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padding-left: 2px;"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Manual_of_Style_(regional)" title="Category:Wikipedia Manual of Style (regional)">Regional</a></div> <div class="NavContent" style="font-size:105%;padding:0.2em 0 0.4em;text-align:center"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names)#Specific_topics" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)">Specific naming conventions</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Canada-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Canada-related articles">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/China-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/China-related articles">China</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/France_%26_French-related" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/France & French-related" class="mw-redirect">France</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Hawaii-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Hawaii-related articles">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/India-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/India-related articles">India</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Ireland-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Ireland-related articles">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Japan-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Japan-related articles">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Korea-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Korea-related articles">Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Philippine-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Philippine-related articles">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Poland-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Poland-related articles">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Singapore-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Singapore-related articles">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Trinidad_and_Tobago_Wikipedians%27_notice_board/Style_guide" title="Wikipedia:Trinidad and Tobago Wikipedians' notice board/Style guide">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em"> <div class="NavFrame collapsed" style="border:none;padding:0"> <div class="NavHead" style="font-size:105%;background:transparent;text-align:left;background-color: #def; 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border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Simplified Manual of Style">Overview</a></li> <li><strong class="selflink">Directory</strong></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;font-size:115%;padding-top: 0.6em;"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Style" title="Template:Style"><span title="View this template">v</span></a></li> <li class="nv-talk"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Style" title="Template talk:Style"><span title="Discuss this template">t</span></a></li> <li class="nv-edit"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Style&action=edit"><span title="Edit this template">e</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p>This is a descriptive directory of the pages which make up the <b>Wikipedia Manual of Style</b>. It includes only current <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">guidelines</a>, not proposals or historical pages, nor pages that now redirect outside the manual of style.</p> <p></p> <div id="toc" class="toc"> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Article_content"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Article content</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Items_outside_article_text"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Items outside article text</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Topic-_and_culture-specific_guidelines"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Topic- and culture-specific guidelines</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Topic-specific"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Topic-specific</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Country-.2C_region-_and_language-specific"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Country-, region- and language-specific</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Other_relevant_pages"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Other relevant pages</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Article_content">Article content</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Article content">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Wikipedia:Manual of Style</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(WP:MOS, WP:STYLE)</small> <dl> <dd>The main page of the Manual of Style. It contains general remarks, <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">summaries</a> of the guidance to be found on certain other MoS pages, and fully detailed guidance on certain topics:</dd> </dl> <ul> <li>How to deal with <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#National_varieties_of_English" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">national varieties of English</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:ENGVAR)</small></li> <li>Language for <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Section_headings" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">section headings</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:HEAD)</small></li> <li>How to format <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Quotations" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">quotations</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:QUOTE)</small></li> <li>The preferred <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Punctuation" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">usage of punctuation</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:PUNCT)</small>, the largest section specific to the main Manual of Style page</li> <li>Miscellaneous <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Grammar" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">grammatical issues</a> including the <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Possessives" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">writing of possessives</a>, use of pronouns, the ampersand <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:&)</small>, collective plurals <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:PLURALS)</small>, and general guidelines for dealing with <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Foreign_terms" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">foreign words and languages</a>.</li> <li>Usage of <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">images</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:IMAGES)</small>.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Abbreviations" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:ABBR)</small> <ul> <li>Use of periods, disambiguation, and which abbreviations need and need not be spelled out first.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:ACCESS)</small> <ul> <li>Details recommended editing practices for best web accessibility of Wikipedia.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Capital_letters" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:CAPS)</small> <ul> <li>When and when not to use capitals, <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Capital_letters#All_caps" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters">including all-caps</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:ALLCAPS)</small>.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Captions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Captions">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Captions</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(WP:CAPTION)</small> <ul> <li>Best practices for writing and formatting image captions.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:NUM)</small> <ul> <li>Covers time and date formatting, including seasons <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:TIME)</small>, recommendations for numbers and theirs notation, which units to use and how to format and abbreviate them <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:UNITS)</small>, dealing with currencies <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:CURRENCY)</small> and geographical coordinates <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:COORDS)</small>.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Embedded_lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(WP:EMBED)</small> <ul> <li>When to and not to use a list instead of prose within an article.