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title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a>:</small> <ul> <li><small><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:LGL" title="Wikipedia:LGL" class="mw-redirect">WP:LGL</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GUIDELINES" title="Wikipedia:GUIDELINES" class="mw-redirect">WP:GUIDELINES</a></small></li> </ul> </th> </tr> </table> This <b>list of key Wikipedia guidelines</b> is a summary of the most important guidelines that are currently in use. For a more comprehensive but less detailed listing, see <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines">List of policies and guidelines</a>. For a full set of guidelines, see <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia guidelines">Category:Wikipedia guidelines</a> and its subcategories. See <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines</a> for a general overview of what policies and guidelines are about, how they are made, and why we have them.</td> </tr> </table> <table class="vertical-navbox nowraplinks hlist" style="float:right;clear:right;width:22.0em;margin:0 0 1.0em 1.0em;background:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:0.2em;border-spacing:0.4em 0;text-align:center;line-height:1.4em;font-size:88%;width:auto;background:#f5faff;font-size:90%;line-height:1.6em; clear:right;width:21.5em;"> <tr> <th style="background:#cee0f2;;padding:0.2em 0.4em 0.2em;font-size:145%;line-height:1.2em;font-size:130%;padding-left:0.4em;padding-right:0.4em; display:block;margin-bottom:6px;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia guidelines">Wikipedia guidelines</a></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em;padding-top:0.15em;"> <ul> <li><strong class="selflink">Guidelines list</strong></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Policies list</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="padding:0.1em;background:#cee0f2;;padding:0.1em 0.25em 0.15em;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_behavioral_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia behavioral guidelines">Behavioral guidelines</a></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em;padding-top:0.15em;"> <table class="vertical-navbox nowraplinks" style="float:right;clear:right;width:22.0em;margin:0 0 1.0em 1.0em;background:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:0.2em;border-spacing:0.4em 0;text-align:center;line-height:1.4em;font-size:88%;background:#f5faff; border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em;padding-top:0.2em;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Disruptive editing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">Don't bite the newbies</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point" title="Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point"><span class="wrap">Don't edit to make a point</span></a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system" title="Wikipedia:Gaming the system">Don't game the system</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Other_behavioral_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Other behavioral guidelines</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="padding:0.1em;background:#e5eef8;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_discussion" title="Category:Wikipedia discussion">Discussion guidelines</a></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em;padding-top:0.2em;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Talk page guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="padding:0.1em;background:#cee0f2;;padding:0.1em 0.25em 0.15em;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_content_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia content guidelines">Content guidelines</a></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em;padding-top:0.15em;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources"><span class="wrap">Identifying reliable sources</span></a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content"><span class="wrap">Non-free content</span></a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Offensive_material" title="Wikipedia:Offensive material">Offensive material</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Don't copy long texts</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Don't create hoaxes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Content" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Other content guidelines</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="padding:0.1em;background:#cee0f2;;padding:0.1em 0.25em 0.15em;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_editing_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia editing guidelines">Editing guidelines</a></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em;padding-top:0.15em;"> <table class="vertical-navbox nowraplinks" style="float:right;clear:right;width:22.0em;margin:0 0 1.0em 1.0em;background:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:0.2em;border-spacing:0.4em 0;text-align:center;line-height:1.4em;font-size:88%;background:#f5faff; border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em;padding-top:0.2em;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Be bold</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_summary" title="Help:Edit summary">Edit summary</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">Understandability</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Editing" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Other editing guidelines</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="padding:0.1em;background:#e5eef8;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_categorization" title="Category:Wikipedia categorization">Organization guidelines</a></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em;padding-top:0.2em;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Categories, lists, templates</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Categorization</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages" title="Wikipedia:Subpages">Subpages</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="padding:0.1em;background:#cee0f2;;padding:0.1em 0.25em 0.15em;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_style_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia style guidelines">Style guidelines</a></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em;padding-top:0.15em;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">contents</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">lists</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Tables" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables">tables</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="padding:0.1em;background:#cee0f2;;padding:0.1em 0.25em 0.15em;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_deletion_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia deletion guidelines">Deletion guidelines</a></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em;padding-top:0.15em;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_process" title="Wikipedia:Deletion process">Deletion process</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Speedy_keep" title="Wikipedia:Speedy keep">Speedy keep</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_guidelines_for_administrators" title="Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators">Deletion guidelines for administrators</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="padding:0.1em;background:#cee0f2;;padding:0.1em 0.25em 0.15em;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Categories_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Other guideline categories</a></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em;padding-top:0.15em;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Naming_conventions" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Naming conventions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Notability" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Notability</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;font-size:115%"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Guideline_list" title="Template:Guideline list"><span title="View this 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class="toctext">Other behavioural guidelines</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Content"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Content</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Other_content_guidelines"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Other content guidelines</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Deletion"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Deletion</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Editing"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Editing</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Other_editing_guidelines"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Other