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to identify: Is this source self-published or not? (For this question, see Wikipedia:Identifying and using self-published sources.) Is this source independent...

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. middle Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not Wikipedia:Articles are more important than policy Wikipedia:Expectations and norms...

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia. The amount of information on Wikipedia is practically unlimited, but Wikipedia does not aim to contain all knowledge...

but somehow this is what usually happens. One of our core Wikipedia guidelines that facilitates this is assume good faith. It is good advice, reminding...

Process is important on Wikipedia, and to Wikipedia. Some people minimize the importance of process by pointing to Wikipedia policies such as "Ignore all...

Wikipedia is not working to a deadline, though it is not an excuse for complacency. There are various points of view on what this lack of a deadline means...

Wikipedia is a work in progress, and as such, some articles may be in better shape than others. In some cases, an article may be in such bad shape that...

Wikipedia is not a dictionary, phrasebook, or a slang, jargon, or usage guide. Instead, the goal of this project is to create an encyclopedia. Our sister...

A Wikipedia article or entry is a page on this site that has encyclopedic information on it. A well-written encyclopedia article: identifies a notable...

. Wikipedia is not about you. Sure, you see Wikipedia articles on all sorts of individuals, films, companies, projects, etc., but it is strongly urged...

polls are generally not used for article development. Remember that Wikipedia is not a democracy; even when polls appear to be "votes", most decisions on Wikipedia...

have difficulty determining what is and is not routine coverage of people and or events. The guideline WP:ROUTINE is widely considered to be a very good...

Wikipedia's hallmark is its user-generated, consensus-based content. Most article updates are uncontroversial, so discussion isn't needed. In cases of...

Policy writing is hard. When you are writing "rules", regardless of whether those rules appear on a page that is officially tagged as a policy, guideline...

snarky comments as you want, and nary a care about harming Wikipedia! Sarcasm is especially useful in controversial debates, the more controversial the better...

Wikipedia is, by number of articles, the largest encyclopedia ever to have existed. It contains a lot of information, and has been edited and viewed by...

Wikipedia is a sequel to the game Nupedia, an encyclopedia-themed MMORPG in a hack and slash and "article roaming" style. It was released for web browsers...

Disagreement is common on Wikipedia. Editors, even highly experienced ones, sometimes disagree on important interpretations of policies and guidelines...

Voting Is Not Evil (VINE) is a counterpoint to the Wikipedia essay "Polling is not a substitute for discussion", or WP:PNSD, a page written from scratch...

them. But are they really meant to stay that way forever? Fact is, on Wikipedia, nothing is in stone. Not once. Not ever. See this sentence? It can be deleted...

Wikipedia is not a game of Whac-A-Mole. You don't score points for seeing how many articles facing deletion that pop up daily you can mark down in as quick...

Wikipedia is not for things that you and/or your friends made up. If you have invented something in school, the lab, your garage, or the pub, and it has...

Note: This essay is meant to convey a serious message, but it is also meant to be satirical and humorous. It is not meant to be used intentionally or unintentionally...

is not. If you are new to Wikipedia, you will need to know that "notable" does not simply mean "noteworthy," which is a standard way that the term is...

Wikipedia is one of the first sources many people check when doing research. As a result, any misinformation found here could quickly spread, and should...

between notability and contextual importance/relevance is that the existence of an article on Wikipedia is subject to our notability guidelines, and the notability...

Verifiability is an important and core policy of Wikipedia. Article content should be backed up by reliable sources wherever needed to show that the presentation...

knowledge being lost forever long before the creation of Wikipedia. The following is a non-exhaustive list. The Libraries of Alexandria, House of Wisdom, and Constantinople...

Some of the rationales for keeping such pages is that, more than just an encyclopedia, Wikipedia is a community. A community likes to have fun at times...

Consensus is the community resolution when opposing parties set aside their differences and agree on a statement that is agreeable to all, or almost all...

deletion of certain articles is that other articles similar to the one in question exist. Because of the openness of Wikipedia it is nearly impossible to manage...

"WP:NOTCRUNCHBASE" redirects here, for whether Crunchbase is reliable or not, see WP:CRUNCHBASE. Wikipedia is not Crunchbase. Getting an article in Wikipedia for...

It is well-known among Wikipedians that "Notability is not temporary" and it "does not degrade over time". This may be true, if one assumes that entropy...

valuable knowledge for the reader interested in comparing them. This situation is typical for commercial products in the same category, geographic places reported...

WP:BLP1E is an often misunderstood Wikipedia policy, particularly in deletion discussions. This essay endeavours to clear up the matter of what constitutes...

Wikipedia is not about winning. It is not a battleground, and disputes over content or behavior are not meant to be "won". They are meant to be resolved...

considered to be a form of incivility. In general, it is best to assume good faith. Remember, Wikipedia is not a battleground; discuss the issue, not the person...

This essay is open to editing by all. Participation from those interested in deletion discussions is especially welcome. Deep within the lower depths...

community group or legislation. Even when the cause that the group advocates is noble, the usual Wikipedia principles about the acceptability of an article...

An uncivil environment is a poor environment to work in. It is not conducive to a useful and positive outcome from an already difficult situation. If...

person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing." — Jimmy Wales Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia...

This essay describes what adminship is and isn't. Admins do not have "command authority" in the sense that some imagine. They can draw a line based on...

There is no Divine Right of Editors. Some countries are absolute monarchies where the king can do what he likes. Wikipedia isn't, even if you've got the...

both to the policy forbidding synthesis originally made by editors, which is part of Wikipedia's no original research policy, and to such syntheses themselves...

the argument is sufficiently removed from any existing policy or guideline, it may make you wonder, is that even an essay? Wikipedia is governed by a...

What (or who) is a low-profile individual? The term (and non-public figure in both previous and subsequent revisions) is used in Wikipedia:Biographies...

A featured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition...

notability and verifiability; when an article fails to meet these criteria, it is generally nominated for deletion via proposed deletion or Articles for Deletion...

Editing Wikipedia is like entering a foreign country. It is no one's native country. As a linguist by profession, I have visited around 30 foreign countries...

Nothing is perfect, and Wikipedia is no exception. This page enumerates user opinions on why Wikipedia is not so great. For formal criticisms, see Criticism...

Notability is not a level playing field. This means that in certain areas, the inclusion requirements are lower than in others. This is related to the...

Wikipedia is a volunteer service. But what exactly does this mean? Almost all contributions are made in the free time of their contributors. There are...

without further review (known as a quick fail) if, prior to the review: It is a long way from meeting any one of the six good article criteria It contains...

Wikipedia is a mainstream encyclopedia. This means that writers and editors on Wikipedia should strive for articles that would be appreciated as being...

Contrast with essay: Wikipedia:Wikipedia is succeeding. See also Wikipedia:Failure, on the virtues of failure. Is Wikipedia failing in its aim of becoming...

Wikipedia:Civility policy states the following (as of July 18, 2017): Civility is part of Wikipedia's code of conduct and one of its five pillars. The civility...

by subject. Note that there is a delay between a portal's creation and its addition to the listing. Category:All portals is a comprehensive listing, including...

Wikipedia is not therapy. It does not exist for the purpose of letting people practice occupational therapy skills, such as using computers, typing, organizing...

Wikipedia is not a newspaper or online news site. Most newspapers are journals of current news, reporting current events in the world. Some newspaper articles...

stairs collapsed, the walls fell in, and the floor turned to water. Wikipedia is open to be read by anyone at all times. Google Search rapidly indexes pages...