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Icons" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Icons">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Icons</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:ICON)</small> <ul> <li>On the use of small images within text.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:LAYOUT)</small> <ul> <li>Ordering of content within articles, structures of standard appendices <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:APPENDIX)</small>.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:LEAD)</small> <ul> <li>Everything about the article opener, including the guidance on bolding the subject's name <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:BOLDTITLE)</small></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:LINKS)</small> <ul> <li>Everything about the best use of wikilinks.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:LISTS)</small> <ul> <li>How and when to use lists on Wikipedia.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists_of_works" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists of works">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists of works</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:WORKS)</small> <ul> <li>Presenting a list of works by the article's subject.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Pronunciation" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:PRON)</small> <ul> <li>How to introduce pronunciation data in the International Phonetic Alphabet.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Proper_names" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Proper names">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Proper names</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:PN)</small> <ul> <li>Details how <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Wikipedia:Article titles</a> applies within the text of articles.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Self-references_to_avoid" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Self-references to avoid">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Self-references to avoid</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:SELF)</small> <ul> <li>How to avoid mentioning Wikipedia itself, or the fact the article is a webpage.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Spelling" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Spelling">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Spelling</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:SPELLING)</small> <ul> <li>Not a guideline <i>per se</i>, but a handy guide to national varieties of English.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Stand-alone_lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stand-alone lists">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stand-alone lists</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(WP:STANDALONE)</small> <ul> <li>Goes into greater details than MOS:LISTS.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Tables" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(WP:TABLES)</small> <ul> <li>The use and formatting of <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table/Introduction_to_tables" title="Help:Table/Introduction to tables">wikitables</a>.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Text_formatting" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:TEXT)</small> <ul> <li>The use of bold <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:BOLD)</small>, italics <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:ITALICS)</small>, and font size <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:FONTSIZE)</small> are all discussed here.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Trademarks" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trademarks">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trademarks</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:TM)</small> <ul> <li>Dealing with the idiosyncratic formatting of many trademarks.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Trivia_sections" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(WP:TRIVIA)</small> <ul> <li>How to avoid accumulation of poorly formatted miscellaneous information.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:WTW)</small> <ul> <li>Techniques for recognizing and dealing with puffery <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:PUFF)</small>, charged words <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:LABEL and MOS:CLAIM)</small>, weasel and doubtful words <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:WEASEL and MOS:ALLEGED)</small>, editorializing <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:EDITORIAL)</small>, euphemisms <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:EUPHEMISM)</small>, clichés <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:CLICHE)</small> and rapidly dated expressions <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:RELTIME)</small> are all to be found here.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Items_outside_article_text">Items outside article text</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Items outside article text">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Article_message_boxes" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Article message boxes">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Article message boxes</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(WP:AMBOX)</small> <ul> <li>Legacy page describing the styling of these banner templates.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Disambiguation_pages" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:DAB)</small> <ul> <li>What to include, how to format it and in which order.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(WP:IBX)</small> <ul> <li>Design of infobox templates.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Wikipedia_books" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Wikipedia books">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Wikipedia books</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(WP:MOSBOOKS)</small> <ul> <li>The styling of <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Books" title="Help:Books">books</a>.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Topic-_and_culture-specific_guidelines">Topic- and culture-specific guidelines</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Topic- and culture-specific guidelines">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Topic-specific">Topic-specific</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Topic-specific">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>These usually originated as project guidelines, and typically cover all of terminology, layout, conventions and formatting related to the topic at hand.</p> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Anime-_and_manga-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Anime- and manga-related articles">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Anime- and manga-related articles</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:ANIME)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biographies" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:BIO)</small> <ul> <li>How to deal with all the parts of the name, including post-nominal letters <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:INITIALS)</small> and honorifics <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:HONORIFIC)</small>.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Chemistry" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Chemistry">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Chemistry</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:CHEM)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Comics" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Comics">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Comics</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(WP:CMOS)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Cue_sports" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Cue sports">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Cue sports</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:CUE)</small> <ul> <li>For all billiards/pool games, but see also <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Snooker" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Snooker">MOS:SNOOKER</a> for snooker-specific additions.