editing guidelines</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Naming_conventions"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Naming conventions</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Other_naming_conventions"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Other naming conventions</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Notability"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Notability</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Other_notability_guidelines"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Other notability guidelines</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Style"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Style</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Other_style_guidelines"><span class="tocnumber">8.1</span> <span class="toctext">Other style guidelines</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#Readability"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Readability</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#Other_guideline_categories"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Other guideline categories</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#Recent_changes"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Recent changes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Categories_of_guidelines">Categories of guidelines</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Categories of guidelines">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Because there are a large number of guideline pages (over 200), they are subcategorized, using the {{<a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Subcat_guideline" title="Template:Subcat guideline">subcat guideline</a>}} template, according to their purpose.</p> <ul> <li><i><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_behavioral_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia behavioral guidelines">Behavioral guidelines</a></i> outline ways for editors to behave and interact with each other on talk pages and elsewhere at Wikipedia.</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_content_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia content guidelines">Content guidelines</a></i> 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><i><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_deletion_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia deletion guidelines">Deletion guidelines</a></i> explain criteria and procedures for deleting unwanted pages.</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_editing_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia editing guidelines">Editing guidelines</a></i> usually provide non-content advice about categorization, navigation or other how-to-edit advice.</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_naming_conventions" title="Category:Wikipedia naming conventions">Naming conventions</a></i> detail the correct ways to name articles on particular topics.</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_notability_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia notability guidelines">Notability guidelines</a></i> outline the criteria that a subject must meet to merit a Wikipedia article.</li> <li><i><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_style_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia style guidelines">Style guidelines</a></i> contain extensive advice on writing style, formatting, grammar, and more.</li> </ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Behavioral">Behavioral</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Behavioral">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote">See also: <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Conduct" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">conduct policies</a>. Please read these first.</p> <dl> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point" title="Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point">Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point</a></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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a></dt> <dd>Contributors 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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">Please do not bite the newcomers</a></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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTBLOG" title="Wikipedia:NOTBLOG" class="mw-redirect">Wikipedia is not a blog, webspace provider, or social networking site</a>.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_behavioural_guidelines"><span id="Other_behavioral_guidelines"></span>Other behavioural guidelines</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other behavioural guidelines">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <dl> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username/Guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Changing username/Guidelines">Changing username</a></dt> <dd>How <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats" title="Wikipedia:Bureaucrats">bureaucrats</a> approach requests at <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username/Simple" title="Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple">Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple</a> and <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username/Usurpations" title="Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations">Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations</a>.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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 his or her conduct.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reviewing" title="Wikipedia:Reviewing">Reviewing</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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist" title="MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist">MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist</a>.</dd> </dl> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Content">Content</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Content">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote">See also: <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Content" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">content policies</a>. Please read these first.</p> <dl> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a> and <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_forking" title="Wikipedia:Content forking">Content forking</a></dt> <dd>Articles should not be split into multiple articles just so each can advocate a different stance on the subject.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Fringe theories</a></dt> <dd>Care must be taken when writing content about <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_theories" title="Fringe theories" class="mw-redirect">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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Images" title="Wikipedia:Images">Images</a></dt> <dd>Images must be relevant to the article that they appear in, properly referenced, and large enough to reveal relevant details without overwhelming the text.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_disclaimers_in_articles" title="Wikipedia:No disclaimers in articles">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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content">Non-free content</a> and <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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 U.S. copyright law, and comply with the <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria">non-free content criteria</a> policy.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources" class="mw-redirect">Reliable sources</a> and <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Wikipedia's Verifiability policy</a>.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_for_things_made_up_one_day" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not for things made up one day">Wikipedia is 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> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_content_guidelines">Other content guidelines</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other content guidelines">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <dl> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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 {{<a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Disputed" title="Template:Disputed">Disputed</a>}} warning place at the top, and are listed at <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Accuracy_disputes" title="Category:Accuracy disputes">Category:Accuracy disputes</a>.