It is unlikely that you will ever happen upon an editor who will argue that Wikipedia cannot claim that the Earth is not flat. But you may indeed encounter...

citations, reliable sources, living persons, non-free content and what Wikipedia is not) a featured list has the following attributes: Prose. It features professional...

Mediation is a component of the Wikipedia content-dispute resolution process. During mediation, a content dispute between two or more editors is subjected...

criteria are a standard, not the opinion of individual reviewers. This essay is intended to help reviewers make their decisions based on whether an article...

Wikipedia is not being written in an organized fashion. Thousands of volunteer editors work away on millions of articles, depending on their interests...

Shortcut WP:IS/AWP:IS/A Quality: FA-Class | A Class | GA-Class | B-Class | C-Class | Start-Class | Stub Class | Unassessed Importance: Top | High | Mid...

read and idly edit Wikipedia, at some point, you may ask yourself: "Just why is Wikipedia so great? What accounts for its enormous growth and success?" To...

Wikipedia is highly visible on the Internet; any Google or other search engine search on a subject for which Wikipedia has an article is likely to display...

meta:What is a troll? This page is a soft redirect....

A featured picture: Is of a high technical standard. It has good contrast, accurate exposure and neutral colour balance. It shows no significant compression...

Is there consensus? Nobody ever complained about my idea → You can assume there is consensus until you hear otherwise. Someone complained about my idea...

The Pope is Catholic. You probably knew that. But does a person completely ignorant of Christianity or religion in general know that? What about a person...

(formerly at Wikipedia:Consistency) Wikipedia:Title (disambiguation) This page is a list of project pages associated with the same title or shortcut. If an...

Wikipedia is, first and foremost, an encyclopedia, and as such, its primary goal is to be a fully comprehensive and informative reference work; that is, it...

deliberately intended to obstruct or defeat the project's purpose, which is to create a free encyclopedia, in a variety of languages, presenting the sum...

spade a spade is to describe something clearly and directly. Rather than using oblique and obfuscating language, just "tell it like it is". While editors...

Shortcut WP:WORLDWP:WORLD Wikipedia is not a forum or a soapbox. Editors should remember that their egos are not on the line while they are here at Wikipedia...

In Death in the Afternoon, Ernest Hemingway wrote: "Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world...

As many have noted, this discussion is sprawling so I will not try to summarize everything that was discussed. The top-line: two editors are banned from...

Continue reading for details. Shortcut WP:CDLWP:CDL When a page is deleted, this is recorded in the deletion log along with a deletion summary supplied...

Disambiguation pages with links is a project that patrols the incoming links to disambiguation pages. These non-article pages exist to clarify and ease...

A WikiProject is a group of contributors who want to work together as a team to improve Wikipedia. These groups often focus on a specific topic area (for...

"But it's true!" is not a sufficient reason to keep information on Wikipedia. The purpose of Wikipedia is to be an encyclopedia of high quality. To pursue...

point of view (NPOV) policy. Wikipedia content is also required to be verifiable and original research is forbidden on Wikipedia. Wikipedia seeks neutrality...

A featured topic (or a good topic) is a collection of articles or lists that represents Wikipedia's best work in covering a subject comprehensively and...

Wikipedia is not an acceptable source for citations elsewhere on Wikipedia. As a user-generated source, it can be edited by anyone at any time, and any...

coverage in independent reliable sources is simply an approximation for deciding whether an article topic is notable. The concept of notability can also...

Wikipedia is free content that anyone can edit, use, modify, and distribute. This is a motto applied to all Wikimedia foundation project: use them for...

Wikipedia pages. Administration FAQ – What an administrator (or "sysop") is, sysop status, and server administration. Blocks FAQ – Information about blocks...

On Wikipedia, notability is a test used by editors to decide whether a given topic warrants its own article. Information on Wikipedia must be verifiable;...

guidelines, and has has the following attributes. It is: (a) Useful. It covers a topic that is sufficiently broad and prominent to justify it as an entry...

policies in the world can't help a borderline case. Sooner or later, somebody is going to disagree with you, and do it strongly. It happens. And when it does...

here for the fuzzy feeling, stand back and marvel at the range of work that is done daily by other Wikipedians. Shortcuts WP:JOBSWP:JOBS WP:TASKSWP:TASKS...

conflict is inevitable. Wikipedia has mechanisms to try to resolve such disputes as quickly and efficiently as possible. Wikipedia content is public and...

It is sometimes felt that "obvious" statements, such as "the sky is blue", do not need citing. However, there are some reasons why you do need to cite...

them. Spreading awareness of something is promoting it. If your reaction to "Wikipedia is not for promotion" is to argue you were: "ensuring awareness"...

show that the Wikipedia is succeeding in the goal of becoming a reputable and reliable encyclopedia. A sister essay, Wikipedia is failing, presents arguments...

Wikipedia is unquestionably the largest encyclopedia in the world. It was once in the top 10 websites, and is still in the top 15 websites. However, Wikipedia...

Sometimes the pushback is framed as encouragement to be bold. This sort of response is inappropriate. Identifying problems is only the first step in resolving...

Consensus is Wikipedia's fundamental method of decision-making. It involves an effort to address editors' legitimate concerns through a process of compromise...

introduction ("Susan Smith is an Australian anthropologist"), refer to women by their surnames ("Smith is the author of ..."). Here is an example of an editor...

When one becomes frustrated with the way a policy or guideline is being applied, it may be tempting to try to discredit the rule or interpretation thereof...

against others. It is quite reasonable to take an interest in an article on a topic you care about—perhaps you are an expert, or perhaps it is just your hobby;...

projects (including the English Wikipedia) is buggy and increases load times. While most Internet traffic is generated by smartphones, the majority of...

Disambiguation in Wikipedia is the process of resolving conflicts that arise when a potential article title is ambiguous, most often because it refers...

the first question to ask is: Have professional mathematicians published papers on this topic, or chapters in a book? This is the question that will apply...

list if you fix them yourself (by removing the stub tag after the article is no longer a stub), or if you happen to notice that they are already fixed...

m:What is a troll? This page is a soft redirect....

topic. The lead section is the first part of the article; it comes above the first header, and may contain a lead image which is representative of the topic...

Wikipedia:"Ignore all rules" essays and related topics Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not § Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy Ignore all rules Letter and spirit of the law...

This guideline is about self-references and specifies which types of self-references should be avoided and which kinds are acceptable. A self-reference...

persons (or, in some cases, recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—must...

for English Wikipedia. Of course, this process is not generally automated, and live human administration is necessary to ensure that the editing of project...

Your user page has a name like this: User:Example. (This link is to yours.) Its normal use is to give basic information, if you wish, about yourself or your...

"It is not a hoax. There is plenty of proof that it exists. It had its picture in three local websites. Therefore, we should have an article about it...

uninvolved bureaucrat then determines if there is consensus to approve the request. This determination is not based exclusively on the percentage of support...

take due process seriously, but we also need to remember: this is not a democracy, this is not an experiment in anarchy, it's a project to make the world...

the desired title of a page is technically impossible: Use the magic word DISPLAYTITLE to change the way the title header is displayed on the page (although...

number of subjects about which no one cares on Wikipedia. With new bands this is especially important to keep in mind, given that a relatively high proportion...

A bare URL is a URL cited as a reference for some information in an article without any accompanying information about the linked page, such as https://www...

using is listed here, you might want to reconsider using it. However, just because an argument appears in this list does not necessarily mean it is always...

