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mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-namespace">Wikipedia</span><span class="mw-page-title-separator">:</span><span class="mw-page-title-main">List of guidelines</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="ویکی‌پدیا:تاپشیریقلار لیستی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:تاپشیریقلار لیستی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:নির্দেশাবলীর তালিকা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:নির্দেশাবলীর তালিকা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedio:Rekomendoj" title="Vikipedio:Rekomendoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vikipedio:Rekomendoj" 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:%D9%81%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%86%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7" title="ویکی‌پدیا:فهرست رهنمودها – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:فهرست رهنمودها" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%EC%A7%80%EC%B9%A8_%EB%AA%A9%EB%A1%9D" title="위키백과:지침 목록 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:지침 목록" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Listi_yfir_sam%C3%BEykktir" title="Wikipedia:Listi yfir samþykktir – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Wikipedia:Listi yfir samþykktir" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D" title="ויקיפדיה:עקרונות וקווים מנחים ליצירת ערכים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויקיפדיה:עקרונות וקווים מנחים ליצירת ערכים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicipaedia:Regulae_propositae" title="Vicipaedia:Regulae propositae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Vicipaedia:Regulae propositae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Википедија:Список на напатствија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Википедија:Список на напатствија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%96%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95" title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:മാർഗ്ഗരേഖകളുടെ പട്ടിക – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:മാർഗ്ഗരേഖകളുടെ പട്ടിക" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Senarai_garis_panduan" title="Wikipedia:Senarai garis panduan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia:Senarai garis panduan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Zalecenia_edycyjne" title="Wikipedia:Zalecenia edycyjne – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wikipedia:Zalecenia edycyjne" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Lista_de_recomenda%C3%A7%C3%B5es" title="Wikipédia:Lista de recomendações – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikipédia:Lista de recomendações" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List%C4%83_de_%C3%AEndrum%C4%83ri" title="Wikipedia:Listă de îndrumări – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Wikipedia:Listă de îndrumări" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%9D%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%81%E0%B6%B1_%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%80" title="විකිපීඩියා:මාර්ගෝපදේශන ලැයිස්තුව – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="විකිපීඩියා:මාර්ගෝපදේශන ලැයිස්තුව" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Odpor%C3%BA%C4%8Dania" title="Wikipédia:Odporúčania – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Wikipédia:Odporúčania" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a 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For the procedural policy on guidelines, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GUIDELINE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GUIDELINE">WP:GUIDELINE</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238436933">.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 0;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);box-sizing:border-box;color:var(--color-base,#202122)}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{border:2px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ombox-delete{border:2px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ombox-content{border:1px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ombox-style{border:1px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ombox-move{border:1px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ombox-protection{border:2px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.9em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-invalid-type{text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 10%}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{clear:right;float:right;margin:4px 0 4px 1em;width:238px}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.ombox img{max-width:none!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}</style><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text">This <b>list of Wikipedia guidelines</b> includes a summary of the most important guidelines that are currently in use. For a list of policies see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">List of policies</a>. For a comprehensive but less detailed listing of policies and guidelines, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines">List of policies and guidelines</a>. For categories of guidelines, see <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia guidelines">Category:Wikipedia guidelines</a> and its subcategories. 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href="/wiki/Template:Guideline_list" title="Template:Guideline list"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Guideline_list" title="Template talk:Guideline list"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Guideline_list" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Guideline list"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Because there are a large number of guideline pages (over 200), they are subcategorized (using the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Subcat_guideline" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Subcat guideline">subcat guideline</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template) according to their purpose. </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_behavioral_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia behavioral guidelines">Behavioral guidelines</a></b> outline ways for editors to behave and interact with each other on talk pages and elsewhere at Wikipedia.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_content_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia content guidelines">Content guidelines</a></b> apply only to the article namespace (unless otherwise specified in the guideline), and offer advice on identifying and including encyclopedic information in articles.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_deletion_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia deletion guidelines">Deletion guidelines</a></b> explain criteria and procedures for deleting unwanted pages.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_editing_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia editing guidelines">Editing guidelines</a></b> usually provide non-content advice about categorization, navigation or other how-to-edit advice.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_naming_conventions" title="Category:Wikipedia naming conventions">Naming conventions</a></b> detail the correct ways to name articles on particular topics.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_notability_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia notability guidelines">Notability guidelines</a></b> outline the criteria that a subject must meet to merit a Wikipedia article.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_style_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia style guidelines">Style guidelines</a></b> contain extensive advice on writing style, formatting, grammar, and more.</li></ul> <p>Guidelines can also be navigated via the other <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines">directory</a>, <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia guidelines">categories</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines">navigation template</a> or by a <a href="/wiki/Help:Searching#Custom_search_boxes" title="Help:Searching">custom search box</a> (as seen below) </p> <div class="mw-inputbox-centered" style=""><form name="searchbox" class="searchbox mw-inputbox-form-inline" action="/wiki/Special:Search" id="style-searchbox"><div class="cdx-text-input"><input class="mw-searchInput searchboxInput cdx-text-input__input" name="search" placeholder="" size="25" dir="ltr"/></div><input type="hidden" value="deepcat:"Wikipedia guidelines"" name="searchfilter"/> <input type="hidden" name="ns4" value="1" id="mw-inputbox-ns4-style-searchbox0.809801568072" checked=""/> <input type="submit" name="fulltext" value="Search for a guideline" class="cdx-button"/><input type="hidden" value="Search" name="fulltext"/></form></div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Behavioral" data-mw-thread-id="h-Behavioral"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Behavioral"></span>Behavioral<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Behavioral"></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/Category:Wikipedia_behavioral_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia behavioral guidelines">Category:Wikipedia behavioral guidelines</a></div> <p>Behavioral guidelines expand on the twelve <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Conduct" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">conduct policies</a>. Please read these first. </p> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></dt> <dd>Unless there is strong evidence to the contrary, assume that people who work on the project are trying to help it, not hurt it.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></dt> <dd>Do not use Wikipedia to promote yourself, your website, your mixtape, or your organization.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Disruptive editing</a></dt> <dd>Participants with a pattern of edits that has the effect of disrupting progress toward improving an article or the fundamental project of building an encyclopedia may be blocked or banned indefinitely.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point" title="Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point">Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point</a></dt> <dd>State your point. However, do not spam Wikipedia, disingenuously nominate articles for deletion, push rules to their limits, or otherwise create work for other people just to prove your point.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a></dt> <dd>Editors have different views, perspectives, and backgrounds, sometimes varying widely. Treating others with respect is key to collaborating effectively in building an encyclopedia.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">Please do not bite the newcomers</a></dt> <dd>Many new contributors lack knowledge about Wikipedia policies. Nevertheless, always understand that new contributors are prospective "members" and are therefore our most valuable resource.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a></dt> <dd>Sign all of your posts on Wikipedia talk pages by typing ~~~~ to be accountable and to help others understand the conversation, but do not sign in articles.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Talk page guidelines</a></dt> <dd>Talk pages are for polite discussion serving to improve the encyclopedia, and should not be used to express personal opinions on a subject.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages</a></dt> <dd>You can use your user page to add a little information about yourself or to help you to use Wikipedia more effectively. However, remember that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTBLOG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTBLOG">Wikipedia is not a blog, webspace provider, or social networking site</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_behavioural_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_behavioural_guidelines-Behavioral"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_behavioural_guidelines-Behavioral"></span><span class="anchor" id="Other_behavioral_guidelines"></span>Other behavioural guidelines<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_behavioural_guidelines-Behavioral"></span></h3></div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Appealing_a_block" title="Wikipedia:Appealing a block">Appealing a block</a></dt> <dd>A block is not a punishment but a way to prevent disruption. Blocked users should understand the reasons for the block and convince administrators that they won't disrupt the project if they are unblocked.