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To revive discussion, seek broader input via a forum such as the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)">village pump</a>.</span> <span style="font-size: 90%"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Essay on editing Wikipedia</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Essay.svg/30px-Essay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Essay.svg/45px-Essay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Essay.svg/60px-Essay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="35" data-file-height="42"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div style="padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><b>This is an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essays" title="Wikipedia:Essays">essay</a> on building <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles">featured content</a>.</b><br/><div style="font-size: 90%;">It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Wikipedia's policies or guidelines</a>, as it has not been <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus#Levels_of_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">thoroughly vetted by the community</a>. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints.</div></div></td><td class="mbox-imageright"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1252059228">.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain{float:right;margin:0 0 0 1em;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);padding:0.3em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;text-align:center;font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxleft{float:left;margin:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutlist{display:inline-block;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);margin-bottom:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain ul{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutanchordiv{position:relative;top:-3em}.mw-parser-output li .module-shortcutanchordiv{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mbox-imageright .module-shortcutboxplain{padding:0.4em 1em 0.4em 1em;line-height:1.3;margin:0}</style><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:100K"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:100K&redirect=no">WP:100K</a></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The English Wikipedia has the text of several dozen <a href="/wiki/Britannica" class="mw-redirect" title="Britannica">Britannicas</a> and as of November 2013<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=100,000_feature-quality_articles&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> adds several hundred articles (net, after deletions) per day. The current article count is 6,915,108 articles with 181 average revisions per article. </p><p>During <a href="https://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="wm2006:Main Page">Wikimania 2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales" title="User:Jimbo Wales">Jimbo Wales</a> challenged the English Wikipedia community to work more on quality than sheer quantity. In July 2006, <a href="/wiki/User:Danny" title="User:Danny">Danny</a> wrote an essay, <a href="/wiki/User:Danny/What_next" title="User:Danny/What next">What next</a>, on the subject, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Danny%27s_contest" title="Wikipedia:Danny's contest">in September 2006, on his contest page</a>, said: </p> <blockquote><p>"Rather than getting another million articles, I believe that we need <b>100,000 more Feature-quality articles</b>."</p></blockquote> <p>We now have <b>6,623</b>. This essay discusses the challenge of accomplishing that goal. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Where_things_stand_now" data-mw-thread-id="h-Where_things_stand_now"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Where_things_stand_now"></span>Where things stand now<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Where_things_stand_now"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:100,000_feature-quality_articles&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Where things stand now"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Currently, there are <b>6,623</b> featured articles, and <b>40,571</b> good articles. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team" title="Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team">Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team</a> has a summary table for article assessments that have been done by WikiProjects: </p> <table align="center" style="border-collapse:collapsed;border:0;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="50%"> <table class="ratingstable wikitable plainlinks" style="text-align: right; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7" class="ratingstabletitle">All rated articles by quality and importance </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom"><b>Quality</b> </th> <th colspan="6"><b>Importance</b> </th></tr> <tr> <th class="import-top" style="text-align:center; color:inherit; background: #ff97ff;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Top-importance_articles" title="Category:Top-importance articles">Top</a> </th> <th class="import-high" style="text-align:center; color:inherit; background: #ffacff;"><a href="/wiki/Category:High-importance_articles" title="Category:High-importance articles">High</a> </th> <th class="import-mid" style="text-align:center; color:inherit; background: #ffc1ff;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Mid-importance_articles" title="Category:Mid-importance articles">Mid</a> </th> <th class="import-low" style="text-align:center; color:inherit; background: #ffd6ff;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Low-importance_articles" title="Category:Low-importance articles">Low</a> </th> <th class="assess-" style="background: #dcdcdc; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Unassessed_articles" title="Category:Unassessed articles">???</a> </th> <th style="text-align: center;"><b>Total</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-fa" style="color:inherit; background: #9cbdff; text-align: center;"><span title="Featured article"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Featured_article_star.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Featured article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/16px-Featured_article_star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/24px-Featured_article_star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/32px-Featured_article_star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="180"/></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Category:FA-Class_articles" title="Category:FA-Class articles">FA</a></b> </td> <td>1,577 </td> <td>2,506 </td> <td>2,420 </td> <td>1,963 </td> <td>181 </td> <td><b>8,647</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-fl" style="color:inherit; background: #9cbdff; text-align: center;"><span title="Featured list"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Featured_article_star.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Featured list"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/16px-Featured_article_star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/24px-Featured_article_star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/32px-Featured_article_star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="180"/></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Category:FL-Class_articles" title="Category:FL-Class articles">FL</a></b> </td> <td>181 </td> <td>688 </td> <td>768 </td> <td>704 </td> <td>100 </td> <td><b>2,441</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-a" style="color:inherit; background: #66ffff; text-align:center;"><span title="A-Class article"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_a_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="A-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Symbol_a_class.svg/16px-Symbol_a_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Symbol_a_class.svg/24px-Symbol_a_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Symbol_a_class.svg/32px-Symbol_a_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Category:A-Class_articles" title="Category:A-Class articles">A</a></b> </td> <td>371 </td> <td>680 </td> <td>788 </td> <td>583 </td> <td>91 </td> <td><b>2,513</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-ga" style="color:inherit; background: #66ff66; text-align: center;"><span title="Good article"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Good article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/16px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/24px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/32px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></span></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Category:GA-Class_articles" title="Category:GA-Class articles">GA</a></b> </td> <td>3,250 </td> <td>7,389 </td> <td>14,833 </td> <td>19,763 </td> <td>1,759 </td> <td><b>46,994</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-b" style="color:inherit; background: #b2ff66; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:B-Class_articles" title="Category:B-Class articles">B</a></b> </td> <td>17,021 </td> <td>33,050 </td> <td>54,780 </td> <td>70,180 </td> <td>23,571 </td> <td><b>198,602</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-c" style="color:inherit; background: #ffff66; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:C-Class_articles" title="Category:C-Class articles">C</a></b> </td> <td>17,025 </td> <td>54,489 </td> <td>136,388 </td> <td>314,491 </td> <td>92,755 </td> <td><b>615,148</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-start" style="color:inherit; background: #ffaa66; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Start-Class_articles" title="Category:Start-Class articles">Start</a></b> </td> <td>18,531 </td> <td>92,559 </td> <td>417,453 </td> <td>1,637,426 </td> <td>414,507 </td> <td><b>2,580,476</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-stub" style="color:inherit; background: #ffa4a4; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Stub-Class_articles" title="Category:Stub-Class articles">Stub</a></b> </td> <td>4,268 </td> <td>31,386 </td> <td>277,676 </td> <td>2,810,345 </td> <td>762,242 </td> <td><b>3,885,917</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-list" style="color:inherit; background: #c7b1ff; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:List-Class_articles" title="Category:List-Class articles">List</a></b> </td> <td>4,915 </td> <td>17,311 </td> <td>54,503 </td> <td>198,378 </td> <td>72,233 </td> <td><b>347,340</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center"><b>Assessed</b> </td> <td>67,139 </td> <td>240,058 </td> <td>959,609 </td> <td>5,053,833 </td> <td>1,367,439 </td> <td><b>7,688,078</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Unassessed</b> </td> <td>122 </td> <td>482 </td> <td>1,238 </td> <td>16,758 </td> <td>402,254 </td> <td><b>420,854</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>67,261</b> </td> <td><b>240,540</b> </td> <td><b>960,847</b> </td> <td><b>5,070,591</b> </td> <td><b>1,769,693</b> </td> <td><b>8,108,932</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/User:WP_1.0_bot/Web/FAQ#The_global_summary_table" title="User:WP 1.0 bot/Web/FAQ">About this table</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of December 2014, about eight ninths of the articles in Wikipedia had been assessed - around 2 million are assigned to a project. Of those assessed, 100,000 were assessed as B class or better. </p> <dl><dd><i>Note</i> there is some double-counting in the table where articles belong to multiple WikiProjects. For example, on January 4, 2008, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles">Wikipedia:Featured articles</a> said there were <b>1,789</b> FAs, while the table showed <b>2,143</b>, about 20% more. That means the actual number of assessed B class or better articles is probably around 50,000.