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background-color:#eeeeff; text-align:center"> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikinews:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a><br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Content_guide" title="Wikinews:Content guide">Content guide</a><br/> <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Style_guide" title="Wikinews:Style guide">Style guide</a><br/> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background-color:#eeeeff; text-align:center"> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikinews:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background-color:#eeeeff; text-align:center"> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Administrators" title="Wikinews:Administrators">Administrators</a><br/> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; background-color:#eeeeff; text-align:center"> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:For_Wikipedians" title="Wikinews:For Wikipedians">For Wikipedians</a> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; 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text-align:center"> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Etiquette" title="Wikinews:Etiquette">Etiquette</a><br/> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Core_policies" data-mw-thread-id="h-Core_policies-Our_policies"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Core_policies-Our_policies"></span>Core policies<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Core_policies-Our_policies"></span></h3></div> <ol><li><b>Do not promote any particular viewpoint</b> even when it is scientifically proven or widely accepted. Simply report and explain it along with disagreements. <ul><li>See <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikinews:Neutral point of view">Wikinews:Neutral point of view</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Do not revert any article more than three times in 24 hours</b>. This is an 'electric fence' to prevent 'revert wars'. <ul><li>See <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Three_revert_rule" title="Wikinews:Three revert rule">Wikinews:Three revert rule</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Cite your sources</b>. Everything (except the obvious) in a Wikinews article must be verifiable, and you must tell readers where you found your information. <ul><li>See <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Cite_sources" title="Wikinews:Cite sources">Wikinews:Cite sources</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Do not submit copyrighted material</b>. <ul><li>See <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Copyright" title="Wikinews:Copyright">Wikinews:Copyright</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Be respectful of others</b> <ul><li>See <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Etiquette" title="Wikinews:Etiquette">Wikinews:Etiquette</a></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conventions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Conventions-Our_policies"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Conventions-Our_policies"></span>Conventions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Conventions-Our_policies"></span></h3></div> <p>Conventions are widely accepted tools by which we produce more consistent and usable articles: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Fair_use" title="Wikinews:Fair use">Wikinews:Fair use</a> – What is fair use, how does it apply to Wikinews</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Naming_conventions" title="Wikinews:Naming conventions">Wikinews:Naming conventions</a> – How to title articles</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Copyright_violations" title="Wikinews:Copyright violations">Wikinews:Copyright violations</a> – Responding to suspected copyright violations</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Image_use_policy" title="Wikinews:Image use policy">Wikinews:Image use policy</a> – What kind of images you can upload to Wikinews</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Criteria_for_deletion" title="Wikinews:Criteria for deletion">Wikinews:Criteria for deletion</a> – How to request deletion for an article, and how admins can perform the deletion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikinews:Criteria for speedy deletion">Wikinews:Criteria for speedy deletion</a> – Pages that can be deleted on-sight</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Archive_conventions" title="Wikinews:Archive conventions">Wikinews:Archive conventions</a> – When, how, and why articles are protected for archives</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Instruction_creep" title="Wikinews:Instruction creep">Wikinews:Instruction creep</a> – Keep things simple</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Restricted_features" data-mw-thread-id="h-Restricted_features-Our_policies"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Restricted_features-Our_policies"></span>Restricted features<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Restricted_features-Our_policies"></span></h3></div> <p>Some features of the software which could potentially be misused, such as deleting pages and protecting pages from editing, are restricted to <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Administrators" title="Wikinews:Administrators">Administrators</a>, who are experienced and trusted members of the community. Policies particularly relevant to administrators include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Protection_policy" title="Wikinews:Protection policy">Wikinews:Protection policy</a> – When and why to protect a page</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Blocking_policy" title="Wikinews:Blocking policy">Wikinews:Blocking policy</a> – Blocking users to deal with vandalism</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:CheckUser_policy" title="Wikinews:CheckUser policy">CheckUser policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:OVERSIGHT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikinews:OVERSIGHT">Oversight/suppression policy</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_policies" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_policies-Our_policies"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_policies-Our_policies"></span>Other policies<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_policies-Our_policies"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Accreditation_policy" title="Wikinews:Accreditation policy">Wikinews:Accreditation policy</a> – Wikinewsies who are trusted by the community may be accredited.