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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-namespace">Wikipedia</span><span class="mw-page-title-separator">:</span><span class="mw-page-title-main">Tendentious editing</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Explanatory essay about disruptive editing</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the behavioral guideline, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Wikipedia:Disruptive editing</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:TE" redirects here. For the template editor user right, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TPE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TPE">WP:TPE</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238436933">.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 0;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);box-sizing:border-box;color:var(--color-base,#202122)}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{border:2px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ombox-delete{border:2px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ombox-content{border:1px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ombox-style{border:1px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ombox-move{border:1px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ombox-protection{border:2px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.9em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-invalid-type{text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 10%}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{clear:right;float:right;margin:4px 0 4px 1em;width:238px}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.ombox img{max-width:none!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}</style><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div style="padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><b>This is an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace#How-to_and_information_pages" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">explanatory essay</a> about <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Wikipedia:Disruptive editing</a></b>. <br/><div style="font-size:90%;"> This page provides additional information about concepts in the page(s) it supplements. This page is not one of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Wikipedia's policies or guidelines</a> as it has not been <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus#Levels_of_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">thoroughly vetted by the community</a>.</div></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 var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);padding:0.3em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;text-align:center;font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxleft{float:left;margin:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutlist{display:inline-block;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);margin-bottom:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain ul{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutanchordiv{position:relative;top:-3em}.mw-parser-output li .module-shortcutanchordiv{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mbox-imageright .module-shortcutboxplain{padding:0.4em 1em 0.4em 1em;line-height:1.3;margin:0}</style><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TE"></span><span id="WP:TEND"></span><span id="WP:TIMESINK"></span><span id="WP:TENDENTIOUS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TE&redirect=no">WP:TE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TEND&redirect=no">WP:TEND</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TIMESINK&redirect=no">WP:TIMESINK</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TENDENTIOUS&redirect=no">WP:TENDENTIOUS</a></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Explanatory essay about Wikipedia:Disruptive editing</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice nutshell" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/30px-Walnut.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/45px-Walnut.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/60px-Walnut.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This page in a nutshell:</b> How to recognize and avoid various problematic and disruptive patterns of editing.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tendentious" class="extiw" title="wikt:tendentious">Tendentious</a> editing is a pattern of editing that is partisan, biased, skewed, and does not maintain an editorially <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral point of view</a>. It may also involve repeated attempts to insert or delete content in the face of the objections of several other editors, or behavior that tends to frustrate proper editorial processes and discussions. This is more than just an isolated edit or comment that was badly thought out. </p><p>This essay is about how to recognise such editing, how to avoid it, and how not to be accused of it. </p><p>Other policies, guidelines, and essays covering tendentious behaviors include: </p> <ul><li>How content is edited – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPOV">neutral point of view</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CONSENSUS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CONSENSUS">consensus</a></li> <li>Common tendentious behaviors – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:EW" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:EW">edit warring</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GAME" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GAME">gaming the system / abuse of process</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:LAWYER" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:LAWYER">wikilawyering</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POINT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:POINT">disruption to make a point</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IDIDNTHEARTHAT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:IDIDNTHEARTHAT">"I didn't hear that"</a></li> <li>Editor intentions – <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SPA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SPA">single purpose accounts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTHERE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTHERE">not being here to build an encyclopedia</a>.</li></ul> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_is_tendentious_editing?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_is_tendentious_editing?"><span id="What_is_tendentious_editing.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_is_tendentious_editing?"></span>What is tendentious editing?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_is_tendentious_editing?"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: What is tendentious editing?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Axegrind.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Axegrind.jpg/220px-Axegrind.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Axegrind.jpg/330px-Axegrind.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Axegrind.jpg/440px-Axegrind.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1024"/></a><figcaption>Got an <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ax_to_grind" class="extiw" title="wikt:ax to grind">ax to grind</a>? Try the <a href="/wiki/Hardware_store" title="Hardware store">hardware store</a>, not Wikipedia. If you do want to advocate for a cause, consider starting your own blog.</figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <p>Tendentious editing is editing with a sustained editorial bias, or with a clear editorial viewpoint contrary to Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral point of view</a> policy. A single edit is unlikely to be a real problem, but a pattern of edits displaying an editor's bias is more likely to be an issue, and repeated biased edits of a single article or group of articles will be very unwelcome indeed. This last behavior is generally characterized as <i>POV pushing</i> and is a common cause of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">blocking</a>. It is usually an indication of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Beware_of_the_tigers" title="Wikipedia:Beware of the tigers">strong opinions</a>. </p><p>Editors who engage in this behavior generally fall into two categories: those who come to realize the problem their edits cause, recognise their own bias, and work productively with editors with opposing views to build a better encyclopedia – and the rest. The rest often end up indefinitely blocked or, if they are otherwise productive editors with a blind spot on one particular area, they may be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Topic_ban" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Topic ban">banned from certain articles or topics</a> or become subject to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Probation" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Probation">probation</a>. </p><p>It is important to recognize that <b>everybody has bias</b>. Few people will edit subjects in which they have no interest. Bias is not in and of itself a problem in <i>editors</i>, only in <i>articles</i>. Problems arise when editors see their own bias as neutral, and especially when they assume that any resistance to their edits is founded in bias towards an opposing point of view. The perception that "he who is not for me is against me" is contrary to Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">assume good faith</a> guideline: always allow for the possibility that you are indeed wrong, and remember that attributing motives to fellow editors is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_inconsiderate" title="Wikipedia:Don't be inconsiderate">inconsiderate</a>. </p><p>Remember: <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a soapbox">Wikipedia is not a soapbox</a></b>. Articles, including their titles, must conform to policy regarding the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral point of view</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verifiability</a>. Content within articles must be based on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RS">reliable sources</a> and thus be verifiable; article content must not include <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OR">editors' own personal opinions or theories</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Characteristics_of_problem_editors" data-mw-thread-id="h-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span>Characteristics of problem editors<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Characteristics of problem editors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Here are some hints to help you recognise if you or someone else has become a problem editor: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Not_learning_from_a_block_for_edit-warring" data-mw-thread-id="h-Not_learning_from_a_block_for_edit-warring-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Not_learning_from_a_block_for_edit-warring-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span>Not learning from a block for edit-warring<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Not_learning_from_a_block_for_edit-warring-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Not learning from a block for edit-warring"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>You have been blocked more than once for edit-warring. Or argue about whether you actually reverted four times or only three, or whether the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Three-revert_rule" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Three-revert rule">three revert rule</a> (3RR) applies to a calendar day or to any 24-hour period. </p><p>3RR exists to prevent edit wars. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikilawyering" title="Wikipedia:Wikilawyering">Wikilawyering</a> about the precise details is unproductive and probably means that you have missed the point: <b>edit warring is bad</b>, and even <i>one</i> revert can be disruptive. </p><p>Even a slow-motion edit war, perhaps involving one revert per day, is still an edit war. 3RR draws a "bright line", but meeting its minimal requirements ultimately does not shield one from the consequences of edit-warring. If your edits are reverted or rejected, you can take the dispute to the article's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">talk page</a>, remembering to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite your sources</a>. If that fails, but you still feel that you are right, consider options for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">dispute resolution</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Repeating_a_penalised_edit" data-mw-thread-id="h-Repeating_a_penalised_edit-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Repeating_a_penalised_edit-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span>Repeating a penalised edit<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Repeating_a_penalised_edit-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Repeating a penalised edit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On returning from a block, your first action is to head right back to the article and repeat the edit. A contentious fact does not become uncontentious by virtue of <a href="/wiki/Proof_by_assertion" title="Proof by assertion">repetition</a>. Elsewhere on the internet you can get away with repeating something until nobody cares enough to contradict you anymore; on Wikipedia, that is unacceptable. </p><p>A variant of returning to the same edit is returning to the same talk page to make the same arguments. On returning from a block, if you go to the talk page of the article you were penalized for, do not repeat the same arguments that led to the block. Instead, try to find different arguments, different policy rationales, and better sources. Repeating the exact arguments you made before your block may be viewed as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">disruptive</a>. </p><p>As well, you may wish to compromise on the position you are arguing for, in the interests of proposing an idea which is more likely to get a consensus. </p><p>For example: If your earlier attempts to add the phrase "Film XYZ is widely viewed as the worst film in the genre" did not lead to consensus, you may want to propose more defensible wording, like this: "While Film XYZ was widely praised by critics, critic Sue Smith of the <i>New York Times</i> called it 'the poorest example of the genre in 2015'." This one at least has a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_source" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Reliable source">WP:Reliable source</a>, which is not <i>you.