</dd></dl> <p>On 20 December 2008, the featured-article count was <b>2,408</b> FAs, up 619, so the rate was a net increase of 1.6 FAs per day ([2408-1789]/397) or 567 FAs per year. </p><p>Using 1.6 as a predictor, the goal of 100,000 FAs would require 171 years (97,592/569). Processing FAs 50 times faster than that, e.g. with more people/faster referencing/locating good quality free content, would mean the goal would be reached in 3 years. </p><p>The net rate of 1.6 will likely increase as there is currently a high demotion rate due to the 2006 change that meant inline citations are now required. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Defining_the_task" data-mw-thread-id="h-Defining_the_task"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Defining_the_task"></span>Defining the task<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Defining_the_task"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:100,000_feature-quality_articles&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Defining the task"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Official_FA_definition" data-mw-thread-id="h-Official_FA_definition-Defining_the_task"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Official_FA_definition-Defining_the_task"></span>Official FA definition<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Official_FA_definition-Defining_the_task"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:100,000_feature-quality_articles&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Official FA definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Featured article criteria">Wikipedia:Featured article criteria</a> lists the criteria for a featured article (FA): </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles">featured article</a> exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#CONPOL" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">policies regarding content</a> for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes. </p> <ol> <li id="1">It is: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha"> <li id="1A"><b>well-written</b>: its prose is engaging and of a professional standard;</li> <li id="1B"><b>comprehensive</b>: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context;</li> <li id="1C"><b>well-researched</b>: it is a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature; claims are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verifiable</a> against high-quality <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">reliable sources</a> and are supported by inline citations <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:When_to_cite" title="Wikipedia:When to cite">where appropriate</a>;</li> <li id="1D"><b>neutral</b>: it presents views <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">fairly and without bias</a>;</li> <li id="1E"><b>stable</b>: it is not subject to ongoing <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">edit wars</a> and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured article process; and</li> <li id="1F"><b>compliant with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Wikipedia's copyright policy</a></b> and free of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">plagiarism</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Close_paraphrasing" title="Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing">too-close paraphrasing</a>.</li> </ol></li> <li id="2">It follows the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">style guidelines</a>, including the provision of: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha"> <li id="2A"><b>a lead</b>: a concise <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">lead section</a> that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections;</li> <li id="2B"><b>appropriate structure</b>: a substantial but not overwhelming system of hierarchical <a href="/wiki/Help:Section" title="Help:Section">section headings</a>; and</li> <li id="2C"><b>consistent citations</b>: where required by criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using footnotes—see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">citing sources</a> for suggestions on formatting references. Citation templates are not required.</li> </ol></li> <li id="3"><b>Media.</b> It has <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Images" title="Wikipedia:Images">images</a> and other media, where appropriate, with succinct <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Captions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Captions">captions</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright#Licenses" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright">acceptable copyright status</a>. Images follow the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">image use policy</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content">Non-free</a> images or media must satisfy the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria">criteria for inclusion of non-free content</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_copyright_tags/Non-free" title="Wikipedia:File copyright tags/Non-free">be labeled accordingly</a>.</li> <li id="4"><b>Length.</b> It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">summary style</a> where appropriate.</li> </ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Additional_considerations" data-mw-thread-id="h-Additional_considerations-Defining_the_task"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Additional_considerations-Defining_the_task"></span>Additional considerations<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Additional_considerations-Defining_the_task"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:100,000_feature-quality_articles&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Additional considerations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>A subject-area expert should be able to look over the resulting article and subjectively rate it "pretty good, no glaring omissions" at the least.</li></ul> <p>[* Accomplishing the proposed goal does not necessarily mean putting 100,000 articles through the current <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FAC">featured article candidacy</a> process. That process requires a too much editor time, per article, in reviewing candidates, to be able to be scaled to handle a doubling or tripling in volume.] </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_is_needed" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_is_needed"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_is_needed"></span>What is needed<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_is_needed"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:100,000_feature-quality_articles&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: What is needed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>This will require a lot of good research and good writing. Really good writing.</li> <li>We may be able to get by without the writers and researchers being subject-matter experts themselves.</li> <li>How many editor-hours per article? One FAC regular <a class="external text" href="https://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2006-September/053810.html">estimates 50 editor-hours.</a> The estimate assumes one editor; two or three editors teaming up could do it faster if working in coordination.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Easy_steps_any_editor_can_do_right_now" data-mw-thread-id="h-Easy_steps_any_editor_can_do_right_now"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Easy_steps_any_editor_can_do_right_now"></span>Easy steps any editor can do right now<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Easy_steps_any_editor_can_do_right_now"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:100,000_feature-quality_articles&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Easy steps any editor can do right now"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is a lot of "lower-hanging fruit": </p> <ul><li>Take a look at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Archived_nominations" title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Archived nominations">articles that originally did not quite achieve featured status</a> and fix them.</li> <li>Take a look at any of the lists that exist for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles">vital articles</a>, pick one and fix it.</li> <li>Look through the projects and portals and see what needs to be done.</li> <li>Take a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_articles/1911_verification" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/1911 verification">1911 Britannica</a> article and make it a uniquely Wikipedia article.</li> <li>Look through the categories of <a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_lacking_sources" title="Category:Articles lacking sources">articles needing citations</a> and find the citations.</li> <li>Pick a topic you know little about, go to the library and learn about it, then write about what you learned. It can be very rewarding.</li> <li>If you speak another language, translate. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Echo" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Echo">Wikipedia:WikiProject Echo</a> is a project that includes identifying where other languages have featured articles. Might be useful see what the ratio of FAs per total articles is on other languages as compared to English, <b>please may someone find this out</b>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Splitting_the_work_among_editors" data-mw-thread-id="h-Splitting_the_work_among_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Splitting_the_work_among_editors"></span>Splitting the work among editors<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Splitting_the_work_among_editors"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:100,000_feature-quality_articles&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Splitting the work among editors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This goal may require setting up an <a href="/wiki/Assembly_line" title="Assembly line">assembly line</a> for feature-quality articles. That would let us break down the tasks so people of different skills can contribute in different ways: </p> <ol><li>Research</li> <li>Rough outline</li> <li>Note-taking</li> <li>Writing up the researched outline</li> <li>Writing rough draft (stub)</li> <li>Expanding article</li> <li>Use correct citation techniques</li> <li>Polishing the prose</li> <li>Copyediting and formatting per <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MOS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MOS">manual of style</a></li> <li>Feedback</li> <li>Back to step (7)</li></ol> <p>Many of these steps can be combined into a single pass by a single editor. </p><p>Such an approach requires coordinating people's efforts and strengths. How can an editor who loves to and is good at, say, polishing prose find those articles that need polishing <i>and are worth polishing?</i> (Both parts are important. A few clicks of <a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Special:Random">Special:Random</a> will generate articles which seem to need polishing, but not everyone might find it worthwhile to ensure 100% deathlessly captivating prose on, say, a random <a href="/wiki/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_characters" title="List of Pokémon characters">Pokémon character</a>'s article.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Motivating_good_writers" data-mw-thread-id="h-Motivating_good_writers"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Motivating_good_writers"></span>Motivating good writers<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Motivating_good_writers"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:100,000_feature-quality_articles&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Motivating good writers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Things that motivate good writers: </p> <ul><li>Helping get an article promoted at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FAC">FAC</a>. The article may get on the front page.</li> <li>Improving an article in set-out ways.</li> <li>Filling-out a subject area</li> <li>The satisfaction of knowing you have contributed in a way to Wikipedia's <i>quality</i>, not just its quantity.</li> <li>Recognition that they <i>are</i> good writers, e.g. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_featured_article_nominations" title="Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations">Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations</a></li> <li><i>Any</i> recognition from peers and other contributors in the form of thanks, plaudits, encouragement and so forth. You'd be surprised at how much this keeps the tired underappreciated editor going.</li> <li>The Featured Article Barnstar.</li> <li>[Insert any other ideas]</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_to_generate_steps_for_improvement" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_to_generate_steps_for_improvement"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_to_generate_steps_for_improvement"></span>How to generate steps for improvement<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_to_generate_steps_for_improvement"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:100,000_feature-quality_articles&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: How to generate steps for improvement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Peer_review" title="Wikipedia:Peer review">Wikipedia:Peer review</a> provides suggestions for what might be missing from an article aiming for FA quality.</li> <li>Get subject-matter experts to complain about articles. List off the top of their head what is obviously missing. Make that list a to-do list for the article.</li> <li>Ask other like-minded contributors to review the article, particular if they have written articles in a related area.</li> <li>Ask for feedback from a relevant WikiProject.</li> <li>...</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Finding_the_good_articles" data-mw-thread-id="h-Finding_the_good_articles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Finding_the_good_articles"></span>Finding the good articles<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Finding_the_good_articles"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:100,000_feature-quality_articles&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Finding the good articles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Where can we find candidates for improvement? </p> <ul><li>It would be nice if everything that passed the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FAC">WP:FAC</a> process meets these criteria. But even if this were beyond dispute, the FAC process is not necessarily suitable: <ul><li>The FAC criteria have been tightened over time to represent only the best of the best.</li> <li>It's an ad-hoc committee of regulars, and committees do not scale as fast as editors and articles</li> <li>It's adversarial enough to upset people on a regular and basis; subjecting this to those not expecting precisely that would not be good for community health and integrity.</li> <li>The criteria being applied are not always either the best criteria, or competently applied.</li> <li>Most FACs are very specialised; the open part of the process means general topics are sometimes harder to pass as more people are likely to object to parts of article</li></ul></li> <li>Featured articles from other language Wikipedias could be worth checking out. If you write well in both English and the other language, you may be able to do very well for en: by going through the other language's featured articles and bringing the en: article up to scratch. The English Wikipedia is often the most developed as it is the oldest but it is possible to find higher quality for some subjects particularly if they are more pertinent to that language e.g. <a class="external text" href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_am_Main">Frankfurt-am-Main</a> on German Wikipedia is better than <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt" title="Frankfurt">Frankfurt</a> on English Wikipedia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Former_featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Former featured articles">Wikipedia:Former featured articles</a> will have many suitable articles. Note FAs are regularly reassessed by the increased FAC requirements (<i>e.g.</i> inline citations), so removal does not mean a bad article. A lot of what has been removed from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FA">WP:FA</a> by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FAR">Featured Article Removal</a> would in fact pass our list just fine.</li> <li>Pick an article from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_review" title="Wikipedia:Featured article review">Wikipedia:Featured article review</a>, which will have been approved by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FAC">WP:FAC</a> once already and correct the identified faults before it loses featured article status; unless the objections strike you as pointlessly querulous, in which case improve another article.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Index" title="Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Index">A-class rating from WikiProjects</a> may also be suitable.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Collaborations" title="Wikipedia:Collaborations">Wikipedia:Collaborations</a> are often suitable.</li> <li>A few articles on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GA">WP:GA</a> may be featured quality, but may have been worked on by editors who do not want to deal with FAC. If you find a gem, discuss with main contributors, develop it and then nominate it for FAC.</li> <li>[Add other ideas]</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Assessing_the_articles" data-mw-thread-id="h-Assessing_the_articles-2006-09-21T10:12:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Assessing_the_articles-2006-09-21T10:12:00.000Z"></span>Assessing the articles<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Assessing_the_articles-2006-09-21T10:12:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:100,000_feature-quality_articles&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Assessing the articles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-David_Gerard-2006-09-21T10:12:00.000Z-Assessing_the_articles"></span>See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment">the standard assessment criteria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Index" title="Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Index">the lists of assessed articles</a>. </p><p>"FA and GA have both become combative trials by ordeal for articles. I suggest rating articles against the featured article criteria, but: <b>no self-nominations.</b> – <a href="/wiki/User:David_Gerard" title="User:David Gerard">David Gerard</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:100,000_feature-quality_articles#c-David_Gerard-2006-09-21T10:12:00.000Z-Assessing_the_articles" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">10:12, 21 September 2006 (UTC)</a>)"<span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-David_Gerard-2006-09-21T10:12:00.000Z-Assessing_the_articles"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-David_Gerard-2006-09-21T10:12:00.000Z-Assessing_the_articles"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_would_it_take_to_do_this_by_the_end_of_2012?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_would_it_take_to_do_this_by_the_end_of_2012?"><span id="What_would_it_take_to_do_this_by_the_end_of_2012.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_would_it_take_to_do_this_by_the_end_of_2012?"></span>What would it take to do this by the end of 2012?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_would_it_take_to_do_this_by_the_end_of_2012?"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:100,000_feature-quality_articles&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: What would it take to do this by the end of 2012?