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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Finding_policies_and_guidelines" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Finding_policies_and_guidelines"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Finding policies and guidelines</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Finding_policies_and_guidelines-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> 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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8B%8D%E1%8A%AD%E1%8D%94%E1%8B%B2%E1%8B%AB:%E1%88%98%E1%88%98%E1%88%AA%E1%8B%AB%E1%8B%8E%E1%89%BD%E1%8A%93_%E1%88%8D%E1%88%9D%E1%8B%B6%E1%89%BD" title="ውክፔዲያ:መመሪያዎችና ልምዶች – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ውክፔዲያ:መመሪያዎችና ልምዶች" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%88%D8%A5%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="ويكيبيديا:سياسات وإرشادات – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا:سياسات وإرشادات" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="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%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%86%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%81_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B9" title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া:নীতি আৰু নিৰ্দেশনাসমূহ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া:নীতি আৰু নিৰ্দেশনাসমূহ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%82_%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8A%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BB" title="Википедия:Сиясат ва нухмалъиял – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Википедия:Сиясат ва нухмалъиял" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:Qaydalar_v%C9%99_t%C9%99limatlar" title="Vikipediya:Qaydalar və təlimatlar – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vikipediya:Qaydalar və təlimatlar" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="ویکی‌پدیا:سیاستلرله تاپشیریقلار – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:سیاستلرله تاپشیریقلار" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%93_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:নীতিমালা ও নির্দেশাবলী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:নীতিমালা ও নির্দেশাবলী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipidia:Kabijakan_wan_paduman" title="Wikipidia:Kabijakan wan paduman – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Wikipidia:Kabijakan wan paduman" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D2%A0%D0%B0%D2%93%D0%B8%D2%99%D3%99_%D2%BB%D3%99%D0%BC_%D0%BA%D2%AF%D1%80%D2%BB%D3%99%D1%82%D0%BC%D3%99%D0%BB%D3%99%D1%80" title="Википедия:Ҡағиҙә һәм күрһәтмәләр – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Википедия:Ҡағиҙә һәм күрһәтмәләр" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8B" title="Вікіпедыя:Правілы – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вікіпедыя:Правілы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="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%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8B_%D1%96_%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%96" title="Вікіпэдыя:Правілы і рэкамэндацыі – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Вікіпэдыя:Правілы і рэкамэндацыі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8" title="विकिपीडिया:नीति अउरी दिसानिर्देस – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="विकिपीडिया:नीति अउरी दिसानिर्देस" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Уикипедия:Политика и правила – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уикипедия:Политика и правила" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Richtlinien" title="Wikipedia:Richtlinien – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Wikipedia:Richtlinien" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pravila_i_smjernice" title="Wikipedia:Pravila i smjernice – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Wikipedia:Pravila i smjernice" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Peder_fennaenn_ar_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Peder fennaenn ar Wikipedia – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Wikipedia:Peder fennaenn ar Wikipedia" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:Pol%C3%ADtica_i_normes" title="Viquipèdia:Política i normes – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquipèdia:Política i normes" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedie:Pravidlo_Wikipedie" title="Wikipedie:Pravidlo Wikipedie – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wikipedie:Pravidlo Wikipedie" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicipedia:Polis%C3%AFau_a_chanllawiau" title="Wicipedia:Polisïau a chanllawiau – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Wicipedia:Polisïau a chanllawiau" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Politikker_og_normer" title="Wikipedia:Politikker og normer – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Wikipedia:Politikker og normer" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85" title="ويكيپيديا:لحكام – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="ويكيپيديا:لحكام" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Richtlinien" title="Wikipedia:Richtlinien – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wikipedia:Richtlinien" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/An%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%A1lwo%CA%BC:Wikiib%C3%AD%C3%ADdiiya_beehaz%CA%BC%C4%85%CC%81%C4%85nii" title="Anáʼálwoʼ:Wikiibíídiiya beehazʼą́ąnii – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Anáʼálwoʼ:Wikiibíídiiya beehazʼą́ąnii" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="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%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Πολιτική – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικιπαίδεια:Πολιτική" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pol%C3%ADticas_y_convenciones" title="Wikipedia:Políticas y convenciones – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Políticas y convenciones" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedio:Regularo" title="Vikipedio:Regularo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vikipedio:Regularo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Politikak" title="Wikipedia:Politikak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Wikipedia:Politikak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7_%D9%88_%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%86%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7" title="ویکی‌پدیا:سیاست‌ها و رهنمودها – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:سیاست‌ها و رهنمودها" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:R%C3%A8gles_et_recommandations" title="Wikipédia:Règles et recommandations – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wikipédia:Règles et recommandations" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicip%C3%A9id:Beartais_agus_treoirl%C3%ADnte" title="Vicipéid:Beartais agus treoirlínte – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Vicipéid:Beartais agus treoirlínte" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pol%C3%ADticas_e_normas" title="Wikipedia:Políticas e normas – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wikipedia:Políticas e normas" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8:%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8_%D1%85%D1%8C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Википеди:Кулгалдари хьалхадаккхари – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="Википеди:Кулгалдари хьалхадаккхари" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E6%96%B9%E9%87%9D%E5%90%8C%E6%8C%87%E5%BC%95" title="Wikipedia:方針同指引 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="Wikipedia:方針同指引" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A4%D9%86_%D8%A4_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A6%D9%86" title="Wikipedia:سياستؤن ؤ رانمايئن – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="Wikipedia:سياستؤن ؤ رانمايئن" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%EC%A0%95%EC%B1%85%EA%B3%BC_%EC%A7%80%EC%B9%A8" title="위키백과:정책과 지침 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:정책과 지침" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A1:%D5%94%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6,_%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80_%D6%87_%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B2%D5%A5%D6%81%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B5%D6%81%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Վիքիպեդիա:Քաղաքականություն, կանոններ և ուղեցույցներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիքիպեդիա:Քաղաքականություն, կանոններ և ուղեցույցներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="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%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81_%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6" title="विकिपीडिया:नीतियाँ और दिशानिर्देश – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिपीडिया:नीतियाँ और दिशानिर्देश" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Prawid%C5%82a" title="Wikipedija:Prawidła – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Wikipedija:Prawidła" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Pravila_i_smjernice" title="Wikipedija:Pravila i smjernice – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Wikipedija:Pravila i smjernice" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gor mw-list-item"><a href="https://gor.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tinepo_wawu_paduma" title="Wikipedia:Tinepo wawu paduma – Gorontalo" lang="gor" hreflang="gor" data-title="Wikipedia:Tinepo wawu paduma" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Hulontalo" data-language-local-name="Gorontalo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Hulontalo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kebijakan_dan_pedoman" title="Wikipedia:Kebijakan dan pedoman – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Kebijakan dan pedoman" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Politicas_e_directivas" title="Wikipedia:Politicas e directivas – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Wikipedia:Politicas e directivas" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sam%C3%BEykktir_og_stefnur" title="Wikipedia:Samþykktir og stefnur – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Wikipedia:Samþykktir og stefnur" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Raccomandazioni_e_linee_guida" title="Wikipedia:Raccomandazioni e linee guida – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wikipedia:Raccomandazioni e linee guida" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%99%D7%9D" title="ויקיפדיה:עקרונות וקווים מנחים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויקיפדיה:עקרונות וקווים מנחים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kl mw-list-item"><a href="https://kl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Maleruaqqusat_ileqqussallu" title="Wikipedia:Maleruaqqusat ileqqussallu – Kalaallisut" lang="kl" hreflang="kl" data-title="Wikipedia:Maleruaqqusat ileqqussallu" data-language-autonym="Kalaallisut" data-language-local-name="Kalaallisut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kalaallisut</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF:%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%BF_%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B3%E0%B3%81" title="ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ನೀತಿ ನಿಯಮಗಳು – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ನೀತಿ ನಿಯಮಗಳು" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="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%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90_%E1%83%93%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AB%E1%83%A6%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="ვიკიპედია:პოლიტიკა და სახელმძღვანელოები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ვიკიპედია:პოლიტიკა და სახელმძღვანელოები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%90%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%96%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%96%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%AD%D9%90%DA%A9%D9%85%D9%8E%D8%AA%DB%81%D9%90_%D8%B9%D9%8E%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AA%DB%81%D9%95_%DB%81%D8%A0%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%8E%D8%AA%DA%BE" title="وِکیٖپیٖڈیا:حِکمَتہِ عَملی تہٕ ہؠدایَتھ – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="وِکیٖپیٖڈیا:حِکمَتہِ عَملی تہٕ ہؠدایَتھ" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%95%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%BD%D2%B1%D1%81%D2%9B%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Уикипедия:Ережелер мен нұсқаулар – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Уикипедия:Ережелер мен нұсқаулар" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%AEk%C3%AEpediya:Pol%C3%AEt%C3%AEka_%C3%BB_d%C3%AErekt%C3%AEv" title="Wîkîpediya:Polîtîka û dîrektîv – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Wîkîpediya:Polîtîka û dîrektîv" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D3%A9%D1%80%D1%81%D3%A9%D1%82%D0%BC%D3%A9%D0%BB%D3%A9%D1%80" title="Википедия:Эрежелер жана көрсөтмөлөр – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Википедия:Эрежелер жана көрсөтмөлөр" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%B4%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%B4%E0%BA%9E%E0%BA%B5%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%94%E0%BA%8D:%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%B0%E0%BB%82%E0%BA%8D%E0%BA%9A%E0%BA%B2%E0%BA%8D%E0%BB%81%E0%BA%A5%E0%BA%B0%E0%BB%81%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%9B%E0%BA%B0%E0%BA%95%E0%BA%B4%E0%BA%9A%E0%BA%B1%E0%BA%94" title="ວິກິພີເດຍ:ນະໂຍບາຍແລະແນວປະຕິບັດ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ວິກິພີເດຍ:ນະໂຍບາຍແລະແນວປະຕິບັດ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reegelen" title="Wikipedia:Reegelen – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Wikipedia:Reegelen" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Ir%C3%A1nyelvek_%C3%A9s_%C3%BAtmutat%C3%B3k" title="Wikipédia:Irányelvek és útmutatók – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Wikipédia:Irányelvek és útmutatók" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%86_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AD" title="विकिपिडिया:नीति आ दिशानिर्देशसभ – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="विकिपिडिया:नीति आ दिशानिर्देशसभ" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="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%9D%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Википедија:Начела и напатствија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Википедија:Начела и напатствија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="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%A8%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%99%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%96%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%82" title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:നയങ്ങളും മാർഗ്ഗരേഖകളും – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:നയങ്ങളും മാർഗ്ഗരേഖകളും" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%88_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="ويكيبيديا:سياسات و ارشادات – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ويكيبيديا:سياسات و ارشادات" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86" title="ویکی‌پدیا:سياستون – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:سياستون" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dasar_dan_garis_panduan" title="Wikipedia:Dasar dan garis panduan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia:Dasar dan garis panduan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kabijakan_jo_padoman" title="Wikipedia:Kabijakan jo padoman – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Wikipedia:Kabijakan jo padoman" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0:%D0%94%D2%AF%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BC" title="Википедиа:Дүрэм – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Википедиа:Дүрэм" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AE%E1%80%80%E1%80%AE%E1%80%95%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%92%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8:%E1%80%99%E1%80%B0%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AB%E1%80%92%E1%80%99%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8_%E1%80%94%E1%80%BE%E1%80%84%E1%80%B7%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%9C%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%8A%E1%80%BD%E1%80%BE%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%81%E1%80%BB%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8" title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:မူဝါဒများ နှင့် လမ်းညွှန်ချက်များ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:မူဝါဒများ နှင့် လမ်းညွှန်ချက်များ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portaal:Hulp_en_beheer/Regels_en_richtlijnen" title="Portaal:Hulp en beheer/Regels en richtlijnen – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Portaal:Hulp en beheer/Regels en richtlijnen" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82" title="विकिपिडिया:नीति तथा दिशानिर्देशहरू – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="विकिपिडिया:नीति तथा दिशानिर्देशहरू" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E6%96%B9%E9%87%9D%E3%81%A8%E3%82%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3" title="Wikipedia:方針とガイドライン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:方針とガイドライン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pulitiche_e_linee_guida" title="Wikipedia:Pulitiche e linee guida – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Wikipedia:Pulitiche e linee guida" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8:%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%88_%D0%B0,_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%8C%D0%B9%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%B0" title="Википеди:Бакъонаш а, куьйгалла а – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Википеди:Бакъонаш а, куьйгалла а" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Anbefalinger_og_retningslinjer" title="Wikipedia:Anbefalinger og retningslinjer – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Wikipedia:Anbefalinger og retningslinjer" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Retningsliner" title="Wikipedia:Retningsliner – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Wikipedia:Retningsliner" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:Qoida_va_ko%CA%BBrsatmalar" title="Vikipediya:Qoida va koʻrsatmalar – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Vikipediya:Qoida va koʻrsatmalar" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%DA%A9%D9%8A%D9%BE%DB%90%DA%89%D9%8A%D8%A7:%DA%A9%DA%93%D9%86%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%90_%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%9A%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86%DB%90" title="ويکيپېډيا:کړنلارې او لارښوونې – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ويکيپېډيا:کړنلارې او لارښوونې" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Zasady" title="Wikipedia:Zasady – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wikipedia:Zasady" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Pol%C3%ADticas_e_recomenda%C3%A7%C3%B5es" title="Wikipédia:Políticas e recomendações – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikipédia:Políticas e recomendações" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ul%C4%B1wma_qa%C7%B5%C4%B1ydalar" title="Wikipedia:Ulıwma qaǵıydalar – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Wikipedia:Ulıwma qaǵıydalar" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Politica_oficial%C4%83" title="Wikipedia:Politica oficială – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Wikipedia:Politica oficială" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rmy mw-list-item"><a href="https://rmy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipidiya:Forovipen_(politika)" title="Vikipidiya:Forovipen (politika) – Vlax Romani" lang="rmy" hreflang="rmy" data-title="Vikipidiya:Forovipen (politika)" data-language-autonym="Romani čhib" data-language-local-name="Vlax Romani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Romani čhib</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%B8_%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Википедия:Правила и руководства – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Википедия:Правила и руководства" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_an_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies an guidelines – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Wikipedia:Policies an guidelines" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Politikat_dhe_udh%C3%ABzimet" title="Wikipedia:Politikat dhe udhëzimet – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Wikipedia:Politikat dhe udhëzimet" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pulitichi_e_linii_guida" title="Wikipedia:Pulitichi e linii guida – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Wikipedia:Pulitichi e linii guida" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="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%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%92_%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%84_%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%9D%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%81%E0%B6%B1" title="විකිපීඩියා:ප්‍රතිපත්ති සහ මාර්ගෝපදේශන – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="විකිපීඩියා:ප්‍රතිපත්ති සහ මාර්ගෝපදේශන" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Rules" title="Wikipedia:Rules – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Wikipedia:Rules" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DA%AA%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%DA%8A%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%DB%BD_%D8%AD%DA%AA%D9%85%D8%AA_%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86" title="وڪيپيڊيا:هدايتون ۽ حڪمت عمليون – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="وڪيپيڊيا:هدايتون ۽ حڪمت عمليون" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Pravidl%C3%A1" title="Wikipédia:Pravidlá – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Wikipédia:Pravidlá" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Pravila_in_smernice" title="Wikipedija:Pravila in smernice – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Wikipedija:Pravila in smernice" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%95%D8%AA%DB%95%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88_%DA%95%DB%8E%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86" title="ویکیپیدیا:سیاسەتەکان