipedie_nen%C3%AD" title="Wikipedie:Co Wikipedie není – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicipedia:Anaddas_ar_gyfer_Wicipedia" title="Wicipedia:Anaddas ar gyfer Wicipedia – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hvad_Wikipedia_ikke_er" title="Wikipedia:Hvad Wikipedia ikke er – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A.." title="ويكيپيديا:ويكيپيديا ماشي.. – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Was_Wikipedia_nicht_ist" title="Wikipedia:Was Wikipedia nicht ist – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipeedia:Mida_Vikipeedia_ei_ole" title="Vikipeedia:Mida Vikipeedia ei ole – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1:%CE%A4%CE%B9_%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%BD_%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CE%B7_%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Τι δεν είναι η Βικιπαίδεια – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lo_que_Wikipedia_no_es" title="Wikipedia:Lo que Wikipedia no es – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedio:Kio_Vikipedio_ne_estas" title="Vikipedio:Kio Vikipedio ne estas – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Zer_ez_den_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Zer ez den Wikipedia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7_%DA%86%D9%87_%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA" title="ویکی‌پدیا:ویکی‌پدیا چه چیزی نیست – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Ce_que_Wikip%C3%A9dia_n%27est_pas" title="Wikipédia:Ce que Wikipédia n'est pas – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:O_que_a_Wikipedia_non_%C3%A9" title="Wikipedia:O que a Wikipedia non é – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%D9%88%D9%8A%DA%A9%D9%8A%D9%BE%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7_%DA%86%D9%8A_%D9%86%D8%A6%D9%87" title="Wikipedia:ويکيپديا چي نئه – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%A1%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%BE:%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%A1%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%BE_%E0%AA%B6%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%82_%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%A5%E0%AB%80" title="વિકિપીડિયા:વિકિપીડિયા શું નથી – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/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%97%90_%EB%8C%80%ED%95%9C_%EC%98%A4%ED%95%B4" title="위키백과:위키백과에 대한 오해 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A1:%D4%BB%D5%B6%D5%B9_%D5%B9%D5%A7_%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Վիքիպեդիա:Ինչ չէ Վիքիպեդիան – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://hi.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%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%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88" title="विकिपीडिया:विकिपीडिया क्या नहीं है – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:%C5%A0to_ne_spada_u_Wikipediju" title="Wikipedija:Što ne spada u Wikipediju – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_bukanlah" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia bukanlah – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lo_que_Wikipedia_non_es" title="Wikipedia:Lo que Wikipedia non es – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%C3%9Ea%C3%B0_sem_Wikipedia_er_ekki" title="Wikipedia:Það sem Wikipedia er ekki – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cosa_Wikipedia_non_%C3%A8" title="Wikipedia:Cosa Wikipedia non è – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%9E%D7%94_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A0%D7%94" title="ויקיפדיה:מה ויקיפדיה איננה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dudu" title="Wikipedia:Dudu – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kl mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://kl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_tassaanngilaq" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia tassaanngilaq – Kalaallisut" lang="kl" hreflang="kl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kalaallisut</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%90:%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90_%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0_%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="ვიკიპედია:რა არ არის ვიკიპედია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki:Czim_Wikipedij%C3%B4_nie_je" title="Wiki:Czim Wikipedijô nie je – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F_%E2%80%94_%D0%B1%D2%B1%D0%BB_%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Уикипедия:Уикипедия — бұл энциклопедия – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%AEk%C3%AEpediya:W%C3%AEk%C3%AEpediya_%C3%A7i_n%C3%AEne" title="Wîkîpediya:Wîkîpediya çi nîne – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedya:Lo_ke_Wikipedia_no_es" title="Vikipedya:Lo ke Wikipedia no es – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikip%C4%93dija:Kas_Vikip%C4%93dija_nav" title="Vikipēdija:Kas Vikipēdija nav – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wat_Wikipedia_net_ass" title="Wikipedia:Wat Wikipedia net ass – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagalba:Kas_n%C4%97ra_Vikipedija" title="Pagalba:Kas nėra Vikipedija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wat_is_Wikipedia_neet" title="Wikipedia:Wat is Wikipedia neet – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cosa_l%27%C3%A8_minga_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Cosa l'è minga Wikipedia – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Mi_nem_val%C3%B3_a_Wikip%C3%A9di%C3%A1ba%3F" title="Wikipédia:Mi nem való a Wikipédiába? – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%A8%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%B5_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Википедија:Што не е Википедија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ny_tsy_tokony_ho_wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Ny tsy tokony ho wikipedia – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2" title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:വിക്കിപീഡിയ എന്തൊക്കെയല്ല – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/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%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%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87" title="विकिपीडिया:विकिपीडिया काय नव्हे – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%B4" title="ويكيبيديا:ويكيبيديا مش – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_bukanlah" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia bukanlah – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_bukanlah" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia bukanlah – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D1%8C_..._%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%88" title="Wikipedia:Википедиа нь ... биш – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/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%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%80_%E1%80%98%E1%80%AC%E1%80%99%E1%80%9F%E1%80%AF%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%80%98%E1%80%B0%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9C%E1%80%B2" title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:ဝီကီပီးဒီးယားက ဘာမဟုတ်ဘူးလဲ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wat_Wikipedia_niet_is" title="Wikipedia:Wat Wikipedia niet is – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/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%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%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8" title="विकिपिडिया:विकिपिडिया के होइन – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%9A%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%81%AF%E4%BD%95%E3%81%A7%E3%81%AF%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E3%81%8B" title="Wikipedia:ウィキペディアは何ではないか – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cosa_Wikipedia_nun_%C3%A8" title="Wikipedia:Cosa Wikipedia nun è – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wat_as_Wikipedia_ai" title="Wikipedia:Wat as Wikipedia ai – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hva_Wikipedia_ikke_er" title="Wikipedia:Hva Wikipedia ikke er – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kva_Wikipedia_ikkje_er" title="Wikipedia:Kva Wikipedia ikkje er – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A8dia:%C3%87%C3%B2_que_Wikip%C3%A8dia_es_pas" title="Wikipèdia:Çò que Wikipèdia es pas – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:Vikipediya_nima_emas" title="Vikipediya:Vikipediya nima emas – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/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%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%95%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%82_%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%88" title="ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ:ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ ਕੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%82%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%97%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%8C%E1%9E%B6:%E1%9E%A2%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%B8%E1%9F%97%E1%9E%8A%E1%9F%82%E1%9E%9B%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%82%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%97%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%8C%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%98%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%93%E1%9E%A2%E1%9E%93%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%89%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%89%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%8F" title="វិគីភីឌា:អ្វីៗដែលវិគីភីឌាមិនអនុញ្ញាត – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wat_Wikipedia_is_un_wat_se_nich_is" title="Wikipedia:Wat Wikipedia is un wat se nich is – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Czym_Wikipedia_nie_jest" title="Wikipedia:Czym Wikipedia nie jest – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnt mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://pnt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1:%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%BF_%27%CE%BA_%CE%B5%CE%BD_%CE%B7_%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Ντο 'κ εν η Βικιπαίδεια – Pontic" lang="pnt" hreflang="pnt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ποντιακά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:O_que_a_Wikip%C3%A9dia_n%C3%A3o_%C3%A9" title="Wikipédia:O que a Wikipédia não é – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wat_de_Wikipedija_nit_is" title="Wikipedia:Wat de Wikipedija nit is – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ce_nu_este_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Ce nu este Wikipedia – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%8F:%D0%A8%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D1%94" title="Вікіпедія:Што Вікіпедія не є – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Википедия:Чем не является Википедия – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%8D:%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%8D_%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BE%D1%85_%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D2%95%D1%8B%D0%B9" title="Бикипиэдьийэ:Бикипиэдьийэ туох буолбатаҕый – Sakha" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Whit_Wikipedia_isna" title="Wikipedia:Whit Wikipedia isna – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:W%C3%A4t_is_Wikipedia_nit%3F" title="Wikipedia:Wät is Wikipedia nit? – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%C3%87far%C3%AB_Wikipedia_nuk_%C3%ABsht%C3%AB" title="Wikipedia:Çfarë Wikipedia nuk është – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80_%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%9C%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%9A%E0%B6%AF" title="විකිපීඩියා:විකිපීඩියාව කුමක් නොවන්නේද – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DA%AA%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%DA%8A%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%88%DA%AA%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%DA%8A%D9%8A%D8%A7_%DA%87%D8%A7_%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%8A" title="وڪيپيڊيا:وڪيپيڊيا ڇا نه آهي – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:%C4%8Co_Wikip%C3%A9dia_nie_je" title="Wikipédia:Čo Wikipédia nie je – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Kaj_Wikipedija_ni" title="Wikipedija:Kaj Wikipedija ni – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedyjo:Czym_Wikipedyjo_%C5%84y_je" title="Wikipedyjo:Czym Wikipedyjo ńy je – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Maaha" title="Wikipedia:Maaha – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7_%DA%86%DB%8C_%D9%86%DB%8C%DB%8C%DB%95" title="ویکیپیدیا:ویکیپیدیا چی نییە – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/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%A8%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5" title="Википедија:Шта Википедија није – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%C5%A0ta_Wikipedia_nije" title="Wikipedia:Šta Wikipedia nije – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mit%C3%A4_Wikipedia_ei_ole" title="Wikipedia:Mitä Wikipedia ei ole – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vad_Wikipedia_inte_%C3%A4r" title="Wikipedia:Vad Wikipedia inte är – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE:%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%88_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%81" title="விக்கிப்பீடியா:தமிழ் விக்கிப்பீடியா இவை அன்று – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-tara mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://roa-tara.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cosa_Wikipedia_non_%C3%A8" title="Wikipedia:Cosa Wikipedia non è – Tarantino" lang="nap-x-tara" hreflang="nap-x-tara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tarandíne</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BD%D3%99%D1%80%D1%81%D3%99_%D1%82%D2%AF%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Википедия:Википедия нәрсә түгел – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча/tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AE%E1%82%87%E1%81%B6%E1%80%AE%E1%82%87%E1%81%BD%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%90%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%82%83%E1%80%B8:%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AE%E1%82%87%E1%81%B6%E1%80%AE%E1%82%87%E1%81%BD%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%90%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%82%83%E1%80%B8%E1%81%BC%E1%82%86%E1%82%89_%E1%80%A2%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%82%87%E1%81%B8%E1%82%82%E1%80%BA%E1%82%88%E1%80%95%E1%80%B5%E1%81%BC%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9E%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA" title="ဝီႇၶီႇၽီးတီးယႃး:ဝီႇၶီႇၽီးတီးယႃးၼႆႉ ဢမ်ႇၸႂ်ႈပဵၼ်သင် – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%8F%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%81" title="వికీపీడియా:ఏది వికీపీడియా కాదు – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2:%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%88%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%8A%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2" title="วิกิพีเดีย:อะไรที่ไม่ใช่วิกิพีเดีย – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220529194431/https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0:%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D1%87%D3%A3_%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82" title="Википедиа:Википедия чӣ чизе нест – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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