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"For those who are intimidated by all the work this entails, remember — there are a lot of low hanging fruit out there. And it's much easier to do it than to talk about it. And it's much more rewarding than to complain about this or that (person or process)" – Danny </p><p>Danny has nominated one FA, <a href="/wiki/Donegal_fiddle_tradition" title="Donegal fiddle tradition">Donegal fiddle tradition</a> in Feb 2004, it was de-listed in Oct 2004 and promoted to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GA">wp:GA</a> in March 2008. The other main author of this project, David Gerard, has 3 former FA's and one current FA, that being <a href="/wiki/Xenu" title="Xenu">Xenu</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Project_status" data-mw-thread-id="h-Project_status"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Project_status"></span>Project status<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Project_status"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:100,000_feature-quality_articles&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Project status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>100K Results</b>: One million articles added to English Wikipedia by end of 2007, goal of 100K FA articles not yet reached. As of 2009, the goal of 100K FAs still appears to be achievable many years into the future. "Low hanging fruit" seems to cluster in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics" title="Wikipedia:Featured topics">Wikipedia:Featured topics</a> such as hurricanes, the articles of which tend to be imitative of each other in structure and somewhat subject to mass-production. Missing from FA as of Feb 2009 are traditional educational subjects such as math, chemistry (outside of element/compound data sheets), biology (outside of species data sheets), physics (outside of astronomy and geological data sheets) and other hard-science subjects where peer-reviewed journals tend to cluster. A statistic of some constancy over the years is that roughly only one of every 1000 articles is FA. </p><p>Here is a year-by-year review of actual WP net FA growth results: </p> <ul><li>December 2003: ~170 FA</li> <li>December 2004: 473 FA, growth rate: 0.8 FA per day</li> <li>December 2005: 849 FA, growth rate: 1.0 FA per day</li> <li>December 2006: 1208 FA, growth rate: 1.0 FA per day</li> <li>December 2007: 1789 FA, growth rate: 1.6 FA per day</li> <li>December 2008: 2365 FA, growth rate: 1.6 FA per day</li> <li>December 2009: 2730 FA, growth rate: 1.0 FA per day</li> <li>December 2010: 3128 FA, growth rate: 1.1 FA per day</li> <li>December 2011: 3436 FA, growth rate: 0.8 FA per day</li></ul> <p>At current rate, a goal of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five-thousandth_FA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Five-thousandth FA">Wikipedia:Five-thousandth FA</a> would be reached in around 2015. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_article_statistics" title="Wikipedia:Good article statistics">Wikipedia:Good article statistics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_statistics" title="Wikipedia:Featured article statistics">Wikipedia:Featured article statistics</a> provide up-to-the-month FA count history and the GA hopper which can feed the FA intake. See also <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_featured_articles" title="Category:Wikipedia featured articles">Category:Wikipedia featured articles</a> Wikipedia reached 1 million articles on March 1, 2006 and 2 million articles on September 10, 2007. By the end of 2007, growth patterns had dipped well below the previous exponential growth as many core notable subjects now have an article. The world marketplace for talented, capable drama-tolerant and bureaucracy-tolerant volunteers who expect no attribution may have by now been saturated by the Wikipedia® brand. A more realistic project to stimulate more FA production might be: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:One_featured_article_per_quarter" title="Wikipedia:One featured article per quarter">Wikipedia:One featured article per quarter</a> (per person), but note that only 47 FAs were reported under this program in all of 2007 and 28 in 2008. Note that in June 2006, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-06-12/Thousandth_FA" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-06-12/Thousandth FA">Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-06-12/Thousandth FA</a> was celebrated and the 2000th was reached in early in 2008. At the end of 2007, the wikipedia.org domain name Alexa traffic ranking seems to be holding at #8 in 2009 (see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikipedia.org">here</a>). See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-01-03/Editing_stats" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-01-03/Editing stats">Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-01-03/Editing stats</a> which suggests that editing activity (by editors with more than 20 edits per month) peaked in 2007 at the 15,000 such editors that the world has to offer, the vast majority of whom have not yet produced one GA article, let alone an FA. </p><p><b>Further commentary</b> Perhaps the most daunting FA criteria is that an article must be <b>stable</b> to achieve FA status, so there is no quick pathway to create a lot of FAs. In practice, the dynamics of converging upon an equilibrium (whose stability may be illusory) known as <b>neutrality</b> is also time-consuming because it can only be demonstrated when the editorial contingent has become involved and reached consensus, which can take additional months or years of sincere, talented volunteer effort that, so some degree, pits the less-than-expert volunteers against each other. </p><p>See "Aldol reaction" reference below for an idea of an important educational article. Could aim for at least one out of every one thousand articles to be FA – the per-mille is currently well below that figure. We should encourage new people with a focus on technical content to join the Wikipedia process, but keep in mind that reaching the goal will take more work on content-building and less work on community-building formalities. </p><p>Other factoids: </p> <ul><li>Of the 42 articles from the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_peer_review/Nature_December_2005/Errors" title="Wikipedia:External peer review/Nature December 2005/Errors">December 2005 Nature review</a>, only one, <a href="/wiki/Aldol_reaction" title="Aldol reaction">Aldol reaction</a> is FA. The rest of the articles in <a href="/wiki/Category:FA-Class_Chemistry_articles" title="Category:FA-Class Chemistry articles">Category:FA-Class Chemistry articles</a> were elements, which are much easier to get to FA status because they are "data sheets": static and imitative of each other in form. There are other articles in <a href="/wiki/Category:Top-importance_Chemistry_articles" title="Category:Top-importance Chemistry articles">Category:Top-importance Chemistry articles</a> that should be FA, but they probably require at least college undergrads to get there. It seems that there are probably no more than 5 active Wikipedians who are expert enough to improve on the aldol reaction article at this point and they are all PhD chemistry candidates.</li> <li>In the Math WikiProject, there are less than ten articles that are both FA and Top importance; about half of them are biographies (see also the charts in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mathematics" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics">Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics</a>). Most of the articles in <a href="/wiki/Category:Top-Priority_mathematics_articles" title="Category:Top-Priority mathematics articles">Category:Top-Priority mathematics articles</a> are evaluated at B level quality.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Expert_retention" title="Wikipedia:Expert retention">Wikipedia:Expert retention</a> is an ongoing issue.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_featured_article_nominations" title="Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations">Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations</a> shows that very few people have ever nominated more than 20 persistent FAs. The top two nominators are American teenagers. While <a href="/wiki/User:Emsworth" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Emsworth">User:Emsworth</a> held a commanding lead with historical British biographies, he retired from the project in 2006 and most of his early successes, under then-lower FA criteria, have been or are in the process of being demoted from FA. The up-and-comer <a href="/wiki/User:Hurricanehink" title="User:Hurricanehink">User:Hurricanehink</a> is able to develop custom and perhaps definitive hurricane data sheets, but that kind of information is much more narrow in scope and likely to remain rated as FA for a very long time because of the non-human, static nature of the data; Hurricanehink semi-retired around January 2009.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="External_links" data-mw-thread-id="h-External_links"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-External_links"></span>External links<span data-mw-comment-end="h-External_links"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:100,000_feature-quality_articles&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a class="external text" 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plot summaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Specialized-style_fallacy" title="Wikipedia:Specialized-style fallacy">Specialized-style fallacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub_Makers" title="Wikipedia:Stub Makers">Stub Makers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_run_an_edit-a-thon" title="Wikipedia:How to run an edit-a-thon">Run an edit-a-thon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Temporary_versions_of_articles" title="Wikipedia:Temporary versions of articles">Temporary versions of articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tertiary-source_fallacy" title="Wikipedia:Tertiary-source fallacy">Tertiary-source fallacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There_are_no_shortcuts_to_neutrality" title="Wikipedia:There are no shortcuts to neutrality">There are no shortcuts to neutrality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There_is_no_deadline" title="Wikipedia:There is no deadline">There is no deadline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There_is_a_deadline" title="Wikipedia:There is a deadline">There is a deadline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_deadline_is_now" title="Wikipedia:The deadline is now">The deadline is now</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Try_not_to_leave_it_a_stub" title="Wikipedia:Try not to leave it a stub">Try not to leave it a stub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Understanding_Wikipedia%27s_content_standards" title="Wikipedia:Understanding Wikipedia's content standards">Understanding Wikipedia's content