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Film" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:FILM)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Islam-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Islam-related articles">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Islam-related articles</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:ISLAM)</small> <ul> <li>Transliteration and terminology, religious text references</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Latter_Day_Saints" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Latter Day Saints">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Latter Day Saints</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:LDS)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Legal" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Legal">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Legal</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:LEGAL)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Mathematics" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Mathematics">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Mathematics</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:MATHS)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Medicine-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Medicine-related articles">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Medicine-related articles</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:MED)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Military_history" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Military history">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Military history</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:MILHIST)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Music" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:MUSIC)</small> <ul> <li>Also covers musical notation (in text and images), and use of italics for classical music works</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Music_samples" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music samples">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music samples</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(WP:SAMPLE)</small> <ul> <li>Fair-use policy on this issue, and how to present them in articles.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Novels" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Novels">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Novels</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(WP:NOVELS)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Philosophy" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Philosophy">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Philosophy</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:PHILO)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Record_charts" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Record charts">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Record charts</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(WP:CHARTS)</small> <ul> <li>The ordering, presentation and sourcing of chart information</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Road_junction_lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Road junction lists">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Road junction lists</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:RJL)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Snooker" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Snooker">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Snooker</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:SNOOKER)</small> <ul> <li>Much of <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Cue_sports" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Cue sports">MOS:CUE</a> also applies.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Stringed_instrument_tunings" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stringed instrument tunings">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stringed instrument tunings</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:TUNINGS)</small> <ul> <li>Spun out from <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Music" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music">MOS:MUSIC</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Television" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Television">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Television</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:TV)</small> <ul> <li>Covers television series, seasons and episodes.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Titles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:TITLE)</small> <ul> <li>All about the use of italics or quotation marks for titles of works.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Visual_arts" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Visual arts">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Visual arts</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:VA)</small></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Writing_about_fiction" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:FICTION)</small> <ul> <li>How to keep the right perspective, source and present in-universe information and similar aspects of writing about fiction.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Country-.2C_region-_and_language-specific">Country-, region- and language-specific</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Country-, region- and language-specific">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>A number of proposed or inactive language-specific guidelines exist, but they are not listed here; there are language-specific guidelines for several languages including Korean, Chinese and Hebrew; most issues are instead covered by <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_naming_conventions" title="Category:Wikipedia naming conventions">naming conventions</a>.</p> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Canada-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Canada-related articles">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Canada-related articles</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:CA)</small> <ul> <li>Covers mostly disambiguation, French names and sourcing population data.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/France_and_French-related" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/France and French-related">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/France and French-related</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:FR)</small> <ul> <li>Accents and their effects on sorting, capitalization of works, noble titles.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Hawaii-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Hawaii-related articles">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Hawaii-related articles</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:HAWAII)</small> <ul> <li>Capitalization and use of Hawaiian diacritics.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Ireland-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Ireland-related articles">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Ireland-related articles</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:IE)</small> <ul> <li>Historical issues, Irish vs. English, reference to counties</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Japan-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Japan-related articles">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Japan-related articles</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:JP)</small> <ul> <li>Mostly issues of romanization and plural, but also terminology, addresses and related matters</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Philippine-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Philippine-related articles">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Philippine-related articles</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:PHIL)</small> <ul> <li>Choice of ethnonym, use of diacritics, disambiguation, name of subdivisions</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Poland-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Poland-related articles">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Poland-related articles</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:PL)</small> <ul> <li>Terminology, pronunciation, and spelling</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Singapore-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Singapore-related articles">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Singapore-related articles</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">(MOS:SG)</small> <ul> <li>Mostly covers names of people</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_relevant_pages">Other relevant pages</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other relevant pages">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The following pages are not part of the Manual of Style, but contain related guidance.</p> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Wikipedia:Article titles</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">WP:AT</small> <ul> <li>Principles for choosing the titles of articles. Contains links to many topic-related naming convention pages.