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Anarchism_referencing_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Anarchism referencing guidelines">Anarchism referencing guidelines</a></dt> <dd>In order to determine whether a given source is reliable with regard to claims concerning <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism" title="Anarchism">anarchism</a>, the <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ATF" title="Wikipedia:ATF" class="mw-redirect">Anarchism Task Force</a> provides this guideline.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Do not include 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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_3D_illustrations" title="Wikipedia:No 3D illustrations">No 3D illustrations</a></dt> <dd>Don't use pictures which can only be correctly viewed with special 3D equipment.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-U.S._copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Non-U.S. copyrights">Non-U.S. 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 U.S. law.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></dt> <dd>Guideline for dealing with nonsense text.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Portal_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Portal guidelines">Portal guidelines</a></dt> <dd>General guidelines and best practices for <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Portals" title="Wikipedia:Portals" class="mw-redirect">portals</a>.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Television_episodes" title="Wikipedia:Television episodes">Television Episodes</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Record_charts" title="Wikipedia:Record charts">Record Charts</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Days_of_the_year" title="Wikipedia:Days of the year">WikiProject Days of the year articles</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Video_games/Article_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Article guidelines">Video games articles</a></dt> <dd>Guidelines for these contents.</dd> </dl> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Deletion">Deletion</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Deletion">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote">See also: <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Deletion" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">deletion policies</a>. Please read these first.</p> <dl> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Speedy_keep" title="Wikipedia:Speedy keep">Speedy keep</a></dt> <dd>Closing debates at <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Wikipedia:Proposed deletion</a>, <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion">Wikipedia:Articles for deletion</a>, and <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion</a>.</dd> </dl> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Editing">Editing</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Editing">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote">Main category: <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_editing_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia editing guidelines">Wikipedia editing guidelines</a></div> <dl> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a></dt> <dd>discusses the optimal size for articles.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></dt> <dd>Resolving the conflicts that arise when a single term is <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambiguity" title="Ambiguity">ambiguous</a>—when it refers to more than one topic covered by Wikipedia.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Categorization</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization_of_people" title="Wikipedia:Categorization of people">Categorization of people</a> (<a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:People_by_year" title="Wikipedia:People by year">By year</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization/Ethnicity,_gender,_religion_and_sexuality" title="Wikipedia:Categorization/Ethnicity, gender, religion and sexuality">By ethnicity, gender, religion and sexuality</a>). <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorizing_redirects" title="Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects">Redirect categories</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_categories" title="Wikipedia:User categories">User categories</a></dt> <dd>Guidance on the proper use of the categorization function in Wikipedia.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Overcategorization" title="Wikipedia:Overcategorization">Overcategorization</a></dt> <dd>Overcategorization makes categories more crowded and less useful.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles" title="Wikipedia:Good articles">Good articles</a>.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></dt> <dd>A shortcut is a specialized type of <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect" title="Wikipedia:Redirect">redirect page</a> that provides an abbreviated <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikilink" title="Wikilink" class="mw-redirect">wikilink</a> to a project page or one of its sections, usually from the <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">Wikipedia namespace</a>.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages" title="Wikipedia:Subpages">Subpages</a></dt> <dd>Creation of subpages in <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Main namespace" class="mw-redirect">main namespace</a> is not allowed. Subpages may be created in other <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Namespace" title="Wikipedia:Namespace">namespaces</a> using the slash (/) character.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_editing_guidelines">Other editing guidelines</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other editing guidelines">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <dl> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Broad_concept_articles" title="Wikipedia:Broad concept articles">Broad concept articles</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_years" title="Wikipedia:Recent years">Recent year articles</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub" title="Wikipedia:Stub">Stubs</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Set_index_articles" title="Wikipedia:Set index articles">Set index articles</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect" title="Wikipedia:Redirect">Redirects</a> (<a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Soft_redirect" title="Wikipedia:Soft redirect">Soft redirects</a>)</dt> <dd>Guidelines for certain types of articles.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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 a <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Linking" title="Wikipedia:Linking" class="mw-redirect">link</a> back to the source page in the <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_summary" title="Help:Edit summary">edit summary</a> at the destination page.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Internal_link" title="Wikipedia:Internal link" class="mw-redirect">links</a> to a possibly sought article, or to a <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation_page" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation page" class="mw-redirect">disambiguation page</a>.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_blanking" title="Wikipedia:Page blanking">Page blanking</a></dt> <dd>Don't blank articles; instead, request deletion.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Guidelines">Reference desk guidelines</a> and <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a> in mind when responding on the <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Summary style</a></dt> <dd>Sections of <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Updating_information" title="Wikipedia:Updating information">Updating articles</a> (<a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:As_of" title="Wikipedia:As of">'As of' technique</a>)</dt> <dd>Guidelines on updating time-sensitive articles.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment" title="Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment">Version 1.0 Editorial Team assessment</a></dt> <dd>Assessment of articles by the <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team" title="Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team">Version 1.0 Editorial Team</a>.