To use copyrighted material on Wikipedia, it is not enough that we have permission to use it on Wikipedia alone. That's because Wikipedia itself states...

reviews 3088 There is a very large articles backlog The articles backlog is growing very rapidly (↑1162 since last week) There is a very large redirects...

general and specialized encyclopedias, almanacs, and gazetteers. Wikipedia is not a soapbox, an advertising platform, a social network, a vanity press,...

Wikipedia is improved through the work of both regular editors and newcomers. All of us were new editors once, and in some areas, the most experienced...

consensus or pursue dispute resolution rather than edit war. Edit warring is unconstructive, creates animosity between editors, makes consensus harder...

What is one event? Since the 2008 election season, a number of articles have been submitted for deletion discussions in part or in whole based on WP:BIO1E...

Wikipedia is the product of the contributions of millions of editors, each one bringing something different to the table, whether it be researching skills...

Miscellaneous Shortcut WP:OFAQWP:OFAQ Shortcut WP:OFAQ#WHATWP:OFAQ#WHAT Wikipedia is an online free-content encyclopedia that you can edit and contribute to. Wikipedia...

advertisements is an official policy of long standing. Advertising is either cleaned up to adhere to the neutral point of view or deleted. Wikipedia is not a web...

Redirects for discussion (RfD) is the place where potentially problematic redirects are discussed. Items usually stay listed for a week or so, after which...

providing an edit summary at the destination page—that is, the page into which the material is copied—stating that content was copied, together with a...

matter how bad of an idea the highway is. The same concept exists on Wikipedia. An editor committing vandalism is one who tries to compromise the integrity...

including many experienced contributors who focus their attention elsewhere. This is especially true in the case of very widely used templates. Editors should...

deliberately trying to hurt Wikipedia, even when their actions are harmful. This is a fundamental principle on Wikipedia. Most people try to help the project...

Do not post legal threats on Wikipedia. A legal threat, in this context, is a threat to engage in an off-wiki ("real life") legal or other governmental...

A stub is an article that is deemed too short and incomplete to provide in-depth encyclopedic coverage of a subject. Of all the Wikipedia articles, 32...

contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. Everyone is welcome to help; for more information...

A credible claim of significance is a statement in the article that attributes noteworthiness, or information written about the subject in reliable sources...

now-historical instructions at § Historical merge proposal procedure. If a merge is unlikely to be contested, you can still be bold and complete it without initiating...

exist—somewhere in the world, in any language, whether or not it is reachable online—even if no source is currently named in the article. Articles that currently...

guidelines is not a criterion for speedy deletion. An article on an artist or band that does not indicate that the subject of the article is important...

material is uploaded and made available If you believe that you have been unfairly blocked, your only remedy is to contest the block with the host, who is under...

In the Wikipedia glossary, an orphan is defined as "an article with no links from other pages in the main article namespace". These pages can still be...

quotations, whether using direct or indirect speech, and for material that is challenged or likely to be challenged. Editors are also advised to add in-text...

Miscellaneous Shortcut WP:COFAQWP:COFAQ This page of frequently asked questions is devoted to answering those questions commonly asked by contributors to Wikipedia...

WP:WIAPAWP:WIAPA WP:ADHOMWP:ADHOM WP:ADHOMINEMWP:ADHOMINEM There is no rule that is objective and not open to interpretation on what constitutes a personal...

guidance in these matters. (Most of what is on this page also applies to work in the public domain, but the focus is on copyrighted materials, because they...

characteristics to identify: Is this source self-published or not? (If so, then see Wikipedia:Identifying and using self-published sources.) Is this source independent...

article. Even when the promotional material is added in a good-faith effort to improve Wikipedia, it is not appropriate for an encyclopedia article....

This page is referenced in the Wikipedia Glossary. Civility is part of Wikipedia's code of conduct and one of its five pillars. Stated simply, editors...

You can also add content if it is in the public domain, as discussed below. If the material you would like to use is not currently licensed compatibly...

File:Microsoft_Translator_Logo.svg File:Google_Slides_2026_Logo.svg (This is already on Commons under a Public Domain license but only as a PNG) Any chance...

in some cases, recently deceased) persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—must...

One of the most important aspects of Wikipedia is that its text (not media, but that will be discussed shortly) may be freely redistributed, reused and...

Twinkle is a Wikipedia gadget that uses JavaScript. It allows autoconfirmed users to have many extra options to assist them in common Wikipedia maintenance...

A WikiProject is a group of people who want to work as a team to improve Wikipedia. This guideline outlines the accepted practices for starting and maintaining...

Speedy deletion is a process that provides administrators with broad consensus to bypass deletion discussion, at their discretion, and immediately delete...

The purpose of a talk page (accessible via the "Talk" tab) is to provide space for editors to discuss editing that page. Article talk pages should not...

and Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices. The scope of WikiProject Comics is improve the vast expanse of knowledge that comics have become. This WikiProject...

called a "taxobox". Taxoboxes display the "taxonomic hierarchy". ("Taxon" is a general term for a named group of organisms, such as a subspecies, a species...

the process to become cloaked is not immediate. Wikipedia IRC is not owned or controlled by Wikipedia/Wikimedia. It is a project run by volunteers of...

Limited close paraphrasing is appropriate within reason, as is quoting, so long as the material does not violate copyrights and is cited and (for biased statements...

The CheckUser tool is used by a small group of trusted Wikipedia users called checkusers. The tool allows its users to determine from Wikipedia's servers...

revert, discuss cycle (BRD) is one of many optional strategies that editors may use to seek consensus. This process is not mandated by Wikipedia policy...

assessing the quality of Wikipedia's medicine articles . While much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program, the article ratings are also...

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia—that is, a comprehensive compendium of knowledge. The threshold for inclusion on Wikipedia is whether material is attributable...

section of the village pump is used to offer specific changes for discussion. Before submitting: Check to see whether your proposal is already described at Perennial...

The snowball clause is one way that editors are encouraged to exercise common sense and avoid pointy, bureaucratic behavior. The snowball clause states:...

Recentism is a phenomenon on Wikipedia where an article has an inflated or imbalanced focus on recent events. It is writing without an aim toward a long-term...

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia: Wikipedia combines many features of general and specialized encyclopedias, almanacs, and gazetteers. Wikipedia is not a soapbox...

WikiLeaks is not affiliated with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation in any way whatsoever. "Wiki" is a generic word that anyone can use; it is not a brand...

Articles for deletion (AfD) is where Wikipedians discuss whether an article or disambiguation page should be deleted or merged. Articles listed are normally...

Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. Simply being of the opinion that a page is not neutral is not sufficient to justify the addition of the tag. Tags should be...

34 Gerry Belanger – 34 Gianluca Linari – 34 Gus Schickedanz – 34 Hagalunds IS – 34 Heraldo Antonio Britski – 34 Hubert Matthes – 34 IK Sture – 34 Jeff Gorda...

page only. If your question is about a Wikipedia article, draft article, or other page on Wikipedia, tell us what it is! If you are having an issue while...

Plagiarism is taking credit for someone else's writing as your own, including their language and ideas, without providing adequate credit. The University...

comment (RfC) is a way to ask the Wikipedia community for input on an issue. Often, the issue is what an article should say. Sometimes it is a proposal for...

commentators and administrators. The national Australian Football League is the largest and most notable Australian rules football competition in Australia...

guide WikiProject Medicine Talk page How to edit Resources Outreach This is the style guide for editing medical articles. The general rules from the Wikipedia:Manual...