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Wikipedia:Citing sources</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">WP:CITE</small> <ul> <li>Guidance on organizing and formatting references.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Wikipedia:Summary style</a> <small style="font-size:85%;">WP:SUMMARY</small> <ul> <li>What happens when a section becomes an article.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <table class="metadata mbox-small" style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#f9f9f9"> <tr> <td class="mbox-image"><img alt="Book icon" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326000432im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Office-book.svg/30px-Office-book.svg.png" width="30" height="30" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150326000432im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Office-book.svg/45px-Office-book.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150326000432im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Office-book.svg/60px-Office-book.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48"/></td> <td class="mbox-text plainlist"> <ul style="font-weight: bold"> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Wikipedia_Manual_of_Style" title="Book:Wikipedia Manual of Style">Book: Wikipedia Manual of Style</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_the_Manual_of_Style" title="Help:Introduction to the Manual of Style">Manual of Style tutorial</a> – a quick introduction to the style guide for articles.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Simplified Manual of Style">Simplified Manual of Style</a> – the basics about commonly used style guidelines. <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tony1/Beginners%27_guide_to_the_Manual_of_Style" title="User:Tony1/Beginners' guide to the Manual of Style">Beginners' guide to the Manual of Style</a> – a trimmed down version of the main Manual of Style page</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Styletips" title="Wikipedia:Styletips">Styletips</a> – a list of advice for editors on writing style and formatting.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Reading_schedule" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Reading schedule">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Reading schedule</a></li> </ul> <dl> <dt>Related essays</dt> </dl> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_development#How_to_develop_an_article" title="Wikipedia:Article development">Article development</a> – lists the ways in which you can help an article grow. <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Basic_copyediting" title="Wikipedia:Basic copyediting">Basic copyediting</a> – gives helpful advice on copy-editing.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">Better articles</a> – guidance on how to make articles better.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_perfect_article" title="Wikipedia:The perfect article">Perfect article</a> – point by point guidance on what makes a great article.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoiding_common_mistakes" title="Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes">Avoiding common mistakes</a> – gives a list of common mistakes and how to avoid them.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Logical_quotation_on_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Logical quotation on Wikipedia">Logical quotation</a> – describes how to best use logical quotation in articles.</li> </ul> <dl> <dt>Other community standards</dt> </dl> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">List of policies</a> – a comprehensive descriptive directory of policies</li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">List of guidelines</a> – a comprehensive descriptive directory of guidelines. <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Directory#Community_standards_and_advice" title="Help:Contents/Directory">Community standards and advice</a> – a quick directory of community norms and related guidance essays.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide#Advice_pages" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">Advice pages</a> – about advice pages written by WikiProjects.</li> </ul> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px"> <table class="nowraplinks hlist collapsible collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a 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title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies">Biographies</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Disambiguation_pages" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages">Disambiguation pages</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes">Infoboxes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Linking</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Self-references_to_avoid" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Self-references to avoid">Self-references</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch">Words to watch</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr 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Style/Pronunciation">Pronunciation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Proper_names" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Proper names">Proper names</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Spelling" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Spelling">Spelling</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Text_formatting" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting">Text formatting</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Titles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Titles">Titles</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Images</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Captions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Captions">Captions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Galleries" title="Wikipedia:Galleries" class="mw-redirect">Galleries</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Icons" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Icons">Icons</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Images</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Layout</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Layout</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Lead section</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Tables" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables">Tables</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Trivia_sections" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections">Trivia sections</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Lists</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Embedded_lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists">Embedded lists</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists_of_works" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists of works">Lists of works</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Road_junction_lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Road junction lists">Road junctions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Stand-alone_lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stand-alone lists">Stand-alone lists</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Legal</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Legal" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Legal">Legal</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Trademarks" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trademarks">Trademarks</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Arts</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Anime-_and_manga-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Anime- and manga-related articles">Anime & Manga</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Comics" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Comics">Comics</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Film" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film">Film</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lyrics_and_poetry" title="Wikipedia:Lyrics and poetry">Lyrics and Poetry</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Novels" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Novels">Novels</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Television" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Television">Television</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Visual_arts" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Visual arts">Visual arts</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Writing_about_fiction" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction">Writing about