standards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Walled_garden" title="Wikipedia:Walled garden">Walled garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_an_article_should_not_include" title="Wikipedia:What an article should not include">What an article should not include</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_a_work_in_progress" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is a work in progress">Wikipedia is a work in progress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_reliable_source" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source">Wikipedia is not a reliable source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_being_written_in_an_organized_fashion" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not being written in an organized fashion">Wikipedia is not being written in an organized fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_world_will_not_end_tomorrow" title="Wikipedia:The world will not end tomorrow">The world will not end tomorrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Write_the_article_first" title="Wikipedia:Write the article first">Write the article first</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">Writing better articles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essays_in_a_nutshell/Article_writing" title="Wikipedia:Essays in a nutshell/Article writing">Writing article content</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_thread_mode" title="Wikipedia:Avoid thread mode">Avoid thread mode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyediting_reception_sections" title="Wikipedia:Copyediting reception sections">Copyediting reception sections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Coup" title="Wikipedia:Coup">Coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_throw_more_litter_onto_the_pile" title="Wikipedia:Don't throw more litter onto the pile">Don't throw more litter onto the pile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gender-neutral_language" title="Wikipedia:Gender-neutral language">Gender-neutral language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Myth_versus_fiction" title="Wikipedia:Myth versus fiction">Myth vs fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proseline" title="Wikipedia:Proseline">Proseline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Use_our_own_words" title="Wikipedia:Use our own words">Use our own words</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:We_shouldn%27t_be_able_to_figure_out_your_opinions" title="Wikipedia:We shouldn't be able to figure out your opinions">We shouldn't be able to figure out your opinions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Write_the_article_first" title="Wikipedia:Write the article first">Write the article first</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_about_women" title="Wikipedia:Writing about women">Writing about women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">Writing better articles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essays_in_a_nutshell/Removal_or_deletion_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Essays in a nutshell/Removal or deletion of content">Removing or<br/> deleting content</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Adjectives_in_your_recommendations" title="Wikipedia:Adjectives in your recommendations">Adjectives in your recommendations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion_is_not_a_war_zone" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion is not a war zone">AfD is not a war zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_avoid_in_deletion_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions">Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_avoid_in_deletion_reviews" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion reviews">Arguments to avoid in deletion reviews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_avoid_in_image_deletion_discussions" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in image deletion discussions">Arguments to avoid in image deletion discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_make_in_deletion_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to make in deletion discussions">Arguments to make in deletion discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_repeated_arguments" title="Wikipedia:Avoid repeated arguments">Avoid repeated arguments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Before_commenting_in_a_deletion_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Before commenting in a deletion discussion">Before commenting in a deletion discussion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:But_there_must_be_sources!" title="Wikipedia:But there must be sources!">But there must be sources!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Confusing_arguments_mean_nothing" title="Wikipedia:Confusing arguments mean nothing">Confusing arguments mean nothing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_removal" title="Wikipedia:Content removal">Content removal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Counting_and_sorting_are_not_original_research" title="Wikipedia:Counting and sorting are not original research">Counting and sorting are not original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Delete_or_merge" title="Wikipedia:Delete or merge">Delete or merge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Delete_the_junk" title="Wikipedia:Delete the junk">Delete the junk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_is_not_cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Deletion is not cleanup">Deletion is not cleanup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Does_deletion_help%3F" title="Wikipedia:Does deletion help?">Does deletion help?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_attack_the_nominator" title="Wikipedia:Don't attack the nominator">Don't attack the nominator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_confuse_stub_status_with_non-notability" title="Wikipedia:Do not confuse stub status with non-notability">Don't confuse stub status with non-notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_overuse_shortcuts_to_policy_and_guidelines_to_win_your_argument" title="Wikipedia:Don't overuse shortcuts to policy and guidelines to win your argument">Don't overuse shortcuts to policy and guidelines to win your argument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Emptying_categories_out_of_process" title="Wikipedia:Emptying categories out of process">Emptying categories out of process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Follow_the_leader" title="Wikipedia:Follow the leader">Follow the leader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_the_presumption_of_notability_works" title="Wikipedia:How the presumption of notability works">How the presumption of notability works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_save_an_article_proposed_for_deletion" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:How to save an article proposed for deletion">How to save an article proposed for deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:I_just_don%27t_like_it" title="Wikipedia:I just don't like it">I just don't like it</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_blatant_advertising" title="Wikipedia:Identifying blatant advertising">Identifying blatant advertising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_test_edits" title="Wikipedia:Identifying test edits">Identifying test edits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Immunity" title="Wikipedia:Immunity">Immunity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Keep_it_concise" title="Wikipedia:Keep it concise">Keep it concise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Liar_liar_pants_on_fire" title="Wikipedia:Liar liar pants on fire">Liar liar pants on fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Nothing" title="Wikipedia:Nothing">Nothing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Nothing_is_clear" title="Wikipedia:Nothing is clear">Nothing is clear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Overzealous_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Overzealous deletion">Overzealous deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Relisting_can_be_abusive" title="Wikipedia:Relisting can be abusive">Relisting can be abusive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Relist_bias" title="Wikipedia:Relist bias">Relist bias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Heymann_Standard" title="Wikipedia:The Heymann Standard">The Heymann Standard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unopposed_AFD_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Unopposed AFD discussion">Unopposed AFD discussion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_Whac-A-Mole" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Whac-A-Mole">Wikipedia is not Whack-A-Mole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_was_the_page_I_created_deleted%3F" title="Wikipedia:Why was the page I created deleted?">Why was the page I created deleted?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_to_do_if_your_article_gets_tagged_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:What to do if your article gets tagged for speedy deletion">What to do if your article gets tagged for speedy deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:When_in_doubt,_hide_it_in_the_woodwork" title="Wikipedia:When in doubt, hide it in the woodwork">When in doubt, hide it in the woodwork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_Encyclopedic_Use" title="Wikipedia:No Encyclopedic Use">No Encyclopedic Use</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Essays_on_civility" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essay_directory#Wikipedia's_code_of_conduct" title="Wikipedia:Essay directory">Essays on civility</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essays_in_a_nutshell/Civility" title="Wikipedia:Essays in a nutshell/Civility">The basics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accepting_other_users" title="Wikipedia:Accepting other users">Accepting other users</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Apology" title="Wikipedia:Apology">Apology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_to_complicated_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Contributing to complicated discussions">Contributing to complicated discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Divisiveness" title="Wikipedia:Divisiveness">Divisiveness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_retaliate" title="Wikipedia:Don't retaliate">Don't retaliate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editors%27_pronouns" title="Wikipedia:Editors' pronouns">Editors' pronouns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_at_your_own_pace" title="Wikipedia:Edit