Shortcut WP:DYKWP:DYK Wikipedia:Did you know (DYK) is the project page for the "Did you know" section on the Main Page. The DYK section showcases new or...

Move review is a process to formally discuss and evaluate a contested close of Wikipedia page move discussions, including requested moves (RM), categories...

the keyboard). Content that, while apparently intended to mean something, is so confusing that no reasonable person can be expected to make any sense of...

only part of a prior edit, while retaining other parts of it. A reversion is an edit, or part of an edit, that completely reverses a prior edit, restoring...

Harassment is a pattern of repeated offensive behavior that appears to a reasonable observer to intentionally target a specific person or persons. Usually...

Take a look at this. This is not meant to single any one user out, but this edit revert was not necessary. This was probably reverted because the editor...

WP:QTNWP:QTN This encyclopedia is written in English. Sometimes an article is published here in another language by mistake, or is poorly translated into English...

Many images of logos are used on Wikipedia and long standing consensus is that it is acceptable for Wikipedia to use logos belonging to others for encyclopedic...

Wikipedia:Archive.is RFC 2 (closed), Wikipedia:Archive.is RFC 3 (closed) and Wikipedia:Archive.is RFC 4 (closed), Wikipedia:Archive.is RFC 5 (closed) The...

some cases is to ensure the user learns from the incident, and that the issues don't happen again. Shortcut WP:BLOCKFAQWP:BLOCKFAQ Q1: What is a block?...

detail. Is well-written. Is clear; it is written to avoid ambiguity and misunderstanding, using a logical structure and plain, clear prose. It is free of...

assessing the quality of Wikipedia's years articles. While much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program, the article ratings are also...

A Wikipedia article title is the large heading displayed above the article's content, and the basis for the article's page name and URL. The title indicates...

Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents Shortcuts WP:ANIWP:ANI WP:AN/IWP:AN/I This page is for urgent incidents and chronic, intractable behavioral problems. Before...

URL w.wiki/4paF ↓ Jump to the list of frequently discussed sources. ↓ This is a non-exhaustive list of sources whose reliability and use on Wikipedia are...

"Wiki" is usually not a proper name and, when it is, it does not refer to Wikipedia. Please understand that "wiki" is a generic term that describes a type...

non-free item is needed, why a free item cannot be used in its place, and what essential function it performs in each article in which it is to be used....

This is a guide to making unblock requests. Users may be blocked from editing by Wikipedia administrators to prevent damage or disruption to Wikipedia...

perennial sources for prior discussions. Context is important: supply the source, the article it is used in, and the claim it supports. (Sections older...

WP:CTTWP:CTT This page contains the following: Issues with sources: this is for tagging issues with sources; they are either inline tags, or message boxes...

each section of text that is either based on, or quoted from, an outside source is marked as such with an inline citation. This is usually displayed as a...

encyclopedia by keeping editors happy, productive, and on the project. The name is derived from the Spanish word for "hope" and the original goal was to offer...

discussion about an editor, you must leave a notice on their talk page. Pinging is not enough. You may use {{subst:AN-notice|thread=}} ~~~~ to do so. Sections...

must be presented in the file description page, explaining how the file is used in a way consistent with Wikipedia's non-free content criteria. This...

WordNet defines drama as "an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional". Those who have been editing for Wikipedia for very long are surely familiar...

can help an article grow into the next stage. Skipping stages is not just permissible—it is, in fact, recommended! The following categories should give...

The "as of" technique is a method to deal with information that will quickly become dated. Some articles have information that is valid only at a specific...

everybody helps to fix problems, correct grammar, add facts, make sure wording is accurate, etc. Find a problem? Wikipedia wants you to fix it. No need to ask...

On Wikipedia, an inline citation is generally a citation in a page's text placed by any method that allows the reader to associate a given bit of material...

development of a high-quality encyclopedia. Shortcut WP:NFCCPWP:NFCCP There is no automatic entitlement to use non-free content in an article or elsewhere...

Welcome to the Wikipedia deletion process. This page is here to help familiarize you with some of the guidelines and policies relevant to deletion, and...

and backgrounds, sometimes varying widely. Treating others with respect is key to collaborating effectively in building an international online encyclopedia...

Disruptive editing is a pattern of editing that disrupts progress toward improving an article or building the encyclopedia. This may extend over a long...

disappear, change their content, or move without HTTP redirection. Link rot is a significant danger to Wikipedia because of the reliability policy and source...

A content fork is a piece of content (such as an inter-wiki object, a page, or a page section) that has the same scope as another piece of content that...

A redirect is a page that automatically sends readers to another page, usually an article or section of an article. For example, if you type "UK" in the...

This page is to help determine whether an organization (commercial or otherwise), or any of its products and services, is a valid subject for a separate...

upload wizard. When uploading an image, you have to: make sure the image is published under a free copyright license clearly label the origin and the...

This is the Version 1.0 Editorial Team page. This is the home page on the English Wikipedia for a broad group of people who work to produce offline versions...

WikiProject Songs is a project intended to improve articles on songs. The goal is to make the song articles provide basic information in a quick and easy-to-read...

vandalism-only account is a single-purpose registered account that is used only to vandalize Wikipedia. Most vandalism on Wikipedia is done by anonymous users...

Wikipedia's goal is to be a free content encyclopedia, with free content defined as content that does not bear copyright restrictions on the right to redistribute...

Userfication is the process by which material that was posted in one namespace is moved into the user namespace (prefix User:). Generally, material is moved...

Trivia is broadly defined as information that is not important. However, since Wikipedia consists of articles, we can be more specific—trivia is information...

Look up libel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The goal of Wikipedia is to create an encyclopedic information source adhering to a neutral point of...

Wikipedia is a human-driven endeavor, created, edited, and administered with minimal assistance from artificial intelligence. Our purpose is to create...

The aim of WikiProject Maps is to improve the quality of maps across the Wikimedia Foundation. The Maps for Wikipedia page is an overview of different formats...

While our project extends over many language versions of Wikipedia, this page is principally devoted to our efforts on the English-language Wikipedia. We focus...

Wikipedia as a source for research projects. Normal academic usage of Wikipedia is for getting the general facts of a problem and to gather keywords, references...

The guideline, Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine) (MEDRS) is not different from other guidelines, because all Wikipedia content should...

Disinformation report Who is a typical paid editor? Who are their typical clients? Recent research WikiLambda the Ultimate Traffic report This is where I'll be,...

Wikipedia, notability is a test used by editors to decide whether a given topic warrants its own article. For people, the person who is the topic of a biographical...

internet are copyrighted and cannot be used here – even if there is no copyright notice, it is automatically copyrighted from the moment of creation. When...

Proposed deletion (PROD) is a way to suggest an article or file for uncontroversial deletion. It is an easier method of removing articles or files than...

that facts or claims correspond to reliable sources. Wikipedia's content is determined by published information rather than editors' beliefs, experiences...

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This Manual of Style (MoS or MOS) is the style manual for all English Wikipedia articles. This primary page is supported by further detailed subpages,...

Linking through hyperlinks is an important feature of Wikipedia. Internal links bind the project together into an interconnected whole. Interwikimedia...

equivalent is/is not available Wikipedia:NFCC#8 – Significance Wikipedia:Non-free content#Images 2 – Unacceptable image use Remember that polling is not a...

whichever is shorter. Samples must be of reduced quality from the original. For an .ogg file, a Vorbis quality setting of 0 (roughly 64kbit/s) is usually...