fiction</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Music</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Music" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Music_samples" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music samples">Music samples</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Record_charts" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Record charts">Record charts</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Regional</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Canada-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Canada-related articles">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/China-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/China-related articles">China</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/France_and_French-related" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/France and French-related">France</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Hawaii-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Hawaii-related articles">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/India-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/India-related articles">India</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Ireland-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Ireland-related articles">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Japan-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Japan-related articles">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Korea-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Korea-related articles">Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Philippine-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Philippine-related articles">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Poland-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Poland-related articles">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Singapore-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Singapore-related articles">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Trinidad_and_Tobago_Wikipedians%27_notice_board/Style_guide" title="Wikipedia:Trinidad and Tobago Wikipedians' notice board/Style guide">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Religion</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Islam-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Islam-related articles">Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Latter_Day_Saints" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Latter Day Saints">Latter Day Saints</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Science</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Chemistry" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Chemistry">Chemistry</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Command-line_examples" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Command-line examples" class="mw-redirect">Computer commands</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Mathematics" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Mathematics">Mathematics</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Medicine-related_articles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Medicine-related articles">Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Taxobox/doc" title="Template:Taxobox/doc">Taxonomy</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Sports</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Cue_sports" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Cue sports">Cue sports</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Snooker" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Snooker">Snooker</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Related</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a></li> <li><a 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title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects">Wikimedia sister projects</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">WikiProjects</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"> <div> <ul> <li><img alt="Wikipedia book" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326000432im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Symbol_book_class2.svg/16px-Symbol_book_class2.svg.png" title="Wikipedia book" width="16" height="16" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150326000432im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Symbol_book_class2.svg/23px-Symbol_book_class2.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150326000432im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Symbol_book_class2.svg/31px-Symbol_book_class2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" 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href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Wikipedia key policies and guidelines</a></div> </th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_administration" title="Category:Wikipedia administration">Overview</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policies and guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines">List of policies and guidelines</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">List of policies</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">List of guidelines</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Principles" title="Wikipedia:Principles">Project-wide principles</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a 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title="Wikipedia:Core content policies">Core content policies</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;">Other <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_policies" title="Wikipedia:Content policies" class="mw-redirect">content policies</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Content" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Content guidelines</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Do not create hoaxes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Do not include copies of primary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Treatment of fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources">Identifying reliable sources</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Behavioral_policies" title="Wikipedia:Behavioral policies" class="mw-redirect">Behavioural policies</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection" title="Wikipedia:Child protection">Child protection</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_articles" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of articles">Ownership of articles</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sock puppetry">Sock puppetry</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Behavioral" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Behavioural guidelines</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a 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newcomers">Please do not bite the newcomers</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines#Editing" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Editing guidelines</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Be bold</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages" title="Wikipedia:Subpages">Subpages</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Talk page guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">WikiProjects</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a 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href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Dates and numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Layout</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Lead section</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Linking</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Lists</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_categories" title="Category:Wikipedia categories">Classification guidelines</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Categories, lists, and navigation templates</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Categorization</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template namespace">Template namespace</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> 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title="wmf:Values">Values</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;;font-weight: bold;"> <div> <ul> <li><img alt="Wikipedia book" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326000432im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Symbol_book_class2.svg/16px-Symbol_book_class2.svg.png" title="Wikipedia book" width="16" height="16" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150326000432im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Symbol_book_class2.svg/23px-Symbol_book_class2.