و ڕێساکان – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ویکیپیدیا:سیاسەتەکان و ڕێساکان" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B5" title="Википедија:Правила и смернице – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Википедија:Правила и смернице" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Pravila_i_smjernice" title="Wikipedija:Pravila i smjernice – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Wikipedija:Pravila i smjernice" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kawijakan" title="Wikipedia:Kawijakan – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Wikipedia:Kawijakan" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:K%C3%A4yt%C3%A4nn%C3%B6t" title="Wikipedia:Käytännöt – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Wikipedia:Käytännöt" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policy_och_riktlinjer" title="Wikipedia:Policy och riktlinjer – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Wikipedia:Policy och riktlinjer" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="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%95%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="விக்கிப்பீடியா:கொள்கைகளும் வழிகாட்டல்களும் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="விக்கிப்பீடியா:கொள்கைகளும் வழிகாட்டல்களும்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B9%D0%B4%D3%99%D0%BB%D3%99%D1%80_%D2%BB%D3%99%D0%BC_%D0%BA%D0%B8%D2%A3%D3%99%D1%88%D0%BB%D3%99%D1%80" title="Википедия:Кагыйдәләр һәм киңәшләр – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Википедия:Кагыйдәләр һәм киңәшләр" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="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%99%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%8F%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4" title="วิกิพีเดีย:นโยบายและแนวปฏิบัติ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="วิกิพีเดีย:นโยบายและแนวปฏิบัติ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0:%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%91%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%82%D2%B3%D0%BE_%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%BE%D2%B3%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D2%B3%D0%BE" title="Википедиа:Сиёсатҳо ва роҳнамоҳо – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Википедиа:Сиёсатҳо ва роҳнамоҳо" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tcy mw-list-item"><a href="https://tcy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF:%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%81_%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%95_%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%82%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%81" title="ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ನೀತಿಲು ಬೊಕ್ಕ ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಲು – Tulu" lang="tcy" hreflang="tcy" data-title="ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ನೀತಿಲು ಬೊಕ್ಕ ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಲು" data-language-autonym="ತುಳು" data-language-local-name="Tulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ತುಳು</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedi:Politika_ve_y%C3%B6nergeler" title="Vikipedi:Politika ve yönergeler – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Vikipedi:Politika ve yönergeler" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A3%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BE%D1%81_%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8A%D1%91%D1%81" title="Википедия:Ужан правилоос но валэктонъёс – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Википедия:Ужан правилоос но валэктонъёс" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%8F:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D1%96_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Вікіпедія:Правила і настанови – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Вікіпедія:Правила і настанови" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A7:%DB%81%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%88_%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%AA_%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%BA" title="ویکیپیڈیا:ہدایات و حکمت عملیاں – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ویکیپیڈیا:ہدایات و حکمت عملیاں" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Quy_%C4%91%E1%BB%8Bnh_v%C3%A0_h%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Bng_d%E1%BA%ABn" title="Wikipedia:Quy định và hướng dẫn – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Wikipedia:Quy định và hướng dẫn" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%B0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D6%BC%D7%A2%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A2:%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%96%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%A2%D7%9F" title="װיקיפּעדיע:פאליסיס און אנווייזונגען – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="װיקיפּעדיע:פאליסיס און אנווייזונגען" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%C3%8Ct%E1%BB%8D%CC%81nis%E1%BB%8D%CC%81n%C3%A0" title="Wikipedia:Ìtọ́nisọ́nà – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Wikipedia:Ìtọ́nisọ́nà" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yorùbá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E6%94%BF%E7%AD%96%E5%90%8C%E6%8C%87%E5%BC%95" title="Wikipedia:政策同指引 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="Wikipedia:政策同指引" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh 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For the WikiProject about politics, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Politics" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Politics">Wikipedia:WikiProject Politics</a>. For notability criteria for politicians, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Politicians_and_judges" title="Wikipedia:Notability (people)">Wikipedia:Notability (people) § Politicians and judges</a>. 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class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/45px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/60px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This page documents a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Procedural" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">procedural policy</a> of Wikipedia.</b><br/><div style="font-size: 90%;">It documents various processes by which the English Wikipedia operates.</div></td><td class="mbox-imageright"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1252059228">.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain{float:right;margin:0 0 0 1em;border:1px solid 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title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary">Not a dictionary</a>)</li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conduct_policies" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Conduct policies">Conduct policies</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Clean_start" title="Wikipedia:Clean start">Clean start</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Ownership of content</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy" title="Wikipedia:Username policy">Username policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Other policy categories</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Deletion" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Enforcement" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Legal" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Legal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Procedural" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Procedural</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Directories</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">List of policies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">List of guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Manual of Style contents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines#Searching" title="Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines">Searching</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Policy_list" title="Template talk:Policy list"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Policy_list" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Policy list"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Wikipedia's <b>policies and guidelines</b> are developed by the community to describe best practices, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal of creating a free, reliable encyclopedia. There is no need to read any policy or guideline pages to start editing. The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">five pillars</a> are a popular summary of the most pertinent principles. </p><p>Although Wikipedia generally <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_bureaucracy" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">does not have hard-and-fast rules</a>, policies and guidelines are standards all users should normally follow, with guidelines providing guidance in specific contexts. Policies and guidelines should be applied using reason and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_%22Ignore_all_rules%22_means#Use_common_sense" title="Wikipedia:What "Ignore all rules" means">common sense</a>. Technically, the policy and guideline <i>pages</i> are not the policy and guidelines in and of themselves. The actual policies and guidelines are behaviors practiced by most editors. </p><p>This policy page specifies the community standards related to the organization, life cycle, maintenance of, and adherence to policies, guidelines, and related pages of the <a href="/wiki/English_Wikipedia" title="English Wikipedia">English Wikipedia</a>. It does not cover other editions of Wikipedia. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Derivation" data-mw-thread-id="h-Derivation"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Derivation"></span>Derivation<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Derivation"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administration#Human_and_legal_administration" title="Wikipedia:Administration">Wikipedia:Administration § Human and legal administration</a></div> <p>Wikipedia is operated by the not-for-profit <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>, which reserves certain legal rights—see <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policies" class="extiw" title="foundation:Policies">the Wikimedia Foundation's Policies page</a> for a list of its policies. See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Role_of_Jimmy_Wales" title="Wikipedia:Role of Jimmy Wales">Role of Jimmy Wales</a>. Nevertheless, normally Wikipedia is a self-governing project run by its community. Its policies and guidelines are intended to reflect the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a> of the community. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Role" data-mw-thread-id="h-Role"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Role"></span>Role<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Role"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_difference_between_policies,_guidelines_and_essays" title="Wikipedia:The difference between policies, guidelines and essays">Wikipedia:The difference between policies, guidelines and essays</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:POLICIES"></span><span id="WP:GUIDES"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:POLICIES&redirect=no">WP:POLICIES</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:GUIDES&redirect=no">WP:GUIDES</a></span></li></ul></div></div><p><span class="anchor" id="Policies"></span><span class="anchor" id="policies"></span> </p><p><b>Policies</b> have wide acceptance among editors and describe standards all users should <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">normally</a> follow. All policy pages are in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines">Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_policies" title="Category:Wikipedia policies">Category:Wikipedia policies</a>. For summaries of key policies, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1033199720">.mw-parser-output div.crossreference{padding-left:0}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference">see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">List of policies</a></span>. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Guidelines"></span><span class="anchor" id="guides"></span><span class="anchor" id="guide"></span><b>Guidelines</b> are sets of best practices supported by consensus. Editors should attempt to follow guidelines, though they are best treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply. Guideline pages can be found in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines">Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia guidelines">Category:Wikipedia guidelines</a>. For summaries of key guidelines, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033199720"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference">see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">List of guidelines</a></span>. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Essays"></span><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essays" title="Wikipedia:Essays">Essays</a></b> are the opinion or advice of an editor or group of editors. They may not be supported by a widespread consensus. They do not necessarily speak for the entire community and may be created and written without approval. Essays the author does not want others to edit, or that overtly contradict consensus, belong in the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">user namespace</a>. </p><p>Other <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administration#Data_structure_and_development" title="Wikipedia:Administration">administration pages</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">project namespace</a> include: </p> <ul><li>Process pages, which facilitate the application of the policies and guidelines (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion">Wikipedia:Articles for deletion</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject">WikiProject</a> pages, including <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_advice_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject advice pages">essays they have written to give advice to other editors</a> about their areas of interest,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:How to pages">How-to</a> or help pages (also found in the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Help namespace">Help namespace</a>), which provide mainly technical information,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Information_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Information pages">Information pages</a>, which generally provide factual information,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Supplemental_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Supplemental pages">Supplements</a> to guidelines and policies, which explain advice in greater detail,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_discussion" title="Category:Wikipedia discussion">Community discussion pages</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_noticeboards" title="Category:Wikipedia noticeboards">noticeboards</a> for communication between editors, and</li> <li>Historical pages, which are outdated.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Adherence" data-mw-thread-id="h-Adherence"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Adherence"></span>Adherence<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Adherence"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ADHERENCE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ADHERENCE&redirect=no">WP:ADHERENCE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_%22Ignore_all_rules%22_means#Use_common_sense" title="Wikipedia:What "Ignore all rules" means">Use common sense</a> in interpreting and applying policies and guidelines; rules have <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">occasional exceptions</a>. However, those who violate the spirit of a rule may be reprimanded or sanctioned even if they do not technically break the rule. </p><p>Whether a policy or guideline is an accurate description of best practice is determined through <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a>. </p><p>On discussion pages and in edit summaries, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcuts" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Shortcuts">shortcuts</a> are often used to refer to policies and guidelines; for example, <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOR&redirect=no">WP:NOR</a></span> (no original research), <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NPOV&redirect=no">WP:NPOV</a></span> (neutral point of view) and <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BLP&redirect=no">WP:BLP</a></span> (biographies of living persons). Similar shortcuts are also used for other types of project pages like essays and how-to guides. Thus a shortcut does not necessarily imply the linked page has policy or guideline status or has been widely accepted by the community. </p><p>When referencing shortcuts or policy pages, verify they support the points you're making. The names of the policy and guideline pages and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcuts" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Shortcuts">shortcuts</a> can be misleading. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Enforcement" data-mw-thread-id="h-Enforcement"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Enforcement"></span>Enforcement<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Enforcement"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Enforcement_policies" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Enforcement policies">Wikipedia:Enforcement policies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Active_sanctions" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Active sanctions">Wikipedia:Active sanctions</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_enforcement" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration enforcement">Wikipedia:Arbitration enforcement</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ENFORCEMENT"></span><span id="WP:ENFORCE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ENFORCEMENT&redirect=no">WP:ENFORCEMENT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ENFORCE&redirect=no">WP:ENFORCE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>If an editor violates the community standards described in policies and guidelines, other editors will warn the person to adhere to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CONDUCT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CONDUCT">acceptable norms of conduct</a>, though editors will resort to more forceful means if the behavior continues, such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">administrator</a> and <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards" class="extiw" title="m:Stewards">steward</a> actions. Gross violations are met with harder enforcement. Going against the principles set out on these pages, particularly policy pages, is unlikely to prove acceptable, although it may be possible to convince others <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">an exception ought to be made</a>. This means individual editors (including <i>you</i>) enforce and apply policies and guidelines. </p><p>In cases where it is clear a user is acting against policy (or against a guideline in a way that conflicts with policy), especially if they are doing so intentionally and persistently, that user may be temporarily or indefinitely <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">blocked</a> from editing by an administrator. In cases where the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">dispute resolution</a> procedure has been ineffective, the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee">Arbitration Committee</a> deals with highly disruptive or sensitive situations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Content" data-mw-thread-id="h-Content"><span id=".C2.ADContent"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Content"></span><span class="anchor" id="Content"></span>Content<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Content"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_instruction_creep" title="Wikipedia:Avoid instruction creep">Wikipedia:Avoid instruction creep</a></div> <p>Policy and guideline pages should: </p> <ul><li><b>Be clear</b>. Avoid esoteric or quasi-legal terms or dumbed-down language. Be plain, direct, unambiguous, and specific. Avoid platitudes and generalities. Even in guidelines, help pages, and other non-policy pages, do not be afraid to tell editors they <i>must</i> or <i>should</i> do something.</li> <li><b>Be as concise as possible—but no more concise.</b> Verbosity is not a good defense against misinterpretation. Omit needless words. Direct, concise writing is clearer than rambling examples. Footnotes and links to other pages may be used for clarification.</li> <li><b>Emphasize the spirit of the rule.</b> Expect editors to use common sense. If the spirit of the rule is clear, say no more.</li> <li><b>Maintain scope and avoid redundancy.</b> Identify the purpose and scope early, as many readers will just look at the beginning. Content should be within the scope of its policy. When the scope of one advice page overlaps with the scope of another, minimize redundancy. When one policy refers to another policy, it should do so briefly, clearly, and explicitly.</li> <li><b>Avoid <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Overlinking" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Overlinking">overlinking</a>.</b> Policies and guidelines may contain links to any type of page, including essays and articles. Such links should only appear when clarification or context is needed. Links to other advice pages may unintentionally or intentionally defer "authority" to them. Make it clear when such links defer, and when they do not.</li> <li><b>Not contradict each other.</b> The community's view cannot simultaneously be "A" and "not A". When apparent discrepancies arise between pages, editors at all the affected pages should discuss how they can correct the contradictory pages to reflect the community's view. This discussion should be on <u>one</u> talk page, with invitations to that page at the talk pages of the various affected pages.