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wrongly_accusing_others_of_vandalism" data-mw-thread-id="h-Wrongly_accusing_others_of_vandalism-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wrongly_accusing_others_of_vandalism-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span>Wrongly accusing others of vandalism<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wrongly_accusing_others_of_vandalism-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Wrongly accusing others of vandalism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>You repeatedly undo the "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">vandalism</a>" of others. </p><p>Content disputes are <i>not</i> vandalism. Wikipedia defines vandalism very carefully to exclude good-faith contributions. Accusing other editors of vandalism is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">uncivil</a> unless there is genuine vandalism, that is, a deliberate attempt to degrade the encyclopedia, not a simple difference of opinion. There are numerous <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">dispute resolution processes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There_is_no_deadline" title="Wikipedia:There is no deadline">there is no deadline</a> to meet; the wheels of Wikijustice may grind exceeding slow, but they <i>do</i> grind (apologies to <a href="/wiki/Sun_Tzu" title="Sun Tzu">Sun Tzu</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asking_for_the_benefit_of_doubt" data-mw-thread-id="h-Asking_for_the_benefit_of_doubt-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Asking_for_the_benefit_of_doubt-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span>Asking for the benefit of doubt<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Asking_for_the_benefit_of_doubt-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Asking for the benefit of doubt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>You find that nobody will <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">assume good faith</a>, no matter how often you remind them. </p><p>Warning others to assume good faith is something which should be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_the_assumption_of_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume the assumption of good faith">done with great care, if at all</a> – to accuse them of failing to do so may be regarded as uncivil, and if you are perceived as failing to assume good faith yourself, then it could be seen as <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_a_jerk" class="extiw" title="m:Don't be a jerk">being a jerk</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accusing_others_of_malice" data-mw-thread-id="h-Accusing_others_of_malice-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Accusing_others_of_malice-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span>Accusing others of malice<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Accusing_others_of_malice-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Accusing others of malice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ACCUSATIONOFMALICE"></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:ACCUSATIONOFMALICE&redirect=no">WP:ACCUSATIONOFMALICE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>You often find yourself accusing or suspecting other editors of "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Censorship_issue" title="Wikipedia:Censorship issue">suppressing information</a>", "censorship", or "denying facts". </p><p>This is <i><a href="/wiki/Prima_facie" title="Prima facie">prima facie</a></i> evidence of your failure to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">assume good faith</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor" title="Hanlon's razor">Never attribute to malice</a> that which may be adequately explained by a simple difference of opinion. And in the case of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">biographies of living individuals</a>, it is vitally important <i>always</i> to err on the side of caution. If the information you want to add is self-evidently valid and important to the subject, it should be trivial to provide multiple <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">citations</a> from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a> which agree that it is both true and significant. Take this evidence to the talk page in the first instance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Disputing_the_reliability_of_apparently_good_sources" data-mw-thread-id="h-Disputing_the_reliability_of_apparently_good_sources-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Disputing_the_reliability_of_apparently_good_sources-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span>Disputing the reliability of apparently good sources<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Disputing_the_reliability_of_apparently_good_sources-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Disputing the reliability of apparently good sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SOURCEGOODFAITH"></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:SOURCEGOODFAITH&redirect=no">WP:SOURCEGOODFAITH</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>You find yourself engaging in discussions about the reliability of sources that substantially meet the criteria for reliable sources. </p><p>There is nothing wrong with questioning the reliability of sources, to a point. But there is a limit to how far one may reasonably go in an effort to discredit the validity of what most other contributors consider to be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a>, especially when multiple sources are being questioned in this manner. This may take the form of arguing about the number of or validity of the information cited by the sources. The danger here is in judging the reliability of sources by how well they support the desired viewpoint. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expecting_others_to_find_sources_for_your_own_statements" data-mw-thread-id="h-Expecting_others_to_find_sources_for_your_own_statements-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Expecting_others_to_find_sources_for_your_own_statements-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span>Expecting others to find sources for your own statements<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Expecting_others_to_find_sources_for_your_own_statements-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Expecting others to find sources for your own statements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:FINDSOURCESFORME"></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:FINDSOURCESFORME&redirect=no">WP:FINDSOURCESFORME</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>You demand that other editors search for sources to support text that you added, or <a href="/wiki/Burden_of_proof_reversal_fallacy" class="mw-redirect" title="Burden of proof reversal fallacy">you challenge them to find a source that disproves your unsourced claim</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BURDEN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BURDEN">Wikipedia policy</a> is quite clear here: the responsibility for sourcing content rests firmly and entirely with the editor seeking to include it. This applies most especially to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">biographies of living individuals</a>, where uncited or poorly cited controversial or negative material <i>must</i> be removed immediately from both the article and the talk page, and by extension any related Project pages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adding_citations_that_are_inadequate,_ambiguous_or_not_sufficiently_explicit" data-mw-thread-id="h-Adding_citations_that_are_inadequate,_ambiguous_or_not_sufficiently_explicit-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"><span id="Adding_citations_that_are_inadequate.2C_ambiguous_or_not_sufficiently_explicit"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Adding_citations_that_are_inadequate,_ambiguous_or_not_sufficiently_explicit-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span>Adding citations that are inadequate, ambiguous or not sufficiently explicit<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Adding_citations_that_are_inadequate,_ambiguous_or_not_sufficiently_explicit-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Adding citations that are inadequate, ambiguous or not sufficiently explicit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:INADEQUATECITE"></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:INADEQUATECITE&redirect=no">WP:INADEQUATECITE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Your citations back some of the facts you are adding, but do not explicitly support your interpretation or the inferences you draw. </p><p>The policy against adding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">original research</a> to Wikipedia expressly forbids novel <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Synthesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Synthesis">syntheses</a> of other sources. A simple example of synthesis is when an editor takes cited fact A and cited fact B, and then uses these two facts to arrive at newly thought-up – and unsourced – interpretation C. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Repeating_the_same_argument_without_convincing_people" data-mw-thread-id="h-Repeating_the_same_argument_without_convincing_people-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Repeating_the_same_argument_without_convincing_people-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span>Repeating the same argument without convincing people<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Repeating_the_same_argument_without_convincing_people-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Repeating the same argument without convincing people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:REHASH"></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:REHASH&redirect=no">WP:REHASH</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>You find yourself repeating the same argument over and over again, without persuading people. </p><p>If your arguments are rejected, <i>bring better arguments</i>, don't simply repeat the same ones. And most importantly, <i>examine your argument carefully</i>, in light of what others have said. It is true that people will only be convinced if they want to be, regardless of how good your argument may be, but that is <i>not</i> grounds for believing that your argument <i>must</i> be true. <i>You must be willing to concede you may have been wrong</i>. Take a long, hard look at your argument from as detached and objective a point of view as you can possibly muster, and see if there is a problem with it. If there isn't, it's best to leave the situation alone: they're not going to want to see it and you cannot force them to. If there <i>is</i> a problem, however, then you should revise the argument, your case, or both. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deleting_the_pertinent_cited_additions_of_others" data-mw-thread-id="h-Deleting_the_pertinent_cited_additions_of_others-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Deleting_the_pertinent_cited_additions_of_others-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span>Deleting the pertinent cited additions of others<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Deleting_the_pertinent_cited_additions_of_others-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Deleting the pertinent cited additions of others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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:Identifying_reliable_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources">Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:REMOVECITE"></span><span id="WP:REFREMOVAL"></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:REMOVECITE&redirect=no">WP:REMOVECITE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REFREMOVAL&redirect=no">WP:REFREMOVAL</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>You delete the cited additions of others with the complaint that they did not discuss their edits first. </p><p>There is no rule on Wikipedia that someone has to get permission from you before they put cited information in an article. Such a rule would clearly contradict <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Wikipedia:Be bold</a>. <span id="removecite"> </span>There is guidance from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee">ArbCom</a> that removal of statements that are pertinent, sourced reliably, and written in a neutral style constitutes disruption.<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> Instead of removing cited work, you should be questioning <i>uncited</i> information. Instead of removing pertinent, referenced statements, you should remove <a href="/wiki/Off_topic" title="Off topic"><i>off-topic</i></a> statements and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOR">original research</a>. If the sentence(s) referencing the cited work are not an accurate summary of the cited work, that the source is reliable and discusses the topic of the article, try to improve the sentences in a manner that retains the source and improves the accuracy of the statement. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ignoring_or_refusing_to_answer_good_faith_questions_from_other_editors" data-mw-thread-id="h-Ignoring_or_refusing_to_answer_good_faith_questions_from_other_editors-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Ignoring_or_refusing_to_answer_good_faith_questions_from_other_editors-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span>Ignoring or refusing to answer good faith questions from other editors<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Ignoring_or_refusing_to_answer_good_faith_questions_from_other_editors-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Ignoring or refusing to answer good faith questions from other editors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:IGNOREYOU"></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:IGNOREYOU&redirect=no">WP:IGNOREYOU</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>You ignore or refuse to answer good faith questions from other editors. </p><p>No editor should ever be expected to do "homework" for another editor, but <i>simple, clarifying</i> questions from others should not be ignored. (e. g. "You say the quote you want to incorporate can be found in this 300-page pdf, but I've looked and I can't find it. Exactly what page is it on?") Failure to cooperate with such simple requests may be interpreted as evidence of a <a href="/wiki/Bad_faith" title="Bad faith">bad faith</a> effort to exasperate or waste the time of other editors. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assigning_undue_importance_to_a_single_aspect_of_a_subject" data-mw-thread-id="h-Assigning_undue_importance_to_a_single_aspect_of_a_subject-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Assigning_undue_importance_to_a_single_aspect_of_a_subject-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span>Assigning undue importance to a single aspect of a subject<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Assigning_undue_importance_to_a_single_aspect_of_a_subject-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Assigning undue importance to a single aspect of a subject"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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:Neutral_point_of_view#Balancing_aspects" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Wikipedia:Neutral point of view § Balancing aspects</a></div> <p>A particular problem is to assign <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Undue_weight" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Undue weight">undue weight</a> to a single aspect of a subject. For example, you might know that there is some controversy surrounding a particular politician's behaviour with regard to a property dispute. You may be very interested in that dispute, and be keen to document the politician's role in it. So you would create an article on the politician which goes into detail about that, but includes little or no other data. This is unacceptable because it gives undue weight to the controversy. If there is already an existing article about the politician, you may seek to add information about the property dispute to the politician's article. However, even though the politician's involvement in a property dispute may be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:V" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:V">verifiable</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RS">reliable sources</a>, other editors may revert the addition of a paragraph about the property dispute on the grounds that it places undue weight on a relatively minor aspect of the subject's personal life. </p><p>Similarly, if a single author says that a particular country is a state supporter of terrorism, then adding that country to the article <a href="/wiki/State-sponsored_terrorism" title="State-sponsored terrorism">state-sponsored terrorism</a> would be to place undue weight on that one author's view. It is very important to place all critical material in the proper context, and ensure that an overall balanced view is provided. A balanced view does not need to be a sympathetic view – our article on <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> does not portray him as a sensitive and misunderstood individual who was kind to his mother – but it does need to reflect the balance of opinion among <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reputable authorities</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Not_accepting_independent_input" data-mw-thread-id="h-Not_accepting_independent_input-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Not_accepting_independent_input-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span>Not accepting independent input<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Not_accepting_independent_input-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Not accepting independent input"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NO&#82;FC"></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:NORFC&redirect=no">WP:NORFC</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Some editors may find that independent input through a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:3O" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:3O">third opinion</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RFC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RFC">request for comment</a> is always biased against their sources, wording or point of view. The purpose of independent input is to resolve disputes between editors by a neutral third party. That doesn't mean the neutral third party will make everyone happy, will choose a side, or in particular, will side with whoever claims there is a dispute (despite no other editors agreeing). If, no matter how many times a neutral third party intervenes, you never seem to get your way, that suggests that your goals may be at odds with Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:P%26G" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:P&G">policies, guidelines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COMMUNITY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COMMUNITY">community</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ENC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ENC">purpose</a>. </p><p>Similarly, such editors may resist the <i>initiation</i> of a request for comment. If someone argues at great length over a content dispute, but then suddenly gets cold feet when others suggest seeking wider input, it is often a sign that the editor recognizes that a wider consensus is unlikely to go their way. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Banning"_otherwise_constructive_editors_from_your_talk_page" data-mw-thread-id="h-"Banning"_otherwise_constructive_editors_from_your_talk_page-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"><span id=".22Banning.22_otherwise_constructive_editors_from_your_talk_page"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-"Banning"_otherwise_constructive_editors_from_your_talk_page-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span>"Banning" otherwise constructive editors from your talk page<span data-mw-comment-end="h-"Banning"_otherwise_constructive_editors_from_your_talk_page-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: "Banning" otherwise constructive editors from your talk page"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SOMTP"></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:SOMTP&redirect=no">WP:SOMTP</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barrie_with_axe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Barrie_with_axe.jpg/220px-Barrie_with_axe.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Barrie_with_axe.jpg/330px-Barrie_with_axe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Barrie_with_axe.jpg/440px-Barrie_with_axe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="552"/></a><figcaption>This is no way to treat your fellow editor!</figcaption></figure> <p>Some editors routinely tell other editors with whom they disagree to "Stay off my talk page." The editors who do this tend to have long lists of folks that have been "banned". Talk pages are the fundamental medium used for editors to interact. Except in specific and clear cases of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WIKIHOUNDING" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WIKIHOUNDING">WP:WIKIHOUNDING</a>, such "banning" is highly problematic and an indication that the banning editor is having serious problems cooperating with others. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Threatening_to_quit_Wikipedia" data-mw-thread-id="h-Threatening_to_quit_Wikipedia-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Threatening_to_quit_Wikipedia-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span>Threatening to quit Wikipedia<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Threatening_to_quit_Wikipedia-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Threatening to quit Wikipedia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:DOORKNOB"></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:DOORKNOB&redirect=no">WP:DOORKNOB</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:You_are_not_irreplaceable" title="Wikipedia:You are not irreplaceable">Wikipedia:You are not irreplaceable</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote centered" style="width:80%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Just think how much you're going to be missing. You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—US politician <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon%27s_November_1962_press_conference" title="Richard Nixon's November 1962 press conference">Richard Nixon in 1962</a>, as reported in the <i>New York Times</i><sup id="cite_ref-Liberman_2009_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Liberman_2009-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote centered" style="width:80%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/let_the_door_hit_you_where_the_good_Lord_split_you" class="extiw" title="wikt:let the door hit you where the good Lord split you">Don't let the door(knob) hit you where the good Lord split you!</a> </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—African-American vernacular saying</cite></p> </div> <p>Most editors occasionally wonder why they're investing so much blood, sweat, and tears into Wikipedia. However, it is inappropriate to use <i>threats</i> of leaving as <a href="/wiki/Emotional_blackmail" title="Emotional blackmail">emotional blackmail</a>, in order to try to win in a dispute. Doing so demands an excessive amount of <a href="/wiki/Emotional_labor" title="Emotional labor">emotional labor</a> from other editors, and is never a valid rationale for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a> in a dispute. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PRAM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PRAM">Emotional outbursts</a>, especially when habitual, are a poor substitute for reasoned and collaborative discussion. </p><p>On the other hand, editors can also be genuinely troubled about ways they have been treated by others, and such sincere soul-searching should be treated with kindness. An editor who worries out loud about whether or not continuing to edit is worth it, particularly when not made conditional on a demand and not a repeated habit, should not be dismissed as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HIGHMAINT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HIGHMAINT">high maintenance</a> or subjected to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gravedancing" title="Wikipedia:Gravedancing">gravedancing</a>. Such criticism can do more harm than good when the editor has been acting in good faith. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Righting_great_wrongs" data-mw-thread-id="h-Righting_great_wrongs-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Righting_great_wrongs-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span><span class="anchor" id="Righting_Great_Wrongs"></span>Righting great wrongs<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Righting_great_wrongs-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Righting great wrongs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS"></span><span id="WP:RGW"></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:RIGHTGREATWRONGS&redirect=no">WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:RGW&redirect=no">WP:RGW</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:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox_or_means_of_promotion" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not § Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion</a>; <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Advocacy" title="Wikipedia:Advocacy">Wikipedia:Advocacy</a>; <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Activist" title="Wikipedia:Activist">Wikipedia:Activist</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability,_not_truth" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability, not truth">Wikipedia:Verifiability, not truth</a></div> <p>Wikipedia is a popular site, and its articles often appear high in search engine rankings. You might think that Wikipedia is a <i>great</i> place to set the record straight and right great wrongs, but that is absolutely not the case. While we can <i>record</i> the righting of great wrongs, we can't actually "ride the crest of the wave" ourselves. We are, by design, supposed to be "behind the curve". This is because we only <i>report</i> information that is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:V" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:V">verifiable</a> using <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources">reliable</a> sources, and we base articles on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SECONDARY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SECONDARY">secondary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:IS">independent</a> sources, giving appropriate <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV#Due_and_undue_weight" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPOV">weight</a> to the balance of informed opinion. Even if you're <i>sure</i> something is true, it must be <i>verifiable</i> before you can add it. So, if you want to: </p> <ul><li>Expose a popular artist as a child molester, or</li> <li>Vindicate a convicted murderer you believe to be innocent, or</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability,_not_truth" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability, not truth">Explain what you are sure is the truth</a> of a current or historical political, religious, or moral issue, or</li> <li>Spread the word about a theory/hypothesis/belief/cure-all herb that has been unfairly neglected or suppressed by the scholarly community</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTLEAD"></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:NOTLEAD&redirect=no">WP:NOTLEAD</a></span></li></ul></div></div><p> ...you'll have to wait until it's been reported by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a> or published in books from reputable publishing houses. Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_publisher_of_original_thought" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">is not a publisher of original thought</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">original research</a>. Wikipedia doesn't lead; <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SUSTAINED" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SUSTAINED">we follow</a>. Let reliable sources make the novel connections and statements. Finding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral</a> ways of presenting them is what we do. </p><p>If, however, the wrong that you want to address has already been sorted in the real world, and if you have the reliable sources to support it, then <em>please do</em> update the articles. Remember that you can reach out to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Directory" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Directory">a relevant WikiProject</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard">neutral point of view noticeboard</a> if you need help. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seeing_editing_as_being_about_taking_sides" data-mw-thread-id="h-Seeing_editing_as_being_about_taking_sides-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Seeing_editing_as_being_about_taking_sides-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span>Seeing editing as being about taking sides<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Seeing_editing_as_being_about_taking_sides-Characteristics_of_problem_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Seeing editing as being about taking sides"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:USTHEM"></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:USTHEM&redirect=no">WP:USTHEM</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>If you regard editing as being something where you and some other editors are the "good guys", whose mission is to combat other editors who are the "bad guys", where everything is us-against-them, you may not be as much of a good guy as you think you are. </p><p>It's true that some editors are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTHERE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTHERE">simply disruptive</a> whereas others are valuable contributors, and it's perfectly reasonable to consider some editors to be your wiki-friends, but when there is a dispute about content, no one should see themselves as being on a team. Doing so tends to make every edit, and every talk page comment, appear to be something personal. Comment on the content, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPA">not on the contributor</a>. To see one's role as being to show up at every discussion to say that your friend is right and another editor is creating a problem, before even knowing what the issues in the discussion are, just gets in the way of productive editing. </p><p>Often, the best way to make progress in a content dispute is to try to see it from both sides of the dispute, and to look for a resolution that makes use of both sides' ideas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_to_pull_back_from_the_brink" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_to_pull_back_from_the_brink"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_to_pull_back_from_the_brink"></span>How to pull back from the brink<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_to_pull_back_from_the_brink"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: How to pull back from the brink"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BRINK"></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:BRINK&redirect=no">WP:BRINK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>First and foremost, however bad you believe the faults of your accusers are, think long and hard about your own behavior. Critique it in your mind with the same vigour with which you critique theirs. Is there not at least a germ of truth in what they say? Have you perhaps been less civil than you should have been? Have you provided high-quality citations from reliable <a href="/wiki/Secondary_source" title="Secondary source">secondary sources</a> to back your edits? Are you trying to place undue weight on a certain viewpoint or issue? In addition, it may be a good idea to scrutinize <i>all</i> your behavior this way, even if you are <i>not</i> presently involved in a dispute, so that such disputes may not arise in the first place. </p><p>Wikipedia is an encyclopedia – a tertiary source. If what you want to say is genuinely verifiable, then it should be possible to find at least one reputable and respected authority who says the same thing in pretty much the same words. It's fine to summarize the arguments of other authorities, but it's not acceptable to editorialise or interpret them. If only one authority says something then to include it might constitute <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Undue_weight" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Undue weight">undue weight</a>, or it might be acceptable by agreement with other editors to state the opinion duly attributed to the named authority. </p><p>A good way to find out what people find problematic about your edits is to <i>ask</i>, in an open and non-confrontational way. If an edit is rejected, try something along the lines of: </p> <blockquote><p>According to {citation of source}, the following is the case: {statement from source}. You have disputed its addition. How do you think we should express this assertion?</p></blockquote> <p>It may become clear that the problem is simply one of ambiguity of phrasing, or it may be that you have a hill to climb and will need to work <i>with</i> other editors to find a compromise wording. This may take a great deal of patient, civil discussion on the talk page. Once you have done that, however, and hammered out a consensus-supported wording, this text will be defended by all parties and is far less likely to be skewed by future edits. </p><p>If you feel that you are "on the brink" of becoming a tendentious editor on a certain article, it can often help to take a break. Don't edit or even look at the article for a day – or even a week. It will still be there when you get back. After all, there are 6.9 million other articles to edit, and countless articles which still need to be written. With a bit of time off from a contested, disputed article, you might see things from a new perspective when you return. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accusing_others_of_tendentious_editing" data-mw-thread-id="h-Accusing_others_of_tendentious_editing-How_to_pull_back_from_the_brink"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Accusing_others_of_tendentious_editing-How_to_pull_back_from_the_brink"></span>Accusing others of tendentious editing<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Accusing_others_of_tendentious_editing-How_to_pull_back_from_the_brink"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Accusing others of tendentious editing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:AOTE"></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:AOTE&redirect=no">WP:AOTE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Making accusations of tendentious editing can be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Edit war">inflammatory</a> and hence these accusations may not be helpful in a dispute. It can be seen as a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPA">personal attack</a> if tendentious editing is alleged without clear evidence that the other's action meets the criteria set forth on this page, and unfounded accusations may constitute <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HARASSMENT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HARASSMENT">harassment</a> if done repeatedly. Rather than accuse another editor of tendentious editing, it may be wiser to point out behaviours which are contrary to Wikipedia policies such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOR">WP:NOR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RS">WP:RS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPOV">WP:NPOV</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:3RR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:3RR">3RR</a> rule. 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title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is a community">Wikipedia is a community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_RationalWiki" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not RationalWiki">Wikipedia is not RationalWiki</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essays_in_a_nutshell/Article_writing" title="Wikipedia:Essays in a nutshell/Article writing">Article construction</a></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:100,000_feature-quality_articles" title="Wikipedia:100,000 feature-quality articles">100K featured articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Abandoned_stubs" title="Wikipedia:Abandoned stubs">Abandoned stubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Acronym_overkill" title="Wikipedia:Acronym overkill">Acronym overkill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Adding_images_improves_the_encyclopedia" title="Wikipedia:Adding images improves the encyclopedia">Adding images improves the encyclopedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Advanced_article_editing" title="Wikipedia:Advanced article editing">Advanced article editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Advanced_text_formatting" title="Help:Advanced text formatting">Advanced text formatting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Akin%27s_Laws_of_Article_Writing" title="Wikipedia:Akin's Laws of Article Writing">Akin's Laws of Article Writing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Alternatives_to_the_%22Expand%22_template" title="Wikipedia:Alternatives to the "Expand" template">Alternatives to the "Expand" template</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Amnesia_test" title="Wikipedia:Amnesia test">Amnesia test</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:A_navbox_on_every_page" title="Wikipedia:A navbox on every page">A navbox on every page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:An_unfinished_house_is_a_real_problem" title="Wikipedia:An unfinished house is a real problem">An unfinished house is a real problem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_half-life" title="Wikipedia:Article half-life">Articles have a half-life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autosizing_images" title="Wikipedia:Autosizing images">Autosizing images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_mission_statements" title="Wikipedia:Avoid mission statements">Avoid mission statements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_neutral_in_form" title="Wikipedia:Be neutral in form">Be neutral in form</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Beef_up_that_first_revision" title="Wikipedia:Beef up that first revision">Beef up that first revision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blind_men_and_an_elephant" title="Wikipedia:Blind men and an elephant">Blind men and an elephant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOLD,_revert,_discuss_cycle" title="Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle">BOLD, revert, discuss cycle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Build_content_to_endure" title="Wikipedia:Build content to endure">Build content to endure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cherrypicking" title="Wikipedia:Cherrypicking">Cherrypicking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton%27s_fence" title="Wikipedia:Chesterton's fence">Chesterton's fence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Children%27s,_adult_new_reader,_and_large-print_sources_questionable_on_reliability" title="Wikipedia:Children's, adult new reader, and large-print sources questionable on reliability">Children's lit, adult new readers, & large-print books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_overkill" title="Wikipedia:Citation overkill">Citation overkill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_underkill" title="Wikipedia:Citation underkill">Citation underkill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Common-style_fallacy" title="Wikipedia:Common-style fallacy">Common-style fallacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Concept_cloud" title="Wikipedia:Concept cloud">Concept cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Creating_controversial_content" title="Wikipedia:Creating controversial content">Creating controversial content</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criticisms_of_society_may_be_consistent_with_NPOV_and_reliability" title="Wikipedia:Criticisms of society may be consistent with NPOV and reliability">Criticisms of society may be consistent with NPOV and reliability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deprecated_sources" title="Wikipedia:Deprecated sources">Deprecated sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dictionaries_as_sources" title="Wikipedia:Dictionaries as sources">Dictionaries as sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_demolish_the_house_while_it%27s_still_being_built" title="Wikipedia:Don't demolish the house while it's still being built">Don't demolish the house while it's still being built</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_Parkinson%27s_Bicycle_Shed_Effect" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid Parkinson's Bicycle Shed Effect">Don't get hung up on minor details</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_hope_the_house_will_build_itself" title="Wikipedia:Don't hope the house will build itself">Don't hope the house will build itself</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_panic" title="Wikipedia:Don't panic">Don't panic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_%22teach_the_controversy%22" title="Wikipedia:Don't "teach the controversy"">Don't "teach the controversy"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_on_mobile_devices" title="Wikipedia:Editing on mobile devices">Editing on mobile devices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editors_are_not_mindreaders" title="Wikipedia:Editors are not mindreaders">Editors are not mindreaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Encourage_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Encourage the newcomers">Encourage the newcomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Endorsements" title="Wikipedia:Endorsements">Endorsements (commercial)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles_may_have_problems" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles may have problems">Featured articles may have problems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Formatting_bilateral_relations_articles" title="Wikipedia:Formatting bilateral relations articles">Formatting bilateral relations articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Formatting_bilateral_relations_templates" title="Wikipedia:Formatting bilateral relations templates">Formatting bilateral relations templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fruit_of_the_poisonous_tree" title="Wikipedia:Fruit of the poisonous tree">Fruit of the poisonous tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Give_an_article_a_chance" title="Wikipedia:Give an article a chance">Give an article a chance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_write_a_featured_article" title="Wikipedia:How to write a featured article">How to write a featured article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_and_using_independent_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Identifying and using independent sources">Identifying and using independent sources</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(history)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (history)">History sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(law)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (law)">Law sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_and_using_independent_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Identifying and using independent sources">Primary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(natural_sciences)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (natural sciences)">Science sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_and_using_style_guides" title="Wikipedia:Identifying and using style guides">Style guides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_and_using_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Identifying and using tertiary sources">Tertiary sources</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_STRONGNAT_for_date_formats" title="Wikipedia:Ignore STRONGNAT for date formats">Ignore STRONGNAT for date formats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inaccuracy" title="Wikipedia:Inaccuracy">Inaccuracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction_to_structurism" title="Wikipedia:Introduction to structurism">Introduction to structurism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_mine_a_source" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:How to mine a source">Mine a source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Merge_Test" title="Wikipedia:Merge Test">Merge Test</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Minors_and_persons_judged_incompetent" title="Wikipedia:Minors and persons judged incompetent">Minors and persons judged incompetent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:%22Murder_of%22_articles" title="Wikipedia:"Murder of" articles">"Murder of" articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Not_every_story/event/disaster_needs_a_biography" title="Wikipedia:Not every story/event/disaster needs a biography">Not every story/event/disaster needs a biography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Not_everything_needs_a_navbox" title="Wikipedia:Not everything needs a navbox">Not everything needs a navbox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Not_everything_needs_a_template" title="Wikipedia:Not everything needs a template">Not everything needs a template</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Nothing_is_in_stone" title="Wikipedia:Nothing is in stone">Nothing is in stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Obtain_peer_review_comments" title="Wikipedia:Obtain peer review comments">Obtain peer review comments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Organizing_disambiguation_pages_by_subject_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Organizing disambiguation pages by subject area">Organizing disambiguation pages by subject area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Permastub" title="Wikipedia:Permastub">Permastub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Potential,_not_just_current_state" title="Wikipedia:Potential, not just current state">Potential, not just current state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Presentism" title="Wikipedia:Presentism">Presentism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Principle_of_Some_Astonishment" title="Wikipedia:Principle of Some Astonishment">Principle of Some Astonishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_problem_with_elegant_variation" title="Wikipedia:The problem with elegant variation">The problem with elegant variation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Pro_and_con_lists" title="Wikipedia:Pro and con lists">Pro and con lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Printability" title="Wikipedia:Printability">Printability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Pruning_article_revisions" title="Wikipedia:Pruning article revisions">Pruning article revisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:For_publicists_publicizing_a_client%27s_work" title="Wikipedia:For publicists publicizing a client's work">Publicists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Put_a_little_effort_into_it" title="Wikipedia:Put a little effort into it">Put a little effort into it</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Restoring_part_of_a_reverted_edit" title="Wikipedia:Restoring part of a reverted edit">Restoring part of a reverted edit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Robotic_editing" title="Wikipedia:Robotic editing">Robotic editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sham_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Sham consensus">Sham consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Source_your_plot_summaries" title="Wikipedia:Source your plot summaries">Source your plot summaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Specialized-style_fallacy" title="Wikipedia:Specialized-style fallacy">Specialized-style fallacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub_Makers" title="Wikipedia:Stub Makers">Stub Makers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_run_an_edit-a-thon" title="Wikipedia:How to run an edit-a-thon">Run an edit-a-thon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Temporary_versions_of_articles" title="Wikipedia:Temporary versions of articles">Temporary versions of articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tertiary-source_fallacy" title="Wikipedia:Tertiary-source fallacy">Tertiary-source fallacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There_are_no_shortcuts_to_neutrality" title="Wikipedia:There are no shortcuts to neutrality">There are no shortcuts to neutrality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There_is_no_deadline" title="Wikipedia:There is no deadline">There is no deadline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There_is_a_deadline" title="Wikipedia:There is a deadline">There is a deadline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_deadline_is_now" title="Wikipedia:The deadline is now">The deadline is now</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Try_not_to_leave_it_a_stub" title="Wikipedia:Try not to leave it a stub">Try not to leave it a stub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Understanding_Wikipedia%27s_content_standards" title="Wikipedia:Understanding Wikipedia's content standards">Understanding Wikipedia's content standards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Walled_garden" title="Wikipedia:Walled garden">Walled garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_an_article_should_not_include" title="Wikipedia:What an article should not include">What an article should not include</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_a_work_in_progress" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is a work in progress">Wikipedia is a work in progress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_reliable_source" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source">Wikipedia is not a reliable source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_being_written_in_an_organized_fashion" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not being written in an organized fashion">Wikipedia is not being written in an organized fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_world_will_not_end_tomorrow" title="Wikipedia:The world will not end tomorrow">The world will not end tomorrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Write_the_article_first" title="Wikipedia:Write the article first">Write the article first</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">Writing better articles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essays_in_a_nutshell/Article_writing" title="Wikipedia:Essays in a nutshell/Article writing">Writing article content</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:Avoid_thread_mode" title="Wikipedia:Avoid thread mode">Avoid thread mode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyediting_reception_sections" title="Wikipedia:Copyediting reception sections">Copyediting reception sections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Coup" title="Wikipedia:Coup">Coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_throw_more_litter_onto_the_pile" title="Wikipedia:Don't throw more litter onto the pile">Don't throw more litter onto the pile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gender-neutral_language" title="Wikipedia:Gender-neutral language">Gender-neutral language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Myth_versus_fiction" title="Wikipedia:Myth versus fiction">Myth vs fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proseline" title="Wikipedia:Proseline">Proseline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Use_our_own_words" title="Wikipedia:Use our own words">Use our own words</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:We_shouldn%27t_be_able_to_figure_out_your_opinions" title="Wikipedia:We shouldn't be able to figure out your opinions">We shouldn't be able to figure out your opinions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Write_the_article_first" title="Wikipedia:Write the article first">Write the article first</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_about_women" title="Wikipedia:Writing about women">Writing about women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">Writing better articles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essays_in_a_nutshell/Removal_or_deletion_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Essays in a nutshell/Removal or deletion of content">Removing or<br/> deleting content</a></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:Adjectives_in_your_recommendations" title="Wikipedia:Adjectives in your recommendations">Adjectives in your recommendations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion_is_not_a_war_zone" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion is not a war zone">AfD is not a war zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_avoid_in_deletion_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions">Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_avoid_in_deletion_reviews" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion reviews">Arguments to avoid in deletion reviews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_avoid_in_image_deletion_discussions" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in image deletion discussions">Arguments to avoid in image deletion discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_make_in_deletion_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to make in deletion discussions">Arguments to make in deletion discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_repeated_arguments" title="Wikipedia:Avoid repeated arguments">Avoid repeated arguments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Before_commenting_in_a_deletion_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Before commenting in a deletion discussion">Before commenting in a deletion discussion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:But_there_must_be_sources!" title="Wikipedia:But there must be sources!">But there must be sources!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Confusing_arguments_mean_nothing" title="Wikipedia:Confusing arguments mean nothing">Confusing arguments mean nothing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_removal" title="Wikipedia:Content removal">Content removal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Counting_and_sorting_are_not_original_research" title="Wikipedia:Counting and sorting are not original research">Counting and sorting are not original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Delete_or_merge" title="Wikipedia:Delete or merge">Delete or merge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Delete_the_junk" title="Wikipedia:Delete the junk">Delete the junk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_is_not_cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Deletion is not cleanup">Deletion is not cleanup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Does_deletion_help%3F" title="Wikipedia:Does deletion help?">Does deletion help?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_attack_the_nominator" title="Wikipedia:Don't attack the nominator">Don't attack the nominator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_confuse_stub_status_with_non-notability" title="Wikipedia:Do not confuse stub status with non-notability">Don't confuse stub status with non-notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_overuse_shortcuts_to_policy_and_guidelines_to_win_your_argument" title="Wikipedia:Don't overuse shortcuts to policy and guidelines to win your argument">Don't overuse shortcuts to policy and guidelines to win your argument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Emptying_categories_out_of_process" title="Wikipedia:Emptying categories out of process">Emptying categories out of process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Follow_the_leader" title="Wikipedia:Follow the leader">Follow the leader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_the_presumption_of_notability_works" title="Wikipedia:How the presumption of notability works">How the presumption of notability works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_save_an_article_proposed_for_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:How to save an article proposed for deletion">How to save an article proposed for deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:I_just_don%27t_like_it" title="Wikipedia:I just don't like it">I just don't like it</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_blatant_advertising" title="Wikipedia:Identifying blatant advertising">Identifying blatant advertising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_test_edits" title="Wikipedia:Identifying test edits">Identifying test edits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Immunity" title="Wikipedia:Immunity">Immunity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Keep_it_concise" title="Wikipedia:Keep it concise">Keep it concise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Liar_liar_pants_on_fire" title="Wikipedia:Liar liar pants on fire">Liar liar pants on fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Nothing" title="Wikipedia:Nothing">Nothing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Nothing_is_clear" title="Wikipedia:Nothing is clear">Nothing is clear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Overzealous_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Overzealous deletion">Overzealous deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Relisting_can_be_abusive" title="Wikipedia:Relisting can be abusive">Relisting can be abusive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Relist_bias" title="Wikipedia:Relist bias">Relist bias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Heymann_Standard" title="Wikipedia:The Heymann Standard">The Heymann Standard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unopposed_AFD_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Unopposed AFD discussion">Unopposed AFD discussion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_Whac-A-Mole" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Whac-A-Mole">Wikipedia is not Whack-A-Mole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_was_the_page_I_created_deleted%3F" title="Wikipedia:Why was the page I created deleted?">Why was the page I created deleted?