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Canvassing" title="Wikipedia:Canvassing">Canvassing</a></dt> <dd>When notifying other editors of discussions, keep the number of notifications small, keep the message text neutral, and don't preselect recipients according to their established opinions. Be open!</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username/Guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Changing username/Guidelines">Changing username</a></dt> <dd>How <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_renamers" class="extiw" title="m:Global renamers">global renamers</a> and <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/stewards" class="extiw" title="m:stewards">stewards</a> approach rename requests.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></dt> <dd>Courtesy vanishing means any user in good standing—upon leaving Wikipedia forever—may request renaming of their account; deletion or blanking of user pages; and possibly the deletion or blanking of discussions related to their conduct.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians/Guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians/Guidelines">Deceased Wikipedians guidelines</a></dt> <dd>An organized procedure for dealing with the accounts, userpages, and user rights of deceased Wikipedians as established by community consensus.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system" title="Wikipedia:Gaming the system">Gaming the system</a></dt> <dd>Playing games with policies and guidelines in order to avoid the spirit of consensus, or thwart the intent and spirit of policy, is strictly forbidden.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Linking_to_external_harassment" title="Wikipedia:Linking to external harassment">Linking to external harassment</a></dt> <dd>Links that contain privacy violations or malicious harassment should be avoided. Links in articles are a matter for sound editorial judgement.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Responding_to_threats_of_harm" title="Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm">Responding to threats of harm</a></dt> <dd>Threats of harm (including self-harm) should be treated seriously and reported to the Wikimedia Foundation and to administrators.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reviewing_pending_changes" title="Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes">Reviewing pending changes</a></dt> <dd>Reviewing consists of determining whether a new revision is broadly acceptable for public view, and if not, editing the article to obtain an acceptable revision.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Rollback" title="Wikipedia:Rollback">Rollback</a></dt> <dd>Rollback is available to all administrators, and can be given to other users upon request, subject to the approval. It allows the last user's consecutive edits on a given page to be undone with a single mouse click.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Spam_blacklist" title="Wikipedia:Spam blacklist">Spam blacklist</a></dt> <dd>The Spam blacklist is a control mechanism that prevents an external link from being added to an English Wikipedia page when the URL matches one listed at <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist" title="MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist">MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Content" data-mw-thread-id="h-Content"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Content"></span>Content<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Content"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_content_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia content guidelines">Category:Wikipedia content guidelines</a></div> <p>Content guidelines expand on the eight <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Content" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">content policies</a>. Please read those first. </p> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">Autobiography</a></dt> <dd>Avoid writing or editing an article about yourself, other than to correct unambiguous errors of fact.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Scientific_citation_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Scientific citation guidelines">Scientific citation guidelines</a></dt> <dd>For writing and formatting references using different citation styles.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_forks" title="Wikipedia:Content forks">Content forks</a></dt> <dd>A content fork is a piece of content (such as an inter-wiki object, a page, or a page section) that has the same scope as another piece of content that predated it, essentially covering the same topic. There are acceptable and unacceptable content forks. This guideline explains them all.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">External links</a></dt> <dd>External links should be kept minimal, meritable, and directly relevant to the article. Wikipedia is not an advertising opportunity.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Fringe theories</a></dt> <dd>Care must be taken when writing content about <a href="/wiki/Fringe_theories" class="mw-redirect" title="Fringe theories">fringe theories</a>. Fringe theories should be covered only where their influence has been recognized by independent reliable sources; otherwise, they should be removed.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_disclaimers" title="Wikipedia:No disclaimers">No disclaimers in articles</a></dt> <dd>Wikipedia contains spoilers, potentially objectionable material, and more. There is generally no need to warn readers of this.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content">Non-free content</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_use_rationale_guideline" title="Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline">Non-free use rationale guideline</a></dt> <dd>Non-free content—including all copyrighted content—can only be used in specific cases, and must be employed judiciously. Its usage must be considered fair use under US copyright law, and comply with the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria">non-free content criteria</a> policy.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">Plagiarism</a></dt> <dd>Duplicating the work of others without proper attribution is unethical and can bring the project into disrepute. Give credit where it's due.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Reliable sources</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">Reliable sources for medicine</a></dt> <dd>Information about identifying and using appropriate sources to comply with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Wikipedia's Verifiability policy</a>.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Spoiler" title="Wikipedia:Spoiler">Spoiler</a></dt> <dd>It is not acceptable to delete information on the basis that it might "spoil" a reader's experience of a narrative work.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_for_things_made_up_one_day" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not for things made up one day">Wikipedia is not for things made up one day</a></dt> <dd>Resist the temptation to write about the new, great thing you or your friends just thought up.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_content_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_content_guidelines-Content"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_content_guidelines-Content"></span>Other content guidelines<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_content_guidelines-Content"></span></h3></div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute">Accuracy dispute</a></dt> <dd>Articles for which much of the factual accuracy is actively disputed, should have a <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Disputed" title="Template:Disputed">Disputed</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> warning place at the top, and are listed at <a href="/wiki/Category:Accuracy_disputes" title="Category:Accuracy disputes">Category:Accuracy disputes</a>.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Do not create hoaxes</a></dt> <dd>Do not deliberately add hoaxes, incorrect information, or unverifiable content to articles. Articles about notable hoaxes are acceptable.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources</a></dt> <dd>Quotes of any original texts being discussed should be relevant to the discussion (or illustrative of style), and should be kept to an appropriate length.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Logos" title="Wikipedia:Logos">Logos</a></dt> <dd>When using images of logos, care must be taken about copyright, trademark and editorial concerns.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-US_copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Non-US copyrights">Non-US copyrights</a></dt> <dd>A work that is in the public domain in its home country can sometimes be under copyright in the United States, and so can not be used on Wikipedia, which is subject to US law.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Offensive_material" title="Wikipedia:Offensive material">Offensive material</a></dt> <dd>Wikipedia articles may contain offensive words and images, but only for a good reason. Do not use disclaimers.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></dt> <dd>Guideline for dealing with nonsense text.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Portal_guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Portal guidelines">Portal guidelines</a></dt> <dd>General guidelines and best practices for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Portals" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Portals">portals</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Spam" title="Wikipedia:Spam">Spam</a></dt> <dd>Spam is the inappropriate addition of links or information to Wikipedia, with the purpose of promoting an outside organization, individual or idea.</dd> <dt>Miscellaneous content guidelines</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Record_charts" title="Wikipedia:Record charts">Record charts</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Days_of_the_year" title="Wikipedia:Days of the year">WikiProject Days of the year articles</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Video_games/Article_guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Article guidelines">Video games articles</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Deletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Deletion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Deletion"></span>Deletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Deletion"></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/Category:Wikipedia_deletion_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia deletion guidelines">Category:Wikipedia deletion guidelines</a></div> <p>Deletion guidelines expand on the eight <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Deletion" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">deletion policies</a>. Please read these first. </p> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_process" title="Wikipedia:Deletion process">Deletion process</a></dt> <dd>An overview of the processes by which articles get deleted.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Speedy_keep" title="Wikipedia:Speedy keep">Speedy keep</a></dt> <dd>Closing debates at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion">Wikipedia:Articles for deletion</a>, and related pages, with a result of "speedy keep".</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_guidelines_for_administrators" title="Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators">Deletion guidelines for administrators</a></dt> <dd>Administrators should mostly use the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Wikipedia:Proposed deletion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion">Wikipedia:Articles for deletion</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion">Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion</a> pages when they think a page should be deleted. There are a few limited exceptions, which are given at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Editing" data-mw-thread-id="h-Editing"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Editing"></span>Editing<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Editing"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Wikipedia:Editing policy</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main category: <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_editing_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia editing guidelines">Wikipedia editing guidelines</a></div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a></dt> <dd>discusses the optimal size for articles.