</dd> </dl> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Naming_conventions">Naming conventions</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Naming conventions">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso">See also: <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_naming_conventions" title="Category:Wikipedia naming conventions">Category:Wikipedia naming conventions</a></div> <dl> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_naming_conventions">Other naming conventions</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other naming conventions">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <dl> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(acronyms)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (acronyms)" class="mw-redirect">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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(long_lists)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (long lists)">Naming conventions (long lists)</a></dt> <dd>Long <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Stand-alone_lists" title="Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists" class="mw-redirect">stand-alone list articles</a> are <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Splitting" title="Wikipedia:Splitting">split</a> into subsequent pages (alphabetically, numerically, or subtopically), to adhere to the Wikipedia guidelines on <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">article size</a>.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog" title="Dog">dog</a>, not dogs.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(aircraft)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (aircraft)">Aircraft</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(ancient_Romans)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ancient Romans)">Ancient Romans</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Armenian)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Armenian)">Armenian</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(astronomical_objects)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (astronomical objects)">Astronomical objects</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Australian_roads)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Australian roads)">Australian roads</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(baseball_players)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (baseball players)">Baseball players</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Belgium/Alternate_language_names" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Belgium/Alternate language names">Belgium: alternate language names</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(books)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (books)">Books</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(broadcasting)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (broadcasting)">Broadcasting</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Belgium/Brussels_naming_conventions" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Belgium/Brussels naming conventions">Brussels</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Burmese)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Burmese)">Burmese</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(chemistry)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (chemistry)">Chemistry</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Chinese)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Chinese)">Chinese</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(clergy)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (clergy)">Clergy</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_College_football/Naming_conventions" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject College football/Naming conventions">College football</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(comics)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (comics)">Comics</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(companies)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (companies)">Companies</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(ethnicities_and_tribes)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ethnicities and tribes)">Ethnicities and tribes</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(fauna)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (fauna)">Fauna</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(films)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (films)">Films</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(flora)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (flora)">Flora</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)">Geographic names</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(government_and_legislation)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (government and legislation)">Government and legislation</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Greek)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Greek)">Greek</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Hebrew)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Hebrew)">Hebrew</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(ice_hockey)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ice hockey)">Ice hockey</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Indic)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Indic)">Indic</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ireland/Ireland_Category_Norms" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Ireland/Ireland Category Norms">Irish categories</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Korean)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Korean)">Korean</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(languages)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (languages)">Languages</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(law_enforcement_agency_categories)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (law enforcement agency categories)">Law enforcement agency categories</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Latter Day Saints)">Latter Day Saints</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Macedonia)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Macedonia)">Macedonia</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(manuscripts)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (manuscripts)">Manuscripts</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mining/Style_guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mining/Style guide">Mining</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Mongolian)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Mongolian)">Mongolian</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(music)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (music)">Music</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(New_Zealand)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (New Zealand)">New Zealand</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Norse_mythology)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Norse mythology)">Norse mythology</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(operas)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (operas)">Operas</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(political_parties)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (political parties)">Political parties</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(royalty_and_nobility)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (royalty and nobility)">Royalty and nobility</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(ships)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ships)">Ships</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(sports_teams)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (sports teams)">Sports teams</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(sportspeople)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (sportspeople)">Sportspeople</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(stations_in_Poland)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (stations in Poland)">Stations in Poland</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Swiss_municipalities/Article_title_conventions" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Swiss municipalities/Article title conventions">Swiss municipalities</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(television)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (television)">Television</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Tibetan)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Tibetan)">Tibetan</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(UK_Parliament_constituencies)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (UK Parliament constituencies)">UK Parliament constituencies</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(UK_stations)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (UK stations)">UK stations</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(video_games)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (video games)">Video games</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(West_Bank)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (West Bank)">West Bank</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(writing_systems)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (writing systems)">Writing systems</a>.