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150326000432im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Symbol_book_class2.svg/31px-Symbol_book_class2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/> <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Key_Wikipedia_Policies_%26_Guidelines" title="Book:Key Wikipedia Policies & Guidelines">Book</a></li> <li><img alt="Category" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326000432im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/48/Folder_Hexagonal_Icon.svg/16px-Folder_Hexagonal_Icon.svg.png" title="Category" width="16" height="14" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150326000432im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/48/Folder_Hexagonal_Icon.svg/24px-Folder_Hexagonal_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150326000432im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/48/Folder_Hexagonal_Icon.svg/32px-Folder_Hexagonal_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="36" data-file-height="31"/> <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_policies" title="Category:Wikipedia policies">Category: Policies</a> / <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia guidelines">Guidelines</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px"> <table class="nowraplinks hlist collapsible collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Help_navigation" title="Template:Help navigation"><span title="View this template" style="text-align:center;;;background:none transparent;border:none;">v</span></a></li> <li class="nv-talk"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Help_navigation" title="Template talk:Help navigation"><span title="Discuss this template" style="text-align:center;;;background:none transparent;border:none;">t</span></a></li> <li class="nv-edit"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Help_navigation&action=edit"><span title="Edit this 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href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer" title="Wikipedia:General disclaimer">Disclaimer</a> (<a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Advice_for_parents" title="Wikipedia:Advice for parents">parental advice</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests" title="Wikipedia:Requests">Making requests</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Questions" title="Wikipedia:Questions">where to ask questions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="Wikipedia:Contact us">contact Wikipedia directly</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Who_writes_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Who writes Wikipedia">Who writes Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_create_an_account%3F" title="Wikipedia:Why create an account?">Why create an account?</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_to_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia">Contributing<br/> to Wikipedia</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Plain_and_simple" title="Wikipedia:Plain and simple">A plain and simple overview</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:A_primer_for_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:A primer for newcomers">A primer for newcomers</a> (<a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Getting_started" title="Help:Getting started">getting started</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ask_for_help" title="Wikipedia:Ask for help">Asking for help</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Guidance_for_younger_editors" title="Wikipedia:Guidance for younger editors">Advice for young editors</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoiding_common_mistakes" title="Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes">Avoiding common mistakes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a> (<a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Expectations_and_norms_of_the_Wikipedia_community" title="Wikipedia:Expectations and norms of the Wikipedia community">community expectations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Learning_the_ropes" title="Wikipedia:Learning the ropes">Learning the ropes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Instructional_material" title="Wikipedia:Instructional material">Instructional material</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplified_Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Simplified Manual of Style">Simplified Manual of Style</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplified_ruleset" title="Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset">Simplified rule-set</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">"Ignore all rules"</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_rules_are_principles" title="Wikipedia:The rules are principles">"The rules are principles"</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Styletips" title="Wikipedia:Styletips">Style-tips</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tip_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Tip of the day">Tip of the day</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Your_first_article" title="Wikipedia:Your first article">Your first article</a> (<a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_wizard" title="Wikipedia:Article wizard">article wizard</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor" title="Wikipedia:VisualEditor">VisualEditor</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction" title="Wikipedia:Introduction">Introductions</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction_2" title="Wikipedia:Introduction 2">Editing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction_3" title="Wikipedia:Introduction 3">Exploring</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_uploading_images/1" title="Help:Introduction to uploading images/1">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_the_Manual_of_Style" title="Help:Introduction to the Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_help" title="Wikipedia:Media help">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_navigating_Wikipedia/1" title="Help:Introduction to navigating Wikipedia/1">Navigating</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_policies_and_guidelines" title="Help:Introduction to policies and guidelines">Policies</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_referencing/1" title="Help:Introduction to referencing/1">Referencing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table/Introduction_to_tables" title="Help:Table/Introduction to tables">Tables</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_talk_pages" title="Help:Introduction to talk pages">Talk pages</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial">Tutorials</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Training/Newcomers/Welcome" title="Wikipedia:Training/Newcomers/Welcome">Newcomers' welcome</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Adventure">The Wikipedia Adventure</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Editing" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial/Editing">Editing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Formatting" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial/Formatting">Formatting</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphics_tutorials" title="Wikipedia:Graphics tutorials">Graphics</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial" title="Wikipedia:Picture tutorial">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial" title="Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial">IRC <span style="font-size:90%;">(live chat)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Wikipedia_links" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial/Wikipedia links">Links</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Keep_in_mind" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial/Keep in mind">Policies</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Registration" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial/Registration">Registration</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial/Citing sources">Sources</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Talk_pages" title="Wikipedia:Tutorial/Talk pages">Talk pages</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User_guide" title="Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User guide">VisualEditor</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ" title="Wikipedia:FAQ">Frequently asked<br/> questions (FAQ)</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Overview" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Overview">Overview</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Administration" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Administration">Administration</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Article_subjects" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Article subjects">Article