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Be bold</a></dt> <dd>Wikis develop faster when people fix problems, correct grammar, add facts, make sure the language is precise, and so on. We expect everyone to be bold. It is okay.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></dt> <dd>Resolving the conflicts that arise when a single term is <a href="/wiki/Ambiguity" title="Ambiguity">ambiguous</a>—when it refers to more than one topic covered by Wikipedia.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">Technical articles</a></dt> <dd>Strive to make each part of every article as understandable as possible to the widest audience of readers.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Categories, lists, and navigation templates</a></dt> <dd>This guideline helps editors choose appropriate grouping techniques.</dd> <dt>Categorization guidelines</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Categorization</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization_of_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Categorization of people">Categorization of people</a> including <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:People_by_year" title="Wikipedia:People by year">by year</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization/Ethnicity,_gender,_religion_and_sexuality" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Categorization/Ethnicity, gender, religion and sexuality">by ethnicity, gender, religion and sexuality</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorizing_redirects" title="Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects">Redirect categories</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_categories" title="Wikipedia:User categories">User categories</a>.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Overcategorization" title="Wikipedia:Overcategorization">Overcategorization</a></dt> <dd>Overcategorization makes categories more crowded and less useful.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reviewing_good_articles" title="Wikipedia:Reviewing good articles">Reviewing good articles</a></dt> <dd>Provides advice on how to fairly review <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles" title="Wikipedia:Good articles">good articles</a>.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages" title="Wikipedia:Subpages">Subpages</a></dt> <dd>Creation of subpages in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_namespace" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Main namespace">main namespace</a> is not allowed. Subpages may be created in other <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Namespace" title="Wikipedia:Namespace">namespaces</a> using the slash (/) character.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_editing_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_editing_guidelines-Editing"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_editing_guidelines-Editing"></span>Other editing guidelines<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_editing_guidelines-Editing"></span></h3></div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copying_within_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia">Copying within Wikipedia and Wikimedia</a></dt> <dd>When copying content from one article to another, at a minimum provide attribution and a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Linking" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Linking">link</a> back to the source page in the <a href="/wiki/Help:Edit_summary" title="Help:Edit summary">edit summary</a> at the destination page.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter" title="Wikipedia:Edit filter">Edit filter</a></dt> <dd>Guidelines on usage and administration of edit filters.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnote use</a></dt> <dd>Hatnotes are short notes placed at the top of an article or section, and provide <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Internal_link" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Internal link">links</a> to a possibly sought article, or to a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation page">disambiguation page</a>.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:High-risk_templates" title="Wikipedia:High-risk templates">High-risk templates protection</a></dt> <dd>High-risk templates and Lua modules may be fully protected or template protected. Edits to such pages should be infrequent.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_blanking" title="Wikipedia:Page blanking">Page blanking</a></dt> <dd>Don't blank articles; instead, request deletion.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Preparing_images_for_upload" title="Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload">Preparing images for upload</a></dt> <dd>When uploading image files to Wikipedia or, preferably, to the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons" title="Wikimedia Commons">Wikimedia Commons</a>, it is important to use the right file format for the content.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_years" title="Wikipedia:Recent years">Recent years</a></dt> <dd>This guideline is intended for recent year articles.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Red_link" title="Wikipedia:Red link">Red links</a></dt> <dd>Red links for subjects that should have articles, but do not, are not only acceptable, but needed.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Guidelines">Reference desk guidelines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Guidelines/Medical_advice" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Guidelines/Medical advice">Reference desk guidelines: medical advice</a></dt> <dd>Keep the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a> in mind when responding on the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk">reference desk</a>, and try to make it useful for our readers, and a benefit to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Substitution" title="Wikipedia:Substitution">Substitution use</a></dt> <dd>Certain templates should be substituted, while others should be transcluded.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Summary style</a></dt> <dd>Sections of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">long articles</a> should be spun off into their own articles, leaving summaries in their place.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Updating_information" title="Wikipedia:Updating information">Updating articles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:As_of" title="Wikipedia:As of">"as of" technique</a></dt> <dd>Guidelines on updating time-sensitive articles.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment">Version 1.0 Editorial Team assessment</a></dt> <dd>Assessment of articles by the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team" title="Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team">Version 1.0 Editorial Team</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Miscellaneous editing guidelines</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Broad_concept_article" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Broad concept article">Broad concept articles</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_years" title="Wikipedia:Recent years">Recent year articles</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub" title="Wikipedia:Stub">Stubs</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Set_index_articles" title="Wikipedia:Set index articles">Set index articles</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect" title="Wikipedia:Redirect">Redirects</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Soft_redirect" title="Wikipedia:Soft redirect">Soft redirects</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Naming_conventions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Naming_conventions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Naming_conventions"></span>Naming conventions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Naming_conventions"></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/Category:Wikipedia_naming_conventions" title="Category:Wikipedia naming conventions">Category:Wikipedia naming conventions</a></div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></dt> <dd>The main page for naming conventions for article titles. Also has links to topic-specific conventions on article titles.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Category_names" title="Wikipedia:Category names">Category names</a></dt> <dd>Category names should be specific, neutral, inclusive, and follow certain conventions.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_names" title="Wikipedia:File names">File names</a></dt> <dd>Image files, and other files, should have readable file names.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_naming_conventions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_naming_conventions-Naming_conventions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_naming_conventions-Naming_conventions"></span>Other naming conventions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_naming_conventions-Naming_conventions"></span></h3></div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(acronyms)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (acronyms)">Naming conventions (acronyms)</a></dt> <dd>Acronyms should be used in a page name if the subject is known primarily by its abbreviation, and that abbreviation is primarily associated with the subject.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(capitalization)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization)">Naming conventions (capitalization)</a></dt> <dd>Always lowercase any words following the first in an article title, unless they are part of a proper noun.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(country-specific_topics)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (country-specific topics)">Naming conventions (country-specific topics)</a></dt> <dd>In general, country-specific articles should be named using the form: "(Item) of (Country)".</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(definite_or_indefinite_article_at_beginning_of_name)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (definite or indefinite article at beginning of name)">Naming conventions (definite or indefinite article at beginning of name)</a></dt> <dd>There are some situations where they are warranted, but many where they are not.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(events)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (events)">Naming conventions (events)</a></dt> <dd>These apply to events and incidents, such as military conflicts, terrorist attacks, transportation accidents, natural disasters, and the like.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)">Naming conventions (geographic names)</a></dt> <dd>Conventions for determining the titles of Wikipedia articles on places, and for the use of place names in Wikipedia articles.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(numbers_and_dates)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (numbers and dates)">Naming conventions (numbers and dates)</a></dt> <dd>How numbers and dates are represented in article titles.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(long_lists)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (long lists)">Naming conventions (long lists)</a></dt> <dd>Long <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stand-alone_lists" title="Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists">stand-alone list articles</a> are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Splitting" title="Wikipedia:Splitting">split</a> into subsequent pages (alphabetically, numerically, or subtopically), to adhere to the Wikipedia guidelines on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">article size</a>.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(people)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people)">Naming conventions (people)</a></dt> <dd>Contains conventions on how to name Wikipedia articles about individual people.