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikinews:Conflict of interest">Wikinews:Conflict of interest</a> – Wikinewsies are very strongly discouraged from involving themselves in articles where they are an involved party, or otherwise conflicted</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Arbitration_Committee" title="Wikinews:Arbitration Committee">Wikinews:Arbitration Committee</a> – the last resort for <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikinews:Dispute resolution">Wikinews:Dispute resolution</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Using_source_from_Wikipedia" data-mw-thread-id="h-Using_source_from_Wikipedia-Our_policies"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Using_source_from_Wikipedia-Our_policies"></span>Using source from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="w:Main Page">Wikipedia</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Using_source_from_Wikipedia-Our_policies"></span></h3></div> <p><b>Convention:</b> Wikipedia articles are released under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" class="extiw" title="w:Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>; content cannot be copied verbatim from Wikipedia as its license is incompatible with CC-BY. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_are_policies_created?" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_are_policies_created?"><span id="How_are_policies_created.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_are_policies_created?"></span>How are policies created?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_are_policies_created?"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Means" data-mw-thread-id="h-Means-How_are_policies_created?"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Means-How_are_policies_created?"></span>Means<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Means-How_are_policies_created?"></span></h3></div> <p>Most Wikinews policies are developed through consensus. Consensus might be developed through discussion and polls, but more often it develops through established practice. In most cases the policy is not even written formally, but is simply the community norms which have developed over time. </p><p>Discussions are good to find out available options, and their merits and demerits. They also have the merit of giving an incentive for people to look for a reasonable compromise. Polls are good to decide on issues when it is largely a matter of taste or belief. </p><p>Both decisions are <b>binding</b>, in the sense they result in consensus. You should respect the community consensus. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Places" data-mw-thread-id="h-Places-How_are_policies_created?"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Places-How_are_policies_created?"></span>Places<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Places-How_are_policies_created?"></span></h3></div> <p>Policy issues may be addressed in the Wikinews namespace, especially through the <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:Water_cooler" title="Wikinews:Water cooler">Water cooler</a>, and on <a href="/wiki/Help:Talk_page" title="Help:Talk page">Talk pages</a>. Issues may also be discussed in <a href="/wiki/Wikinews:IRC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikinews:IRC">IRC</a> and the <a href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikinews-l.lists.wikimedia.org/" class="extiw" title="mail:wikinews-l">mailing list</a>, but official policy can only be made on Wikinews itself. If a policy might be controversial, it should be discussed and consensus reached before being written and linked here. Consider the guidelines at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_create_policy" class="extiw" title="w:Wikipedia:How to create policy">Wikipedia:How to create policy</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Changing_a_policy" data-mw-thread-id="h-Changing_a_policy-How_are_policies_created?"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Changing_a_policy-How_are_policies_created?"></span>Changing a policy<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Changing_a_policy-How_are_policies_created?"></span></h3></div> <p>Policies change. When you present good reason to change a policy, and others agree, the change will happen. </p><p>Please don't bring up previously discussed policy changes until a new situation (technical environment, project's reputation, etc.) suggests revisiting old questions. Another justification for re-opening a discussion may be a significant change in the project's participants; some changing their mind, new people coming in or old ones leaving. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Participation" data-mw-thread-id="h-Participation-How_are_policies_created?"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Participation-How_are_policies_created?"></span>Participation<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Participation-How_are_policies_created?"></span></h3></div> <p>All participants are equal. If you are a good faith participant to Wikinews, your opinion counts as much as others. </p><p>For practical reasons, people participating without an account will be excluded from polls, but usually not from discussions. 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