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<span>Tone</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tone-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Use_of_pronouns" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Use_of_pronouns"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.1</span> <span>Use of pronouns</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Use_of_pronouns-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-News_style_or_persuasive_writing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#News_style_or_persuasive_writing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.2</span> <span>News style or persuasive writing</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-News_style_or_persuasive_writing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Colloquial,_emphatic_or_poetic_language" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Colloquial,_emphatic_or_poetic_language"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.3</span> <span>Colloquial, emphatic or poetic language</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Colloquial,_emphatic_or_poetic_language-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rhetorical_questions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rhetorical_questions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.4</span> <span>Rhetorical questions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rhetorical_questions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Inappropriate_lists" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Inappropriate_lists"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.5</span> <span>Inappropriate lists</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Inappropriate_lists-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Provide_context_for_the_reader" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Provide_context_for_the_reader"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Provide context for the reader</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Provide_context_for_the_reader-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Provide context for the reader subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Provide_context_for_the_reader-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Evaluating_context" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Evaluating_context"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Evaluating context</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Evaluating_context-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Build_the_web" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Build_the_web"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Build the web</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Build_the_web-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-State_the_obvious" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#State_the_obvious"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>State the obvious</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-State_the_obvious-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lead_section" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lead_section"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Lead section</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Lead_section-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Lead section subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Lead_section-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Opening_paragraph" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Opening_paragraph"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Opening paragraph</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Opening_paragraph-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-First_sentence_content" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#First_sentence_content"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>First sentence content</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-First_sentence_content-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-First_sentence_format" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#First_sentence_format"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>First sentence format</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-First_sentence_format-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_rest_of_the_opening_paragraph" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_rest_of_the_opening_paragraph"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>The rest of the opening paragraph</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_rest_of_the_opening_paragraph-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_rest_of_the_lead_section" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_rest_of_the_lead_section"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>The rest of the lead section</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_rest_of_the_lead_section-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-"Lead_follows_body"" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#"Lead_follows_body""> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6</span> <span>"Lead follows body"</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-"Lead_follows_body"-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Use_other_languages_sparingly" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Use_other_languages_sparingly"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Use other languages sparingly</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Use_other_languages_sparingly-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Use_color_sparingly" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Use_color_sparingly"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Use color sparingly</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Use_color_sparingly-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Use clear, precise and accurate terms</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Use clear, precise and accurate terms subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Be_concise" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Be_concise"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Be concise</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Be_concise-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Principle_of_least_astonishment" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Principle_of_least_astonishment"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Principle of least astonishment</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Principle_of_least_astonishment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Use_of_"refers_to"" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Use_of_"refers_to""> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Use of "refers to"</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Use_of_"refers_to"-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Check_your_facts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Check_your_facts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Check your facts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Check_your_facts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Check_your_fiction" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Check_your_fiction"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4.1</span> <span>Check your fiction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Check_your_fiction-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Use_of_fictional_tenses" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Use_of_fictional_tenses"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4.2</span> <span>Use of fictional tenses</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Use_of_fictional_tenses-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stay_on_topic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stay_on_topic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4.3</span> <span>Stay on topic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stay_on_topic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pay_attention_to_spelling" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pay_attention_to_spelling"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5</span> <span>Pay attention to spelling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pay_attention_to_spelling-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Avoid_peacock_and_weasel_terms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Avoid_peacock_and_weasel_terms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.6</span> <span>Avoid peacock and weasel terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Avoid_peacock_and_weasel_terms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Examples" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Examples"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.6.1</span> <span>Examples</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Examples-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Exceptions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Exceptions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.6.2</span> <span>Exceptions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Exceptions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Make_omissions_explicit_for_other_editors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Make_omissions_explicit_for_other_editors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.7</span> <span>Make omissions explicit for other editors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Make_omissions_explicit_for_other_editors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_issues" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_issues"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Other issues</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_issues-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="ويكيبيديا:تطوير المقالات – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا:تطوير المقالات" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%89%E0%A7%8E%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%A8" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:উৎকৃষ্ট নিবন্ধ লিখন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:উৎকৃষ্ট নিবন্ধ লিখন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%B2" title="विकिपीडिया:बढ़ियाँ लेख लिखल – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="विकिपीडिया:बढ़ियाँ लेख लिखल" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%95%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" title="Уикипедия:Енциклопедичност – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уикипедия:Енциклопедичност" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pisanje_boljih_%C4%8Dlanaka" title="Wikipedia:Pisanje boljih članaka – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Wikipedia:Pisanje boljih članaka" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:Com_escriure_un_bon_article" title="Viquipèdia:Com escriure un bon article – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquipèdia:Com escriure un bon article" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedie:Encyklopedick%C3%BD_styl" title="Wikipedie:Encyklopedický styl – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wikipedie:Encyklopedický styl" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wie_schreibe_ich_gute_Artikel" title="Wikipedia:Wie schreibe ich gute Artikel – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wikipedia:Wie schreibe ich gute Artikel" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayuda:C%C3%B3mo_escribir_mejores_art%C3%ADculos" title="Ayuda:Cómo escribir mejores artículos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ayuda:Cómo escribir mejores artículos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helpo:Kiel_verki_bonan_artikolon" title="Helpo:Kiel verki bonan artikolon – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Helpo:Kiel verki bonan artikolon" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="ویکی‌پدیا:راهنمایی برای نوشتن مقاله‌های بهتر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:راهنمایی برای نوشتن مقاله‌های بهتر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aide:Comment_r%C3%A9diger_un_bon_article" title="Aide:Comment rédiger un bon article – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Aide:Comment rédiger un bon article" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedy:Help_by_it_skriuwen_fan_goede_siden" title="Wikipedy:Help by it skriuwen fan goede siden – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Wikipedy:Help by it skriuwen fan goede siden" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicip%C3%A9id:Conas_leathanach_iontach_a_scr%C3%ADobh" title="Vicipéid:Conas leathanach iontach a scríobh – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Vicipéid:Conas leathanach iontach a scríobh" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Como_escribir_un_bo_artigo" title="Wikipedia:Como escribir un bo artigo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wikipedia:Como escribir un bo artigo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%D8%AE%D8%A4%D8%B1%D8%A4%D9%85_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3" title="Wikipedia:خؤرؤم وانيويس – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="Wikipedia:خؤرؤم وانيويس" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8F%84%EC%9B%80%EB%A7%90:%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC%EC%82%AC%EC%A0%84%EC%A0%81_%EA%B8%80%EC%93%B0%EA%B8%B0" title="도움말:백과사전적 글쓰기 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="도움말:백과사전적 글쓰기" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9B%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9D%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5" title="विकिपीडिया:अच्छे लेख लिखने के सुझाव – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिपीडिया:अच्छे लेख लिखने के सुझाव" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Menulis_artikel_yang_lebih_baik" title="Wikipedia:Menulis artikel yang lebih baik – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Menulis artikel yang lebih baik" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hj%C3%A1lp:A%C3%B0_skrifa_betri_greinar" title="Hjálp:Að skrifa betri greinar – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Hjálp:Að skrifa betri greinar" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiuto:Come_scrivere_una_buona_voce" title="Aiuto:Come scrivere una buona voce – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Aiuto:Come scrivere una buona voce" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kuandika_makala_bora" title="Wikipedia:Kuandika makala bora – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Wikipedia:Kuandika makala bora" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%88d:Pou_ekri_atik" title="Èd:Pou ekri atik – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Èd:Pou ekri atik" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagalba:Idealus_straipsnis" title="Pagalba:Idealus straipsnis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Pagalba:Idealus straipsnis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nia mw-list-item"><a href="https://nia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanolo:Manura_sura_si_s%C3%B6khi" title="Fanolo:Manura sura si sökhi – Nias" lang="nia" hreflang="nia" data-title="Fanolo:Manura sura si sökhi" data-language-autonym="Li Niha" data-language-local-name="Nias" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Li Niha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Hogyan_%C3%ADrhatok_j%C3%B3_sz%C3%B3cikket%3F" title="Wikipédia:Hogyan írhatok jó szócikket? – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Wikipédia:Hogyan írhatok jó szócikket?" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Garis_panduan_penulisan_yang_lebih_baik" title="Wikipedia:Garis panduan penulisan yang lebih baik – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia:Garis panduan penulisan yang lebih baik" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AE%E1%80%80%E1%80%AE%E1%80%95%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%92%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8:%E1%80%86%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%95%E1%80%AB%E1%80%B8%E1%80%80%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%99%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8_%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B1%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8%E1%80%94%E1%80%8A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9C%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%8A%E1%80%BD%E1%80%BE%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA" title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:ဆောင်းပါးကောင်းများ ရေးသားနည်းလမ်းညွှန် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:ဆောင်းပါးကောင်းများ ရေးသားနည်းလမ်းညွှန်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Tips_voor_het_schrijven_van_een_goed_artikel" title="Help:Tips voor het schrijven van een goed artikel – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Help:Tips voor het schrijven van een goed artikel" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E7%B4%A0%E6%99%B4%E3%82%89%E3%81%97%E3%81%84%E8%A8%98%E4%BA%8B%E3%82%92%E6%9B%B8%E3%81%8F%E3%81%AB%E3%81%AF" title="Wikipedia:素晴らしい記事を書くには – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:素晴らしい記事を書くには" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hvordan_skrive_bedre_artikler" title="Wikipedia:Hvordan skrive bedre artikler – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Wikipedia:Hvordan skrive bedre artikler" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A1%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86:%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%87_%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%96_%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%A3_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A7%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%9D%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%85" title="ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ:ਚੰਗੇ ਲੇਖ ਲਿਖਣ ਸੰਬੰਧੀ ਸੁਝਾਅ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ:ਚੰਗੇ ਲੇਖ ਲਿਖਣ ਸੰਬੰਧੀ ਸੁਝਾਅ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Livro_de_estilo/Como_escrever_um_bom_artigo" title="Wikipédia:Livro de estilo/Como escrever um bom artigo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikipédia:Livro de estilo/Como escrever um bom artigo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%88_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout</a></div> <p>Good articles start with introductions, continue with a clear structure, and end with standard appendices such as references and related articles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Introductory_material_/_Lead" data-mw-thread-id="h-Introductory_material_/_Lead-Structure_of_the_article"><span id="Introductory_material_.2F_Lead"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Introductory_material_/_Lead-Structure_of_the_article"></span>Introductory material / Lead<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Introductory_material_/_Lead-Structure_of_the_article"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="#Lead_section">§ Lead section</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section</a></div> <p>Articles start with a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">lead section</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CREATELEAD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CREATELEAD">WP:CREATELEAD</a>) summarising the most important points of the topic. The lead section is the first part of the article; it comes above the first header, and may contain a <a href="/wiki/MOS:LEADIMAGE" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:LEADIMAGE">lead image</a> which is representative of the topic, and/or an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes">infobox</a> that provides a few key facts, often statistical, such as dates and measurements. </p><p>The lead should stand on its own as a concise overview of the article's topic, identifying the topic, establishing context, and explaining why the topic is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">notable</a>. The first few sentences should mention the most notable features of the article's subject – the essential facts that every reader should know. Significant information should not appear in the lead if it is not covered in the remainder of the article; the article should provide further details on all the things mentioned in the lead. Each major section in the article should be represented with an appropriate summary in the lead, including any prominent controversies; but be careful not to violate <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">WP:Neutral point of view</a> by giving undue attention to less important controversies, information, or praise in the lead section. As in the body of the article itself, the emphasis given to material in the lead should roughly <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DUE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DUE">reflect its importance to the topic</a>, according to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">reliable, published sources</a>. </p><p>As a rough guide to size, a lead section should generally contain no more than four well-composed paragraphs and be carefully sourced as appropriate. </p><p>Sometimes, the first section after the lead is a broad summary of the topic, and is called "Overview", although more specific section titles and structures are generally preferred. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Paragraphs" data-mw-thread-id="h-Paragraphs-Structure_of_the_article"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Paragraphs-Structure_of_the_article"></span>Paragraphs<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Paragraphs-Structure_of_the_article"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PARAGRAPH"></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:PARAGRAPH&redirect=no">WP:PARAGRAPH</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:Manual_of_Style/Layout#Paragraphs" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout § Paragraphs</a></div> <p>Paragraphs should be short enough to be readable, but long enough to develop an idea. Paragraphs should deal with a particular point or idea. All the sentences within a paragraph should revolve around the same topic. When the topic changes, a new paragraph should be started. Overly long paragraphs should be split up, as long as the cousin paragraphs keep the idea in focus. </p><p>One-sentence paragraphs are unusually emphatic, and should be used sparingly. </p><p>Some paragraphs are really <a href="/wiki/Help:Table" title="Help:Table">tables</a> or <a href="/wiki/Help:List" title="Help:List">lists</a> in disguise. They should be rewritten as prose or converted to their unmasked form. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:When_to_use_tables" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:When to use tables">Wikipedia:When to use tables</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Embedded_list" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Embedded list">Wikipedia:Embedded list</a> offer guidance on the proper use of these elements. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Headings" data-mw-thread-id="h-Headings-Structure_of_the_article"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Headings-Structure_of_the_article"></span>Headings<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Headings-Structure_of_the_article"></span></h3></div> <p>Headings help clarify articles and create a structure shown in the table of contents. To learn about how the MediaWiki software uses sections, see <a href="/wiki/Help:Section" title="Help:Section">Help:Section</a>. </p><p>Headings are hierarchical. The article's title uses a level 1 heading, so you should start with a level 2 heading (<code>==Heading==</code>) and follow it with lower levels: <code>===Subheading===</code>, <code>====Subsubheading====</code>, and so forth. Whether extensive subtopics should be kept on one page or moved to individual pages is a matter of personal judgment. See also below under <a href="#Summary_style">§ Summary style</a>. </p><p>Headings should not contain <a href="/wiki/Help:Link#Wikilinks" title="Help:Link">Wikilinks</a>. This is because headings in themselves introduce information and let the reader know what subtopics will be presented; Wikilinks should be incorporated in the text of the section. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Images" data-mw-thread-id="h-Images-Structure_of_the_article"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Images-Structure_of_the_article"></span>Images<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Images-Structure_of_the_article"></span></h3></div> <p>If the article can be illustrated with pictures, find an appropriate place to position these images, where they relate closely to text they illustrate. For more information on using pictures, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Layout#Images" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Layout">Wikipedia:Layout § Images</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Picture tutorial">Wikipedia:Picture tutorial</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Standard_appendices" data-mw-thread-id="h-Standard_appendices-Structure_of_the_article"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Standard_appendices-Structure_of_the_article"></span>Standard appendices<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Standard_appendices-Structure_of_the_article"></span></h3></div> <p>As explained in more detail at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout#Standard_appendices_and_footers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout § Standard appendices and footers</a>, optional appendix sections containing the following information may appear after the body of the article in the following order: </p> <ol><li>A list of books or other works created by the subject of the article (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout#works" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">works</a>)</li> <li>A list of internal "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikilinks#Internal_links" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Wikilinks">wikilinks</a>" to related Wikipedia articles (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Layout#See_also_section" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Layout">see also</a>)</li> <li>Notes and references (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout#Notes_and_references" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">notes, footnotes, or references</a>)</li> <li>A list of recommended relevant books, articles, or other publications that have not been used as sources (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout#Further_reading" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">further reading</a>)</li> <li>A list of recommended relevant websites that have not been used as sources (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout#External_links" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">external links</a>).</li></ol> <p>With some exceptions, any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout#Links_to_sister_projects" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">links to sister projects</a> appear in further reading or external links sections. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout#Navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Succession boxes and navigational footers</a> go at the end of the article, following the last appendix section, but preceding the category and interwiki templates. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Size" data-mw-thread-id="h-Size"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Size"></span>Size<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Size"></span></h2></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="SIZE"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"></p><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BETTER#SIZE"></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:BETTER&redirect=no#SIZE">WP:BETTER#SIZE</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:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Wikipedia:Article size</a></div> <p>Excessively long articles should usually be avoided. Articles should ideally contain less than 50,000 characters of text.<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> When articles grow past this amount of readable text, they can be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SPLIT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SPLIT">split</a> into smaller articles to improve readability and ease of editing, or may require trimming to remain <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CONCISE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CONCISE">concise</a>. The headed sub-section should be retained, with a concise version of what has been removed under an italicized header, such as <i>Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ruritania" title="Ruritania">History of Ruritania</a></i> (a list of templates used to create these headers is available at <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_page-section_templates" title="Category:Wikipedia page-section templates">Category:Wikipedia page-section templates</a>). Otherwise, context is lost and the general treatment suffers. Each article on a subtopic should be written as a stand-alone article—that is, it should have a lead section, headings, et cetera. </p><p>When an article is long and has many sub articles, try to balance the main page. Do not put undue weight into one part of an article at the cost of other parts. In shorter articles, if one subtopic has much more text than another subtopic, that may be an indication the subtopic should have its own page, with only a summary presented on the main page. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Articles_covering_subtopics" data-mw-thread-id="h-Articles_covering_subtopics-Size"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Articles_covering_subtopics-Size"></span>Articles covering subtopics<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Articles_covering_subtopics-Size"></span></h3></div> <p>Wikipedia articles tend to grow in a way that leads to the natural creation of new articles. The text of any article consists of a sequence of related but distinct subtopics. When there is enough text in a given subtopic to merit its own article, that text can be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">summarized</a> in the present article and a link provided to the more detailed article. <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">Cricket</a> is an example of an article covering subtopics: it is divided into subsections that give an overview of the sport, with each subsection leading to one or more subtopic articles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Information_style_and_tone" data-mw-thread-id="h-Information_style_and_tone"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Information_style_and_tone"></span>Information style and tone<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Information_style_and_tone"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ENCSTYLE"></span><span id="WP:INFSTYLE"></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:ENCSTYLE&redirect=no">WP:ENCSTYLE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:INFSTYLE&redirect=no">WP:INFSTYLE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Two styles, closely related and not mutually exclusive, tend to be used for Wikipedia articles. The <a href="/wiki/Tone_(literature)" title="Tone (literature)">tone</a>, however, should always remain <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:formal">formal</a>, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/impersonal" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:impersonal">impersonal</a>, and <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dispassionate" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:dispassionate">dispassionate</a>. </p><p>These styles are <i>summary style</i>, which is the arrangement of a broad topic into a main article and side articles, each with subtopical sections; and the <i>inverted pyramid</i> style (or news style, though this term is ambiguous), which prioritizes key information to the top, followed by supporting material and details, with background information at the bottom. </p><p>A feature of both styles, and of all Wikipedia articles, is the presence of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">lead section</a>, a summarizing overview of the most important facts about the topic. The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Infobox" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Infobox">infobox</a> template found at the top of many articles is a further distillation of key points. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Summary_style" data-mw-thread-id="h-Summary_style-Information_style_and_tone"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Summary_style-Information_style_and_tone"></span>Summary style<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Summary_style-Information_style_and_tone"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Wikipedia:Summary style</a></div> <p>Summary style may apply both across a category of articles and within an article. Material is grouped and divided into sections that logically form discrete subtopics, and which over time may <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SPINOFF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SPINOFF">spin off</a> to separate articles in order to prevent excessive <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_length" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Article length">article length</a> as the main article grows. As each subtopic is spun off, a concise summary of it is left behind with a pointer (usually using the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Main" title="Template:Main">Main</a>}}</code> template) to the new side article. </p><p>There are three main advantages to using summary style: </p> <ul><li>Different readers want varying amounts of detail, and this style permits them to choose how much they are exposed to. Some readers need just a quick summary and are satisfied by the lead section; others seek a moderate amount of info, and will find the main article suitable to their needs; yet others want a lot of detail, and will be interested in reading the side articles.</li> <li>An article that is too long becomes tedious to read. Progressively summarizing and spinning off material avoids overwhelming the reader with too much text at once.</li> <li>An excessively detailed article is often one that repeats itself or exhibits writing that could be more concise. The development of summary-style articles tends to naturally clear out redundancy and bloat, though in a multi-article topic this comes at the cost of some necessary cross-article redundancy (i.e., a summary of one article in another).</li></ul> <p>The exact organizing principle of a particular summary-style article is highly context-dependent, with various options, such as chronological, geographical, and alphabetical (primarily in lists), among others. </p><p>Some examples of summary style are the featured articles <i><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Association football</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Lesser_Antilles" title="Music of the Lesser Antilles">Music of the Lesser Antilles</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inverted_pyramid" data-mw-thread-id="h-Inverted_pyramid-Information_style_and_tone"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Inverted_pyramid-Information_style_and_tone"></span>Inverted pyramid<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Inverted_pyramid-Information_style_and_tone"></span></h3></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="News_style"></span><span class="anchor" id="Inverted_pyramid_(news_style)"></span> </p> <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:Too_long;_didn%27t_read" title="Wikipedia:Too long; didn't read">Wikipedia:Too long; didn't read</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PYRAMID"></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:PYRAMID&redirect=no">WP:PYRAMID</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Some Wikipedians prefer using the <i><a href="/wiki/Inverted_pyramid_(journalism)" title="Inverted pyramid (journalism)">inverted pyramid</a></i> structure of <a href="/wiki/Journalism" title="Journalism">journalism</a>. This information presentation technique is found in short, direct, front-page newspaper stories and the news bulletins that air on radio and television. This is a style used only within a single article, not across a category of them. </p><p>The main feature of the inverted pyramid is placement of important information first, with a decreasing importance as the article advances. Originally developed so that the editors could cut from the bottom to fit an item into the available layout space, this style encourages brevity and prioritizes information, because many people expect to find important material early, and less important information later, where interest decreases. </p><p>Encyclopedia articles <em>are not required</em> to be in inverted pyramid order and often are not, especially when their substance is detailed and their structure is highly granular. However, a familiarity with this convention may help in planning the style and layout of an article for which this approach is a good fit. Inverted-pyramid style is most often used with articles in which a chronological, geographical, or other order will not be helpful. Common examples are short-term events, concise biographies of persons notable for only one thing, and other articles where there are not likely to be many logical subtopics, but a number of facts to prioritize for the reader. </p><p>The lead section common to all Wikipedia articles is, in essence, a limited application of the inverted pyramid approach. Virtually all <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub" title="Wikipedia:Stub">stub</a> articles should be created in inverted-pyramid style, since they basically consist of just a lead section. Consequently, many articles begin as inverted-pyramid pieces and change to summary style later as the topic develops, often combining the approaches by retaining a general inverted pyramid structure, but dividing the background material subtopically, with summary pointers to other articles. The subtopic sections can also be constructed using inverted pyramid structure so that readers skimming the sections get the most important information first before moving to the next section. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tone" data-mw-thread-id="h-Tone-Information_style_and_tone"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Tone-Information_style_and_tone"></span>Tone<span id="WPMOSTONE"></span><span id="WPSLANG"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Tone-Information_style_and_tone"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TONE"></span><span id="WP:SLANG"></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:TONE&redirect=no">WP:TONE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SLANG&redirect=no">WP:SLANG</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">"WP:SLANG" redirects here. For the policy that covers writing Wikipedia articles about slang terms, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary">WP:NOTSLANG</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view#Impartial_tone" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Wikipedia:Neutral point of view § Impartial tone</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_manual,_guidebook,_textbook,_or_scientific_journal" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, textbook, or scientific journal</a>. Articles and other encyclopedic content should be written in a formal <a href="/wiki/Tone_(literature)" title="Tone (literature)">tone</a>. Standards for formal tone vary a bit depending upon the subject matter but should usually match the style used in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles">Featured</a>- and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles" title="Wikipedia:Good articles">Good</a>-class articles in the same category. Encyclopedic writing has a fairly academic approach, while remaining clear and understandable. Formal tone means that the article should not be written using <a href="/wiki/Argot" class="mw-redirect" title="Argot">argot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slang" title="Slang">slang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colloquialism" title="Colloquialism">colloquialisms</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doublespeak" title="Doublespeak">doublespeak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Legalese" class="mw-redirect" title="Legalese">legalese</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Technical_language" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">jargon</a> that is unintelligible to an average reader; it means that the English language should be used in a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/businesslike" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:businesslike">businesslike</a> manner. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Use_of_pronouns" data-mw-thread-id="h-Use_of_pronouns-Tone"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Use_of_pronouns-Tone"></span>Use of pronouns<span id="Use_of_pronouns"></span><span id="Pronouns"></span><span id="WPPRONOUN"></span><span id="WPPRONOUNS"></span><span id="WPNARRATOR"></span><span id="WPDONTNARRATE"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Use_of_pronouns-Tone"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:PRONOUNS" redirects here. For information on the usage of pronouns in relation to gender identity, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biography#Gender_identity" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biography">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biography § Gender identity</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Pronouns" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Wikipedia:Manual of Style § Pronouns</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PRONOUN"></span><span id="WP:PRONOUNS"></span><span id="WP:NARRATOR"></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:PRONOUN&redirect=no">WP:PRONOUN</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PRONOUNS&redirect=no">WP:PRONOUNS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NARRATOR&redirect=no">WP:NARRATOR</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Articles should not be written from a first- or second-person perspective. In prose writing, the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#First-person_pronouns" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">first-person</a> (<i>I/me/my</i> and <i>we/us/our</i>) point of view and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Second-person_pronouns" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">second-person</a> (<i>you</i> and <i>your</i>) point of view typically evoke a strong narrator. While this is acceptable in works of fiction and in monographs, it is unsuitable in an encyclopedia, where the writer should be invisible to the reader. Moreover, the first person often inappropriately implies a point of view inconsistent with the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutrality policy</a>, while the second person is associated with the step-by-step instructions of a how-to guide, which <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_manual,_guidebook,_textbook,_or_scientific_journal" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia is not</a>. First- and second-person pronouns should ordinarily be used only in attributed direct quotations relevant to the subject of the article. </p><p>There can be exceptions to these guidelines. For instance, the "<a href="/wiki/Clusivity" title="Clusivity">inclusive <i>we</i></a>" widely used in professional mathematics writing is sometimes used to present and explain examples in articles, although discouraged on Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Mathematics#Writing_style_in_mathematics" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Mathematics">even for that subject</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IAR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:IAR">Use common sense</a> to determine whether the chosen perspective is in the spirit of the guidelines. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun" class="mw-redirect" title="Gender-neutral pronoun">Gender-neutral pronouns</a> should be used (or pronouns avoided) where gendered language is not necessary, and especially when gender is not specific or unknown. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1033199720">.mw-parser-output div.crossreference{padding-left:0}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference">(See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gender-neutral_language" title="Wikipedia:Gender-neutral language">WP:Gender-neutral language</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Identity" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">WP:Manual of Style § Identity</a>, for further information.)</span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="News_style_or_persuasive_writing" data-mw-thread-id="h-News_style_or_persuasive_writing-Tone"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-News_style_or_persuasive_writing-Tone"></span>News style or persuasive writing<span id="WPNEWSSTYLE"></span><span id="WPPERSUASIVE"></span><span id="WP:NOPERSUASIVE"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-News_style_or_persuasive_writing-Tone"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NEWSSTYLE"></span><span id="WP:PERSUASIVE"></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:NEWSSTYLE&redirect=no">WP:NEWSSTYLE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PERSUASIVE&redirect=no">WP:PERSUASIVE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>As a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_newspaper" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">matter of policy</a>, Wikipedia is not written in <a href="/wiki/News_style" title="News style">news style</a> (in any sense other than some use of the <a href="#Inverted_pyramid">inverted pyramid</a>, above), including tone. The encyclopedic and journalistic intent and audience are different. Especially avoid <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">bombastic wording</a>, attempts at humor or cleverness, reliance on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources">primary sources</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">editorializing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Recentism" title="Wikipedia:Recentism">recentism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pull_quotes" class="mw-redirect" title="Pull quotes">pull quotes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Journalese" title="Journalese">journalese</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Headlinese" class="mw-redirect" title="Headlinese">headlinese</a>. </p><p>Similarly, avoid news style's close sibling, <a href="/wiki/Persuasive_writing" title="Persuasive writing">persuasive writing</a>, which has many of those faults and more of its own, most often various kinds of <a href="/wiki/Appeals_to_emotion" class="mw-redirect" title="Appeals to emotion">appeals to emotion</a> and related <a href="/wiki/List_of_fallacies" title="List of fallacies">fallacies</a>. This style is used in press releases, advertising, op-ed writing, activism, propaganda, proposals, formal debate, reviews, and much tabloid and sometimes investigative journalism. It is not Wikipedia's role to try to convince the reader of anything, only to provide the salient facts as best they can be determined, and the reliable sources for them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Colloquial,_emphatic_or_poetic_language" data-mw-thread-id="h-Colloquial,_emphatic_or_poetic_language-Tone"><span id="Colloquial.2C_emphatic_or_poetic_language"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Colloquial,_emphatic_or_poetic_language-Tone"></span>Colloquial, emphatic or poetic language<span id="WPCOLLOQUIAL"></span><span id="WPCONVERSATIONAL"></span><span id="WPEMPHATIC"></span><span id="WPFORMAL"></span><span id="WPINFORMAL"></span><span id="WPPOETIC"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Colloquial,_emphatic_or_poetic_language-Tone"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:COLLOQUIAL"></span><span id="WP:COLLOQUIALISM"></span><span id="WP:EMPHATIC"></span><span id="WP:FORMAL"></span><span id="WP:INFORMAL"></span><span