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(plurals)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (plurals)">Naming conventions (plurals)</a></dt> <dd>In general, Wikipedia articles have singular titles; for example, the article on everyone's favorite canine is located at <a href="/wiki/Dog" title="Dog">dog</a>, not dogs.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(technical_restrictions)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions)">Naming conventions (technical restrictions)</a></dt> <dd>Technical restrictions with article titles, category names, file names, and other page names.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(use_English)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English)">Naming conventions (use English)</a></dt> <dd>The title of an article should generally use the version of the name of the subject that is most common in the English language, as found in reliable sources. This makes it easy to find, and easy to compare information with other sources.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Miscellaneous naming conventions</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(aircraft)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (aircraft)">Aircraft</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(ancient_Romans)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ancient Romans)">Ancient Romans</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Armenian)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Armenian)">Armenian</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(astronomical_objects)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (astronomical objects)">Astronomical objects</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Australian_roads)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Australian roads)">Australian roads</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(baseball_players)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (baseball players)">Baseball players</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Belgium/Castle,_country_house,_ch%C3%A2teau_and_kasteel_naming_conventions" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Belgium/Castle, country house, château and kasteel naming conventions">Belgium: castle, country house, château and kasteel</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Belgium/Alternate_language_names" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Belgium/Alternate language names">Belgium: alternate language names</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(books)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (books)">Books</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(broadcasting)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (broadcasting)">Broadcasting</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Belgium/Brussels_naming_conventions" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Belgium/Brussels naming conventions">Brussels</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Burmese)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Burmese)">Burmese</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(chemistry)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (chemistry)">Chemistry</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Chinese)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Chinese)">Chinese</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(clergy)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (clergy)">Clergy</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_College_football/Naming_conventions" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject College football/Naming conventions">College football</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(comics)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (comics)">Comics</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(companies)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (companies)">Companies</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(ethnicities_and_tribes)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ethnicities and tribes)">Ethnicities and tribes</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(fauna)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (fauna)">Fauna</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(films)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (films)">Films</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(flora)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (flora)">Flora</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)">Geographic names</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(government_and_legislation)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (government and legislation)">Government and legislation</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Greek)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Greek)">Greek</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Hebrew)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Hebrew)">Hebrew</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(ice_hockey)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ice hockey)">Ice hockey</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Indic)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Indic)">Indic</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ireland/Ireland_Category_Norms" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland/Ireland Category Norms">Irish categories</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Korean)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Korean)">Korean</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(languages)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (languages)">Languages</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(law_enforcement_agency_categories)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (law enforcement agency categories)">Law enforcement agency categories</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Latter Day Saints)">Latter Day Saints</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Macedonia)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Macedonia)">Macedonia</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(manuscripts)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (manuscripts)">Manuscripts</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/Style_guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Style guide">Mining</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Mongolian)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Mongolian)">Mongolian</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(music)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (music)">Music</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(New_Zealand)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (New Zealand)">New Zealand</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Norse_mythology)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Norse mythology)">Norse mythology</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(operas)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (operas)">Operas</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(political_parties)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (political parties)">Political parties</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(royalty_and_nobility)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (royalty and nobility)">Royalty and nobility</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(ships)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ships)">Ships</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(sports_teams)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (sports teams)">Sports teams</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(sportspeople)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (sportspeople)">Sportspeople</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(stations_in_Poland)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (stations in Poland)">Stations in Poland</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Swiss_municipalities/Article_title_conventions" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Swiss municipalities/Article title conventions">Swiss municipalities</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(television)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (television)">Television</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Tibetan)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Tibetan)">Tibetan</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(UK_Parliament_constituencies)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (UK Parliament constituencies)">UK Parliament constituencies</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(UK_stations)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (UK stations)">UK stations</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(U.S._state_and_territory_highways)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (U.S. state and territory highways)">US state and territory highways</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(video_games)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (video games)">Video games</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(West_Bank)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (West Bank)">West Bank</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(writing_systems)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (writing systems)">Writing systems</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Notability" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notability"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notability"></span>Notability<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notability"></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/Category:Wikipedia_notability_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia notability guidelines">Category:Wikipedia notability guidelines</a> for a full list</div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></dt> <dd>Only subjects that have received significant outside attention warrant being included on Wikipedia.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Other notability guidelines</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(academics)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (academics)">Academics</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(astronomical_objects)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (astronomical objects)">Astronomical objects</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(books)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (books)">Books</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(events)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (events)">Events</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(films)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (films)">Films</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(geographic_features)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features)">Geographic features</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(music)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (music)">Music</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(numbers)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (numbers)">Numbers</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(organizations_and_companies)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)">Organizations and companies</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(people)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (people)">People</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (sports)">Sports</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(video_games)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (video games)">Video games</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(web)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (web)">Web</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Style" data-mw-thread-id="h-Style"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Style"></span>Style<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Style"></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/Category:Wikipedia_style_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia style guidelines">Category:Wikipedia style guidelines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Manual of Style">Wikipedia:WikiProject Manual of Style</a> (to join a group of editors that maintain the guidelines in this category)</div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a></dt> <dd>This is the most important style guideline, and the "parent" of all the other style guidelines. It provides guidance on matters such as spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and formatting.