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_to_do_if_your_article_gets_tagged_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:What to do if your article gets tagged for speedy deletion">What to do if your article gets tagged for speedy deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:When_in_doubt,_hide_it_in_the_woodwork" title="Wikipedia:When in doubt, hide it in the woodwork">When in doubt, hide it in the woodwork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_Encyclopedic_Use" title="Wikipedia:No Encyclopedic Use">No Encyclopedic Use</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Essays_on_civility" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essay_directory#Wikipedia's_code_of_conduct" title="Wikipedia:Essay directory">Essays on civility</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essays_in_a_nutshell/Civility" title="Wikipedia:Essays in a nutshell/Civility">The basics</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:Accepting_other_users" title="Wikipedia:Accepting other users">Accepting other users</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Apology" title="Wikipedia:Apology">Apology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_to_complicated_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Contributing to complicated discussions">Contributing to complicated discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Divisiveness" title="Wikipedia:Divisiveness">Divisiveness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_retaliate" title="Wikipedia:Don't retaliate">Don't retaliate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editors%27_pronouns" title="Wikipedia:Editors' pronouns">Editors' pronouns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_at_your_own_pace" title="Wikipedia:Edit at your own pace">Edit at your own pace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Encourage_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Encourage the newcomers">Encouraging the newcomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Enjoy_yourself" title="Wikipedia:Enjoy yourself">Enjoy yourself</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Expect_no_thanks" title="Wikipedia:Expect no thanks">Expect no thanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:High-functioning_autism_and_Asperger%27s_editors" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:High-functioning autism and Asperger's editors">High-functioning autism and Asperger's editors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_be_civil" title="Wikipedia:How to be civil">How to be civil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Maintaining_a_friendly_space" title="Wikipedia:Maintaining a friendly space">Maintaining a friendly space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Negotiation" title="Wikipedia:Negotiation">Negotiation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editors_with_obsessive-compulsive_disorder" title="Wikipedia:Editors with obsessive-compulsive disorder">Obsessive–compulsive disorder editors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_say_please" title="Wikipedia:Please say please">Please say please</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Relationships_with_academic_editors" title="Wikipedia:Relationships with academic editors">Relationships with academic editors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Thank_you" title="Wikipedia:Thank you">Thank you</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Too_long;_didn%27t_read" title="Wikipedia:Too long; didn't read">Too long; didn't read</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Truce" title="Wikipedia:Truce">Truce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unblock_perspectives" title="Wikipedia:Unblock perspectives">Unblock perspectives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:We_are_all_Wikipedians_here" title="Wikipedia:We are all Wikipedians here">We are all Wikipedians here</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:You_have_a_right_to_remain_silent" title="Wikipedia:You have a right to remain silent">You have a right to remain silent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Philosophy</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:A_thank_you_never_hurts" title="Wikipedia:A thank you never hurts">A thank you never hurts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:A_weak_personal_attack_is_still_wrong" title="Wikipedia:A weak personal attack is still wrong">A weak personal attack is still wrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Advice_for_hotheads" title="Wikipedia:Advice for hotheads">Advice for hotheads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:An_uncivil_environment_is_a_poor_environment" title="Wikipedia:An uncivil environment is a poor environment">An uncivil environment is a poor environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_the_glue" title="Wikipedia:Be the glue">Be the glue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Beware_of_the_tigers" title="Wikipedia:Beware of the tigers">Beware of the tigers!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility_warnings" title="Wikipedia:Civility warnings">Civility warnings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Overzealous_deletion#Dislike_of_the_creator" title="Wikipedia:Overzealous deletion">Deletion as revenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Failure" title="Wikipedia:Failure">Failure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Forgive_and_forget" title="Wikipedia:Forgive and forget">Forgive and forget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:It%27s_not_the_end_of_the_world" title="Wikipedia:It's not the end of the world">It's not the end of the world</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Nobody_cares" title="Wikipedia:Nobody cares">Nobody cares</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Most_people_who_disagree_with_you_on_content_are_not_vandals" title="Wikipedia:Most people who disagree with you on content are not vandals">Most people who disagree with you on content are not vandals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Old-fashioned_Wikipedian_values" title="Wikipedia:Old-fashioned Wikipedian values">Old-fashioned Wikipedian values</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Profanity,_civility,_and_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Profanity, civility, and discussions">Profanity, civility, and discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revert_notification_opt-out" title="Wikipedia:Revert notification opt-out">Revert notification opt-out</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shadowless_Fists_of_Death!" title="Wikipedia:Shadowless Fists of Death!">Shadowless Fists of Death!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Staying_cool_when_the_editing_gets_hot" title="Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot">Staying cool when the editing gets hot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_grey_zone" title="Wikipedia:The grey zone">The grey zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Last_Word" title="Wikipedia:The Last Word">The last word</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There_is_no_Divine_Right_of_Editors" title="Wikipedia:There is no Divine Right of Editors">There is no Divine Right of Editors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Most_ideas_are_bad" title="Wikipedia:Most ideas are bad">Most ideas are bad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Nothing_is_clear" title="Wikipedia:Nothing is clear">Nothing is clear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reader" title="Wikipedia:Reader">Reader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Rules_of_Polite_Discourse" title="Wikipedia:The Rules of Polite Discourse">The rules of polite discourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_%22Ignore_all_rules%22_means#There_is_no_common_sense" title="Wikipedia:What "Ignore all rules" means">There is no common sense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Two_wrongs_don%27t_make_a_right" title="Wikipedia:Two wrongs don't make a right">Two wrongs don't make a right</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_clich%C3%A9s" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia clichés">Wikipedia clichés</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_about_winning" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not about winning">Wikipedia is not about winning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_should_not_be_a_monopoly" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia should not be a monopoly">Wikipedia should not be a monopoly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_for_the_opponent" title="Wikipedia:Writing for the opponent">Writing for the opponent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dos</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:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_the_assumption_of_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume the assumption of good faith">Assume the assumption of good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_no_clue" title="Wikipedia:Assume no clue">Assume no clue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_personal_remarks" title="Wikipedia:Avoid personal remarks">Avoid personal remarks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_the_word_%22vandal%22" title="Wikipedia:Avoid the word "vandal"">Avoid the word "vandal"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_excellent_to_one_another" title="Wikipedia:Be excellent to one another">Be excellent to one another</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_pragmatic" title="Wikipedia:Be pragmatic">Be pragmatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Beyond_civility" title="Wikipedia:Beyond civility">Beyond civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Call_a_spade_a_spade" title="Wikipedia:Call a spade a spade">Call a spade a spade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Candor" title="Wikipedia:Candor">Candor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deny_recognition" title="Wikipedia:Deny recognition">Deny recognition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Desist" title="Wikipedia:Desist">Desist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Discussing_cruft" title="Wikipedia:Discussing cruft">Discussing cruft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Drop_the_stick_and_back_slowly_away_from_the_horse_carcass" title="Wikipedia:Drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass">Drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Encourage_full_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Encourage full discussions">Encourage full discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Get_over_it" title="Wikipedia:Get over it">Get over it</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_lose" title="Wikipedia:How to lose">How to lose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Imagine_others_complexly" title="Wikipedia:Imagine others complexly">Imagine others complexly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Just_drop_it" title="Wikipedia:Just drop it">Just drop it</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Keep_it_concise" title="Wikipedia:Keep it concise">Keep it concise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Keep_it_down_to_earth" title="Wikipedia:Keep it down to earth">Keep it down to earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mind_your_own_business" title="Wikipedia:Mind your own business">Mind your own business</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MOBY" title="Wikipedia:MOBY">Say "MOBY"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mutual_withdrawal" title="Wikipedia:Mutual withdrawal">Mutual withdrawal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Read_before_commenting" title="Wikipedia:Read before commenting">Read before commenting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Settle_the_process_first" title="Wikipedia:Settle the process first">Settle the process first</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Don'ts</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:ALPHABETTISPAGHETTI" title="Wikipedia:ALPHABETTISPAGHETTI">ALPHABETTISPAGHETTI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Because_I_can" title="Wikipedia:Because I can">Wikipedia:Because I can</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civil_POV_pushing" title="Wikipedia:Civil POV pushing">Civil POV pushing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cyberbullying" title="Wikipedia:Cyberbullying">Cyberbullying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_accuse_someone_of_a_personal_attack_for_accusing_of_a_personal_attack" title="Wikipedia:Don't accuse someone of a personal attack for accusing of a personal attack">Don't accuse someone of a personal attack for accusing of a personal attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_a_fanatic" title="Wikipedia:Don't be a fanatic">Don't be a fanatic</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_a_jerk" class="extiw" title="meta:Don't be a jerk">Don't be a jerk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_an_ostrich" title="Wikipedia:Don't be an ostrich">Don't be an ostrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_ashamed" title="Wikipedia:Don't be ashamed">Don't be ashamed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_a_WikiBigot" title="Wikipedia:Don't be a WikiBigot">Don't be a WikiBigot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_high-maintenance" title="Wikipedia:Don't be high-maintenance">Don't be high-maintenance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_inconsiderate" title="Wikipedia:Don't be inconsiderate">Don't be inconsiderate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_obnoxious" title="Wikipedia:Don't be obnoxious">Don't be obnoxious</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_prejudiced" title="Wikipedia:Don't be prejudiced">Don't be prejudiced</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_rude" title="Wikipedia:Don't be rude">Don't be rude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_the_Fun_Police" title="Wikipedia:Don't be the Fun Police">Don't