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Not_part_of_the_encyclopedia" data-mw-thread-id="h-Not_part_of_the_encyclopedia"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Not_part_of_the_encyclopedia"></span>Not part of the encyclopedia<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Not_part_of_the_encyclopedia"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTPART"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTPART&redirect=no">WP:NOTPART</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace#Content" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">Wikipedia:Project namespace § Content</a></div> <p>Wikipedia has many policies and guidelines about encyclopedic <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_in_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Content in Wikipedia">content</a>. These standards require verifiability, neutrality, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLP">respect for living people</a>, and more. </p><p>The policies, guidelines, and process pages themselves are not part of the encyclopedia. They do not generally need to conform to the same <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Core_content_policies" title="Wikipedia:Core content policies">content standards</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">style conventions</a> as articles. It is not necessary to provide <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a> to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verify</a> administrative pages, or to phrase procedures or principles in a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral</a> manner, or to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">cite an outside authority</a> in determining editorial practices. Instead, the content of these pages is controlled by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">community-wide consensus</a>, and the style should emphasize clarity, directness, and usefulness.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>These pages do, however, need to comply with Wikipedia's legal and behavioral policies, as well as policies applicable to non-content pages. For example, editors may not violate copyrights anywhere on Wikipedia, and edit warring is prohibited everywhere, not merely in encyclopedia articles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Life_cycle" data-mw-thread-id="h-Life_cycle"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Life_cycle"></span>Life cycle<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Life_cycle"></span></h2></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="#Life_cycle"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PGLIFE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PGLIFE&redirect=no">WP:PGLIFE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Many of the most well-established policies and guidelines have developed from principles that have been accepted as fundamental since Wikipedia's inception. Others developed as solutions to common problems and disruptive editing. Policy and guideline pages are seldom established without precedent<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and require strong community support. Policies and guidelines may be established through new proposals, promotion of essays or guidelines, and reorganization of existing policies and guidelines through splitting and merging. </p><p>Essays and information pages may be established by writing them and adding <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Essay" title="Template:Essay">essay</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Information_page" title="Template:Information page">Information page</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_how-to" title="Template:Wikipedia how-to">Wikipedia how-to</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Wikipedia_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Wikipedia namespace">a similar template</a> to the page. </p><p>Current policy and guideline proposals can be found in <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_proposals" title="Category:Wikipedia proposals">Category:Wikipedia proposals</a>, and failed ones at <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_failed_proposals" title="Category:Wikipedia failed proposals">Category:Wikipedia failed proposals</a>. All editors are welcome to comment. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proposals" data-mw-thread-id="h-Proposals-Life_cycle"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Proposals-Life_cycle"></span>Proposals<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Proposals-Life_cycle"></span></h3></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="proposal"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PROPOSAL"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PROPOSAL&redirect=no">WP:PROPOSAL</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_contribute_to_Wikipedia_guidance" title="Wikipedia:How to contribute to Wikipedia guidance">Wikipedia:How to contribute to Wikipedia guidance</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:PROPOSAL" redirects here. For propose for deletion page, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Wikipedia:Proposed deletion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_requests" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Deletion requests">Wikipedia:Deletion requests</a>.</div> <p>Proposals for new guideline and policy pages require discussion and a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Local_consensus" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Local consensus">high level of consensus</a> from the entire community for promotion to guideline or policy status. Adding the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Policy" title="Template:Policy">policy</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template to a page without the required consensus does not mean the page is policy, even if the page summarizes or copies policy. Most commonly, a new policy or guideline documents existing practices, rather than proposing a change to what experienced editors already choose to do. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Good_practice_for_proposals"></span>One path for proposals is developing them through steps of </p> <ol><li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Brainstorming" title="Template:Brainstorming">brainstorming</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Draft_proposal" title="Template:Draft proposal">draft proposal</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Proposal" title="Template:Proposal">proposal</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Policy" title="Template:Policy">policy</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Guideline" title="Template:Guideline">guideline</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Brainstorming" data-mw-thread-id="h-Brainstorming-Proposals"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Brainstorming-Proposals"></span>Brainstorming<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Brainstorming-Proposals"></span></h4></div> <p>The first step is to write the best initial proposal you can. Authors can request early-stage feedback at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(idea_lab)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab)">Wikipedia's village pump for idea incubation</a> and from any relevant WikiProjects. Amendments to a proposal can be discussed on its talk page. It is crucial to improve a proposal in response to feedback received from outside editors. Consensus is built through a process of listening to and discussing the proposal with many other editors. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Creating_a_request_for_comment" data-mw-thread-id="h-Creating_a_request_for_comment-Proposals"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Creating_a_request_for_comment-Proposals"></span>Creating a request for comment<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Creating_a_request_for_comment-Proposals"></span></h4></div> <p>Once you think the initial proposal is well written, and the issues involved have been sufficiently discussed among early participants to create a proposal that has a solid chance of success with the broader community, start a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_for_comment" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Request for comment">request for comment</a> (RfC) about your policy or guideline proposal in a new section on the proposal's talk page. Include the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Rfc" title="Template:Rfc">rfc</a>|policy}}</code> tag, along with a brief, time-stamped explanation of the proposal. Then, if you want, you can provide a detailed explanation of what the page does and why you think it should be a policy or guideline. The <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Proposal" title="Template:Proposal">Proposal</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template should be placed at the top of the proposed page; this tag will get the proposal properly categorized. </p><p>The RfC should typically be announced at the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)">policy</a> and/or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)">proposals</a> village pumps, and you should notify other potentially interested groups. If your proposal affects a specific content area, then related WikiProjects can be found at the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory">WikiProject directory</a>. If your proposal relates to an existing policy or guideline, then leave a note on the talk page of the related policy or guideline. For example, proposed style guidelines should be announced at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style">Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style</a>, which is the main guideline for style issues. Try to identify the subcategory of guideline or policy (see <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Subcat_guideline" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Subcat guideline">Subcat guideline</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template). Proposals involving contentious subjects or wide-ranging effects should normally be listed on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Centralized_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Centralized discussion">Wikipedia:Centralized discussion</a> for the duration of the RfC. Rarely, a particularly important proposal may be advertised via a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Watchlist_notices" title="Wikipedia:Watchlist notices">watchlist notice</a>; sitenotices (which are displayed to all readers, not just to active editors) are not used for proposals. RfCs for policy and guideline proposals are normally left open for at least a week or sometimes a couple of months. </p><p>To avoid later complaints about insufficient notice, it may be helpful to provide a complete list of the groups or pages you used to advertise the proposal on the talk page. Be careful not to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Canvassing" title="Wikipedia:Canvassing">canvass</a>, and avoid non-neutral wording. </p><p>Editors should respond to proposals in a way that helps identify and build consensus. Explain your thoughts, ask questions, and raise concerns. Many editors begin their responses with bold-font 'vote' of support or opposition to make evaluation easier. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Closing_the_request_for_comment" data-mw-thread-id="h-Closing_the_request_for_comment-Proposals"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Closing_the_request_for_comment-Proposals"></span>Closing the request for comment<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Closing_the_request_for_comment-Proposals"></span></h4></div> <p>Closing a discussion requires careful evaluation of the responses to determine the consensus. This does not require the intervention of an administrator; it may be done by any sufficiently experienced impartial editor, not involved in the discussion, who is familiar with all policies and guidelines related to the proposal. The following points are important in evaluating consensus: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a> for guidelines and policies should be reasonably strong, though unanimity is not required.</li> <li>There must be exposure to the community beyond just the authors of the proposal.</li> <li>Consider the strength of the proposed page: <ul><li>Have major concerns raised during the community discussion been addressed?</li> <li>Does the proposal contradict any existing guidelines or policies?</li> <li>Can the new proposed guideline or policy be merged into an existing one?</li> <li>Is the proposed guideline or policy, or some part of it, redundant with an existing guideline or policy?</li></ul></li> <li>A proposal's status is not determined by counting votes. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Polling_is_not_a_substitute_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Polling is not a substitute for discussion">Polling is not a substitute for discussion</a>, nor is a poll's numerical outcome tantamount to consensus.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="failed"></span>If consensus for broad community support has not developed after a reasonable time, the proposal has failed. If consensus is neutral or unclear on the issue and unlikely to improve, the proposal has likewise failed.</li></ul> <p>Discussion may be closed as one of: <b>Promote</b>, <b>No consensus</b>, or <b>Failed</b>. Please leave a short note about the conclusion you came to. Update the proposal to reflect the consensus. Remove the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Proposal" title="Template:Proposal">Proposal</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template and replace it with another appropriate template, such as <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Subcat_guideline" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Subcat guideline">Subcat guideline</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Policy" title="Template:Policy">Policy</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Supplement" title="Template:Supplement">Supplement</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Essay" title="Template:Essay">essay</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, or <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Failed_proposal" title="Template:Failed proposal">Failed proposal</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Wikipedia_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Wikipedia namespace">Wikipedia namespace templates</a> for a listing of banners. </p><p>If a proposal fails, the failed tag should not usually be removed. It is typically more productive to rewrite a failed proposal from scratch to address problems or seek consensus to integrate uncontroversial aspects of it into existing pages, rather than to re-nominate a proposal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demotion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Demotion-Life_cycle"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Demotion-Life_cycle"></span><span class="anchor" id="historical"></span>Demotion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Demotion-Life_cycle"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:HISTORICAL"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:HISTORICAL&redirect=no">WP:HISTORICAL</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace#Deletion_of_project_pages" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">Wikipedia:Project namespace § Deletion of project pages</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace#Historical_pages" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">Wikipedia:Project namespace § Historical pages</a></div> <p>An accepted policy or guideline may become obsolete because of changes in editorial practice or community standards, may become redundant because of improvements to other pages, or may represent unwarranted <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_instruction_creep" title="Wikipedia:Avoid instruction creep">instruction creep</a>. In such situations editors may propose that a policy be demoted to a guideline, or that a policy or guideline be demoted to a <a href="/wiki/Template:Supplement" title="Template:Supplement">supplement</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Information_page" title="Template:Information page">informational page</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Essay" title="Template:Essay">essay</a> or <a href="/wiki/Template:Historical" title="Template:Historical">historical</a> page. In certain cases, a policy or guideline may be <a href="/wiki/Template:Superseded" title="Template:Superseded">superseded</a>, in which case the old page is marked and retained for historical interest. </p><p>The process for demotion is similar to promotion. A talk page discussion is typically started, the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Under_discussion" title="Template:Under discussion">Under discussion</a>|status|<i>Discussion Title</i>}}</code> template is added to the top of the project page, and community input is solicited. After a reasonable amount of time for comments, an independent editor should close the discussion and evaluate the discussion and determine whether a consensus has formed to change the status. </p><p>The <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Disputed_tag" title="Template:Disputed tag">Disputed tag</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template is typically used instead of <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Under_discussion" title="Template:Under discussion">Under discussion</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> for claims that a page was recently assigned guideline or policy status without proper or sufficient consensus being established. </p><p>Essays, information pages, and other informal pages that are supported by only a small minority of the community are typically moved to the primary author's userspace. These discussions typically happen on the page's talk page, sometimes with an RfC, but they have at times also been conducted at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion">Miscellany for deletion</a> (despite the MFD guidelines explicitly discouraging this practice). Other pages are retained for historical reference and are marked as such. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Content_changes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Content_changes-Life_cycle"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Content_changes-Life_cycle"></span>Content changes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Content_changes-Life_cycle"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PGCHANGE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PGCHANGE&redirect=no">WP:PGCHANGE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:EDITING" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:EDITING">Editing policy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policy_writing_is_hard" title="Wikipedia:Policy writing is hard">Wikipedia:Policy writing is hard</a></div> <p>Policies and guidelines can be edited like any other page. It is <i>not</i> strictly necessary to discuss changes or to obtain consensus in advance. However, because policies and guidelines are sensitive and complex, users should take care over any edits, to be sure they reflect the community's view and do not accidentally introduce confusion. </p><p>The purpose of policies and guidelines is to state what most agree upon, and should be phrased to reflect the present <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a>. Editing a policy/guideline/essay page does not in itself imply an immediate change to accepted practice. It is bad practice to recommend a rejected practice on a policy or guideline page. </p><p>As explained below, update best practices by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOLD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOLD">editing boldly</a> or by working toward widespread consensus for the change through discussion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Substantive_changes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Substantive_changes-Content_changes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Substantive_changes-Content_changes"></span>Substantive changes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Substantive_changes-Content_changes"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold#Wikipedia_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Wikipedia:Be bold § Wikipedia namespace</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_revert_without_explanation" title="Wikipedia:Don't revert without explanation">Wikipedia:Don't revert without explanation</a></div> <p><b>Implement.</b> Before making substantive changes to policy and guideline pages, it is sometimes useful to try to establish a reasonable exception to the existing practice. To try to update the existing best practices this way, you may directly deviate from the established practice following the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">WP:IGNORE</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">WP:BOLD</a> principles and make the change to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Namespace#In_use" title="Wikipedia:Namespace">mainspace</a> pages. After some time, if there are no objections to the change and/or if a widespread consensus for your change or implementation is reached through discussion, you can then edit policy and guideline pages describing the practice to reflect the new situation. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TALKFIRST"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALKFIRST&redirect=no">WP:TALKFIRST</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>Talk first.</b> Talk page discussion typically precedes substantive changes to a policy. Changes may be made if there are no objections or if the discussion shows there is consensus for the change. Minor edits for grammar and clarity can be made at any time. </p><p>If the result of discussions is unclear, then it should be evaluated by an administrator or other independent editor, as in the proposal process. Major changes should also be publicized to the community in general; announcements may be appropriate. </p><p>If wider input on a proposed change is desired, it may be useful to mark the section with the tag <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Under_discussion" title="Template:Under discussion">Under discussion</a>|section|talk=<i>Discussion Title</i>}}</code>. (If the proposal relates to a single statement, use <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Under_discussion_inline" title="Template:Under discussion inline">Under discussion inline</a>|<i>Discussion Title</i>}}</code> immediately after it.) </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PGBOLD"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PGBOLD&redirect=no">WP:PGBOLD</a></span></li></ul></div></div><p><span class="anchor" id="Bold"></span> </p><p><b>Or be bold.