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Dates and numbers</a></dt> <dd>Consistent standards in the use and formatting of dates and numbers make articles easier to read, write, and edit.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Layout</a></dt> <dd>Common principles guide formatting of large-scale article components in most cases. Complicated articles may be best modeled on the layout of an existing article of appropriate structure.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Lead section</a></dt> <dd>The lead should define the topic and summarize the body of the article with appropriate weight.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Linking</a></dt> <dd>Provide links that aid navigation and understanding, but avoid cluttering the page with obvious, redundant and useless links.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch">Words to watch</a></dt> <dd>Be cautious with expressions that may introduce bias or can be interpreted in more than one way. Use clear, direct language.</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility</a></dt> <dd>Make Wikipedia pages easy to navigate and read for those with accessibility limitations.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_style_guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_style_guidelines-Style"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_style_guidelines-Style"></span>Other style guidelines<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_style_guidelines-Style"></span></h3></div> <dl><dt>Other formatting and layout style guides</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Abbreviations" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations">Abbreviations</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Capital_letters" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters">Capital letters</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Pronunciation" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation">Pronunciation</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Proper_names" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Proper names">Proper names</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Spelling" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Spelling">Spelling</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Text_formatting" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting">Text formatting</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Titles" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles">Titles</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Tables" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables">Tables</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Trivia_sections" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections">Trivia sections</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Style guidelines for images</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Images</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Captions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Captions">Captions</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Icons" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Icons">Icons</a>.</dd> <dt>List style guidelines</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Lists</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Embedded_lists" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists">Embedded lists</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists_of_works" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists of works">Lists of works</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Road_junction_lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Road junction lists">Road junction lists</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Stand-alone_lists" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stand-alone lists">Stand-alone lists</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Other content style guidelines</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biographies" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies">Biographies</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Article_message_boxes" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Article message boxes">Article message boxes</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Disambiguation_pages" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages">Disambiguation pages</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes">Infoboxes</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Self-references_to_avoid" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Self-references to avoid">Self-references to avoid</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Arts and humanities</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Anime-_and_manga-related_articles" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Anime- and manga-related articles">Anime- and manga-related articles</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Comics" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Comics">Comics</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Film" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film">Film</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Lyrics_and_poetry" title="Wikipedia:Lyrics and poetry">Lyrics and poetry</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Novels" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Novels">Novels</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Philosophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Philosophy">Philosophy</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Television" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Television">Television</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Visual_arts" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Visual arts">Visual arts</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Writing_about_fiction" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction">Writing about fiction</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Music</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Music" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music">Music</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Music_samples" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music samples">Music samples</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Record_charts" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Record charts">Record charts</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Stringed_instrument_tunings" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stringed instrument tunings">Stringed instrument tunings</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Legal</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Legal" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Legal">Legal</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Trademarks" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trademarks">Trademarks</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Regional</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Canada-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Canada-related articles">Canada</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/China-related_articles" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/China-related articles">China</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/France_and_French-related" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/France and French-related">France</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Hawaii-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Hawaii-related articles">Hawaii</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/India-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/India-related articles">India</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Ireland-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Ireland-related articles">Ireland</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Japan-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Japan-related articles">Japan</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Korea-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Korea-related articles">Korea</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Philippine-related_articles" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Philippine-related articles">Philippines</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Poland-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Poland-related articles">Poland</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Singapore-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Singapore-related articles">Singapore</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Trinidad_and_Tobago_Wikipedians%27_notice_board/Style_guide" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Trinidad and Tobago Wikipedians' notice board/Style guide">Trinidad and Tobago</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Religion</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Islam-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Islam-related articles">Islam-related articles</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Latter_Day_Saints" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Latter Day Saints">Latter Day Saints</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Science</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Computer_science/Manual_of_style" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer science/Manual of style">WikiProject Computer science</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Computing" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Computing">Computing</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Chemistry" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Chemistry">Chemistry</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Mathematics" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Mathematics">Mathematics</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Medicine-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Medicine-related articles">Medicine-related articles</a>. <a href="/wiki/Template:Taxobox/doc" title="Template:Taxobox/doc">Taxobox template</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Sports</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Cue_sports" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Cue sports">Cue sports</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Snooker" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Snooker">Snooker</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Other_guideline_categories" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_guideline_categories"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_guideline_categories"></span>Other guideline categories<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_guideline_categories"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_template_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia template guidelines">Wikipedia template guidelines</a>: guidelines concerning <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates" title="Wikipedia:Templates">templates</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_project_content_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia project content guidelines">Wikipedia project content guidelines</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Recent_changes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Recent_changes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Recent_changes"></span>Recent changes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Recent_changes"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:Wikipedia_guidelines" title="Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:Wikipedia guidelines">All recent changes</a> to guideline pages.</li></ul> <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:List_of_policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines">List of policies and guidelines</a> – a list of the principal policies and guidelines.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">List of policies</a> – a comprehensive descriptive directory of policies.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Manual of Style contents</a> – a comprehensive descriptive directory of the pages which make up the Manual of Style.