be the Fun Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_bludgeon_the_process" title="Wikipedia:Don't bludgeon the process">Don't bludgeon the process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_call_a_spade_a_spade" title="Wikipedia:Don't call a spade a spade">Don't call a spade a spade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_call_people_by_their_real_name" title="Wikipedia:Don't call people by their real name">Don't call people by their real name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_call_the_kettle_black" title="Wikipedia:Don't call the kettle black">Don't call the kettle black</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cruftcruft#Don't_call_things_cruft" title="Wikipedia:Cruftcruft">Don't call things cruft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_come_down_like_a_ton_of_bricks" title="Wikipedia:Don't come down like a ton of bricks">Don't come down like a ton of bricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_cry_COI" title="Wikipedia:Don't cry COI">Don't cry COI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_demand_that_editors_solve_the_problems_they_identify" title="Wikipedia:Don't demand that editors solve the problems they identify">Don't demand that editors solve the problems they identify</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_drink_the_consensus_Kool-Aid" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Don't drink the consensus Kool-Aid">Don't drink the consensus Kool-Aid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_eat_the_troll%27s_food" title="Wikipedia:Don't eat the troll's food">Don't eat the troll's food</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_fight_fire_with_fire" title="Wikipedia:Don't fight fire with fire">Don't fight fire with fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t-give-a-fuckism" title="Wikipedia:Don't-give-a-fuckism">Don't give a fuck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_help_too_much" title="Wikipedia:Don't help too much">Don't help too much</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_ignore_community_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Don't ignore community consensus">Don't ignore community consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_knit_beside_the_guillotine" title="Wikipedia:Don't knit beside the guillotine">Don't knit beside the guillotine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_make_a_smarmy_valediction_part_of_your_default_signature" title="Wikipedia:Don't make a smarmy valediction part of your default signature">Don't make a smarmy valediction part of your signature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_remind_others_of_past_misdeeds" title="Wikipedia:Don't remind others of past misdeeds">Don't remind others of past misdeeds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_don%27t_shout" title="Wikipedia:Please don't shout">Don't shout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_spite_your_face" title="Wikipedia:Don't spite your face">Don't spite your face</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_take_the_bait" title="Wikipedia:Don't take the bait">Don't take the bait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_template_the_regulars" title="Wikipedia:Don't template the regulars">Don't template the regulars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_throw_your_toys_out_of_the_pram" title="Wikipedia:Don't throw your toys out of the pram">Don't throw your toys out of the pram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_insult_the_vandals" title="Wikipedia:Do not insult the vandals">Do not insult the vandals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Griefing" title="Wikipedia:Griefing">Griefing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hate_is_disruptive" title="Wikipedia:Hate is disruptive">Hate is disruptive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Nationalist_editing" title="Wikipedia:Nationalist editing">Nationalist editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_angry_mastodons" title="Wikipedia:No angry mastodons">No angry mastodons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_angry_mastodons_just_madmen" title="Wikipedia:No angry mastodons just madmen">just madmen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_Nazis" title="Wikipedia:No Nazis">No Nazis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_racists" title="Wikipedia:No racists">No racists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_Confederates" title="Wikipedia:No Confederates">No Confederates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_queerphobia" title="Wikipedia:No queerphobia">No queerphobia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No,_you_can%27t_have_a_pony" title="Wikipedia:No, you can't have a pony">No, you can't have a pony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Passive_aggression" title="Wikipedia:Passive aggression">Passive aggression</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POV_railroad" title="Wikipedia:POV railroad">POV railroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Superhatting" title="Wikipedia:Superhatting">Superhatting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There_are_no_oracles" title="Wikipedia:There are no oracles">There are no oracles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There%27s_no_need_to_guess_someone%27s_preferred_pronouns" title="Wikipedia:There's no need to guess someone's preferred pronouns">There's no need to guess someone's preferred pronouns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:You_can%27t_squeeze_blood_from_a_turnip" title="Wikipedia:You can't squeeze blood from a turnip">You can't squeeze blood from a turnip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UPPERCASE" title="Wikipedia:UPPERCASE">UPPERCASE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">WikiRelations</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:WikiBullying" title="Wikipedia:WikiBullying">WikiBullying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCrime" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiCrime">WikiCrime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">WikiHarassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiHate" title="Wikipedia:WikiHate">WikiHate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikilawyering" title="Wikipedia:Wikilawyering">WikiLawyering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiLove" title="Wikipedia:WikiLove">WikiLove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiPeace" title="Wikipedia:WikiPeace">WikiPeace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Essays_on_notability" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essay_directory#Notability" title="Wikipedia:Essay directory">Essays on notability</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="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-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Advanced_source_searching" title="Wikipedia:Advanced source searching">Advanced source searching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:All_high_schools_can_be_notable" title="Wikipedia:All high schools can be notable">All high schools can be notable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Alternative_outlets" title="Wikipedia:Alternative outlets">Alternative outlets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_avoid_in_deletion_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions">Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_with_a_single_source" title="Wikipedia:Articles with a single source">Articles with a single source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_template_creep" title="Wikipedia:Avoid template creep">Avoid template creep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bare_notability" title="Wikipedia:Bare notability">Bare notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Big_events_make_key_participants_notable" title="Wikipedia:Big events make key participants notable">Big events make key participants notable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Businesses_with_a_single_location" title="Wikipedia:Businesses with a single location">Businesses with a single location</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:But_it%27s_true!" title="Wikipedia:But it's true!">But it's true!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Common_sourcing_mistakes_(notability)" title="Wikipedia:Common sourcing mistakes (notability)">Common sourcing mistakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_clones" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia clones">Clones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Coatrack_articles" title="Wikipedia:Coatrack articles">Coatrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Discriminate_vs_indiscriminate_information" title="Wikipedia:Discriminate vs indiscriminate information">Discriminate vs indiscriminate information</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_cite_GNG" title="Wikipedia:Don't cite GNG">Don't cite GNG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Drafts_are_not_checked_for_notability_or_sanity" title="Wikipedia:Drafts are not checked for notability or sanity">Drafts are not checked for notability or sanity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Every_snowflake_is_unique" title="Wikipedia:Every snowflake is unique">Every snowflake is unique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Existence_%E2%89%A0_Notability" title="Wikipedia:Existence ≠ Notability">Existence ≠ Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Existence_does_not_prove_notability" title="Wikipedia:Existence does not prove notability">Existence does not prove notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Extracting_the_meaning_of_significant_coverage" title="Wikipedia:Extracting the meaning of significant coverage">Extracting the meaning of significant coverage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Google_searches_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Google searches and numbers">Google searches and numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_the_presumption_of_notability_works" title="Wikipedia:How the presumption of notability works">How the presumption of notability works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(high_schools)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (high schools)">High Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Historical_archive/Policy/Notability/Arguments" title="Wikipedia:Historical archive/Policy/Notability/Arguments">Historical/Policy/Notability/Arguments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inclusion_is_not_an_indicator_of_notability" title="Wikipedia:Inclusion is not an indicator of notability">Inclusion is not an indicator of notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources">Independent sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inherent_notability" title="Wikipedia:Inherent notability">Inherent notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Insignificant" title="Wikipedia:Insignificant">Insignificant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Masking_the_lack_of_notability" title="Wikipedia:Masking the lack of notability">Masking the lack of notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_stubs" title="Wikipedia:Make stubs">Make stubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Minimum_coverage" title="Wikipedia:Minimum coverage">Minimum coverage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:News_coverage_does_not_decrease_notability" title="Wikipedia:News coverage does not decrease notability">News coverage does not decrease notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_amount_of_editing_can_overcome_a_lack_of_notability" title="Wikipedia:No amount of editing can overcome a lack of notability">No amount of editing can overcome a lack of notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_big_loss" title="Wikipedia:No big loss">No big loss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_one_cares_about_your_garage_band" title="Wikipedia:No one cares about your garage band">No one cares about your garage band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_one_really_cares" title="Wikipedia:No one really cares">No one really cares</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_cannot_be_purchased" title="Wikipedia:Notability cannot be purchased">Notability cannot be purchased</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_comparison_test" title="Wikipedia:Notability comparison test">Notability comparison test</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_is_not_a_level_playing_field" title="Wikipedia:Notability is not a level playing field">Notability is not a level playing field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_is_not_a_matter_of_opinion" title="Wikipedia:Notability is not a matter of opinion">Notability is not a matter of opinion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_is_not_relevance_or_reliability" title="Wikipedia:Notability is not relevance or reliability">Notability is not relevance or reliability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_means_impact" title="Wikipedia:Notability means impact">Notability means impact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_points" title="Wikipedia:Notability points">Notability points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_sub-pages" title="Wikipedia:Notability sub-pages">Notability sub-pages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notabilitymandering" title="Wikipedia:Notabilitymandering">Notabilitymandering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Not_every_single_thing_Donald_Trump_does_deserves_an_article" title="Wikipedia:Not every single thing Donald Trump does deserves an article">Not every single thing Donald Trump does deserves an article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Obscure_does_not_mean_not_notable" title="Wikipedia:Obscure does not mean not notable">Obscurity ≠ Lack of notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Offline_sources" title="Wikipedia:Offline sources">Offline sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:One_hundred_words" title="Wikipedia:One hundred words">One hundred words</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:One_sentence_does_not_an_article_make" title="Wikipedia:One sentence does not an article make">One sentence does not an article make</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Other_stuff_exists" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Other stuff exists">Other stuff exists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Overreliance_upon_Google" title="Wikipedia:Overreliance upon Google">Overreliance upon Google</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links/Perennial_websites" title="Wikipedia:External