at your own pace">Edit at your own pace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Encourage_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Encourage the newcomers">Encouraging the newcomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Enjoy_yourself" title="Wikipedia:Enjoy yourself">Enjoy yourself</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Expect_no_thanks" title="Wikipedia:Expect no thanks">Expect no thanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:High-functioning_autism_and_Asperger%27s_editors" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:High-functioning autism and Asperger's editors">High-functioning autism and Asperger's editors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_be_civil" title="Wikipedia:How to be civil">How to be civil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Maintaining_a_friendly_space" title="Wikipedia:Maintaining a friendly space">Maintaining a friendly space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Negotiation" title="Wikipedia:Negotiation">Negotiation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editors_with_obsessive-compulsive_disorder" title="Wikipedia:Editors with obsessive-compulsive disorder">Obsessive–compulsive disorder editors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_say_please" title="Wikipedia:Please say please">Please say please</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Relationships_with_academic_editors" title="Wikipedia:Relationships with academic editors">Relationships with academic editors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Thank_you" title="Wikipedia:Thank you">Thank you</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Too_long;_didn%27t_read" title="Wikipedia:Too long; didn't read">Too long; didn't read</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Truce" title="Wikipedia:Truce">Truce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unblock_perspectives" title="Wikipedia:Unblock perspectives">Unblock perspectives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:We_are_all_Wikipedians_here" title="Wikipedia:We are all Wikipedians here">We are all Wikipedians here</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:You_have_a_right_to_remain_silent" title="Wikipedia:You have a right to remain silent">You have a right to remain silent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Philosophy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:A_thank_you_never_hurts" title="Wikipedia:A thank you never hurts">A thank you never hurts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:A_weak_personal_attack_is_still_wrong" title="Wikipedia:A weak personal attack is still wrong">A weak personal attack is still wrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Advice_for_hotheads" title="Wikipedia:Advice for hotheads">Advice for hotheads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:An_uncivil_environment_is_a_poor_environment" title="Wikipedia:An uncivil environment is a poor environment">An uncivil environment is a poor environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_the_glue" title="Wikipedia:Be the glue">Be the glue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Beware_of_the_tigers" title="Wikipedia:Beware of the tigers">Beware of the tigers!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility_warnings" title="Wikipedia:Civility warnings">Civility warnings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Overzealous_deletion#Dislike_of_the_creator" title="Wikipedia:Overzealous deletion">Deletion as revenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Failure" title="Wikipedia:Failure">Failure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Forgive_and_forget" title="Wikipedia:Forgive and forget">Forgive and forget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:It%27s_not_the_end_of_the_world" title="Wikipedia:It's not the end of the world">It's not the end of the world</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Nobody_cares" title="Wikipedia:Nobody cares">Nobody cares</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Most_people_who_disagree_with_you_on_content_are_not_vandals" title="Wikipedia:Most people who disagree with you on content are not vandals">Most people who disagree with you on content are not vandals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Old-fashioned_Wikipedian_values" title="Wikipedia:Old-fashioned Wikipedian values">Old-fashioned Wikipedian values</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Profanity,_civility,_and_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Profanity, civility, and discussions">Profanity, civility, and discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revert_notification_opt-out" title="Wikipedia:Revert notification opt-out">Revert notification opt-out</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shadowless_Fists_of_Death!" title="Wikipedia:Shadowless Fists of Death!">Shadowless Fists of Death!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Staying_cool_when_the_editing_gets_hot" title="Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot">Staying cool when the editing gets hot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_grey_zone" title="Wikipedia:The grey zone">The grey zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Last_Word" title="Wikipedia:The Last Word">The last word</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There_is_no_Divine_Right_of_Editors" title="Wikipedia:There is no Divine Right of Editors">There is no Divine Right of Editors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Most_ideas_are_bad" title="Wikipedia:Most ideas are bad">Most ideas are bad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Nothing_is_clear" title="Wikipedia:Nothing is clear">Nothing is clear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reader" title="Wikipedia:Reader">Reader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Rules_of_Polite_Discourse" title="Wikipedia:The Rules of Polite Discourse">The rules of polite discourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_%22Ignore_all_rules%22_means#There_is_no_common_sense" title="Wikipedia:What "Ignore all rules" means">There is no common sense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Two_wrongs_don%27t_make_a_right" title="Wikipedia:Two wrongs don't make a right">Two wrongs don't make a right</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_clich%C3%A9s" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia clichés">Wikipedia clichés</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_about_winning" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not about winning">Wikipedia is not about winning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_should_not_be_a_monopoly" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia should not be a monopoly">Wikipedia should not be a monopoly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_for_the_opponent" title="Wikipedia:Writing for the opponent">Writing for the opponent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dos</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_the_assumption_of_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume the assumption of good faith">Assume the assumption of good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_no_clue" title="Wikipedia:Assume no clue">Assume no clue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_personal_remarks" title="Wikipedia:Avoid personal remarks">Avoid personal remarks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_the_word_%22vandal%22" title="Wikipedia:Avoid the word "vandal"">Avoid the word "vandal"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_excellent_to_one_another" title="Wikipedia:Be excellent to one another">Be excellent to one another</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_pragmatic" title="Wikipedia:Be pragmatic">Be pragmatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Beyond_civility" title="Wikipedia:Beyond civility">Beyond civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Call_a_spade_a_spade" title="Wikipedia:Call a spade a spade">Call a spade a spade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Candor" title="Wikipedia:Candor">Candor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deny_recognition" title="Wikipedia:Deny recognition">Deny recognition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Desist" title="Wikipedia:Desist">Desist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Discussing_cruft" title="Wikipedia:Discussing cruft">Discussing cruft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Drop_the_stick_and_back_slowly_away_from_the_horse_carcass" title="Wikipedia:Drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass">Drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Encourage_full_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Encourage full discussions">Encourage full discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Get_over_it" title="Wikipedia:Get over it">Get over it</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_lose" title="Wikipedia:How to lose">How to lose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Imagine_others_complexly" title="Wikipedia:Imagine others complexly">Imagine others complexly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Just_drop_it" title="Wikipedia:Just drop it">Just drop it</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Keep_it_concise" title="Wikipedia:Keep it concise">Keep it concise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Keep_it_down_to_earth" title="Wikipedia:Keep it down to earth">Keep it down to earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mind_your_own_business" title="Wikipedia:Mind your own business">Mind your own business</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MOBY" title="Wikipedia:MOBY">Say "MOBY"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mutual_withdrawal" title="Wikipedia:Mutual withdrawal">Mutual withdrawal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Read_before_commenting" title="Wikipedia:Read before commenting">Read before commenting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Settle_the_process_first" title="Wikipedia:Settle the process first">Settle the process first</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Don'ts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ALPHABETTISPAGHETTI" title="Wikipedia:ALPHABETTISPAGHETTI">ALPHABETTISPAGHETTI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Because_I_can" title="Wikipedia:Because I can">Wikipedia:Because I can</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civil_POV_pushing" title="Wikipedia:Civil POV pushing">Civil POV