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents/Directory#Community_standards_and_advice" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Contents/Directory">Community standards and advice</a> – a quick directory of community norms and related guidance essays.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide#Advice_pages" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">Advice pages</a> – WikiProject Council Guide about advice pages.</li></ul> <dl><dt>Tutorials</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_policies_and_guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Introduction to policies and guidelines">Introduction to policies and guidelines</a> – a quick introduction to the major policies and guidelines for very new users.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Keep_in_mind" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial/Keep in mind">Keep in mind</a> – a quick introduction on how to apply policies and guidelines as you go about editing.</li></ul> <dl><dt>Related essays</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplified_ruleset" title="Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset">Simplified rule-set</a> – some basic aspect of Wikipedia norms and practices. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:8_simple_rules_for_editing_our_encyclopedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:8 simple rules for editing our encyclopedia">Eight rules for editing</a> – if you start out by following these simple rules, the rest should come naturally.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ten_Simple_Rules_for_Editing_Wikipedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia">Ten rules for editing</a> – Wikipedia can be daunting, but here we provide tips to make editing smoother.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Trifecta" title="Wikipedia:Trifecta">Trifecta</a> – ultra fast overview of foundational principles related to policies and guidelines.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoiding_common_mistakes" title="Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes">Avoiding common mistakes</a> – tips on avoiding the most common <i><a href="/wiki/Faux_pas" title="Faux pas">faux pas</a></i>.</li> 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href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template talk:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wikipedia_key_policies_and_guidelines_(?)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Wikipedia key <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policies and guidelines</a> <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practices, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal.">(?)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></b></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="defines the scope of the encyclopedia and the material that is suitable for it">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Copyright</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">Copyright violations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">Autobiography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Reliable sources</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">Medicine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Do not include copies of lengthy primary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">Plagiarism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Don't create hoaxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">External links</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Conduct <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="describes how editors can successfully collaborate and what behavior is acceptable">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Ownership of content</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection" title="Wikipedia:Child protection">Child protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Paid-contribution disclosure</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Disruptive editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point" title="Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point">Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system" title="Wikipedia:Gaming the system">Gaming the system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">Please do not bite the newcomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Responding_to_threats_of_harm" title="Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm">Responding to threats of harm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Talk page guidelines</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Deletion <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the processes by which pages, revisions, and logs may be deleted">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Deletion policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed deletion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">Biographies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Criteria for speedy deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Attack_page" title="Wikipedia:Attack page">Attack page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Enforcement <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the various means by which standards may be enforced">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Blocking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">Page protection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Editing <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="documents the various protocols about style and grouping">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Summary style</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Be bold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Broad-concept_article" title="Wikipedia:Broad-concept article">Broad-concept article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">Understandability</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Style</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Contents</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Dates and numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Layout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Lead section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Linking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Lists</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Classification</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Categories, lists, and navigation templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Categorization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template namespace">Template namespace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Project content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="protocols related to administration">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="G" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">Project namespace</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">WikiProjects</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes">User boxes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages" title="Wikipedia:Subpages">Subpages</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;;background: #dddddd;color:inherit;"><abbr title="Wikimedia Foundation">WMF</abbr> <abbr title="official policies and statements of the Wikimedia Foundation">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal; background: #e6e6e6;color:inherit;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct" class="extiw" title="wmf:Policy:Universal Code of Conduct">Universal Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="wmf:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policies" class="extiw" title="wmf:Policies">List of policies</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy" class="extiw" title="wmf:Friendly space policy">Friendly space policy</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy" class="extiw" title="wmf:Resolution:Licensing policy">Licensing and copyright</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="wmf:Privacy policy">Privacy policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;;font-weight: normal;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines">List of all policies and guidelines</a></b> <ul><li><b><span style="color:#118811;"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></span></b>: <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">List of policies</a></b></li> <li><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></span></b>: <b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">List of guidelines</a></b></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Principles" title="Wikipedia:Principles">Summaries of values and principles</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Wikipedia_directories_and_indexes" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_directories" title="Template:Wikipedia directories"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_directories" title="Template talk:Wikipedia directories"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia_directories" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia directories"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wikipedia_directories_and_indexes" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Directories_and_indexes" title="Wikipedia:Directories and indexes">Wikipedia directories and indexes</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ADMINP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ADMINP">Administration<br/>pages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines">Protocols</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:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Policies</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Manual of Style</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Assistance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Directory" title="Help:Directory">Help directory</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/Help:Menu" title="Help:Menu">Menu</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ" title="Wikipedia:FAQ">FAQs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_directory" title="Wikipedia:Request directory">Interactive help</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reader%27s_index_to_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Reader's index to Wikipedia">Reader's index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tips" title="Wikipedia:Tips">Tips</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Styletips" title="Wikipedia:Styletips">Styletips</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools" title="Wikipedia:Tools">Tools</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">The community</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="Wikipedia:Community portal">Portal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dashboard" title="Wikipedia:Dashboard">Discussions</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Noticeboards#List_of_Wikipedia's_noticeboards" title="Wikipedia:Noticeboards">Noticeboards</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essay_directory" title="Wikipedia:Essay directory">Essays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editor%27s_index_to_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Editor's index to Wikipedia">Editor's index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Department_directory" title="Wikipedia:Department directory">Departments</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Maintenance" title="Wikipedia:Maintenance">Maintenance</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory">WikiProjects</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">MediaWiki</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Wikitext" title="Help:Wikitext">Wikitext</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/Help:HTML_in_wikitext" title="Help:HTML in wikitext">HTML</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index" title="Wikipedia:Template index">Templates</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Locutions</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:Wikipedia_abbreviations" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia abbreviations">Abbreviations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_summary_legend" title="Wikipedia:Edit summary legend">Edit summaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Glossary" title="Wikipedia:Glossary">Glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut_index" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut index">Shortcuts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Wikipedia:Contents">Encyclopedia<br/> proper</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Types</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Overviews" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Overviews">Overviews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines">Outlines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Lists">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Portals">Portals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Glossaries" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Glossaries">Glossaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Categories" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Categories">Categories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Indices" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Indices">Indices</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_content" title="Wikipedia:Featured content">Featured</a>, good</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles">Featured articles</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles" title="Wikipedia:Good articles">Good articles</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_lists" title="Wikipedia:Featured lists">Featured lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">Featured pictures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics" title="Wikipedia:Featured topics">Featured topics</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_topics" title="Wikipedia:Good topics">Good topics</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Topics</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/Portal:Current_events" title="Portal:Current events">Current events</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Reference" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Reference">Reference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Culture_and_the_arts" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Culture and the arts">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Geography_and_places" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Geography and places">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Health_and_fitness" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Health and fitness">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/History_and_events" title="Wikipedia:Contents/History and events">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Mathematics_and_logic" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Mathematics and logic">Math</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Natural_and_physical_sciences" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Natural and physical sciences">Nature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/People_and_self" title="Wikipedia:Contents/People and self">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Philosophy_and_thinking" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Philosophy and thinking">Philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Religion_and_belief_systems" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Religion and belief systems">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Society_and_social_sciences" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Society and social sciences">Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Technology_and_applied_sciences" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Technology and applied sciences">Technology</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">LOC, bios, times</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_academic_disciplines" title="Outline of academic disciplines">Academic disciplines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_days_of_the_year" title="List of days of the year">Anniversaries</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/November_24" title="November 24">Today</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories" title="Lists of sovereign states and dependent territories">Sovereign states and dependent territories</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/Deaths_in_2024" title="Deaths in 2024">Deaths this year</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_timelines" title="List of timelines">Timelines</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_decades,_centuries,_and_millennia" title="List of decades, centuries, and millennia">Decades, centuries, and millennia</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Indexes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/A%E2%80%93Z_index" title="Wikipedia:Contents/A–Z index">A–Z index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Categories" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Categories">Categories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dewey_Decimal_classes" title="List of Dewey Decimal classes">Dewey Decimal classes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Classification" title="Library of Congress Classification">Library of Congress Classification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Spoken_articles" title="Wikipedia:Spoken articles">Spoken articles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Help:Searching#Custom_search_boxes" title="Help:Searching">Searching</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Wikipedia_community" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_community" title="Template:Wikipedia community"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_community" title="Template talk:Wikipedia community"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia_community" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia community"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wikipedia_community" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_community" title="Wikipedia community">Wikipedia community</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div><i>For a listing of current collaborations, tasks, and news, see the <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="Wikipedia:Community portal">Community portal</a></b>.<br/>For a listing of ongoing discussions and current requests, see the <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dashboard" title="Wikipedia:Dashboard">Dashboard</a></b>.</i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Wikipedia:About">General community<br/>topics</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:Administration" title="Wikipedia:Administration">Administration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:News" title="Wikipedia:News">News</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost">The Signpost</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Goings-on" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Goings-on">Goings-on</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_in_the_media" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia in the media">In the media</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup" title="Wikipedia:Meetup">Meetups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mailing_lists" title="Wikipedia:Mailing lists">Mailing lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedians" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedians">Wikipedians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Statistics" title="Wikipedia:Statistics">Statistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library">The Wikipedia Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Centralized_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Centralized discussion">Centralized discussion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump" title="Wikipedia:Village pump">Village pump</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(idea_lab)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab)">Idea lab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)">Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)">Proposals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)">Technical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)">Miscellaneous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (WMF)">WMF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_holidays" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia holidays">Holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots" title="Wikipedia:Bots">Bots</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Wikipedia:Contents">Contents</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_assessment" title="Wikipedia:Content assessment">grading</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:Requested_articles" title="Wikipedia:Requested articles">Requested articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Most-wanted_articles" title="Wikipedia:Most-wanted articles">Most-wanted articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Images" title="Wikipedia:Requested articles/Images">Images needing articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Requested pictures">Articles needing images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation" title="Wikipedia:Articles for creation">Articles for creation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AFC/R" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AFC/R">WP:AFC/R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AFC/C" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AFC/C">WP:AFC/C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_creation" title="Wikipedia:Article creation">Creation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk">Help</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles">Vital articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_improvement" title="Wikipedia:Articles for improvement">Articles for improvement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Peer_review" title="Wikipedia:Peer review">Peer review</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations" title="Wikipedia:Good article nominations">Good article nominations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates">Featured article candidates</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured list candidates">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Pictures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_and_good_topic_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured and good topic candidates">Topics</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Translation" title="Wikipedia:Translation">Article translation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Pages_needing_translation_into_English" title="Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English">Pages</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talk:Main_Page" title="Talk:Main Page">Main Page</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_Page/Errors" title="Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors">Errors</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject">WikiProjects</a><br/>and <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_collaborations" title="Category:Wikipedia collaborations">collaborations</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:WikiProject_Council/Directory" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory">Directory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture">Culture and the arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Geographical" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Geographical">Geographical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/History_and_society" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/History and society">History and society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Science" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Science">Science, technology and engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Wikipedia">Wikipedia assistance and tasks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Patrols" title="Wikipedia:Patrols">Patrols</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_changes_patrol" title="Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol">Recent changes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism_Unit" title="Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit">Counter-Vandalism Unit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Accessibility">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedian_organizations" title="Category:Wikipedian organizations">Organizations category</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Awards" title="Wikipedia:Awards">Awards</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Positive_feedback" title="Wikipedia:Positive feedback">feedback</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:Reward_board" title="Wikipedia:Reward board">Reward board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contests" title="Wikipedia:Contests">Contests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:A_nice_cup_of_tea_and_a_sit_down" title="Wikipedia:A nice cup of tea and a sit down">A nice cup of tea and a sit down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Charitableness" title="Wikipedia:Charitableness">Charitableness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiLove" title="Wikipedia:WikiLove">WikiLove</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Compliment_before_criticism" title="Wikipedia:Compliment before criticism">Compliment before criticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Kindness_Campaign" title="Wikipedia:Kindness Campaign">Kindness Campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Notifications/Thanks" title="Help:Notifications/Thanks">Thanks!