</b> Although most editors find discussions helpful, especially at well-developed pages, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus#Reaching_consensus_through_editing" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">directly editing these pages is permitted by Wikipedia's policies</a>. Consequently, you should not remove any change <i>solely</i> because there was no discussion indicating consensus for the change before it was made. Instead, give a substantive reason for challenging it either in your <a href="/wiki/Help:Edit_summary" title="Help:Edit summary">edit summary</a> or on the talk page. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold#Wikipedia_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Bold</a> editors of policy and guideline pages are strongly encouraged to follow <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring#Other_revert_rules" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">WP:1RR</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring#Other_revert_rules" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">WP:0RR</a> standards. Editing a policy to support your own argument in an active discussion may be seen as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system" title="Wikipedia:Gaming the system">gaming the system</a>, especially if you do not disclose it when making the edits. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conflicts_between_advice_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-Conflicts_between_advice_pages-Life_cycle"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Conflicts_between_advice_pages-Life_cycle"></span>Conflicts between advice pages<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Conflicts_between_advice_pages-Life_cycle"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:POLCON"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:POLCON&redirect=no">WP:POLCON</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_forking/Internal#Policy_forks" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Content forking/Internal">Wikipedia:Content forking/Internal § Policy forks</a></div> <p>If policy and/or guideline pages conflict, one or more pages need to be revised to resolve the conflict so all the conflicting pages accurately reflect the community's actual practices and best advice. As a temporary measure, if a guideline appears to conflict with a policy, editors may assume the policy takes precedence. </p><p>More commonly, advice pages do not directly conflict, but provide multiple options. For example, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Wikipedia:Reliable sources</a> says newspaper articles are generally considered to be reliable sources, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)</a> recommends against newspaper articles for certain technical purposes. Editors must use their judgement to decide which advice is most appropriate and relevant to the situation at hand. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Naming" data-mw-thread-id="h-Naming"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Naming"></span>Naming<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Naming"></span></h2></div> <p>The page names of policies and guidelines usually do not include the words "policy" or "guideline", unless required to distinguish the page from another. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Finding_policies_and_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Finding_policies_and_guidelines"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Finding_policies_and_guidelines"></span>Finding policies and guidelines<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Finding_policies_and_guidelines"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main pages: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Wikipedia:List of policies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Wikipedia:List of guidelines</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Policies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">guidelines</a> can be navigated via the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines">directory</a>, <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia policies and guidelines">categories</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines">navigation template</a> or by <a href="/wiki/Help:Searching#Custom_search_boxes" title="Help:Searching">custom search boxes</a> (as seen below). </p> <div class="mw-inputbox-centered" style=""><form name="searchbox" class="searchbox mw-inputbox-form-inline" action="/wiki/Special:Search" id="style-searchbox"><div class="cdx-text-input"><input class="mw-searchInput searchboxInput cdx-text-input__input" name="search" placeholder="" size="35" dir="ltr"/></div><input type="hidden" value="incategory:"Wikipedia policies"" name="searchfilter"/> <input type="hidden" name="ns4" value="1" id="mw-inputbox-ns4-style-searchbox0.526235221677" checked=""/> <input type="submit" name="fulltext" value="Search policies" class="cdx-button"/><input type="hidden" value="Search" name="fulltext"/></form></div> <p><br/> </p> <div class="mw-inputbox-centered" style=""><form name="searchbox" class="searchbox mw-inputbox-form-inline" action="/wiki/Special:Search" id="style-searchbox"><div class="cdx-text-input"><input class="mw-searchInput searchboxInput cdx-text-input__input" name="search" placeholder="" size="35" dir="ltr"/></div><input type="hidden" value="deepcat:"Wikipedia guidelines"" name="searchfilter"/> <input type="hidden" name="ns4" value="1" id="mw-inputbox-ns4-style-searchbox0.693933496280" checked=""/> <input type="submit" name="fulltext" value="Search guidelines" class="cdx-button"/><input type="hidden" value="Search" name="fulltext"/></form></div> <p><br/> </p> <div class="mw-inputbox-centered" style=""><form name="searchbox" class="searchbox mw-inputbox-form-inline" action="/wiki/Special:Search" id="style-searchbox"><div class="cdx-text-input"><input class="mw-searchInput searchboxInput cdx-text-input__input" name="search" placeholder="" size="35" dir="ltr"/></div><input type="hidden" value="incategory:"Wikipedia Manual of Style"" name="searchfilter"/> <input type="hidden" name="ns4" value="1" id="mw-inputbox-ns4-style-searchbox0.000460443750" checked=""/> <input type="submit" name="fulltext" value="Search the MOS" class="cdx-button"/><input type="hidden" value="Search" name="fulltext"/></form></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Wikipedia#Excessive_rule-making" title="Criticism of Wikipedia">Criticism of Wikipedia § Excessive rule-making</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Wikipedia policies and guidelines">Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Wikipedia policies and guidelines</a> – a listing of policy and guideline proposals advertised through <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment">Wikipedia:Requests for comment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Centralized_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Centralized discussion">Wikipedia:Centralized discussion</a> – a centralized list of ongoing policy discussions</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Perennial_proposals" title="Wikipedia:Perennial proposals">Wikipedia:Perennial proposals</a> – proposals that come up very often</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Product,_process,_policy" title="Wikipedia:Product, process, policy">Wikipedia:Product, process, policy</a> – the place of policies in Wikipedia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_policies_and_guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Introduction to policies and guidelines">Help:Introduction to policies and guidelines</a> – major policies and guidelines for very new users</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Principles" title="Wikipedia:Principles">Wikipedia:Principles</a> – an index of essays about the community's principles and values</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplified_ruleset" title="Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset">Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset</a> – an explanatory supplement of key policies and guidelines</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_proposals" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia proposals">Wikipedia:Wikimedia proposals</a> – links to proposals at the wiki for Wikimedia</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Notes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notes"></span>Notes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notes"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Many historical essays can still be found within <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Essays" class="extiw" title="meta:Category:Essays">Meta's essay category</a>. The Wikimedia Foundation's <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="meta:">Meta-Wiki</a> was envisioned as the original place for editors to comment on and discuss Wikipedia, although the "Wikipedia" project space has since taken over most of that role.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">There is no prohibition against including appropriate external references to support and explain our policies or guidelines, but such sources are not authoritative with respect to Wikipedia.</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"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Office_actions" title="Wikipedia:Office actions">Office declarations</a> may establish unprecedented policies to avoid copyright, legal, or technical problems, though they are rare.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading 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guidelines</a> <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practices, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal.">(?)