id="WP:POETIC"></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:COLLOQUIAL&redirect=no">WP:COLLOQUIAL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COLLOQUIALISM&redirect=no">WP:COLLOQUIALISM</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:EMPHATIC&redirect=no">WP:EMPHATIC</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:FORMAL&redirect=no">WP:FORMAL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:INFORMAL&redirect=no">WP:INFORMAL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:POETIC&redirect=no">WP:POETIC</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:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Puffery" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch § Puffery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Editorializing" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch § Editorializing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Euphemisms" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch § Euphemisms</a></div> <p>Another error of writing approach is attempting to make bits of material "pop" (an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view#Due_and_undue_weight" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">undue weight</a> problem), such as with excessive <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Text_formatting#Emphasis" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting">emphasis</a>, over-<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Capital_letters" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters">capitalization</a>, use of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Contractions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">contractions</a>, unnecessary <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Abbreviations" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations">acronyms and other abbreviations</a>, the inclusion of <a href="/wiki/Hyperbole" title="Hyperbole">hyperbolic</a> adjectives and adverbs, or the use of unusual synonyms or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch">loaded words</a>. Just present the sourced information without embellishment, agenda, fanfare, cleverness, or conversational tone. </p><p>An extreme example of hyperbole and emphatic language taken from <a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/932854447" title="Special:PermanentLink/932854447">Star Canopus diving accident</a> as of 28 December 2019 (fixed in the next two revisions) read: </p> <dl><dd><span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">Miraculously both divers survived the 294-foot fall, but now they faced a harrowing predicament. ... Helplessly trapped, with nothing to keep them warm, ... all they could do was huddle together and pray that rescuers would find them in time. ... But time was not on their side.</span></dd></dl> <p>This was fixed to: </p> <dl><dd><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">Both divers survived the 294-foot fall.</span></dd></dl> <p>See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch</a> for other examples. Avoid using words and phrases like <i><span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">terrible</span></i>, <i><span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">rising star</span></i>, <i><span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">curiously</span></i>, <i><span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">championed the likes of</span></i> or <i><span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">on the other side of the pond</span></i>, unless part of a quotation or stated as an external viewpoint. </p><p>Punctuation marks that appear in the article should be used only per generally accepted practice. <a href="/wiki/Exclamation_mark" title="Exclamation mark">Exclamation marks</a> (!) should be used only if they occur in direct quotations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rhetorical_questions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Rhetorical_questions-Tone"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Rhetorical_questions-Tone"></span>Rhetorical questions<span id="WPRHETORICAL"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Rhetorical_questions-Tone"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:RHETORICAL"></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:RHETORICAL&redirect=no">WP:RHETORICAL</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/MOS:SOCRATIC" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:SOCRATIC">MOS:SOCRATIC</a></div> <p>As with exclamation marks, <a href="/wiki/Question_mark" title="Question mark">question marks</a> (?) should also generally only be used if they occur in direct quotations; do not pose <a href="/wiki/Rhetorical_question" title="Rhetorical question">rhetorical questions</a> for the reader. </p><p>For example, do not write: </p> <dl><dd><span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">There are many environmental concerns when it comes to <a href="/wiki/Industrial_effluent" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrial effluent">industrial effluent</a>. How can these be solved? Well, one solution involves ...</span></dd></dl> <p>Rhetorical questions can occasionally be used, when appropriate, in the presentation of material, but only when the question is asked by the material under consideration, not being asked in Wikipedia's own voice. </p><p>For example: </p> <dl><dd><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">One model of policy analysis is the "five-E approach", which consists of examining a policy in terms of:</span></dd> <dd><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><b>Effectiveness</b></span> <dl><dd><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">How well does it work (or how well will it be predicted to work)?</span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><b>Efficiency</b></span> <dl><dd><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">How much work does or will it entail? Are there significant costs associated with this solution, and are they worth it? ...</span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Inappropriate_lists" data-mw-thread-id="h-Inappropriate_lists-Tone"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Inappropriate_lists-Tone"></span>Inappropriate lists<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Inappropriate_lists-Tone"></span></h4></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:Manual_of_Style/Lists#Use_prose_where_understood_easily" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists § Use prose where understood easily</a></div> <p>A related presentation problem is "info-dumping" by presenting information in the form of a long, bulleted list when it would be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Embedded_lists" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists">better as normal prose paragraphs</a>. This is especially true when the items in the list are not of equal importance, or are not really comparable in some other way, and need context. Using explanatory prose also helps identify and remove <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Trivia_sections" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections">trivia</a>; if we cannot explain to readers why something is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">important</a>, then it is not important. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Provide_context_for_the_reader" data-mw-thread-id="h-Provide_context_for_the_reader"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Provide_context_for_the_reader"></span>Provide context for the reader<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Provide_context_for_the_reader"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PCR"></span><span id="WP:AUDIENCE"></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:PCR&redirect=no">WP:PCR</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:AUDIENCE&redirect=no">WP:AUDIENCE</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">"WP:PCR" redirects here. For pending changes reviewer user rights, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reviewing_pending_changes" title="Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes">Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:AUDIENCE" redirects here. For guideline on notability of companies with regards to reach of sources, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(organizations_and_companies)#Audience" title="Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)">Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) § Audience</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For context and linking, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For articles without context, see <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_context" title="Category:Wikipedia articles needing context">Category:Wikipedia articles needing context</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For article context notice, see <a href="/wiki/Template:Context" title="Template:Context">Template:Context</a>. For inline template for a general context problem, see <a href="/wiki/Template:Context_inline" title="Template:Context inline">Template:Context inline</a>.</div> <p>Wikipedia is an international encyclopedia. People who read Wikipedia have different backgrounds, education and opinions. Make your article accessible and understandable for as many readers as possible. Assume readers are reading the article to learn. It is possible that the reader knows nothing about the subject, so the article needs to explain the subject fully. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Explain_jargon" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Explain jargon">Avoid using jargon</a> whenever possible. Consider the reader. An article entitled "Use of chromatic scales in early Baroque music" is likely to be read by musicians, and technical details and terms are appropriate, linking to articles explaining the technical terms. On the other hand, an article entitled "Baroque music" is likely to be read by laypersons who want a brief and plainly written overview, with links to available detailed information. When jargon is used in an article, a brief explanation should be given within the article. Aim for a balance between comprehensibility and detail so that readers can gain information from the article. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Evaluating_context" data-mw-thread-id="h-Evaluating_context-Provide_context_for_the_reader"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Evaluating_context-Provide_context_for_the_reader"></span>Evaluating context<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Evaluating_context-Provide_context_for_the_reader"></span></h3></div> <p>Here are some <a href="/wiki/Thought_experiment" title="Thought experiment">thought experiments</a> to help you test whether you are setting enough context: </p> <ul><li>Does the article make sense if the reader gets to it <a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Special:Random">as a random page</a>?</li> <li>Imagine yourself as a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/layperson" class="extiw" title="wikt:layperson">layperson</a> in another English-speaking country. Can you figure out what or who the article is about? Can you figure out whether a particular place or time is relevant?</li> <li>Can people tell what the article is about if the first page is printed out and passed around?</li> <li>Would a reader want to follow some of the links? Do sentences still make sense if they can't?</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Build_the_web" data-mw-thread-id="h-Build_the_web-Provide_context_for_the_reader"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Build_the_web-Provide_context_for_the_reader"></span>Build the web<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Build_the_web-Provide_context_for_the_reader"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking</a></div> <p>Remember that every Wikipedia article is tightly connected to a network of other topics. Establishing such connections via wikilink is a good way to establish context. Because Wikipedia is not a long, ordered sequence of carefully categorized articles like a paper encyclopedia, but a collection of randomly accessible, highly interlinked ones, each article should contain links to more <i>general</i> subjects that serve to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">categorize</a> the article. When creating links, do not go overboard, and be careful to make your links relevant. It is not necessary to link the same term twelve times (although if it appears in the lead, then near the end, it might be a good idea to link it twice). </p><p>Avoid making your articles <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Orphan" title="Wikipedia:Orphan">orphans</a>. When you write a new article, make sure that one or more other pages link to it, to lessen the chances that your article will be orphaned through someone else's <a href="/wiki/Refactoring" class="mw-redirect" title="Refactoring">refactoring</a>. Otherwise, when it falls off the bottom of the <a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="Special:RecentChanges">Recent Changes</a> page, it will disappear into the <a href="/wiki/Mariana_Trench" title="Mariana Trench">Mariana Trench</a>. There should always be an unbroken chain of links leading from the <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Main Page">Main Page</a> to every article in Wikipedia; following the path you would expect to use to find your article may give you some hints as to which articles should link to your article. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_the_obvious" data-mw-thread-id="h-State_the_obvious-Provide_context_for_the_reader"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-State_the_obvious-Provide_context_for_the_reader"></span>State the obvious<span data-mw-comment-end="h-State_the_obvious-Provide_context_for_the_reader"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OBVIOUS"></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:OBVIOUS&redirect=no">WP:OBVIOUS</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">"WP:OBVIOUS" redirects here. For the essay about over-citing obvious things, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:You_don%27t_need_to_cite_that_the_sky_is_blue" title="Wikipedia:You don't need to cite that the sky is blue">Wikipedia:You don't need to cite that the sky is blue</a>.</div> <p>State facts that may be obvious to you, but are not necessarily obvious to the reader. Usually, such a statement will be in the first sentence or two of the article. For example, consider this sentence: </p> <blockquote><p><span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">The <b><a href="/wiki/Ford_Thunderbird" title="Ford Thunderbird">Ford Thunderbird</a></b> was conceived as a response to the <a href="/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvette" title="Chevrolet Corvette">Chevrolet Corvette</a> and entered production for the 1955 model year.</span></p></blockquote> <p>Here no mention is made of the Ford Thunderbird's fundamental nature: it is an <a href="/wiki/Automobile" class="mw-redirect" title="Automobile">automobile</a>. It assumes that the reader already knows this—an assumption that may not be correct, especially if the reader is not familiar with <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motors" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford Motors">Ford</a> or <a href="/wiki/Chevrolet" title="Chevrolet">Chevrolet</a>. Perhaps instead: </p> <blockquote><p><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">The <b><a href="/wiki/Ford_Thunderbird" title="Ford Thunderbird">Ford Thunderbird</a></b> was a <a href="/wiki/Automobile" class="mw-redirect" title="Automobile">car</a> manufactured in the United States by the <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford Motor Company</a>.</span></p></blockquote> <p>However, there is no need to go overboard. There is no need to explain a common word like "car". Repetition is usually unnecessary, for example: </p> <blockquote><p><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><a href="/wiki/Shoichi_Yokoi" title="Shoichi Yokoi">Shoichi Yokoi</a> was <a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">conscripted</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Imperial Japanese Army</a> in 1941.</span></p></blockquote> <p>conveys enough information (although it is not a good first sentence). However, the following is not only <a href="/wiki/Prolixity" class="mw-redirect" title="Prolixity">verbose</a> but <a href="/wiki/Redundancy_(linguistics)" title="Redundancy (linguistics)">redundant</a>: </p> <blockquote><p><span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);"><a href="/wiki/Shoichi_Yokoi" title="Shoichi Yokoi">Shoichi Yokoi</a> was a Japanese soldier in Japan who was <a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">drafted</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Imperial Japanese Army</a> in 1941.