pushing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cyberbullying" title="Wikipedia:Cyberbullying">Cyberbullying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_accuse_someone_of_a_personal_attack_for_accusing_of_a_personal_attack" title="Wikipedia:Don't accuse someone of a personal attack for accusing of a personal attack">Don't accuse someone of a personal attack for accusing of a personal attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_a_fanatic" title="Wikipedia:Don't be a fanatic">Don't be a fanatic</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_a_jerk" class="extiw" title="meta:Don't be a jerk">Don't be a jerk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_an_ostrich" title="Wikipedia:Don't be an ostrich">Don't be an ostrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_ashamed" title="Wikipedia:Don't be ashamed">Don't be ashamed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_a_WikiBigot" title="Wikipedia:Don't be a WikiBigot">Don't be a WikiBigot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_high-maintenance" title="Wikipedia:Don't be high-maintenance">Don't be high-maintenance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_inconsiderate" title="Wikipedia:Don't be inconsiderate">Don't be inconsiderate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_obnoxious" title="Wikipedia:Don't be obnoxious">Don't be obnoxious</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_prejudiced" title="Wikipedia:Don't be prejudiced">Don't be prejudiced</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_rude" title="Wikipedia:Don't be rude">Don't be rude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_be_the_Fun_Police" title="Wikipedia:Don't be the Fun Police">Don't be the Fun Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_bludgeon_the_process" title="Wikipedia:Don't bludgeon the process">Don't bludgeon the process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_call_a_spade_a_spade" title="Wikipedia:Don't call a spade a spade">Don't call a spade a spade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_call_people_by_their_real_name" title="Wikipedia:Don't call people by their real name">Don't call people by their real name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_call_the_kettle_black" title="Wikipedia:Don't call the kettle black">Don't call the kettle black</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cruftcruft#Don't_call_things_cruft" title="Wikipedia:Cruftcruft">Don't call things cruft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_come_down_like_a_ton_of_bricks" title="Wikipedia:Don't come down like a ton of bricks">Don't come down like a ton of bricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_cry_COI" title="Wikipedia:Don't cry COI">Don't cry COI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_demand_that_editors_solve_the_problems_they_identify" title="Wikipedia:Don't demand that editors solve the problems they identify">Don't demand that editors solve the problems they identify</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_drink_the_consensus_Kool-Aid" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Don't drink the consensus Kool-Aid">Don't drink the consensus Kool-Aid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_eat_the_troll%27s_food" title="Wikipedia:Don't eat the troll's food">Don't eat the troll's food</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_fight_fire_with_fire" title="Wikipedia:Don't fight fire with fire">Don't fight fire with fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t-give-a-fuckism" title="Wikipedia:Don't-give-a-fuckism">Don't give a fuck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_help_too_much" title="Wikipedia:Don't help too much">Don't help too much</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_ignore_community_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Don't ignore community consensus">Don't ignore community consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_knit_beside_the_guillotine" title="Wikipedia:Don't knit beside the guillotine">Don't knit beside the guillotine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_make_a_smarmy_valediction_part_of_your_default_signature" title="Wikipedia:Don't make a smarmy valediction part of your default signature">Don't make a smarmy valediction part of your signature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_remind_others_of_past_misdeeds" title="Wikipedia:Don't remind others of past misdeeds">Don't remind others of past misdeeds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_don%27t_shout" title="Wikipedia:Please don't shout">Don't shout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_spite_your_face" title="Wikipedia:Don't spite your face">Don't spite your face</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_take_the_bait" title="Wikipedia:Don't take the bait">Don't take the bait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_template_the_regulars" title="Wikipedia:Don't template the regulars">Don't template the regulars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_throw_your_toys_out_of_the_pram" title="Wikipedia:Don't throw your toys out of the pram">Don't throw your toys out of the pram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_insult_the_vandals" title="Wikipedia:Do not insult the vandals">Do not insult the vandals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Griefing" title="Wikipedia:Griefing">Griefing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hate_is_disruptive" title="Wikipedia:Hate is disruptive">Hate is disruptive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Nationalist_editing" title="Wikipedia:Nationalist editing">Nationalist editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_angry_mastodons" title="Wikipedia:No angry mastodons">No angry mastodons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_angry_mastodons_just_madmen" title="Wikipedia:No angry mastodons just madmen">just madmen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_Nazis" title="Wikipedia:No Nazis">No Nazis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_racists" title="Wikipedia:No racists">No racists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_Confederates" title="Wikipedia:No Confederates">No Confederates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_queerphobia" title="Wikipedia:No queerphobia">No queerphobia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No,_you_can%27t_have_a_pony" title="Wikipedia:No, you can't have a pony">No, you can't have a pony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Passive_aggression" title="Wikipedia:Passive aggression">Passive aggression</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POV_railroad" title="Wikipedia:POV railroad">POV railroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Superhatting" title="Wikipedia:Superhatting">Superhatting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There_are_no_oracles" title="Wikipedia:There are no oracles">There are no oracles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:There%27s_no_need_to_guess_someone%27s_preferred_pronouns" title="Wikipedia:There's no need to guess someone's preferred pronouns">There's no need to guess someone's preferred pronouns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:You_can%27t_squeeze_blood_from_a_turnip" title="Wikipedia:You can't squeeze blood from a turnip">You can't squeeze blood from a turnip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UPPERCASE" title="Wikipedia:UPPERCASE">UPPERCASE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">WikiRelations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiBullying" title="Wikipedia:WikiBullying">WikiBullying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCrime" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiCrime">WikiCrime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">WikiHarassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiHate" title="Wikipedia:WikiHate">WikiHate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikilawyering" title="Wikipedia:Wikilawyering">WikiLawyering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiLove" title="Wikipedia:WikiLove">WikiLove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiPeace" title="Wikipedia:WikiPeace">WikiPeace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Essays_on_notability" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essay_directory#Notability" title="Wikipedia:Essay directory">Essays on notability</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Advanced_source_searching" title="Wikipedia:Advanced source searching">Advanced source searching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:All_high_schools_can_be_notable" title="Wikipedia:All high schools can be notable">All high schools can be notable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Alternative_outlets" title="Wikipedia:Alternative outlets">Alternative outlets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arguments_to_avoid_in_deletion_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions">Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_with_a_single_source" title="Wikipedia:Articles with a single source">Articles with a single source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_template_creep" title="Wikipedia:Avoid template creep">Avoid template creep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bare_notability" title="Wikipedia:Bare notability">Bare notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Big_events_make_key_participants_notable" title="Wikipedia:Big events make key participants notable">Big events make key participants notable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Businesses_with_a_single_location" title="Wikipedia:Businesses with a single location">Businesses with a single location</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:But_it%27s_true!" title="Wikipedia:But it's true!">But it's true!