subjects</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Categories" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Categories">Categories</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Contributing" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Contributing">Contributing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright">Copyright</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Editing" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Editing">Editing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Forking" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Forking">Forking</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IRC" title="Wikipedia:IRC">IRC (live chat)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Miscellaneous" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations">Organizations</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Problems" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Problems">Problems</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Researching_with_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Researching with Wikipedia">Researching</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers">Readers</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Schools" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Schools">Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Technical" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Technical">Technical</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Help:Contents">Help:<span class="Unicode"> </span>Contents</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse" title="Help:Contents/Browse">Help menu</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Navigating_Wikipedia" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Navigating Wikipedia">Navigating</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Joining_Wikipedia" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Joining Wikipedia">Joining</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Editing_Wikipedia" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Editing Wikipedia">Editing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Links" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Links">Links and references</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Images_and_media" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Images and media">Images and media</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Tracking_changes" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Tracking changes">Tracking changes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Policies_and_guidelines" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Policies and guidelines">Policies and guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Asking_questions" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Asking questions">Asking questions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/The_Wikipedia_community" title="Help:Contents/Browse/The Wikipedia community">Wikipedia community</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Resources_and_lists" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Resources and lists">Resources and lists</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Account_settings_and_maintenance" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Account settings and maintenance">Account settings</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Technical_information" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Technical information">Technical info</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Browse/Site_map" title="Help:Contents/Browse/Site map">Site map</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><i><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual">The Missing Manual</a></i></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Introduction" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Introduction">Introduction</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Editing_for_the_First_Time" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Editing for the First Time">First edit</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Documenting_Your_Sources" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Documenting Your Sources">Sourcing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Setting_Up_Your_Account_and_Personal_Workspace" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Setting Up Your Account and Personal Workspace">Account setup and personal space</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Creating_a_New_Article" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Creating a New Article">Creating articles</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Who_Did_What:_Page_Histories_and_Reverting" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Who Did What: Page Histories and Reverting">Page history and reverting</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Monitoring_Changes" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Monitoring Changes">Monitoring changes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Dealing_with_Vandalism_and_Spam" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Dealing with Vandalism and Spam">Vandalism and spam</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Collaborating_with_Other_Editors/Communicating_with_Your_Fellow_Editors" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Collaborating with Other Editors/Communicating with Your Fellow Editors">Communicating with others</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Collaborating_with_Other_Editors/WikiProjects_and_Other_Group_Efforts" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Collaborating with Other Editors/WikiProjects and Other Group Efforts">WikiProjects</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Collaborating_with_Other_Editors/Resolving_Content_Disputes" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Collaborating with Other Editors/Resolving Content Disputes">Content disputes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Collaborating_with_Other_Editors/Handling_Incivility_and_Personal_Attacks" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Collaborating with Other Editors/Handling Incivility and Personal Attacks">Incivility</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Collaborating_with_Other_Editors/Lending_Other_Editors_a_Hand" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Collaborating with Other Editors/Lending Other Editors a Hand">Helping others</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Formatting_and_Illustrating_Articles/Article_Sections_and_Tables_of_Contents" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Formatting and Illustrating Articles/Article Sections and Tables of Contents">Sections</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Formatting_and_Illustrating_Articles/Creating_Lists_and_Tables" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Formatting and Illustrating Articles/Creating Lists and Tables">Lists and tables</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Formatting_and_Illustrating_Articles/Adding_Images" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Formatting and Illustrating Articles/Adding Images">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia/Getting_Readers_to_the_Right_Article:_Naming,_Redirects,_and_Disambiguation" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Building a Stronger Encyclopedia/Getting Readers to the Right Article: Naming, Redirects, and Disambiguation">Naming, redirects and disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia/Categorizing_Articles" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Building a Stronger Encyclopedia/Categorizing Articles">Categorizing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia/Better_Articles:_A_Systematic_Approach" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Building a Stronger Encyclopedia/Better Articles: A Systematic Approach">Better articles</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia/Deleting_Existing_Articles" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Building a Stronger Encyclopedia/Deleting Existing Articles">Deletions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Customizing_Wikipedia/Customizing_with_Preferences" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Customizing Wikipedia/Customizing with Preferences">Personal preferences</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Customizing_Wikipedia/Easier_Editing_with_JavaScript" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Customizing Wikipedia/Easier Editing with JavaScript">JavaScript</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Appendixes/A_Tour_of_the_Wikipedia_Page" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Appendixes/A Tour of the Wikipedia Page">Wikipedia