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clichéd, or endorsing of a particular viewpoint. The advice in this guideline is not limited to the examples provided and should not be applied rigidly. If...

titled as "List of Xs" or "Xs") is based on the group. One accepted reason why a list topic is considered notable is if it has been discussed as a group...

Arbitration on the English Wikipedia is conducted by a panel of experienced users named the Arbitration Committee (ArbCom), which is elected annually by the community...

you know you can edit Wikipedia? All you have to do is follow some rules. The most important thing is to write good accurate information, add reliable sources...

{\displaystyle a} is the number of A-Class articles, g {\displaystyle g} is GA-Class articles, b {\displaystyle b} is B-Class articles, c {\displaystyle c} is C-Class...

cases, you may not copy text from other sources into Wikipedia. Doing so is a copyright violation. Always write the articles in your own words and cite...

multiple accounts is permitted on the English Wikipedia, misuse of two or more accounts by the one individual—"abusive sock puppetry"—is in violation of...

Pending changes protection is a tool used to prevent vandalism and certain other recurrent nuisances on Wikipedia from being viewable to the general public...

In Wikipedia, the lead section is an introduction to an article and a summary of its most important contents. It is located at the beginning of the article...

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list of English Wikipedia user groups and their user rights is at Special:ListGroupRights and is also summarized on this page. The complete list of global...

WP:A/RWP:A/R WP:ARB/RWP:ARB/R WP:ARBREQWP:ARBREQ A request for arbitration is the last step of dispute resolution for conduct disputes on Wikipedia. The...

Substitution is the one-time, permanent copying of content onto a Wikipedia page. It differs from transclusion, which continually updates as the parent...

The easiest way to avoid making common mistakes is to know what they are. Some of the most common recurring errors in Wikipedia articles have been documented...

summary of the entire article body, which explains why the game is notable and important; this is the key aspect of the lead section, because it establishes...

assessing the quality of Wikipedia's cricket articles. While much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program, the article ratings are also...

was underway by 1939 and ended in 1945 .... Chronology The start of the war is generally held to be 1 September 1939 .... Background World War I radically...

GumballNine1Nine (talk) 15:55, 6 June 2026 (UTC) Portugal is a country in Southwestern Europe. It is a unitary republic comprising mainland Portugal, located...

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An attack page is a page, in any namespace, that exists primarily to disparage or threaten its subject; or biographical material that is entirely negative...

A single-purpose account (SPA) is a user account or unregistered editor whose editing is limited to one very narrow area or set of articles, or whose...

related to plants. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians...

of a category for which an approved upmerged template already exists and is now in use on more than 60 articles. S2 - the creation of an upmerged national-level...

This information is codified formally (by any wiki editor) using template data. Without template data, a list of supported parameters is automatically generated...

This is a collection of discussions on the deletion and merging of articles related to Food and drink. It is one of many deletion lists coordinated by...

Tendentious editing is a pattern of editing that is partisan, biased, skewed, and does not maintain an editorially neutral point of view. It may also...

Index · Statistics · Log This is the WikiProject Organizations assessment summary page. See WP:1.0 and WP:WVWP for more information. For Organizations...

A userbox (commonly abbreviated as UBX) is a small colored box (see examples) designed to appear only on a Wikipedian's user page as a communicative notice...

A coatrack article is a Wikipedia article that gets away from its nominal subject, and instead gives more attention to one or more connected but tangential...

mechanism is intended to augment, not supersede, other Wikipedia deletion processes or content policies. A common source of confusion in application is the...

Wikipedia namespace is a set of Wikipedia pages whose names begin with a reserved word, followed by a colon. The reserved word is recognized by the MediaWiki...

A caption is text that appears below an image. Most captions draw attention to something in the image that is not obvious, such as its relevance to the...

A shortcut is a specialized type of redirect page that provides an abbreviated wikilink to an administrative page or one of its sections, usually from...

stone' and can be adjusted where common sense suggests that an exception is appropriate, with an overall aim of professionalism, simplicity and greater...

exceptions, detailed below). These criteria here are significantly stricter; this is intentional, befitting the less urgent nature of requested moves. You are...

There is no special guideline for the notability of fictional elements (such as characters and episodes) on Wikipedia. See other relevant policies and...

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persons here. Shortcuts WP:BLPNWP:BLPN WP:BLP/NWP:BLP/N This noticeboard is for discussing the application of the biographies of living people (BLP) policy...

Shortcut WP:JWGWP:JWG This guide is intended to assist editors in the creation and writing of articles on academic journals, conference proceedings, monographic...

reviews 3088 There is a very large articles backlog The articles backlog is growing very rapidly (↑1162 since last week) There is a very large redirects...

or hierarchical structure. The title and bullet style, or vertical style, is common for stand-alone lists. These Wikipedia articles follow the Wikipedia:Stand-alone...

following system is used in the Chemicals Wikiproject, for assessing how close we are to a "complete" page on a particular compound. The system is based on a...

while there are topics that might arguably merit an article, sometimes it is simply too soon. Generally speaking, the various notability criteria that...

The following is an archived discussion of a featured article review. Please do not modify it. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page...

Index · Statistics · Log </noinclude> This is the WikiProject Education assessment summary page. See WP:1.0 and WP:WVWP for more information. For Education...

This guideline is used to help evaluate whether or not a sports person or sports league/organization (amateur or professional) is likely to meet the general...

WP:QUEBECWP:QUEBEC Canada portal Quebec is one of the four founding provinces of Canada. At over 1.5 million km2, Quebec is the largest province by area in Canada...

is {{WikiProject Volleyball}}. The specific syntax for use of this template can be found on its template page. The "Quality", or progress, scheme is used...

Shortcuts WP:VPPWP:VPP WP:VPPOLWP:VPPOL The policy section of the village pump is intended for discussions about already-proposed policies and guidelines, as...

Speedy keep is the process of closing deletion and merge discussions with a result of "speedy keep" before the normal discussion period ends, but without...

password or email address, then we cannot recover it. The only way to fix this is to create an account and request a usurp. Check your e-mail inbox for any...

not meant to be an absolute or canonical view of how significant the topic is. Rather, they attempt to gauge the probability of the average reader of Wikipedia...

the Westerns project are also part of other projects, the Westerns project is largely one of organization and maintenance. To identify and categorize all...

British Empire. This WikiProject is modelled on Wikiproject Commonwealth realms and was started in June, 2008. It is our hope that this project will provide...

Categorization Copyright Forking Templates Main Page Miscellaneous This page is addressed mainly to those editing Wikipedia. For information for readers,...

providing a short header that gives the topic of your question. Type '~~~~' (that is, four tilde characters) at the end – this signs and dates your contribution...

create a classification is to use a template if there is one that is appropriate. See the template section below. If there is no template that will work...

a hat is placed on top of one's head. For example, see the notes in italics immediately preceding the boxes above. The purpose of a hatnote is to help...

advice what to ask, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission This page is intended as boilerplate text for requesting permission to re-use somebody...

proxy, and if confirmed will block the address. – This proxy check request is closed and will soon be archived by a bot. 131.229.216.0/24 · contribs · block ·...

an article becomes too large, or a section of an article has a length that is out of proportion to the rest of the article, it may be appropriate for some...

or not, should be kept in historical perspective. What is most recent is not necessarily what is most noteworthy: new information should be carefully balanced...

and your reputation. A hoax is an attempt to trick an audience into believing that something false is real. Since Wikipedia is an "encyclopedia anyone can...

saying, "What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander." This aligns well with the Golden Rule, or ethic of reciprocity, which is a key moral principle...

blocks of IP addresses or ranges do not affect logged-in editors. However, it is occasionally necessary to block both anonymous and logged-in users, using...