</dd> </dl> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notability">Notability</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notability">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso">See also: <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_notability_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia notability guidelines">Category:Wikipedia notability guidelines</a> for a full list</div> <dl> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_notability_guidelines">Other notability guidelines</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Other notability guidelines">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <dl> <dd><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(academics)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (academics)">Academics</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(astronomical_objects)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (astronomical objects)">Astronomical objects</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(books)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (books)">Books</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(events)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (events)">Events</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(films)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (films)">Films</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(geographic_features)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features)">Geographic features</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(music)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (music)">Music</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(numbers)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (numbers)">Numbers</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(organizations_and_companies)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)">Organizations and companies</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(people)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (people)">People</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (sports)">Sports</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(web)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (web)">Web</a>.</dd> </dl> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Style">Style</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Style">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso">See also: <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_style_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia style guidelines">Category:Wikipedia style guidelines</a> and <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(dates_and_numbers)" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)" class="mw-redirect">Manual of Style (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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(footnotes)" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style (footnotes)" class="mw-redirect">Manual of Style (footnotes)</a></dt> <dd>Footnotes serve two purposes. First, to add explanatory material that might be distracting if included in the main text. Second, to present citations of sources that support the text's assertions.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(layout)" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style (layout)" class="mw-redirect">Manual of Style (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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(lead_section)" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style (lead section)" class="mw-redirect">Manual of Style (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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(linking)" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style (linking)" class="mw-redirect">Manual of Style (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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(words_to_watch)" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style (words to watch)" class="mw-redirect">Manual of Style (words to watch)</a></dt> <dd>Be cautious with expressions that may introduce bias. Use clear, direct language.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_style_guidelines">Other style guidelines</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Other style guidelines">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <dl> <dt>Other formatting and layout style guides</dt> <dd><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Abbreviations" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations">Abbreviations</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Capital_letters" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters">Capital letters</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Pronunciation" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation">Pronunciation</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Proper_names" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Proper names">Proper names</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Spelling" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Spelling">Spelling</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Text_formatting" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting">Text formatting</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Titles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles">Titles</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Tables" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables">Tables</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Images</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Captions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Captions">Captions</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Icons" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Icons">Icons</a>.</dd> <dt>List style guidelines</dt> <dd><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Lists</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Embedded_lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists">Embedded lists</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists_of_works" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists of works">Lists of works</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Road_junction_lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Road junction lists">Road junction lists</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Stand-alone_lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stand-alone lists">Stand-alone lists</a>.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Other content style guidelines</dt> <dd><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biographies" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies">Biographies</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Article_message_boxes" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Article message boxes">Article message boxes</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Disambiguation_pages" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages">Disambiguation pages</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes">Infoboxes</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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</dt> <dd><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Anime-_and_manga-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Anime- and manga-related articles">Anime- and manga-related articles</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Comics" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Comics">Comics</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Film" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film">Film</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lyrics_and_poetry" title="Wikipedia:Lyrics and poetry">Lyrics and poetry</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Novels" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Novels">Novels</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Philosophy" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Philosophy">Philosophy</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Television" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Television">Television</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Visual_arts" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Visual arts">Visual arts</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Music" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music">Music</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Music_samples" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music samples">Music samples</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Record_charts" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Record charts">Record charts</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Legal" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Legal">Legal</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Trademarks" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trademarks">Trademarks</a>.