Pages</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Appendixes/Reader%E2%80%99s_Guide_to_Wikipedia" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Appendixes/Reader’s Guide to Wikipedia">Reader’s guide</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Appendixes/Learning_More" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Appendixes/Learning More">Learning more</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_how-to" title="Category:Wikipedia how-to">How-to pages</a><br/> <a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_information_pages" title="Category:Wikipedia information pages">Information pages</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_appealing_blocks" title="Wikipedia:Guide to appealing blocks">Appealing blocks</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Guide to deletion">Article deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Books" title="Help:Books">Books</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Citations_quick_reference" title="Help:Citations quick reference">Citations / references</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">Referencing for beginners</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Citation_Style_1" title="Help:Citation Style 1">Citation Style 1</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cite_errors" title="Help:Cite errors">Cite errors</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:References_and_page_numbers" title="Help:References and page numbers">References and page numbers</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Copyright" title="Help:Copyright">Copyright</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Diff" title="Help:Diff">Diff</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing" title="Help:Editing">Editing</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_toolbar" title="Help:Edit toolbar">toolbar</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_conflict" title="Help:Edit conflict">edit conflict</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Email_confirmation" title="Help:Email confirmation">Email confirmation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Find_sources" title="Help:Find sources">Find sources</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Files" title="Help:Files">Files</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Footnotes" title="Help:Footnotes">Footnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Glossary" title="Help:Glossary">Glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_image_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Guide to image deletion">Image deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Infobox" title="Help:Infobox">Infoboxes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Link" title="Help:Link">Linking</a> (<a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Link_color" title="Help:Link color">link color</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Logging_in" title="Help:Logging in">Logging in</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Viewing_media" title="Help:Viewing media">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Merging" title="Help:Merging" class="mw-redirect">Merging</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Mobile_access" title="Help:Mobile access">Mobile access</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Namespaces" title="Help:Namespaces" class="mw-redirect">Namespaces</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Navigation" title="Help:Navigation">Navigation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Other_languages" title="Help:Other languages">Other languages</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Page_name" title="Help:Page name">Page name</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Redirect" title="Help:Redirect">Redirect</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:How_to_move_a_page" title="Help:How to move a page">Renaming pages</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Reset_password" title="Help:Reset password">Passwords</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Reverting" title="Help:Reverting">Reverting</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Searching" title="Help:Searching">Searching</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Using_talk_pages" title="Help:Using talk pages">Talk pages</a> (<a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Archiving_a_talk_page" title="Help:Archiving a talk page">archiving</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Student_help" title="Help:Student help">Students</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:URL" title="Help:URL">URL</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:User_contributions" title="Help:User contributions">User contributions</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_markup" title="Wiki markup">Coding wiki markup</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup" title="Help:Wiki markup">Wiki markup</a> (<a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet" title="Help:Cheatsheet">cheatsheet</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Barchart" title="Help:Barchart">Barcharts</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Calculation" title="Help:Calculation">Calculations</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Special_characters" title="Help:Special characters">Characters</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Citation templates">Citation templates</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Columns" title="Help:Columns">Columns</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:HTML_in_wikitext" title="Help:HTML in wikitext">HTML</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:List" title="Help:List">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words" title="Help:Magic words">Magic words</a> (<a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words_for_beginners" title="Help:Magic words for beginners">introduction</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Musical_symbols" title="Help:Musical symbols">Music symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Section" title="Help:Section">Sections</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Sound_file_markup" title="Help:Sound file markup">Sounds</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table" title="Help:Table">Tables</a> (<a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table/Introduction_to_tables" title="Help:Table/Introduction to tables">introduction</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template" title="Help:Template">Templates</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_documentation" title="Wikipedia:Template documentation">documentation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages" title="Wikipedia:Template messages">messages</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion" title="Wikipedia:Transclusion">Transclusion</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Visual_file_markup" title="Help:Visual file markup">Visual files</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools" title="Wikipedia:Tools">Wiki tools</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk">Reference desks</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Computing" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing">Computing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Entertainment" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Entertainment">Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities">Humanities</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Language" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language">Language</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Mathematics" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Mathematics">Mathematics</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Miscellaneous" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Science" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science">Science</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Noticeboards" title="Wikipedia:Noticeboards">Noticeboards</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard">Administrators</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring">edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents">incidents</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism">vandalism</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_requests" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution requests">Disputes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editor_assistance/Requests" title="Wikipedia:Editor assistance/Requests">Editor help</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:External links/Noticeboard">External links</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150326000432/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard">Neutrality</a></li> <li><a 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