The edit filter or abuse filter is a tool that allows editors in the edit filter manager group to set controls, mainly to address common patterns of harmful...

Index · Statistics · Log Shortcut WP:PSYCHASSESSWP:PSYCHASSESS This is the WikiProject Psychology article assessment page. Our assessments are based on...

Unless there is evidence which proves otherwise beyond a reasonable doubt, editors must assume good faith from others. The "duck test" is meant to be used...

Shortcuts WP:AEWP:AE WP:AREWP:ARE This page is used to report: conduct that violates an Arbitration Committee decision misconduct in a contentious topic...

Within Wikipedia, notability is a test used by editors to decide whether a topic warrants its own article. The topic of an article should be notable, or...

notability guideline, and which is not excluded under the What Wikipedia is not policy, is presumed to merit an article. This is not an absolute guarantee that...

bludgeoning is where someone attempts to force their point of view through a very high number of comments, such as contradicting every viewpoint that is different...

Shortcuts WP:VPWWP:VPW WP:VPWMFWP:VPWMF The WMF section of the village pump is a community-managed page. Editors or Wikimedia Foundation staff may post and...

This is a good article that could probably make it to an A class with a little work. The article is heavy on citations but suffers from some problems that...

The scope of an article is the topic or subject matter, which is defined by reliable sources. The extent of the subject matter identifies the range of...

Web accessibility is the goal of making web pages easier to navigate and read. Although primarily intended for disability support, it benefits all readers...

WP:PLOTSUMNOTWP:PLOTSUMNOT A plot summary is not a recap. It should not cover every scene or every moment of a story. A summary is not meant to reproduce the experience...

Homo wikidependus), (considered by some to be a subspecies of Homo sapiens), is someone who suffers from Wikipediholism, or obsession (addiction in some cases)...

Wikipedia is not a "forum". It does not have "moderators", but it does have administrators. Wikipedia is not the chat page of the web site of an interest...

This listing is for biographical articles on academics. Please see WP:BIO for guidelines on the inclusion of biographical articles in general and WP:ACADEMIC...

assessment department of the Lithuania WikiProject! The goal of this department is to accurately rate the quality and relative importance of Lithuania-related...

post) discussion topic. The main WikiProject page is Wikipedia:WikiProject Horror This Notice Board is a Discussion Forum, meant to allow General Project...

Wikipedia's articles about Poetry or the people of Poetry. While much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program, the article ratings are also...

A set index article (SIA) is a stand-alone list of a set of items of a specific type that also share the same (or similar) name. For example, Chevrolet...

intentional. But the big clue is that Russia's own GNSS, GLONASS, is not affected but everyone else's is. My impression is that it's a capability which...

Watchlist all case (and talk) pages: Front, Ev., Wshp., PD. Once the case is closed, editors should edit the #Enforcement log as needed, but the other...

Welcome to WikiProject Orphanage! WikiProject Orphanage is dedicated to clearing up the immense backlog of orphaned articles. There are thousands of articles...

Fancruft is a term sometimes used on Wikipedia to imply that a selection of content is important only to a small population of enthusiastic fans of the...

Reference manual Project subpages (mw:Lua – index at www.mediawiki.org) Lua is a lightweight scripting language that can be embedded in templates through...

knowing is important. Misuse of policy, guidelines or practice is not gaming if it is based upon a genuine mistake. But it may well be, if it is deliberate...

A page can be so hopelessly irreparable that the only solution is to blow it up and start over, i.e., create it de novo. Copyright violations, extensive...

importance, we know which topics are most vital to economics. This information is critical for WP:ECON's continued rational decision-making. When considering...

dispute resolution noticeboard (DRN) Shortcuts WP:DRNWP:DRN WP:DR/NWP:DR/N This is an informal place to resolve content disputes as part of dispute resolution...

Shortcut WP:ESLWP:ESL This is a list of commonly used edit summary abbreviations. Find a more concise list at quick reference. Select from the box above...

uploading image files to Wikipedia or, preferably, to Wikimedia Commons, it is important to use the right file format for the content. Don't try to save...

but can also present a number of problems. Guidance on principal issues is summarized below, followed by more in-depth discussion of each. For the purposes...

providing a short header that gives the topic of your question. Type '~~~~' (that is, four tilde characters) at the end – this signs and dates your contribution...

WP:PERU/ACIDWP:PERU/ACID This quarter's Peru article improvement drive is part of the WikiProject on Peru and is a collaboration to improve Peru-related articles to featured...

is not only a little learning that is dangerous. Avoid: It is not only a LITTLE learning that is dangerous. It is not only a Little learning that is dangerous...

auto-attained milestones. This award is unlike other awards given from one editor to another in a show of appreciation; it is intended to be given to yourself...

A page can usually be renamed if the existing title is incorrect or needs to be changed; this is done by moving a page (also commonly referred to as performing...

and others can be placed within the text itself (inline). A date parameter is added by a bot, or you can add it yourself with |date=June 2026. Before you...

that is run-of-the-mill is a common, everyday, ordinary item that does not stand out from the rest. Something or someone that is "run-of-the-mill" is probably...

The usual way to leave Wikipedia is simply to stop editing and abandon the account. However, a courtesy vanishing may be implemented if a user in good...

300 words and it is now over 10,000 words. This is larger than the 8,000 words recommended at WP:AS and WP:TOOBIG. I think there is lots of information...

content policies and the following instructions. The role of an AfC reviewer is to accept draft submissions that are unlikely to be deleted in mainspace or...

WP:BPTWP:BPT This page is designed to provide simple "copy and paste" versions of text which is very commonly used, but where using a Template is unnecessary. Post...

This is a collection of discussions on the deletion and merging of articles related to Politicians. It is one of many deletion lists coordinated by WikiProject...

disambiguation pages help readers find the specific article they want when there is topic ambiguity. Note that even though most disambiguation pages are kept...

providing a short header that gives the topic of your question. Type '~~~~' (that is, four tilde characters) at the end – this signs and dates your contribution...

actions, or to make an accusation of wrongdoing against another editor. This is often inappropriate and can lead to the escalation of a conflict. Essays,...

all content within articles to be verifiable. While adding inline citations is helpful, adding too many can cause citation clutter, making articles look...

Wikipedia is a popular and unique website due to its main purpose of being an online encyclopedia for anyone, anywhere, to view, read, gain knowledge,...

Shortcuts WP:VPIWP:VPI WP:VPILWP:VPIL The idea lab section of the village pump is a place where new ideas or suggestions on general Wikipedia issues can be...

content policies. Wikipedia:Wikipedia is an encyclopedia: Blunt and to the point laying out of what Wikipedia is Wikipedia:Wikipedia in brief: Focuses...

when the values match, the revision is stored in the index for chembox and the index for drugbox, respectively. This is typically done for values that are...

system is divided in 4 levels, while the quality system is based on a 7 levels scheme which reflects principally how complete the article is, though...

WP:AFD/SCIENCEWP:AFD/SCIENCE This is a collection of discussions on the deletion and merging of articles related to Science. It is one of many deletion lists...

| Board | Alerts | Deletions | To-Do | Category | Related | Help Progress is being made. Trove has the following article (from The Age, 27 February 1952...