links/Perennial websites">Perennial websites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Read_the_source" title="Wikipedia:Read the source">Read the source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reducing_consensus_to_an_algorithm" title="Wikipedia:Reducing consensus to an algorithm">Reducing consensus to an algorithm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Run-of-the-mill" title="Wikipedia:Run-of-the-mill">Run-of-the-mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:On_Wikipedia,_solutions_are_mixtures_and_nothing_else" title="Wikipedia:On Wikipedia, solutions are mixtures and nothing else">Solutions are mixtures and nothing else</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sources_must_be_out-of-universe" title="Wikipedia:Sources must be out-of-universe">Sources must be out-of-universe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Subjective_importance" title="Wikipedia:Subjective importance">Subjective importance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources">Third-party sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Trivial_mentions" title="Wikipedia:Trivial mentions">Trivial mentions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Video_links" title="Wikipedia:Video links">Video links</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vanispamcruftisement" title="Wikipedia:Vanispamcruftisement">Vanispamcruftisement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_BLP1E_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What BLP1E is not">What BLP1E is not</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_is_and_is_not_routine_coverage" title="Wikipedia:What is and is not routine coverage">What is and is not routine coverage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_notability_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What notability is not">What notability is not</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_to_include" title="Wikipedia:What to include">What to include</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_Crunchbase" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Crunchbase">Wikipedia is not Crunchbase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_here_to_tell_the_world_about_your_noble_cause" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause">Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_the_place_to_post_your_r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not the place to post your résumé">Wikipedia is not the place to post your résumé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Two_prongs_of_merit" title="Wikipedia:Two prongs of merit">Two prongs of merit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Humorous_essays" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essay_directory#Humorous_material" title="Wikipedia:Essay directory">Humorous essays</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="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-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Adminitis" title="Wikipedia:Adminitis">Adminitis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ain%27t_no_rules_says_a_dog_can%27t_play_basketball" title="Wikipedia:Ain't no rules says a dog can't play basketball">Ain't no rules says a dog can't play basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Akin%27s_Laws_of_Article_Writing" title="Wikipedia:Akin's Laws of Article Writing">Akin's Laws of Article Writing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Alternatives_to_edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Alternatives to edit warring">Alternatives to edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ANI_flu" title="Wikipedia:ANI flu">ANI flu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Anti-Wikipedian" title="Wikipedia:Anti-Wikipedian">Anti-Wikipedian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Anti-Wikipedianism" title="Wikipedia:Anti-Wikipedianism">Anti-Wikipedianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articlecountitis" title="Wikipedia:Articlecountitis">Articlecountitis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Asshole_John_rule" title="Wikipedia:Asshole John rule">Asshole John rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_bad_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume bad faith">Assume bad faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume faith">Assume faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_wraith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good wraith">Assume good wraith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_stupidity" title="Wikipedia:Assume stupidity">Assume stupidity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_that_everyone%27s_assuming_good_faith,_assuming_that_you_are_assuming_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume that everyone's assuming good faith, assuming that you are assuming good faith">Assume that everyone's assuming good faith, assuming that you are assuming good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_using_preview_button" title="Wikipedia:Avoid using preview button">Avoid using preview button</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_using_wikilinks" title="Wikipedia:Avoid using wikilinks">Avoid using wikilinks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Silly_Things" title="Wikipedia:Silly Things">Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Barnstaritis" title="Wikipedia:Barnstaritis">Barnstaritis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Before_they_were_notable" title="Wikipedia:Before they were notable">Before they were notable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOLD,_revert,_revert,_revert" title="Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, revert, revert">BOLD, revert, revert, revert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Boston_Tea_Party" title="Wikipedia:Boston Tea Party">Boston Tea Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Butterfly_effect" title="Wikipedia:Butterfly effect">Butterfly effect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CaPiTaLiZaTiOn_MuCh%3F" title="Wikipedia:CaPiTaLiZaTiOn MuCh?">CaPiTaLiZaTiOn MuCh?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Complete_bollocks" title="Wikipedia:Complete bollocks">Complete bollocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Counting_forks" title="Wikipedia:Counting forks">Counting forks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Counting_juntas" title="Wikipedia:Counting juntas">Counting juntas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Crap" title="Wikipedia:Crap">Crap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_stuff_beans_up_your_nose" title="Wikipedia:Don't stuff beans up your nose">Don't stuff beans up your nose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t-give-a-fuckism" title="Wikipedia:Don't-give-a-fuckism">Don't-give-a-fuckism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_abbreviate_%22Wikipedia%22_as_%22Wiki%22!" title="Wikipedia:Don't abbreviate "Wikipedia" as "Wiki"!">Don't abbreviate "Wikipedia" as "Wiki"!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_delete_the_main_page" title="Wikipedia:Don't delete the main page">Don't delete the main page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editcountitis" title="Wikipedia:Editcountitis">Editcountitis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edits_Per_Day" title="Wikipedia:Edits Per Day">Edits Per Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editsummarisis" title="Wikipedia:Editsummarisis">Editsummarisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_under_the_influence" title="Wikipedia:Editing under the influence">Editing under the influence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Embrace_Stop_Signs" title="Wikipedia:Embrace Stop Signs">Embrace Stop Signs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Emerson_and_Wilde_on_consistency" title="Wikipedia:Emerson and Wilde on consistency">Emerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fart" title="Wikipedia:Fart">Fart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_five_Fs_of_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:The five Fs of Wikipedia">Five Fs of Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Seven_ages_of_editor" title="Wikipedia:Seven ages of editor">Seven Ages of Editor, by Will E. Spear-Shake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Go_ahead,_vandalize" title="Wikipedia:Go ahead, vandalize">Go ahead, vandalize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_many_Wikipedians_does_it_take_to_change_a_lightbulb%3F" title="Wikipedia:How many Wikipedians does it take to change a lightbulb?">How many Wikipedians does it take to change a lightbulb?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_get_away_with_UPE" title="Wikipedia:How to get away with UPE">How to get away with UPE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_put_up_a_straight_pole_by_pushing_it_at_an_angle" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:How to put up a straight pole by pushing it at an angle">How to put up a straight pole by pushing it at an angle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_vandalize_correctly" title="Wikipedia:How to vandalize correctly">How to vandalize correctly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_win_a_citation_war" title="Wikipedia:How to win a citation war">How to win a citation war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_essays" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all essays">Ignore all essays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_every_single_rule" title="Wikipedia:Ignore every single rule">Ignore every single rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Is_that_even_an_essay%3F" title="Wikipedia:Is that even an essay?">Is that even an essay?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mess_with_the_templates" title="Wikipedia:Mess with the templates">Mess with the templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:My_local_pond" title="Wikipedia:My local pond">My local pond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Newcomers_are_delicious,_so_go_ahead_and_bite_them" title="Wikipedia:Newcomers are delicious, so go ahead and bite them">Newcomers are delicious, so go ahead and bite them</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Legal_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Legal vandalism">Legal vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_jokes_about_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:List of jokes about Wikipedia">List of jokes about Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Let%27s_try_to_avoid_using_too_many_acronyms,_okay%3F" title="Wikipedia:Let's try to avoid using too many acronyms, okay?">LTTAUTMAOK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_climbing_the_Reichstag_dressed_as_Spider-Man" title="Wikipedia:No climbing the Reichstag dressed as Spider-Man">No climbing the Reichstag dressed as Spider-Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_episcopal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No episcopal threats">No episcopal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_one_cares_about_your_garage_band" title="Wikipedia:No one cares about your garage band">No one cares about your garage band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_one_really_cares" title="Wikipedia:No one really cares">No one really cares</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No,_really" title="Wikipedia:No, really">No, really</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_sorcery_threats" title="Wikipedia:No sorcery threats">No sorcery threats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_is_not_eternal" title="Wikipedia:Notability is not eternal">Notability is not eternal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oops_Defense" title="Wikipedia:Oops Defense">Oops Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Play_the_game" title="Wikipedia:Play the game">Play the game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_be_a_giant_dick,_so_we_can_ban_you" title="Wikipedia:Please be a giant dick, so we can ban you">Please be a giant dick, so we can ban you</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_bite_the_newbies" title="Wikipedia:Please bite the newbies">Please bite the newbies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_murder_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not murder the newcomers">Please do not murder the newcomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Pledge_of_Tranquility" title="Wikipedia:Pledge of Tranquility">Pledge of Tranquility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:R-e-s-p-e-c-t" title="Wikipedia:R-e-s-p-e-c-t">R-e-s-p-e-c-t</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_medication" title="Wikipedia:Requests for medication">Requests for medication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requirements_for_adminship" title="Wikipedia:Requirements for adminship">Requirements for adminship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Rouge_admin" title="Wikipedia:Rouge admin">Rouge admin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Rouge_editor" title="Wikipedia:Rouge editor">Rouge editor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sarcasm_is_really_helpful" title="Wikipedia:Sarcasm is really helpful">Sarcasm is really helpful</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sausages_for_tasting" title="Wikipedia:Sausages for tasting">Sausages for tasting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Night_Before_Wikimas" title="Wikipedia:The Night Before Wikimas">The Night Before Wikimas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_first_rule_of_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:The first rule of Wikipedia">The first rule of Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Five_Pillars_of_Untruth" title="Wikipedia:The Five Pillars of Untruth">The Five Pillars of Untruth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Things_that_should_not_be_surprising" title="Wikipedia:Things that should not be surprising">Things that should not be surprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiBible" title="Wikipedia:WikiBible">The WikiBible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Watchlistitis" title="Wikipedia:Watchlistitis">Watchlistitis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_an_MMORPG" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is an MMORPG">Wikipedia is an MMORPG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not/Outtakes" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not/Outtakes">What Wikipedia is not/Outtakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_not_create_an_account%3F" title="Wikipedia:Why not create an account?">Why not create an account?</a></li> 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