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Regional</dt> <dd><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Canada-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Canada-related articles">Canada</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/China-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/China-related articles">China</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/France_and_French-related" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/France and French-related">France</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Hawaii-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Hawaii-related articles">Hawaii</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/India-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/India-related articles">India</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Ireland-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Ireland-related articles">Ireland</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Japan-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Japan-related articles">Japan</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Korea-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Korea-related articles">Korea</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Philippine-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Philippine-related articles">Philippines</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Poland-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Poland-related articles">Poland</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Singapore-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Singapore-related articles">Singapore</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Trinidad_and_Tobago_Wikipedians%27_notice_board/Style_guide" title="Wikipedia:Trinidad and Tobago Wikipedians' notice board/Style guide">Trinidad and Tobago</a>.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Religion</dt> <dd><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Islam-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Islam-related articles">Islam-related articles</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Computer_science/Manual_of_style" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer science/Manual of style">WikiProject Computer science</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Computing" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Computing">Computing</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Chemistry" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Chemistry">Chemistry</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Mathematics" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Mathematics">Mathematics</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Medicine-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Medicine-related articles">Medicine-related articles</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Taxobox/doc" title="Template:Taxobox/doc">Taxobox template</a></dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Sports</dt> <dd><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Cue_sports" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Cue sports">Cue sports</a>. <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Snooker" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Snooker">Snooker</a>.</dd> </dl> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Readability">Readability</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Readability">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <dl> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility</a></dt> <dd>The page outlines the goals of making web pages easier to navigate and read.</dd> <dt><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">Understandability</a></dt> <dd>Strive to make each part of every article as understandable as possible to the widest audience of readers.</dd> </dl> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_guideline_categories">Other guideline categories</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Other guideline categories">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_guidelines_for_templates" title="Category:Wikipedia guidelines for templates">Wikipedia guidelines for templates</a>: guidelines concerning <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates" title="Wikipedia:Templates" class="mw-disambig">templates</a>.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_project_content_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia project content guidelines">Wikipedia project content guidelines</a>.</li> </ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Recent_changes">Recent changes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Recent changes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:Wikipedia_guidelines" title="Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:Wikipedia guidelines">All recent changes</a> to guideline pages.</li> </ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <table class="metadata mbox-small" style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#f9f9f9"> <tr> <td class="mbox-image"><img alt="Book icon" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150614091956im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Office-book.svg/30px-Office-book.svg.png" width="30" height="30" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150614091956im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Office-book.svg/45px-Office-book.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150614091956im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Office-book.svg/60px-Office-book.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48"/></td> <td class="mbox-text plainlist"> <ul style="font-weight: bold"> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Key_Wikipedia_Policies_%26_Guidelines" title="Book:Key Wikipedia Policies & Guidelines">Book: Key Wikipedia Policies & Guidelines</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">List of policies</a> – a comprehensive descriptive directory of policies.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Directory#Community_standards_and_advice" title="Help:Contents/Directory">Community standards and advice</a> – a quick directory of community norms and related guidance essays.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_policies_and_guidelines" 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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Keep_in_mind" 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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplified_ruleset" title="Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset">Simplified rule-set</a> – some basic aspect of Wikipedia norms and practices. <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:8_simple_rules_for_editing_our_encyclopedia" 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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ten_Simple_Rules_for_Editing_Wikipedia" 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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoiding_common_mistakes" title="Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes">Avoiding common mistakes</a> – tips on avoiding the most common <i><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faux_pas" title="Faux pas">faux pas</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_rules_are_principles" title="Wikipedia:The rules are principles">The rules are principles</a> – policies and guidelines exist as rough approximations of their underlying principles.