</span></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Lead_section" data-mw-thread-id="h-Lead_section"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Lead_section"></span>Lead section<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Lead_section"></span></h2></div> <p>As explained in more detail at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Lead_section#Introductory_text" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Lead section">Wikipedia:Lead section § Introductory text</a>, all but the shortest articles should start with introductory text (the "lead"). The lead should establish significance, include mention of consequential or significant criticism or controversies, and be written in a way that makes readers want to know more. The appropriate length of the lead depends on that of the article, but should normally be no more than four paragraphs. The lead itself has no heading and, on pages with more than three headings, automatically appears above the table of contents, if present. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opening_paragraph" data-mw-thread-id="h-Opening_paragraph-Lead_section"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Opening_paragraph-Lead_section"></span>Opening paragraph<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Opening_paragraph-Lead_section"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BETTER/GRAF1"></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:BETTER/GRAF1&redirect=no">WP:BETTER/GRAF1</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Normally, the opening paragraph summarizes the most important points of the article. It should clearly explain the subject so that the reader is prepared for the greater level of detail that follows. If further introductory material is appropriate before the first section, it can be covered in subsequent paragraphs in the lead. Introductions to biographical articles commonly double as summaries, listing the best-known achievements of the subject. Because some readers will read only the opening of an article, the most vital information should be included. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_sentence_content" data-mw-thread-id="h-First_sentence_content-Lead_section"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-First_sentence_content-Lead_section"></span>First sentence content<span data-mw-comment-end="h-First_sentence_content-Lead_section"></span></h3></div> <p>The article should begin with a short declarative sentence, answering two questions for the nonspecialist reader: "What (or who) is the subject?" and "Why is this subject <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Note" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Note">notable</a>?"<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>If possible, the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">page title</a> should be the <a href="/wiki/Subject_(grammar)" title="Subject (grammar)">subject</a> of the first sentence:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, if the article title is merely descriptive—such as <a href="/wiki/Electrical_characteristics_of_dynamic_loudspeakers" title="Electrical characteristics of dynamic loudspeakers">Electrical characteristics of dynamic loudspeakers</a>—the title does not need to appear verbatim in the main text. Similarly, where an article title is of the type "List of ...", a clearer and more informative introduction to the list is better than verbatim repetition of the title.</li> <li>When the page title is used as the subject of the first sentence, it may appear in a slightly different form, and it may include variations.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, if the title has a parenthetical disambiguator, the disambiguator should be omitted in the text.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>If its subject is amenable to definition, then the first sentence should give a concise definition: where possible, one that puts the article in context for the nonspecialist.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, if the subject is a <a href="/wiki/Technical_terminology" class="mw-redirect" title="Technical terminology">term of art</a>, provide the context as early as possible.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>If the article is about a fictional character or place, make sure to say so.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_sentence_format" data-mw-thread-id="h-First_sentence_format-Lead_section"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-First_sentence_format-Lead_section"></span>First sentence format<span data-mw-comment-end="h-First_sentence_format-Lead_section"></span></h3></div> <ul><li>As a general rule, the first (and only the first) appearance of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">page title</a> should be in boldface as early as possible in the first sentence:<blockquote><p><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">An <b>electron</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Subatomic_particle" title="Subatomic particle">subatomic particle</a> that carries a negative <a href="/wiki/Electric_charge" title="Electric charge">electric charge</a>.</span></p></blockquote></li> <li>However, if the title of a page is descriptive and does not appear <i>verbatim</i> in the main text, then it should not be in boldface. So, for example, <a href="/wiki/Electrical_characteristics_of_dynamic_loudspeakers" title="Electrical characteristics of dynamic loudspeakers">Electrical characteristics of dynamic loudspeakers</a> begins with:<blockquote><p><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">The chief electrical characteristic of a dynamic <a href="/wiki/Loudspeaker" title="Loudspeaker">loudspeaker</a>'s driver is its <a href="/wiki/Electrical_impedance" title="Electrical impedance">electrical impedance</a> as a function of <a href="/wiki/Frequency" title="Frequency">frequency</a>.</span></p></blockquote></li> <li>If the subject of the page is normally <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ITALICS#Italic_type" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ITALICS">italicized</a> (for example, a work of art, literature, album, or ship) then its first mention should be both bold and italic text; if it is usually surrounded by quotation marks, the title should be bold but the quotation marks should not:<blockquote><p><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><i><b>Las Meninas</b></i> (<a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> for <i><b>The Maids of Honour</b></i>) is a 1656 painting by <a href="/wiki/Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez" title="Diego Velázquez">Diego Velázquez</a>, ...</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">"<b>Yesterday</b>" is a <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a> song originally recorded by <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> for their 1965 album <i><a href="/wiki/Help!" title="Help!">Help!</a></i></span></p></blockquote></li> <li>If the subject of the page has a common abbreviation or more than one name, the abbreviation (in parentheses) and each additional name should be in boldface on its first appearance:<blockquote><p><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><b>Sodium hydroxide</b> (<b><a href="/wiki/Sodium" title="Sodium">Na</a><a href="/wiki/Hydroxide" title="Hydroxide">OH</a></b>), also known as <b><a href="/wiki/Lye" title="Lye">lye</a></b>, <b>caustic soda</b> and (incorrectly, according to <a href="/wiki/International_Union_of_Pure_and_Applied_Chemistry" title="International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry">IUPAC</a> nomenclature) <b>sodium hydrate</b>, is ...</span></p></blockquote></li> <li>Use as few links as possible before and in the bolded title. Thereafter, words used in a title may be linked to provide more detail: <blockquote><p><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><b>Arugam Bay</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Bay" title="Bay">bay</a> situated on the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a> in the dry zone of <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>'s southeast coast.</span></p></blockquote></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_rest_of_the_opening_paragraph" data-mw-thread-id="h-The_rest_of_the_opening_paragraph-Lead_section"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-The_rest_of_the_opening_paragraph-Lead_section"></span>The rest of the opening paragraph<span data-mw-comment-end="h-The_rest_of_the_opening_paragraph-Lead_section"></span></h3></div> <p>Then proceed with a description. Remember, the basic significance of a topic may not be obvious to nonspecialist readers, even if they understand the basic characterization or definition. Tell them. For instance: </p> <dl><dd><b>Peer review</b>, known as <i>refereeing</i> in some academic fields, is a scholarly process used in the publication of manuscripts and in the awarding of money for research. Publishers and agencies use peer review to select and to screen submissions. At the same time, the process assists authors in meeting the standards of their discipline. Publications and awards that have not undergone peer review are liable to be regarded with suspicion by scholars and professionals in many fields.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_rest_of_the_lead_section" data-mw-thread-id="h-The_rest_of_the_lead_section-Lead_section"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-The_rest_of_the_lead_section-Lead_section"></span>The rest of the lead section<span data-mw-comment-end="h-The_rest_of_the_lead_section-Lead_section"></span></h3></div> <p>If the article is long enough for the lead section to contain several paragraphs, then the first paragraph should be short and to the point, with a clear explanation of what the subject of the page is. The following paragraphs should give a summary of the article. They should provide an overview of the main points the article will make, summarizing the primary reasons the subject matter is interesting or notable, including its more important controversies, if there are any. </p><p>The appropriate length of the lead section depends on the total length of the article. As a general guideline: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Article length </th> <th>Lead length </th></tr> <tr> <td>Fewer than 15,000 characters </td> <td>One or two paragraphs </td></tr> <tr> <td>15,000–30,000 characters </td> <td>Two or three paragraphs </td></tr> <tr> <td>More than 30,000 characters </td> <td>Three or four paragraphs </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Lead_follows_body"" data-mw-thread-id="h-"Lead_follows_body"-Lead_section"><span id=".22Lead_follows_body.22"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-"Lead_follows_body"-Lead_section"></span>"Lead follows body"<span data-mw-comment-end="h-"Lead_follows_body"-Lead_section"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:LEADFOLLOWSBODY"></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:LEADFOLLOWSBODY&redirect=no">WP:LEADFOLLOWSBODY</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>The sequence in which you edit should usually be: first change the body, then update the lead to summarize the body. Several editors might add or improve some information in the body of the article, and then another editor might update the lead once the new information has stabilized. Don't try to update the lead first, hoping to provide direction for future changes to the body. There are three reasons why editing the body first and then making the lead reflect it leads to improvement of articles. </p><p>First, it keeps the lead in sync with the body. The lead, being a summary of the article, promises that the body will deliver fuller treatment of each point. Generally, wiki pages are imperfect at all times, but they should be complete, useful articles at all times. They should not contain "under construction" sections or refer to features and information that editors hope they will contain in the future. It's much worse for the lead to promise information that the body does not deliver than for the body to deliver information that the lead does not promise. </p><p>Second, good ways to summarize material usually only become clear after that material has been written. If you add a new point to the lead before it's covered in the body, you only think you know what the body <i>will</i> eventually contain. When the material is actually covered in the body, and checked and improved, usually by multiple editors, then you <i>know.</i> (If having a rough, tentative summary helps you write the body, keep your own private summary, either on your computer or in your User space.) </p><p>Third, on contentious pages, people often get into edit wars over the lead because the lead is the most prominent part of the article. It's much harder to argue constructively over high-level statements when you don't share common understanding of the lower-level information that they summarize. Space is scarce in the lead, so people are tempted to cram too much into one sentence, or pile on lots of references, in order to fully state and prove their case—resulting in an unreadable lead. In the body, you have all the space you need to cover subtleties and to cover opposing ideas fairly and in depth, separately, one at a time. Once the opposing ideas have been shaken out and covered well in the body, editing the lead without warring often becomes much easier. Instead of arguing about what is true or what all the competing sources say, now you are just arguing over whether the lead fairly summarizes what's currently in the body. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Use_other_languages_sparingly" data-mw-thread-id="h-Use_other_languages_sparingly"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Use_other_languages_sparingly"></span>Use other languages sparingly<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Use_other_languages_sparingly"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Foreign_terms" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Wikipedia:Manual of Style § Foreign terms</a></div> <p>It is fine to include foreign terms as extra information, but avoid writing articles that can only be understood if the reader understands the foreign terms. Such words are equivalent to <a href="/wiki/Jargon" title="Jargon">jargon</a>, which should be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Explain_jargon" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Explain jargon">explained</a> somehow. In the English-language Wikipedia, the English form does not always have to come first: sometimes the non-English word is better as the main text, with the English in parentheses or set off by commas after it, and sometimes not. For example, see <a href="/wiki/Perestroika" title="Perestroika">Perestroika</a>. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NONENGLISHTITLE"></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:NONENGLISHTITLE&redirect=no">WP:NONENGLISHTITLE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Non-English words in the English-language Wikipedia should be written in <i>italics</i>. Non-English words should be used as titles for entries <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(use_English)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English)">only as a last resort</a>. Again, see <a href="/wiki/Perestroika" title="Perestroika">Perestroika</a>. </p><p>English title terms taken from a language that does not use the Roman alphabet can include the native spelling in parentheses. See, for example, <a href="/wiki/I_Ching" title="I Ching">I Ching</a> (<a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">simplified Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hans">易经</span>; <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">traditional Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">易經</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Yìjīng</span></i>) or <a href="/wiki/Sophocles" title="Sophocles">Sophocles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Σοφοκλῆς</span>). The native spelling is useful for precisely identifying foreign words, since transliterations may be inaccurate or ambiguous. Foreign terms within the article body do not need native spellings if they can be specified as title terms in separate articles; just link to the appropriate article on first occurrence. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Use_color_sparingly" data-mw-thread-id="h-Use_color_sparingly"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Use_color_sparingly"></span>Use color sparingly<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Use_color_sparingly"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Help:Using_colors" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Using colors">Help:Using colors</a></div> <p>If possible, avoid presenting information with color only within the article's text and in tables. </p><p>Color should only be used sparingly, as a secondary visual aid. Computers and browsers vary, and you cannot know how much color, if any, is visible on the recipient's machine. Wikipedia is international: colors have different meaning in different cultures. Too many colors on one page look cluttered and unencyclopedic. Specifically, use the color red only for alerts and warnings. </p><p>Awareness of color should be allowed for low-vision viewers: poor lighting, color blindness, <a href="/wiki/Screen_reader" title="Screen reader">screen reader</a> software, dark or overbright screens, monochrome screens, and the wrong contrast/color settings on the display screen. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms" data-mw-thread-id="h-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"><span id="Use_clear.2C_precise_and_accurate_terms"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"></span>Use clear, precise and accurate terms<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Be_concise" data-mw-thread-id="h-Be_concise-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Be_concise-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"></span>Be concise<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Be_concise-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"></span></h3></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:DETAIL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DETAIL">WP:DETAIL</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BECONCISE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BECONCISE">WP:BECONCISE</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TERSE"></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:TERSE&redirect=no">WP:TERSE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Articles should use only necessary words. This does not mean using fewer words is always better; rather, when considering equivalent expressions, choose the more concise. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/William_Strunk,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="William Strunk, Jr.">William Strunk, Jr.</a> from the 1918 work, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style" title="The Elements of Style">The Elements of Style</a></i></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Reduce sentences to the essentials. Wordiness does not add credibility to Wikipedia articles. Avoid circumlocutions like "due to the fact that" in place of "because", or "at the present time" for "currently". Ongoing events should be qualified with "as of 2024". Wikipedia "grammar bots" will replace these types of expressions with correct wording. </p><p>Conciseness does not justify removing information from an article. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Principle_of_least_astonishment" data-mw-thread-id="h-Principle_of_least_astonishment-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Principle_of_least_astonishment-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"></span>Principle of least astonishment<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Principle_of_least_astonishment-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable plainlinks selfreference noprint">For the principle of least astonishment as applied to potentially offensive content, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Offensive_material#least_astonishment" title="Wikipedia:Offensive material">WP:Offensive material#least astonishment</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Controversial_content" class="extiw" title="wmf:Resolution:Controversial content">wmf:Resolution:Controversial content</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTWHATFIRSTCOMESTOMIND" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTWHATFIRSTCOMESTOMIND">WP:NOTWHATFIRSTCOMESTOMIND</a>, <a href="/wiki/MOS:BOLDREDIRECT" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:BOLDREDIRECT">MOS:BOLDREDIRECT</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:R#ASTONISH" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:R">WP:R § ASTONISH</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PLA"></span><span id="WP:LEAST"></span><span id="WP:ASTONISH"></span><span id="WP:SURPRISE"></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:PLA&redirect=no">WP:PLA</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:LEAST&redirect=no">WP:LEAST</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ASTONISH&redirect=no">WP:ASTONISH</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SURPRISE&redirect=no">WP:SURPRISE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>When the <a href="/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishment" title="Principle of least astonishment">principle of least astonishment</a> is successfully employed, information is understood by the reader without struggle. The average reader should not be shocked, surprised, or confused by what they read. Do not use provocative language. Instead, offer information gently. Use consistent vocabulary in parts that are technical and difficult. To work out which parts of the sentence are going to be difficult for the reader, try to put yourself in the position of a reader hitherto uninformed on the subject. </p><p>You should plan your page structure and links so that everything appears reasonable and makes sense. A link should not take readers to somewhere other than where they thought it would go. </p><p>Avoid <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:EASTEREGG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:EASTEREGG">Easter-egg links</a>, which require the reader to open them before understanding what's going on. Instead, use a <a href="/wiki/Appositive" class="mw-redirect" title="Appositive">short phrase or a few words</a> to describe what the link will refer to once it's opened. </p><p>Similarly, make sure that concepts being used as the basis for further discussion have already been defined or linked to a proper article. Explain causes before consequences and make sure your logical sequence is clear and sound, especially to the layperson. </p><p>Ensure that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect" title="Wikipedia:Redirect">redirects</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">hatnotes</a> that are likely to be useful are in place. </p><p>We cannot control all astonishment – the point of an encyclopedia is to learn things, after all. But limiting the surprises our readers find within our articles' text will encourage rather than frustrate our readers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Use_of_"refers_to"" data-mw-thread-id="h-Use_of_"refers_to"-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"><span id="Use_of_.22refers_to.22"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Use_of_"refers_to"-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"></span>Use of "refers to"<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Use_of_"refers_to"-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"></span></h3></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:Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary#Fixing_the_introductory_sentence:_removing_"refers_to"" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary">Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary § Fixing the introductory sentence: removing "refers to"</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section#First_sentence" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section § First sentence</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:REFERS"></span><span id="WP:UMD"></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:REFERS&redirect=no">WP:REFERS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:UMD&redirect=no">WP:UMD</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Phrases such as <i><b>refers to</b></i>, <i>is the name of</i>, <i>describes</i>, or <i>is a term for</i> are sometimes used inappropriately in the first sentence of Wikipedia articles. For the vast majority of articles, the introduction is <i>using</i> a term, rather than <i>mentioning</i> it. This is known as the <i><a href="/wiki/Use%E2%80%93mention_distinction" title="Use–mention distinction">use–mention distinction</a></i>. </p><p>For example, the article <a href="/wiki/Computer_architecture" title="Computer architecture">Computer architecture</a> once began with the sentence, "<span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);"><b>Computer architecture</b> refers to the theory behind the design of a computer.</span>" That is not true: Computer architecture <em>is</em> the theory. The <em>words</em> "computer architecture" refer to the theory, but the article is not about the words; it is about the theory. Thus it is better to say, "<span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><b>Computer architecture</b> is the theory behind the design of a computer.</span>" </p><p>To speak easily of the scope of a <a href="/wiki/Hyponymy_and_hypernymy" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyponymy and hypernymy">hyponym</a> without confusing the term for the thing, one can simply say that "[hyponym] is any of various [hypernym]" or "any of a class of [hypernym] with trait X", such as "A pine is any conifer in the genus <i>Pinus</i> of the family Pinaceae" (not "Pine refers to any tree in the genus <i>Pinus</i> of the family Pinaceae"). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation pages</a> <i>mention</i> the term, so in such cases it is correct to write "<span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><b>Great Schism</b> may refer to either of two schisms in the history of Christianity: ...</span>". However, a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_is_an_article%3F" title="Wikipedia:What is an article?">content article</a> should read "<span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">There have been two <b>Great Schisms</b> in the history of Christianity</span>". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Check_your_facts" data-mw-thread-id="h-Check_your_facts-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Check_your_facts-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"></span>Check your facts<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Check_your_facts-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"></span></h3></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:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Wikipedia:Verifiability</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:FACTCHECK"></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:FACTCHECK&redirect=no">WP:FACTCHECK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Write material that is true: check your facts. Do not write material that is false. This might require that you verify your alleged facts. </p><p>This is a crucial part of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">citing good sources</a>: even if you think you know something, you have to provide references anyway to prove to the reader that the fact is true. Material that seems to naturally stem from sourced claims might not have been actually claimed. In searching for good references to cite, you might even learn something new. </p><p>Be careful about deleting material that may be factual. If you are inclined to delete something from an entry, first consider checking whether it is true. If material <i>is</i> apparently factual, in other words substantiated and cited, be extra careful about deleting. An encyclopedia is a collection of facts. If another editor provided a fact, there was probably a reason for it that should not be overlooked. Therefore, consider each fact provided as potentially precious. Is the context or overall presentation the issue? If the fact does not belong in one particular article, maybe it belongs in another. </p><p>Examine entries you have worked on subsequent to revision by others. Have facts been omitted or deleted? It may be the case that you failed to provide sufficient substantiation for the facts, or that the facts you incorporated may need a clearer relationship to the entry. Protect your facts, but also be sure that they are presented meaningfully. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Check_your_fiction" data-mw-thread-id="h-Check_your_fiction-Check_your_facts"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Check_your_fiction-Check_your_facts"></span>Check your fiction<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Check_your_fiction-Check_your_facts"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:CYF"></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:CYF&redirect=no">WP:CYF</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">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(writing_about_fiction)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)">Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)</a></div> <p>The advice about factual articles also applies to articles on fiction subjects. Further considerations apply when writing about fictional topics because they are <i>inherently not real</i>. It is important to keep these articles verifiable and encyclopedic. </p><p>If you add fictional information, clearly distinguish fact and fiction. As with normal articles, establish context so that a reader unfamiliar with the subject can get an idea about the article's meaning without having to check several links. Instead of writing: </p> <dl><dd><span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);"><b>Trillian</b> is <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Dent" title="Arthur Dent">Arthur Dent</a>'s girlfriend. She was taken away from Earth by <a href="/wiki/Zaphod" class="mw-redirect" title="Zaphod">Zaphod</a> when he met her at a party. She meets Dent while travelling with Zaphod.</span></dd></dl> <p>write: </p> <dl><dd><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><b>Trillian</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Fictional_character" class="mw-redirect" title="Fictional character">fictional character</a> from <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Adams" title="Douglas Adams">Douglas Adams</a>'s radio, book and film series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy" title="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a></i>. In the first book, Trillian is introduced to the main character <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Dent" title="Arthur Dent">Arthur Dent</a> on a spaceship. In her backstory, she was taken away from Earth when the space alien <a href="/wiki/Zaphod_Beeblebrox" title="Zaphod Beeblebrox">Zaphod Beeblebrox</a> met her at a party.</span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Use_of_fictional_tenses" data-mw-thread-id="h-Use_of_fictional_tenses-Check_your_facts"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Use_of_fictional_tenses-Check_your_facts"></span>Use of fictional tenses<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Use_of_fictional_tenses-Check_your_facts"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:FICTENSE"></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:FICTENSE&redirect=no">WP:FICTENSE</a></span></li></ul></div></div><p><span class="anchor" id="Tense"></span><span class="anchor" id="Tense_in_fiction"></span> </p><p>Works of fiction are generally considered to "come alive" for their audience. They therefore exist in a kind of perpetual present, regardless of when the fictional action is supposed to take place relative to the reader's "now". Thus, generally you should write about fiction using the <i><a href="/wiki/Historical_present#In_describing_fiction" title="Historical present">historical present tense</a></i>, not the past tense. (See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Verb_tense" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">WP:Manual of Style § Verb tense</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Writing_about_fiction#Contextual_presentation" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction">WP:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction § Contextual presentation</a>.) Examples: </p> <dl><dd>Homer <i><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">presents</span></i>, Achilles <i><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">rages</span></i>, Andromache <i><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">laments</span></i>, Priam <i><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">pleads</span></i>.