Commons" or just "Commons") is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. Like Wikipedia, it is a project of the Wikimedia...

WP:DSPOLWP:DSPOL This is a collection of discussions on the deletion and merging of articles related to Politics. It is one of many deletion lists...

by interrupting and frustrating the Wikipedia project and community. This is particularly true for those prolific vandals who have been immortalised on...

This is the part of Wikipedia's Manual of Style which covers when to format text in articles, such as which text should use boldface or italic type. Shortcuts...

detailed, and more complicated you make the instructions, the less likely anyone is to read or follow them. Shortcut WP:NRTDWP:NRTD Nobody reads the directions...

thing is prohibited by policy, guideline, and/or consensus, then this is not the project for you. Assume that any other editor you encounter is also "here...

inclusion is verifiability, not truth" meant that verifiability is a necessary condition (a minimum requirement) for the inclusion of material, though it is not...

to play a role in the Version 1.0 Editorial Team program. The assessment is done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{WikiProject Countries}}...

The Terrorism task force is a task force that was founded in January 2006 by Sherurcij hoping to address the lack of information about individuals and...

A piped link is an internal link that displays text different from the title of the page to which the text links. It is created with wikitext (markup code)...

On Wikipedia, it is possible, indeed common, to find people shooting themselves in the foot or being hit by a boomerang after complaining about someone...

RevDel or RevDelete) is a feature that allows administrators to remove individual entries in a page history or log from public view. It is used for "selective...

This page is part of the WikiProject on Football and provides a list of known fully professional leagues, and also those that are known to not be fully...

Shortcut WP:DSMEDWP:DSMED This is a collection of discussions on the deletion and merging of articles related to Medicine. It is one of many deletion lists...

read, in full. Evidence, no matter who can provide it, is very welcome at /Evidence. Evidence is more useful than comments. Arbitrators will be working...

country of Belarus. Branching is possible, but our goal is just to make sure, for right now, that Category:Belarus is properly assessed and all articles...

he is quite pleasant. Note that the mouse on the right is a trained ninja mouse, tasked to protect newcomers from being bitten. A {{WikiCookie}} is a general...

encyclopedia article on the topic. The first prong of the notability test is whether a subject is worthy of our notice. A high school sports team will usually draw...

Wikilawyering is a critical term which describes various practices to be avoided in Wikipedia. Editors who "wikilawyer" apply a portion of a policy or...

indent}} is suggested for main space articles. Although this example page about how to indent is an essay, the use of normal indentation is a behavioural...

ought to be called, instead asking the less contentious question, what it is called. The Wikipedia community has found it difficult to reach consensus...

This WikiProject is responsible for the template system used to create flag icons, with or without associated wikilinks. This project is only concerned...

Alternative text (or alt text) is text associated with an image that serves the same purpose and conveys the same essential information as the image. In...

source is provided, you may search for one and if none is straightforward but there are no reasonable reasons to believe the new edit is vandalism, it is acceptable...

The report is AI slop, but it looks like the complaints (the user was a SPA promoting one person's critical POV about TOGAF) is probably legitimate...

because of unfamiliarity with the move function, unawareness that attribution is necessary, or when the move function fails (e.g., because the target has history)...

Welcome to the WikiProject Gender studies! This WikiProject is aimed at improving the quality of articles related to gender studies. For a list of articles...

may be helpful: redirect-helper This is a Wikipedia guideline for placing redirect pages into categories. It is intended to document current practice...

discretion, nor disregard policies and guidelines. Finding an appropriate balance is not always an easy task, and should be done in the context of the principles...

been tried. As it's a wiki, anyone can contribute to Wikipedia, and everyone is encouraged to. Overall, Wikipedia gets hundreds of times more well-meaning...

portal pages is provided below. (It is possible to get all portal pages into your watchlist, but it is difficult and tedious). The list is current as of...

bias and accidental copyright infringements. While the guidance offered here is covered in far more detail elsewhere within Wikipedia, this page should be...

AboutUs.com Link is not on the blacklist. Link is not on the domainredlist. Link is not on the Monitorlist. None of the mentioned users is on the blacklist...

This is a descriptive directory of Wikipedia essays and related information pages located in the Wikipedia namespace. There are currently around 2,230...

any statement that is obscure or difficult to find in the available sources, as well as any significant statement in general. There is no numerical requirement...

Manual Feedback / Support Download Huggle Extensions Huggle is a diff browser intended for dealing with vandalism and other unconstructive edits on Wikimedia...

pages, "See also" sections, templates, or redirects in the encyclopedia. This is an exception to the general rule encouraging red links for notable subjects...

what Steele and Beasor characterize as a "game". Wikipedia is not a business deal. It is an encyclopedia. Well-argued statements beat personal, subjective...

confiscated 25 stolen Apple Watches. (This capitalization is appropriate because the product type is included in the formal name of the product.) Follow standard...

name is ipso facto the correct title for the article, and that if the article is under another title, then it should be moved. In many cases, this is contrary...

This essay describes ways in which writing is often considered to be vague, and then discusses strategies to avoid such problems and fix affected articles...

community is concerned, scepticism is the default (as it should be, since science, properly conducted, is organised scepticism), and while research is ongoing...

article should generally use the version of the name of the subject that is most common in the English language, as you would find it in reliable sources...

Wikipedia's goal is to offer knowledge for many different things, in a format which is legal to copy, modify, and redistribute (copyleft, as we call it)...

WikiProject Concerts is a project intended to improve articles on concerts. The goal is to make the concert articles provide basic information in a quick...

every single instance) is often a hallmark of complete bollocks in articles about websites. A confirmatory sign of complete bollocks is a set of circular articles...

of England is an ongoing one. There are numerous debates in the media, in print and on the Internet concerning the matter, and Wikipedia is no exception...

we are pulling your legs, or that we just made them up out of whole cloth. Is the WMF really climbing in bed with Google and Facebook? Do Russian troops...

This is a list of stub categories and templates. When you add a particular stub template to the very end of a stub article, that article is added to...

Listcruft is a term some editors use to refer to indiscriminate or trivial lists. The term derives from the older hacker term cruft, describing obsolete...

Wikipedia's purpose is to benefit readers by acting as a widely accessible and free encyclopedia; a comprehensive written compendium that contains information...

("DGADism") or don't-give-a-shitism ("DGASism"), is an ism concerned mainly with not giving a fuck. This is not a joke; it's as serious an endeavor as anything...

discussions where the consensus is obvious. In discussions where consensus is entirely clear to everyone involved, there is no need for a formal close: just...

Ten things you may not know about Wikipedia is a list of insights about Wikipedia specifically targeted at people who have limited or no prior experience...

project. Abstract Wikipedia is "a conceptual extension of Wikidata", where language-independent structured information is rendered in an automated way...

The following is not one of Wikipedia's notability guidelines. However, it is meant to provide a tool to help determine if a television-related topic...

Arbitration Committee Arbitration is the final step in Wikipedia's process for resolving conduct disputes. The Arbitration Committee considers requests...

Advocacy is the use of Wikipedia to promote a person's or organization's beliefs or agendas at the expense of Wikipedia's goals and core content policies...

English Wikipedia community. The Wikimedia Foundation (owner of Wikipedia) is largely uninvolved in internal community decisions, and has therefore remained...

content. As you can see on this chart, 70% of our articles are stubs, which is simply unacceptable. Our projects covers articles on highways and roadways...

A workpage is a subpage serving as a collection of material and work in progress that may or may not be incorporated into an article. Workpages should...