</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Maintenance" title="Wikipedia:Maintenance">Maintenance tasks</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:Task_Center" title="Wikipedia:Task Center">Task Center</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal/Open_tasks" title="Wikipedia:Community portal/Open tasks">Open tasks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Backlog" title="Wikipedia:Backlog">Backlog</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_backlog" title="Category:Wikipedia backlog">Category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Administrative_backlog" title="Category:Administrative backlog">Admin category</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_requests" title="Wikipedia:Edit requests">Edit requests</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_edit_requests" title="Category:Wikipedia edit requests">Category</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports" title="Wikipedia:Database reports">Database reports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Category_tracker" title="Template:Category tracker">Category tracker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Forgotten_articles" title="Wikipedia:Database reports/Forgotten articles">Dusty articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="Special:SpecialPages">Special pages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:NewPagesFeed" title="Special:NewPagesFeed">New pages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="Special:RecentChanges">Recent changes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_controversial_issues" title="Wikipedia:List of controversial issues">Controversial issues</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrators</a><br/>and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Noticeboards" title="Wikipedia:Noticeboards">noticeboards</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:Administrators%27_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard">Administrators' noticeboard</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents">Incidents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism">Vandalism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Admin_dashboard" title="Template:Admin dashboard">Admin dashboard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_administrator_attention" title="Wikipedia:Requests for administrator attention">Admin requests</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Requests_for_closure" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Requests for closure">Closure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection" title="Wikipedia:Requests for page protection">Page protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions">User permissions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations">Sockpuppets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_on_open_proxies" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies">Open proxies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_oversight" title="Wikipedia:Requests for oversight">Request</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Usernames_for_administrator_attention" title="Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention">Usernames</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username" title="Wikipedia:Changing username">Changing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Titleblacklist" title="MediaWiki talk:Titleblacklist">Title blacklist</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OTRS_noticeboard" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OTRS noticeboard">OTRS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard">Bureaucrats'</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship">Requests for adminship</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship#About_RfB" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship">bureaucratship</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard">Arbitration Committee</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests">Requests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement">Enforcement</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution#Resolving_content_disputes_with_outside_help" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Content dispute<br/>resolution</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:Requests_for_comment/All" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment/All">Requests for comment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Third_opinion" title="Wikipedia:Third opinion">Third opinion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard">Dispute resolution noticeboard</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:External links/Noticeboard">External links</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard">Fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:No original research/Noticeboard">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard">Reliable sources</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">Other noticeboards<br/>and assistance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Regional_notice_boards" title="Wikipedia:Regional notice boards">Regional notice boards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_directory" title="Wikipedia:Request directory">Requests for help</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_requests_related_to_help" title="Category:Wikipedia requests related to help">Category</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Questions" title="Wikipedia:Questions">Asking questions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse" title="Wikipedia:Teahouse">Teahouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk" title="Wikipedia:Help desk">Help desk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk">Reference desk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user" title="Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user">Adopt-a-user</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_assistance" title="Wikipedia:Copyright assistance">Copyright assistance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributor_copyright_investigations" title="Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations">Copyright investigations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_problems" title="Wikipedia:Copyright problems">Text problems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_copyright_questions" title="Wikipedia:Media copyright questions">Media questions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Resource_Exchange/Resource_Request" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request">Resource requests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_mergers" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Proposed mergers">Mergers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_history_merge" title="Wikipedia:Requests for history merge">History mergers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_moves" title="Wikipedia:Requested moves">Moves</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_importation" title="Wikipedia:Requests for page importation">Page importation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam" title="Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam">Spam</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist" title="MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist">Blacklist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Spam-whitelist" title="MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist">Whitelist</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard">Bots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Education noticeboard">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_sanctions" title="Wikipedia:General sanctions">General sanctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_restrictions" title="Wikipedia:Editing restrictions">Editor sanctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse" title="Wikipedia:Long-term abuse">Long-term abuse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_process#Deletion_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Deletion process">Deletion<br/>discussions</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:Guide_to_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Guide to deletion">Guide</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_guidelines_for_administrators" title="Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators">Admin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:XfD_today" title="Wikipedia:XfD today">Today</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion">Articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Templates for discussion">Templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Files for discussion">Files</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Categories for discussion">Categories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion">Redirects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion">Miscellany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Speedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">BLP</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review" title="Wikipedia:Deletion review">Review</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion" title="Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion">Undeletion</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_avoid_in_deletion_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions">Arguments to avoid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_make_in_deletion_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to make in deletion discussions">Arguments to make</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_Rescue_Squadron" title="Wikipedia:Article Rescue Squadron">Article Rescue</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Elections" title="Wikipedia:Elections">Elections</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Voting" class="mw-disambig" title="Wikipedia:Voting">voting</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:Requests_for_comment" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment">Requests for comment</a> (<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment" class="extiw" title="m:Requests for comment">meta</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections" class="extiw" title="m:Wikimedia Foundation elections">Wikimedia Foundation elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Democracy" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Democracy">WP Democracy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Voting_is_not_evil" title="Wikipedia:Voting is not evil">Voting is not evil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Times_that_1000_or_more_Wikipedians_supported_something" title="Wikipedia:Times that 1000 or more Wikipedians supported something">Milestones</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Directories_and_indexes" title="Wikipedia:Directories and indexes">Directories, indexes,</a><br/>and summaries</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:Department_directory" title="Wikipedia:Department directory">Departments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_summary_legend" title="Wikipedia:Edit summary legend">Edit summary legend</a></li> <li><a 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