</li> </ul> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px"> <table class="nowraplinks hlist collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><span title="View this template" style="text-align: center;;;background:none transparent;border:none;">v</span></a></li> <li class="nv-talk"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template talk:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><span title="Discuss this template" style="text-align: center;;;background:none transparent;border:none;">t</span></a></li> <li class="nv-edit"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines&action=edit"><span title="Edit this template" style="text-align: center;;;background:none transparent;border:none;">e</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="font-size:110%"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Wikipedia key policies and guidelines</a></div> </th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_administration" title="Category:Wikipedia administration">Overview</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policies and guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines">List of policies and guidelines</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">List of policies</a></li> <li><strong class="selflink">List of guidelines</strong></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Principles" title="Wikipedia:Principles">Project-wide principles</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Core_content_policies" title="Wikipedia:Core content policies">Core content policies</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Other <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_policies" title="Wikipedia:Content policies" class="mw-redirect">content policies</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Content" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Content guidelines</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Do not create hoaxes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Do not include copies of primary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Treatment of fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources">Identifying reliable sources</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Behavioral_policies" title="Wikipedia:Behavioral policies" class="mw-redirect">Behavioural policies</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection" title="Wikipedia:Child protection">Child protection</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_articles" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of articles">Ownership of articles</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sock puppetry">Sock puppetry</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Behavioral" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Behavioural guidelines</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Disruptive editing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point" title="Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point">Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system" title="Wikipedia:Gaming the system">Gaming the system</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">Please do not bite the newcomers</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Editing" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Editing guidelines</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Be bold</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages" title="Wikipedia:Subpages">Subpages</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Talk page guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">WikiProjects</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Style" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Style conventions</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Contents</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">Understandability</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Dates and numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Layout</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Lead section</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Linking</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Lists</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_categories" title="Category:Wikipedia categories">Classification guidelines</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Categories, lists, and navigation templates</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Categorization</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template namespace">Template namespace</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Deletion" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Deletion policies</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Attack_page" title="Wikipedia:Attack page">Attack page</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Criteria for speedy deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Deletion policy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_(BLP)" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion (BLP)" class="mw-redirect">Proposed deletion (BLP)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_(books)" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion (books)">Proposed deletion (books)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614091956/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/FAQ/en" class="extiw" title="wmf:FAQ/en">Wikimedia Foundation</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614091956/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Policies" class="extiw" title="wikimedia:Policies">List of policies</a></li> <li><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614091956/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy" class="extiw" title="wikimedia:Resolution:Licensing policy">Licensing and copyright</a></li> <li><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614091956/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="wikimedia:Privacy policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614091956/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Values" class="extiw" title="wmf:Values">Values</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;;font-weight: bold;"> <div> <ul> <li><img alt="Wikipedia book" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150614091956im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Symbol_book_class2.svg/16px-Symbol_book_class2.svg.png" title="Wikipedia book" width="16" height="16" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150614091956im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Symbol_book_class2.svg/23px-Symbol_book_class2.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150614091956im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Symbol_book_class2.svg/31px-Symbol_book_class2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/> <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Key_Wikipedia_Policies_%26_Guidelines" title="Book:Key Wikipedia Policies & Guidelines">Book</a></li> <li><img alt="Category" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150614091956im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/48/Folder_Hexagonal_Icon.svg/16px-Folder_Hexagonal_Icon.svg.png" title="Category" width="16" height="14" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150614091956im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/48/Folder_Hexagonal_Icon.svg/24px-Folder_Hexagonal_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150614091956im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/48/Folder_Hexagonal_Icon.svg/32px-Folder_Hexagonal_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="36" data-file-height="31"/> <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_policies" title="Category:Wikipedia policies">Category: Policies</a> / <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia guidelines">Guidelines</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px"> <table class="nowraplinks hlist collapsible collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Help_navigation" title="Template:Help navigation"><span title="View this template" style="text-align:center;;;background:none transparent;border:none;">v</span></a></li> <li class="nv-talk"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Help_navigation" title="Template talk:Help navigation"><span title="Discuss this template" style="text-align:center;;;background:none transparent;border:none;">t</span></a></li> <li class="nv-edit"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Help_navigation&action=edit"><span title="Edit this template" style="text-align:center;;;background:none transparent;border:none;">e</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="font-size:110%"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Directory" title="Help:Contents/Directory">Wikipedia help pages</a></div> </th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"> <div> <div class="hlist"> <ul> <li><b><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse" title="Help:Contents/Browse">Help Menu</a></b> <abbr title="A menu of help topic links.">(?)</abbr></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Noticeboards" title="Wikipedia:Noticeboards">Noticeboards</a></b> <abbr title="Noticeboards on Wikipedia are pages where editors can ask questions and request assistance from people who are familiar with the policies and guidelines covered by each individual board.">(?)