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1 Policies and guidelines
2 Projects
3 Department of Fun
4 Other
5 See also

[edit] Policies and guidelines

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This page documents an official English Wikipedia policy, a widely accepted standard that all users should follow. When editing this page, please ensure that your revision reflects consensus. If in doubt, consider discussing changes on the talk page.

Official policies

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{{Guideline}}
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This page documents an English Wikipedia guideline. It is a generally accepted standard that editors should follow, though it should be treated with common sense and the occasional exception. When editing this page, please ensure that your revision reflects consensus. When in doubt, discuss your idea on the talk page.

Pages that document guidelines

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{{MoS-guideline}}
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This guideline is a part of the English Wikipedia's Manual of Style. Editors should follow it, except where common sense and the occasional exception will improve an article. Before editing this page, please make sure that your revision reflects consensus.

Pages that document style guidelines

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{{subcat guideline|
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Guideline category should be one of:

behavioral guideline
content guideline
deletion guideline
how-to guideline
naming convention
notability guideline
style guideline

Example for naming convention as <guideline category>:

This page documents an English Wikipedia naming convention. It is a generally accepted standard that editors should follow, though it should be treated with common sense and the occasional exception. When editing this page, please ensure that your revision reflects consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on the talk page.

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{{Proposed}}
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The following is a proposed Wikipedia policy, guideline, or process.
The proposal may still be in development, under discussion, or in the process of gathering consensus for adoption. Thus references or links to this page should not describe it as "policy".

Policy/guideline proposals

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{{Rejected}}
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This proposal has failed to attain consensus within the Wikipedia community. A failed proposal is one for which a consensus to accept is not present after a reasonable amount of time, and seems unlikely to form, regardless of continuing discussion.

Failed policy/guideline proposals

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{{No-consensus}}
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This is an inactive Wikipedia proposal for which no consensus has been established. If you want to revive discussion regarding the subject, please use the talk page or consider seeking broader input via a forum such as the village pump.

Inactive proposals lacking consensus support or opposition

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{{Disputedtag}}
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This page's designation as a policy or guideline is disputed or under discussion. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page for further information.

Disputed "policy"/"guideline" designations

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The following section's wording or inclusion in this policy or guideline is disputed or under discussion. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page for further information.

Disputed sections of policies/guidelines

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{{Historical}}
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This Wikipedia page is currently inactive and is retained as a historical archive.
A historical page is either no longer relevant or consensus has become unclear. If you want to revive discussion regarding the subject, you should seek broader input via a forum such as the proposals page of the village pump.

Retired pages of historical interest

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This Wikipedia page has been superseded by New page, and it is retained primarily for historical interest.

Historical pages that have been superseded by other pages

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[edit] Projects

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This WikiProject is believed to be inactive. If you are not currently a member of the project, please consider joining it to help.
Feel free to remove this tag if activity resumes or if this tag was placed in error.

Inactive Wikiproject

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{{subst:Sandboxpaste}}
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{{Please leave this line alone (sandbox heading)}}

Wikipedia:Sandbox

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{{subst:Specialpageslist}}
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(quite long, see template)

Lists
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{{Villagepump}}
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(quite long, see template)

Village pump
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{{Villagepumppages}}
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(quite long, see template)

Village pump (section)
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{{subst:WikipediaFAQ}}
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(quite long, see template)

FAQ pages
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{{essay-project-note}}
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This page is a WikiProject essay on notability. It contains the advice and/or opinions of one or more WikiProjects on how they interpret notability within their area of expertise. It is not a policy or guideline, and editors are free to, but not obliged to follow it during XfD's.

WikiProjects are encouraged to write essays on notability that meet or exceed the expectations of notability or the applicable sub-guideline (BIO, ORG, NUMBER, ACADEMICS, and rest of the sub guidelines). Please update the page as needed, or discuss it on the talk page.

Unofficial notability criteria defined by individual WikiProjects

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[edit] Department of Fun

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{{Humornotaccepted}}
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This page is intended as humor. It is not, has never been, nor will ever be, a Wikipedia policy or guideline. It illustrates standards or conduct that are generally not accepted by the Wikipedia community.

Humor pages that spoof and/or may have been proposed as policies or guidelines

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[edit] Other

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{{How-to}}
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This page is a how-to guide detailing a practice or process on the English Wikipedia.

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{{Essay}}
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This is an essay; it contains the advice and/or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. It is not a policy or guideline, and editors are not obliged to follow it.

Essays

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{{Shortcut|WP:SHORT}}
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