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Common_sourcing_mistakes_(notability)" title="Wikipedia:Common sourcing mistakes (notability)">Common sourcing mistakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_clones" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia clones">Clones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Coatrack_articles" title="Wikipedia:Coatrack articles">Coatrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Discriminate_vs_indiscriminate_information" title="Wikipedia:Discriminate vs indiscriminate information">Discriminate vs indiscriminate information</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_cite_GNG" title="Wikipedia:Don't cite GNG">Don't cite GNG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Drafts_are_not_checked_for_notability_or_sanity" title="Wikipedia:Drafts are not checked for notability or sanity">Drafts are not checked for notability or sanity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Every_snowflake_is_unique" title="Wikipedia:Every snowflake is unique">Every snowflake is unique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Existence_%E2%89%A0_Notability" title="Wikipedia:Existence ≠ Notability">Existence ≠ Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Existence_does_not_prove_notability" title="Wikipedia:Existence does not prove notability">Existence does not prove notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Extracting_the_meaning_of_significant_coverage" title="Wikipedia:Extracting the meaning of significant coverage">Extracting the meaning of significant coverage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Google_searches_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Google searches and numbers">Google searches and numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_the_presumption_of_notability_works" title="Wikipedia:How the presumption of notability works">How the presumption of notability works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(high_schools)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (high schools)">High Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Historical_archive/Policy/Notability/Arguments" title="Wikipedia:Historical archive/Policy/Notability/Arguments">Historical/Policy/Notability/Arguments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inclusion_is_not_an_indicator_of_notability" title="Wikipedia:Inclusion is not an indicator of notability">Inclusion is not an indicator of notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources">Independent sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inherent_notability" title="Wikipedia:Inherent notability">Inherent notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Insignificant" title="Wikipedia:Insignificant">Insignificant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Masking_the_lack_of_notability" title="Wikipedia:Masking the lack of notability">Masking the lack of notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_stubs" title="Wikipedia:Make stubs">Make stubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Minimum_coverage" title="Wikipedia:Minimum coverage">Minimum coverage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:News_coverage_does_not_decrease_notability" title="Wikipedia:News coverage does not decrease notability">News coverage does not decrease notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_amount_of_editing_can_overcome_a_lack_of_notability" title="Wikipedia:No amount of editing can overcome a lack of notability">No amount of editing can overcome a lack of notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_big_loss" title="Wikipedia:No big loss">No big loss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_one_cares_about_your_garage_band" title="Wikipedia:No one cares about your garage band">No one cares about your garage band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_one_really_cares" title="Wikipedia:No one really cares">No one really cares</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_cannot_be_purchased" title="Wikipedia:Notability cannot be purchased">Notability cannot be purchased</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_comparison_test" title="Wikipedia:Notability comparison test">Notability comparison test</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_is_not_a_level_playing_field" title="Wikipedia:Notability is not a level playing field">Notability is not a level playing field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_is_not_a_matter_of_opinion" title="Wikipedia:Notability is not a matter of opinion">Notability is not a matter of opinion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_is_not_relevance_or_reliability" title="Wikipedia:Notability is not relevance or reliability">Notability is not relevance or reliability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_means_impact" title="Wikipedia:Notability means impact">Notability means impact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_points" title="Wikipedia:Notability points">Notability points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_sub-pages" title="Wikipedia:Notability sub-pages">Notability sub-pages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notabilitymandering" title="Wikipedia:Notabilitymandering">Notabilitymandering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Not_every_single_thing_Donald_Trump_does_deserves_an_article" title="Wikipedia:Not every single thing Donald Trump does deserves an article">Not every single thing Donald Trump does deserves an article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Obscure_does_not_mean_not_notable" title="Wikipedia:Obscure does not mean not notable">Obscurity ≠ Lack of notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Offline_sources" title="Wikipedia:Offline sources">Offline sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:One_hundred_words" title="Wikipedia:One hundred words">One hundred words</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:One_sentence_does_not_an_article_make" title="Wikipedia:One sentence does not an article make">One sentence does not an article make</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Other_stuff_exists" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Other stuff exists">Other stuff exists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Overreliance_upon_Google" title="Wikipedia:Overreliance upon Google">Overreliance upon Google</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links/Perennial_websites" title="Wikipedia:External links/Perennial websites">Perennial websites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Read_the_source" title="Wikipedia:Read the source">Read the source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reducing_consensus_to_an_algorithm" title="Wikipedia:Reducing consensus to an algorithm">Reducing consensus to an algorithm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Run-of-the-mill" title="Wikipedia:Run-of-the-mill">Run-of-the-mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:On_Wikipedia,_solutions_are_mixtures_and_nothing_else" title="Wikipedia:On Wikipedia, solutions are mixtures and nothing else">Solutions are mixtures and nothing else</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sources_must_be_out-of-universe" title="Wikipedia:Sources must be out-of-universe">Sources must be out-of-universe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Subjective_importance" title="Wikipedia:Subjective importance">Subjective importance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources">Third-party sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Trivial_mentions" title="Wikipedia:Trivial mentions">Trivial mentions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Video_links" title="Wikipedia:Video links">Video links</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vanispamcruftisement" title="Wikipedia:Vanispamcruftisement">Vanispamcruftisement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_BLP1E_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What BLP1E is not">What BLP1E is not</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_is_and_is_not_routine_coverage" title="Wikipedia:What is and is not routine coverage">What is and is not routine coverage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_notability_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What notability is not">What notability is not</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_to_include" title="Wikipedia:What to include">What to include</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_Crunchbase" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Crunchbase">Wikipedia is not Crunchbase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_here_to_tell_the_world_about_your_noble_cause" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause">Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_the_place_to_post_your_r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not the place to post your résumé">Wikipedia is not the place to post your résumé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Two_prongs_of_merit" title="Wikipedia:Two prongs of merit">Two prongs of merit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Humorous_essays" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essay_directory#Humorous_material" title="Wikipedia:Essay directory">Humorous essays</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Adminitis" title="Wikipedia:Adminitis">Adminitis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ain%27t_no_rules_says_a_dog_can%27t_play_basketball" title="Wikipedia:Ain't no rules says a dog can't play basketball">Ain't no rules says a dog can't play basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Akin%27s_Laws_of_Article_Writing" title="Wikipedia:Akin's Laws of Article Writing">Akin's Laws of Article Writing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Alternatives_to_edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Alternatives to edit warring">Alternatives to edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ANI_flu" title="Wikipedia:ANI flu">ANI flu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Anti-Wikipedian" title="Wikipedia:Anti-Wikipedian">Anti-Wikipedian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Anti-Wikipedianism" title="Wikipedia:Anti-Wikipedianism">Anti-Wikipedianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articlecountitis" title="Wikipedia:Articlecountitis">Articlecountitis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Asshole_John_rule" title="Wikipedia:Asshole John rule">Asshole John rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_bad_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume bad faith">Assume bad faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume faith">Assume faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_wraith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good wraith">Assume good wraith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_stupidity" title="Wikipedia:Assume stupidity">Assume stupidity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_that_everyone%27s_assuming_good_faith,_assuming_that_you_are_assuming_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume that everyone's assuming good faith, assuming that you are assuming good faith">Assume that everyone's assuming good faith, assuming that you are assuming good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_using_preview_button" title="Wikipedia:Avoid using preview button">Avoid using preview button</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_using_wikilinks" title="Wikipedia:Avoid using wikilinks">Avoid using wikilinks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Silly_Things" title="Wikipedia:Silly Things">Bad Jokes and Other Deleted 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