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></b></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="defines the scope of the encyclopedia and the material that is suitable for it">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks 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href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Copyright</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">Copyright violations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">Autobiography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Reliable sources</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">Medicine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Do not include copies of lengthy primary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">Plagiarism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Don't create hoaxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">External links</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Conduct <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="describes how editors can successfully collaborate and what behavior is acceptable">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Ownership of content</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection" title="Wikipedia:Child protection">Child protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Paid-contribution disclosure</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Disruptive editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point" title="Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point">Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system" title="Wikipedia:Gaming the system">Gaming the system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">Please do not bite the newcomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Responding_to_threats_of_harm" title="Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm">Responding to threats of harm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Talk page guidelines</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Deletion <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the processes by which pages, revisions, and logs may be deleted">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="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:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Deletion policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed deletion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">Biographies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Criteria for speedy deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Attack_page" title="Wikipedia:Attack page">Attack page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Enforcement <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the various means by which standards may be enforced">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="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:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Blocking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">Page protection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Editing <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="documents the various protocols about style and grouping">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Summary style</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Be bold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Broad-concept_article" title="Wikipedia:Broad-concept article">Broad-concept article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">Understandability</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Style</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Contents</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Dates and numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Layout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Lead section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Linking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Lists</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Classification</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Categories, lists, and navigation templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Categorization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template namespace">Template namespace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Project content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="protocols related to administration">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="G" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">Project namespace</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">WikiProjects</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes">User boxes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages" title="Wikipedia:Subpages">Subpages</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;;background: #dddddd;color:inherit;"><abbr title="Wikimedia Foundation">WMF</abbr> <abbr title="official policies and statements of the Wikimedia Foundation">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal; background: #e6e6e6;color:inherit;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct" class="extiw" title="wmf:Policy:Universal Code of Conduct">Universal Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="wmf:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policies" class="extiw" title="wmf:Policies">List of policies</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy" class="extiw" title="wmf:Friendly space policy">Friendly space policy</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy" class="extiw" title="wmf:Resolution:Licensing policy">Licensing and copyright</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="wmf:Privacy policy">Privacy policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;;font-weight: normal;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines">List of all policies and guidelines</a></b> <ul><li><b><span style="color:#118811;"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></span></b>: <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">List of policies</a></b></li> <li><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></span></b>: <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">List of guidelines</a></b></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Principles" title="Wikipedia:Principles">Summaries of values and principles</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Wikipedia_accounts_and_governance" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_accounts" title="Template:Wikipedia accounts"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_accounts" title="Template talk:Wikipedia accounts"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia_accounts" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia accounts"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wikipedia_accounts_and_governance" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">accounts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administration#Human_and_legal_administration" title="Wikipedia:Administration">governance</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Unregistered_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">Unregistered (IP) users</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_create_an_account%3F" title="Wikipedia:Why create an account?">Why create an account?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:CreateAccount" title="Special:CreateAccount">Create an account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_an_account" title="Wikipedia:Request an account">Request an account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_editors_are_human_too" title="Wikipedia:IP editors are human too">IPs are human too</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_addresses_are_not_people" title="Wikipedia:IP addresses are not people">IP addresses are not people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_hopper" title="Wikipedia:IP hopper">IP hopper</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Registered users</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_account" title="Wikipedia:New account">New account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Logging_in" title="Help:Logging in">Logging in</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Reset_password" title="Help:Reset password">Reset passwords</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy" title="Wikipedia:Username policy">Username policy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username" title="Wikipedia:Changing username">Changing username</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Usernames_for_administrator_attention" title="Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention">Usernames for administrator attention</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unified_login" title="Wikipedia:Unified login">Unified login or SUL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry#Legit" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Alternate account</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Account security</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Password_strength_requirements" title="Wikipedia:Password strength requirements">Password strength requirements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_account_security" title="Wikipedia:User account security">User account security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Personal_security_practices" title="Wikipedia:Personal security practices">Personal security practices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Two-factor_authentication" title="Help:Two-factor authentication">Two-factor authentication</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Using_AWB_with_2FA" title="Wikipedia:Using AWB with 2FA">2FA for AWB</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Committed_identity" title="Template:Committed identity">Committed identity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:On_privacy,_confidentiality_and_discretion" title="Wikipedia:On privacy, confidentiality and discretion">On privacy, confidentiality and discretion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Compromised_accounts" title="Wikipedia:Compromised accounts">Compromised accounts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_not_get_outed_on_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:How to not get outed on Wikipedia">How to not get outed</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Blocks, bans, sanctions,<br/>global actions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Blocking policy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Blocks" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Blocks">FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_guide/Blocking" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Blocking">Admin's guide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_guide/Blocking/Tools" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Blocking/Tools">Tools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autoblock" title="Wikipedia:Autoblock">Autoblock</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Appealing_a_block" title="Wikipedia:Appealing a block">Appealing a block</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_appealing_blocks" title="Wikipedia:Guide to appealing blocks">Guide to appealing blocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unblock_Ticket_Request_System" title="Wikipedia:Unblock Ticket Request System">UTRS Unblock Ticket Request System</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_IP_addresses" title="Wikipedia:Blocking IP addresses">Blocking IP addresses</a> <ul><li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Range_blocks" class="extiw" title="mw:Help:Range blocks">Range blocks</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Range_blocks/IPv6" class="extiw" title="mw:Help:Range blocks/IPv6">IPv6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Open_proxies" title="Wikipedia:Open proxies">Open proxies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning policy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Ban_appeals" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Ban appeals">ArbCom appeals</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sanctions" title="Wikipedia:Sanctions">Sanctions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_restrictions" title="Wikipedia:Editing restrictions">Personal sanctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_sanctions" title="Wikipedia:General sanctions">General sanctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contentious_topics" title="Wikipedia:Contentious topics">Contentious topics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_enforcement_log" 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