</dd> <dd><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">Holden Caulfield <i>has</i> a certain disdain for what he <i>sees</i> as 'phony'.</span></dd> <dd><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><i>Friends</i> <i>is</i> an American sitcom that <i>was</i> aired on NBC.</span></dd></dl> <p>Conversely, discussion of history is usually written in the past tense and thus "fictional history" may be presented in that way as well. </p> <dl><dd><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">Chroniclers <i>claimed</i> that Thalestris, queen of the Amazons, <i>seduced</i> Alexander the Great.</span></dd></dl> <p>Articles about fictional topics should not read like <a href="/wiki/Book_report" title="Book report">book reports</a>; instead, they should explain the topic's significance to the work. After reading the article, the reader should be able to understand why a character, place, or event was included in the fictional work. </p><p>Editors are generally discouraged from adding fictional information from sources that cannot be verified or are limited to a very small number of readers, such as <a href="/wiki/Fan_fiction" title="Fan fiction">fan fiction</a> and online role-playing games. In the latter case, if you absolutely have to write about the subject, please be especially careful to cite your sources. </p><p>If the subject, say a character in a television show, is too limited to be given a full article, then integrate information about that character into a larger article. It is better to write a larger article about the television show or a fictional universe itself than to create all sorts of stubs about its characters that nobody can find. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Stay_on_topic" data-mw-thread-id="h-Stay_on_topic-Check_your_facts"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Stay_on_topic-Check_your_facts"></span>Stay on topic<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Stay_on_topic-Check_your_facts"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:TOPIC" redirects here. For information about the Topic namespace, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Flow" title="Wikipedia:Flow">Wikipedia:Flow</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:OFFTOPIC" redirects here. For the guideline on collapsing off-topic talk page discussions, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TALKOFFTOPIC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TALKOFFTOPIC">Wikipedia:TALKOFFTOPIC</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TOPIC"></span><span id="WP:OFFTOPIC"></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:TOPIC&redirect=no">WP:TOPIC</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OFFTOPIC&redirect=no">WP:OFFTOPIC</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>The most readable articles contain no irrelevant (nor only loosely relevant) information. While writing an article, you might find yourself digressing into a side subject. If you are wandering off-topic, consider placing the additional information into a different article, where it will fit more closely with that topic. If you provide a link to the other article, readers who are interested in the side topic have the option of digging into it, but readers who are not interested will not be distracted by it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pay_attention_to_spelling" data-mw-thread-id="h-Pay_attention_to_spelling-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Pay_attention_to_spelling-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"></span>Pay attention to spelling<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Pay_attention_to_spelling-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Spellchecking" title="Wikipedia:Spellchecking">Wikipedia:Spellchecking</a></div> <p><b>Pay attention to spelling</b>, particularly of new page names. Articles with good spelling and proper grammar can help encourage further contributions of well-formed content. Proper spelling of an article name will also make it easier for other authors to link their articles to your article. Sloppiness begets sloppiness, so always do your best. </p> <ul><li>Browsers have the native ability to highlight misspelled words in text boxes.</li> <li>Use free online dictionaries like <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.askoxford.com/">Ask Oxford</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dictionary.com/">Dictionary.com</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.onelook.com/">Onelook.com</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//www.google.com/help/features.html#definitions">Google Define</a> and a spell checker such as <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spellcheck.net/">SpellCheck.net</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gingersoftware.com/spellcheck">GingerSoftware</a>, or your browser's built-in spell checker. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Typo_Team" title="Wikipedia:Typo Team">Wikipedia:Typo Team</a> for tips on how to use these resources.</li> <li>Articles may also be spell-checked in a word processor before being saved. A free word processor may be obtained from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org</a> or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.libreoffice.org/">LibreOffice.org</a>.</li> <li>A "draft" message on certain free email websites, such as <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gmail.com/">Gmail</a>, can also provide spell-check. This might be convenient, especially regarding email websites with which you are already familiar and use often.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Avoid_peacock_and_weasel_terms" data-mw-thread-id="h-Avoid_peacock_and_weasel_terms-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Avoid_peacock_and_weasel_terms-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"></span>Avoid peacock and weasel terms<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Avoid_peacock_and_weasel_terms-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"></span></h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PEACOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PEACOCK">Avoid peacock terms</a> that show off the subject of the article without containing any real information. Similarly, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WEASEL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WEASEL">avoid weasel words</a> that offer an opinion without really backing it up, and which are really used to express a non-neutral point of view. </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#efefef"> <th colspan="3" style="border-right:0px;">Examples of <b>peacock terms</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td>an important...</td> <td>one of the most prestigious...</td> <td>one of the best... </td></tr> <tr> <td>the most influential...</td> <td>a significant...</td> <td>the great... </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#efefef"> <th colspan="3" style="border-right:0px;">Examples of <b>weasel words</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Some people say...</td> <td>...is widely regarded as...</td> <td>..is widely considered... </td></tr> <tr> <td>...has been called...</td> <td>It is believed that...</td> <td>It has been suggested/noticed/decided... </td></tr> <tr> <td>Some people believe...</td> <td>It has been said that...</td> <td>Some would say... </td></tr> <tr> <td>Legend has it that...</td> <td>Critics say that...</td> <td>Many/some have claimed... </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Believe in your subject. Let the facts speak for themselves. If your <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> player, <a href="/wiki/Canton_(administrative_division)" title="Canton (administrative division)">canton</a>, or species of <a href="/wiki/Beetle" title="Beetle">beetle</a> is worth the reader's time, it will come out through the facts. However, in some cases (for example, history of graphic design) using superlative adjectives (in the "... <i>one of the</i> most important figures in the history of ..." format) in the description may help readers with no previous knowledge about the subject to learn about the importance or generally perceived status of the subject discussed. Note that to use this type of superlative adjective format, the most reputable experts in the relevant field must support the claim. </p><p>Avoid blanket terms unless you have verified them. For example, <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_U.S._county_name_etymologies#Montgomery_County_(18_counties)" title="List of the most common U.S. county name etymologies">this article</a> states that of the 18 Montgomery Counties in the United States, <b>most</b> are named after Richard Montgomery. This is a blanket statement. It may very well be true, but is it reliable? In this instance, the editor had done the research to verify this. Without the research, the statement should not be made. It is always a good idea to describe the research done and sign it on the article's talk page. </p><p>If you wish to, or must refer to an opinion, first make sure someone who holds some standing in that subject gives it. A view on former American President <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> from <a href="/wiki/Henry_Kissinger" title="Henry Kissinger">Henry Kissinger</a> is more interesting for the reader than one from your teacher from school. Then say who holds the opinion being given, preferably with a source or a quote for it. Compare the following: </p> <dl><dd>Some critics of <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> have said he has low intelligence.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>Author <a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore" title="Michael Moore">Michael Moore</a> in his book <i><a href="/wiki/Stupid_White_Men_...and_Other_Sorry_Excuses_for_the_State_of_the_Nation!" class="mw-redirect" title="Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!">Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!</a></i> wrote an open letter to George Bush. In it, he asked, "George, are you able to read and write on an adult level?"</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Examples" data-mw-thread-id="h-Examples-Avoid_peacock_and_weasel_terms"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Examples-Avoid_peacock_and_weasel_terms"></span>Examples<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Examples-Avoid_peacock_and_weasel_terms"></span></h4></div> <p>Sometimes the way around using these terms is to replace the statements with the facts that back them up. Instead of: </p> <dl><dd><span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);">The Yankees are one of the greatest baseball teams in history.</span></dd></dl> <p>Write: </p> <dl><dd><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">The New York Yankees have won 27 World Series championships—almost three times as many as any other team.</span></dd></dl> <p>By sticking to concrete and factual information, we can avoid the need to give any opinion at all. Doing so also makes for writing that is much more interesting, for example: </p> <dl><dd><span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);"><b>William Peckenridge,</b> eighth <b>Duke of Omnium</b> (1642? – May 8, 1691) is widely considered to be one of the most important men to carry that title.</span></dd> <dd><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><b>William Peckenridge,</b> eighth <b>Duke of Omnium</b> (1642? – May 8, 1691) was personal counselor to <a href="/wiki/James_I" class="mw-disambig" title="James I">King James I</a>, general in the <a href="/wiki/Wars_of_the_Roses" title="Wars of the Roses">Wars of the Roses</a>, a chemist, bandleader, and the director of the secret society known as The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. He expanded the title of Omnium to include protectorship of Guiana and right of revocation for civil-service appointments in India.</span></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Show,_don%27t_tell" title="Show, don't tell">Show, don't tell</a>. The first example simply <i>tells</i> the reader that William Peckenridge was important. The second example <i>shows</i> the reader why he was important. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Exceptions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Exceptions-Avoid_peacock_and_weasel_terms"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Exceptions-Avoid_peacock_and_weasel_terms"></span>Exceptions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Exceptions-Avoid_peacock_and_weasel_terms"></span></h4></div> <p>When repeating established views, it may be easier to simply state: "Before <a href="/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus" title="Nicolaus Copernicus">Nicolaus Copernicus</a>, most people thought the sun revolved round the earth", rather than sacrifice clarity with details and sources, particularly if the statement forms only a small part of your article. However, in general, everything should be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">sourced</a>, whether within the text, with a footnote, or with a general reference. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Make_omissions_explicit_for_other_editors" data-mw-thread-id="h-Make_omissions_explicit_for_other_editors-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Make_omissions_explicit_for_other_editors-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"></span>Make omissions explicit for other editors<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Make_omissions_explicit_for_other_editors-Use_clear,_precise_and_accurate_terms"></span></h3></div> <p><b>Make omissions explicit</b> when creating or editing an article. When writing an article, always aim for completeness. If for some reason you cannot cover a point that should be explained, <i>make that omission explicit</i>. You can do this either by leaving a note on the discussion page or by leaving <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COMMENT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COMMENT">HTML comments</a> within the text and adding a notice to the bottom about the omissions. This has two purposes: it entices others to contribute, and it alerts non-experts that the article they are reading does not yet give the full story. </p><p>That's why Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia—we work together to achieve what we could not achieve individually. Every aspect that you cover means less work for someone else, plus you may cover something that someone else may not think of but which is nevertheless important to the subject. Add {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Todo" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Todo">To do</a>}} to the top of the talk page of articles for which you can establish some goals, priorities or things to do. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Other_issues" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_issues"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_issues"></span>Other issues<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_issues"></span></h2></div> <dl><dt>Honorifics</dt> <dd>Do not use <a href="/wiki/Honorific" title="Honorific">honorifics</a> or <a href="/wiki/Title" title="Title">titles</a>, such as Mr, Ms, Rev, Doctor, Professor, etc. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(royalty_and_nobility)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (royalty and nobility)">Wikipedia:Naming conventions (royalty and nobility)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biography" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biography">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biography</a></dd> <dt>Inappropriate subjects</dt> <dd>If you are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Masking_the_lack_of_notability" title="Wikipedia:Masking the lack of notability">trying to dress up</a> something that doesn't belong in Wikipedia—your band, your Web site, your company's product—think twice about it. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTADVERTISING" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTADVERTISING">Wikipedia is not an advertising medium</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTWEBHOST" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTWEBHOST">home page service</a>. Wikipedians are pretty clever, and if an article is really just <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest#Self-promotion" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">personal gratification</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Spam" title="Wikipedia:Spam">blatant advertising</a>, it's not going to last long—no matter how "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipuffery" title="Wikipedia:Wikipuffery">important</a>" you say the subject is.</dd> <dt>Integrate changes</dt> <dd><span class="anchor" id="Integrate_changes"></span>When you make a change to some text, rather than appending the new text you would like to see included at the bottom of the page, if you feel so motivated, please place and edit your comments so that they flow seamlessly with the present text. Wikipedia articles should not end up being a series of disjointed comments about a subject, but unified, seamless, and ever-expanding expositions of the subject.</dd> <dt>Avoiding common mistakes</dt> <dd>It is easy to commit a Wikipedia <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/faux_pas" class="extiw" title="wikt:faux pas">faux pas</a></i>. That is OK—everybody does it! Nevertheless, here are a few you might <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoiding_common_mistakes" title="Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes">try to avoid</a>.</dd> <dt>Make a personal copy</dt> <dd>Suppose you get into an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Edit war">edit war</a>. Or worse, a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reverting" title="Wikipedia:Reverting">revert</a> war. Therefore, you try to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Staying_cool_when_the_editing_gets_hot" title="Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot">stay cool</a>. This is good. Congratulations! However, what would be great is if you could carry on working on the article, even though there is an edit war going on, and even though the version on the top is the evil one favored by the other side in the dispute.</dd> <dd>So, <b>make a temporary personal copy</b> as a subpage of your user page. Just <a href="/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Starting a new page">start a new page</a> at <a href="/wiki/Special:MyPage/Article_name" title="Special:MyPage/Article name">Special:MyPage/Article name</a> (it can be renamed in the <a href="/wiki/URL" title="URL">URL</a> address to start a page with a different article name), and copy and paste the wiki-source in there. Then you can carry on improving the article at your own pace! If you like, drop a note on the appropriate <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Talk page">talk page</a> to let people know what you are doing.</dd> <dd>Some time later, at your leisure, once the fuss has died down, merge your improvements back in to the article proper. Maybe the other person has left Wikipedia, finding it not to their taste. Maybe they have gone on to other projects. Maybe they have changed their mind. Maybe someone else has made similar edits anyway (although they may not be as good as yours, as you have had more time to consider the matter). Alternative versions of pages <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UP#COPIES" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UP">should be deleted</a> once you are finished with them.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_development" title="Wikipedia:Article development">Wikipedia:Article development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Basic_copyediting" title="Wikipedia:Basic copyediting">Wikipedia:Basic copyediting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_streamline_a_plot_summary" title="Wikipedia:How to streamline a plot summary">Wikipedia:How to streamline a plot summary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_article_fixation" title="Wikipedia:Main article fixation">Wikipedia:Main article fixation</a> (essay)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Principle_of_Some_Astonishment" title="Wikipedia:Principle of Some Astonishment">Wikipedia:Principle of Some Astonishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Peer_review" title="Wikipedia:Peer review">Wikipedia:Peer review</a>, where experienced editors carefully go through an article, significantly helping it toward <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles" title="Wikipedia:Good articles">Good</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles">Featured</a> article status</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-10-18/Dispatches#Common_issues_seen_in_Peer_review" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-10-18/Dispatches">Common issues seen in Peer review</a>" from <i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/About" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/About">The Signpost</a></i>, the online newspaper covering the <a href="/wiki/English_Wikipedia" title="English Wikipedia">English Wikipedia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_movement" title="Wikimedia movement">Wikimedia movement</a></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAmy_Schade2018" class="citation web cs1">Amy Schade (February 11, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nngroup.com/topic/writing-web/">"Inverted Pyramid: Writing for Comprehension"</a>. <i>Topic: Writing for the Web</i>. <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_Norman_Group" title="Nielsen Norman Group">Nielsen Norman Group</a>.</cite><span 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Number of characters is listed on the right under the Prose column.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Taken from <a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/799273526" title="Special:PermanentLink/799273526">Policy analysis</a> as of 6 September 2017.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For example: <blockquote><p><b>Amalie Emmy Noether</b> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˈnøːtɐ]</a></span> (23 March 1882 – 14 April 1935) was a German <a href="/wiki/Mathematician" title="Mathematician">mathematician</a> known for her groundbreaking contributions to <a href="/wiki/Abstract_algebra" title="Abstract algebra">abstract algebra</a> and her contributions to <a href="/wiki/Theoretical_physics" title="Theoretical physics">theoretical physics</a>.</p></blockquote> <p>This example not only tells the reader that the subject was a mathematician, it also indicates her field of expertise and work she did outside of it. The years of her birth and death provide time context. The reader who goes no further in this article already knows when she lived, what work she did, and why she is notable. (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(biographies)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies)">Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies)</a> has more on the specific format for biography articles.) </p> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For example: <blockquote><p>This <b>Manual of Style</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Style_guide" title="Style guide">style guide</a> containing ...</p></blockquote> <p>not </p> <blockquote><p>This <a href="/wiki/Style_guide" title="Style guide">style guide</a>, known as the <b>Manual of Style</b>, contains ...</p></blockquote></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For example, in the article "<a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>": <blockquote><p>The <b>United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland</b>, commonly known as the <b>United Kingdom</b>, the <b>UK</b>, or <b>Britain</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Sovereignty" title="Sovereignty">sovereign</a> <a href="/wiki/Island_country" title="Island country">island country</a> located off the northwestern coast of <a href="/wiki/Continental_Europe" title="Continental Europe">continental Europe</a>.</p></blockquote></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thus, the article <a href="/wiki/Egg_(food)" class="mw-redirect" title="Egg (food)">Egg (food)</a> should start like this: <blockquote><p>An <b>egg</b> is an ovum produced by ...</p></blockquote> <p>Not like this: </p> <blockquote><p>An <b>egg (food)</b> is an ovum produced by ...</p></blockquote></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">When writing definitional material, remember that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary">Wikipedia is not a dictionary</a>. We do not do one-liner entries here, and the lead section does not contain notes about whether something is a noun, etc. The purpose of an <em>encyclopedic</em> definition is not to just inform the reader of the basic meaning of term, but to explain the import of the subject contextually. If a reader leaves the article after reading only the lead section, they should come away with a deeper sense of the meaning than they would get from a dictionary entry.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For example, instead of: <blockquote><p>A <b>trusted third party</b> is an entity that facilitates interactions between two parties who both trust the third party.</p></blockquote> <p>write: </p> <blockquote><p>In <a href="/wiki/Cryptography" title="Cryptography">cryptography</a>, a <b>trusted third party</b> is an entity that facilitates interactions between two parties who both trust the third party.</p></blockquote></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For example: <blockquote><p><b>Homer Simpson</b> is a fictional character in <i>The Simpsons</i>.</p></blockquote></span> </li> 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They have no official status and may represent widespread norms or minority viewpoints.">(?)</abbr></div></th></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_building,_editing,_and_deleting_content" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essay_directory#Contributing_to_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Essay directory">Essays on building, editing, and deleting content</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%">Philosophy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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title="Wikipedia:Competence is required">Competence is required</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Concession" title="Wikipedia:Concession">Concede lost arguments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dissent_is_not_disloyalty" title="Wikipedia:Dissent is not disloyalty">Dissent is not disloyalty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_lie" title="Wikipedia:Don't lie">Don't lie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_search_for_objections" title="Wikipedia:Don't search for objections">Don't search for objections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_Wikipedia_is_like_visiting_a_foreign_country" title="Wikipedia:Editing Wikipedia is like visiting a foreign country">Editing Wikipedia is like visiting a foreign country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editors_will_sometimes_be_wrong" title="Wikipedia:Editors will sometimes be wrong">Editors will sometimes be wrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Eight_simple_rules_for_editing_our_encyclopedia" title="Wikipedia:Eight simple rules for editing our encyclopedia">Eight simple rules for editing our encyclopedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Explanationism" title="Wikipedia:Explanationism">Explanationism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_criticism_of_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:External criticism of Wikipedia">External criticism of Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Here_to_build_an_encyclopedia" title="Wikipedia:Here to build an encyclopedia">Here to build an encyclopedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Leave_it_to_the_experienced" title="Wikipedia:Leave it to the experienced">Leave it to the experienced</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Levels_of_competence" title="Wikipedia:Levels of competence">Levels of competence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Levels_of_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Levels of consensus">Levels of consensus</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:Wikipedia_does_or_does_not_need_that_article" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia does or does not need that article">Need</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutrality_of_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Neutrality of sources">Neutrality of sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Not_editing_because_of_Wikipedia_restriction" title="Wikipedia:Not editing because of Wikipedia restriction">Not editing because of Wikipedia restriction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_one_question" title="Wikipedia:The one question">The one question</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversimplification" title="Wikipedia:Oversimplification">Oversimplification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paradoxes" title="Wikipedia:Paradoxes">Paradoxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Close_paraphrasing" title="Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing">Paraphrasing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POV_and_OR_from_editors,_sources,_and_fields" title="Wikipedia:POV and OR from editors, sources, and fields">POV and OR from editors, sources, and fields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Process_is_important" title="Wikipedia:Process is important">Process is important</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Product,_process,_policy" title="Wikipedia:Product, process, policy">Product, process, policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Purpose" title="Wikipedia:Purpose">Purpose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reasonability_rule" title="Wikipedia:Reasonability rule">Reasonability rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Systemic_bias" title="Wikipedia:Systemic bias">Systemic bias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:But_I%27m_an_Administrator!" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:But I'm an Administrator!">There is no seniority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ten_Simple_Rules_for_Editing_Wikipedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia">Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing" title="Wikipedia:Tendentious editing">Tendentious editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_role_of_policies_in_collaborative_anarchy" title="Wikipedia:The role of policies in collaborative anarchy">The role of policies in collaborative anarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_rules_are_principles" title="Wikipedia:The rules are principles">The rules are principles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Trifecta" title="Wikipedia:Trifecta">Trifecta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:We_are_absolutely_here_to_right_great_wrongs" title="Wikipedia:We are absolutely here to right great wrongs">We are absolutely here to right great wrongs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_in_brief" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia in brief">Wikipedia in brief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_an_encyclopedia" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is an encyclopedia">Wikipedia is an encyclopedia</a></li> 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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 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 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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 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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. 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