</abbr></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ" title="Wikipedia:FAQ">Frequently asked questions (FAQs)</a></b> <abbr title="This is a list of frequently asked questions about using and contributing to Wikipedia.">(?)</abbr></li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk">Reference desks</a></b> <abbr title="Works like a library reference desk. Ask a question here and Wikipedia volunteers will try to answer it.">(?)</abbr></li> <li><i><b><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual">The Missing Manual</a></b></i> <abbr title="A how-to guide that explains the process of contributing to the English Wikipedia, both for novice users and experienced editors.">(?)</abbr></li> </ul> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Principles</a> (<a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_in_brief" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia in brief">Wikipedia in brief</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policies and guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer" title="Wikipedia:General disclaimer">Disclaimer</a> (<a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Advice_for_parents" title="Wikipedia:Advice for parents">parental advice</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests" title="Wikipedia:Requests">Making requests</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Questions" title="Wikipedia:Questions">where to ask questions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="Wikipedia:Contact us">contact Wikipedia directly</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Who_writes_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Who writes Wikipedia">Who writes Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_create_an_account%3F" title="Wikipedia:Why create an account?">Why create an account?</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers">Help for readers</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Books" title="Help:Books">Books</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Copyright" title="Help:Copyright">Copyright</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Glossary" title="Help:Glossary">Glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Mobile_access" title="Help:Mobile access">Mobile access</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Navigation" title="Help:Navigation">Navigation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Other_languages" title="Help:Other languages">Other languages</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Searching" title="Help:Searching">Searching</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Student_help" title="Help:Student help">Students</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Viewing_media" title="Help:Viewing media">Viewing media</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_to_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia">Contributing<br/> to Wikipedia</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Plain_and_simple" title="Wikipedia:Plain and simple">A plain and simple overview</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:A_primer_for_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:A primer for newcomers">A primer for newcomers</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ask_for_help" title="Wikipedia:Ask for help">Asking for help</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Guidance_for_younger_editors" title="Wikipedia:Guidance for younger editors">Advice for young editors</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoiding_common_mistakes" title="Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes">Avoiding common mistakes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a> (<a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Expectations_and_norms_of_the_Wikipedia_community" title="Wikipedia:Expectations and norms of the Wikipedia community">community expectations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Learning_the_ropes" title="Wikipedia:Learning the ropes">Learning the ropes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Instructional_material" title="Wikipedia:Instructional material">Instructional material</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Simplified Manual of Style">Simplified Manual of Style</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplified_ruleset" title="Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset">Simplified rule-set</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">"Ignore all rules"</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_rules_are_principles" title="Wikipedia:The rules are principles">"The rules are principles"</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Styletips" title="Wikipedia:Styletips">Style-tips</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tip_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Tip of the day">Tip of the day</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Your_first_article" title="Wikipedia:Your first article">Your first article</a> (<a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_wizard" title="Wikipedia:Article wizard">article wizard</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Getting_started" title="Help:Getting started">Introductions<br/> & tutorials</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction" title="Wikipedia:Introduction">Wikipedia intro</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial">Wikipedia tutorial</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Adventure">The Wikipedia Adventure</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Training/Newcomers/Welcome" title="Wikipedia:Training/Newcomers/Welcome">Newcomers' training</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_the_Manual_of_Style" title="Help:Introduction to the Manual of Style">Manual of Style intro</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphics_tutorials" title="Wikipedia:Graphics tutorials">Graphics tutorials</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial" title="Wikipedia:Picture tutorial">Picture tutorial</a> (<a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_uploading_images/1" title="Help:Introduction to uploading images/1">Uploading intro</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial" title="Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial">IRC <span style="font-size:90%;">(live chat)</span> tutorial</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_navigating_Wikipedia/1" title="Help:Introduction to navigating Wikipedia/1">Navigating intro</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_policies_and_guidelines" title="Help:Introduction to policies and guidelines">Policies intro</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_referencing/1" title="Help:Introduction to referencing/1">Referencing intro</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table/Introduction_to_tables" title="Help:Table/Introduction to tables">Tables intro</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_talk_pages" title="Help:Introduction to talk pages">Talk pages intro</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User_guide" title="Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User guide">VisualEditor user guide</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_how-to" title="Category:Wikipedia how-to">How-to pages</a> &<br/> <a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_information_pages" title="Category:Wikipedia information pages">information pages</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_appealing_blocks" title="Wikipedia:Guide to appealing blocks">Appealing blocks</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Guide to deletion">Article deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Citations_quick_reference" title="Help:Citations quick reference">Citations / references</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">Referencing for beginners</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Citation_Style_1" title="Help:Citation Style 1">Citation Style 1</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cite_errors" title="Help:Cite errors">Cite errors</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:References_and_page_numbers" title="Help:References and page numbers">References and page numbers</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Diff" title="Help:Diff">Diff</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing" title="Help:Editing">Editing</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614091956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_toolbar" title="Help:Edit toolbar">toolbar</a></li> <li><a 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