STiki is a tool available to trusted users that is used to detect and revert vandalism, spam, and other types of unconstructive edits made at Wikipedia...

article is an objective assessment of how "complete" the article is and is based on whether the article meets certain criteria. The quality scale is simply...

there is good reason to do so. These guidelines supplement the global rename policy, which applies to all Wikimedia projects. Present name is a policy...

wikiproject is [[template:WPMusInst]]. The specific syntax for use of this template can be found on its template page. The "Quality", or progress, scheme is used...

conflict, is currently subject to active arbitration remedies." Is it a lake or is it just a name? Or is it a system? And if it is a system, how is it distinct...

about his disruption on WP:RFPP. (The duck test makes it clear that the IP is the same individual as User:Zubeneshamali; the two combined made about 25...

Shortcuts WP:RRECWP:RREC WP:REQRECWP:REQREC This page is to coordinate efforts to get more free content recordings onto Wikipedia to illustrate music topics...

Wikipuffery is the puffing of a subject or the addition of praise-filled adjectives and claims. They may be there to exaggerate the notability of the article...

(UTC) This is not some sort of complaint/argument/etc. Just trying to get an authoritative statement on this decision's scope. Airbnb is a US-based company...

read, in full. Evidence, no matter who can provide it, is very welcome at /Evidence. Evidence is more useful than comments. Arbitrators, the parties, and...

This is a project to work towards guidelines for History-related articles equivalent to those about reliable sources for medical articles. History articles...

follow that 1 is based on 2. That is a strange new claim, presumably invented by Wikipedia editors. It is hilariously circular ("their claim is based on the...

is a work for soprano, tenor, female choir, and instrumental ensemble ... (unnamed cantata) On an Overgrown Path (Czech: Po zarostlém chodníčku) is a...

which one may assume that one or more accounts are sockpuppets. Something is really fishy. All the signs are present, it seems. The suspecting editor may...

Mass message sender is a user group that allows users to send messages to multiple users at once from the MediaWiki message delivery bot account. Further...

NPP: Still heaven or hell for new users – and for the reviewers: Just what is NPP? Why does it need the WMF? Why does it need YOU? ← Back to Contents View...

Wikimedia New York City has its own Discord server! Discord is messaging software you can access on the web or through a downloadable application. Use...

The purpose of this essay is to provide commentary on the notability of software by measuring its technical or commercial achievements. For the purpose...

read in full. Evidence, no matter who can provide it, is very welcome at /Evidence. Evidence is more useful than comments. Arbitrators, the parties, and...

As an encyclopedia that can be edited at any moment by anyone anywhere, it is possible for a Wikipedia article to be written or produced on a particular...

written exactly as in the source, unless it is a Wikipedia-made translation. Always consider whether it is better to write a word or phrase out in full...

discussing the event is all that is necessary to decide if an event is significant enough for posting. Generally, proof that an event is being covered, in...

project was shut down. This page is maintained as a historical reference of the group's design and activities. Advocacy is that process in which an individual...

This is the WikiProject Albums album article style advice page, which documents recommendations by the members of the project to editors looking to work...

There is a consensus for imposing community sanctions on all pages related to the Syrian civil war, broadly construed. The sanctions themselves will be...

else having problems with some huge lag? Like, on the order of 6374 seconds? Is someone deleting the main page or something like that? Cheers, everyone. lifebaka++...

read, in full. Evidence, no matter who can provide it, is very welcome at /Evidence. Evidence is more useful than comments. Arbitrators will be working...

viewpoint are consequently objectively true. That is not the policy, and it is not our aim! Rather, to be neutral is to describe debates rather than engage in...

railways, should be in the scope of this task force. Geographically, this is limited to mainland China. Taiwan does not form part of this task force. 2Q (talk ·...

Shortcuts WP:ABCWP:ABC WP:ABBREVWP:ABBREV WP:WPABBRWP:WPABBR This is a directory of abbreviations used on Wikipedia for various pages, processes, policies...

is not obvious, or for one reason or another is not followed. In general this guideline deals with the naming of articles where a single article is devoted...

is confusing me too. This is the first time I have ever come across anything like this. It needs to be flagged up as a serious problem. My theory is that...

Mentorship is an arrangement in which one user assists another user, the protégé. Depending on the nature of the mentorship agreement, the mentor may give...

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possible hoax and will send it to AfD shortly, but I am starting to think there is a broader pattern here. Other eyes on this editor's articles would be appreciated...

comments. [1] and [2].He originally claimed that it was an arbcom rulling (which is not true, see here), then when I tried to talk to him about this he decided...

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citing AGF can suggest an assumption of bad faith, since one is assuming that the other is not also assuming good faith. As long as you expect others not...

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lot of "no consensus" AfD's even for articles that is suppose to be deleted, I don't think it is a good idea to make 5 days a hard rule, a lot of deletion...

May 2, 2010 to better improve espionage-related articles on Wikipedia. It is our goal to help users of the site gain more knowledge about espionage and...

An example of the proposed change is posted here : Template_talk:Non-free_biog-pic amongst others. The change is straightforward to do, and shouldn't...

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https://enwp.org/WP:PROSPECTPARK2021 This event is also listed on the Prospect Park website. Wikimedia Commons is the largest repository of free-to-use images...

Shortcuts WP:HOTCATWP:HOTCAT WP:HCWP:HC HotCat is a gadget that helps registered users easily remove, change, and add categories to Wikipedia pages. It...

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He is just ignoring us and is using his sock puppets to avoid his Block! What can be done? He has more than one "tell" that gives him away. --Sott 08:43...

thing --mboverload@ 08:29, 17 June 2006 (UTC) Shucks, and I missed it =(. Or is it still ongoing? Hit me back if you need my help, though I was planning on...

they indicated WP:ELYES footnote D, which is about copyright. I'm sure the material hosted on that wiki is fair use, per Fandom policy. The primary purpose...

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Perhaps there is a revision of this article that should be deleted, the porn actor's real name was at one point revealed and immediatelly removed (and...

After vast acres of discussion there is insufficient support for a site ban for Tutelary and, much more narrowly, no consensus for a BLP topic ban. I won't...

interpretation regardless of the reader's accent. The system for doing this is outlined at Help:IPA/English, and the first instance should include a link...

The following discussion is an archived report. Please do not modify it. Subsequent reports should be made in a new section. Cut it out. Seriously, cut...

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copyright has expired on the originals, and the photograph is ineligible for copyright, is that not so?Ploutarchos 22:14, 13 May 2007 (UTC) "Bridgeman...

Saying that someone is a "naive goyim" is not racist, it is xenophobic. Saying that someone is a "naive Jew" or a "naive black", is racist and xenophobic...

that isn't the case here. There is a real company by that name, and it may well be notable. The decision to salt is simply to avoid having to keep deleting...

to communicate with him/her. Posting a message to reconsider his behavior is not harassment. Please take a look at what I posted on his TALK site and you...

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Requested moves 26 May 2026 – 2024–25 Akari Chargers season (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2025–26 Akari Chargers season by MarcusAbacus (t · c);...

expired, and Davkal, though he has not posted any more personal attacks, is making disruptive POV edits on the CSICOP page, which enjoyed a rare week...

Filmography and Television credits on Geraldine Newman, see above. However there is a very disruptive person called User:UpDown who keeps deleting it. Please...

to WP:VfU where the vote is presently a unanimous keep deleted. The recreation of this article is not only a WP:POINT, it is also gaming the system, against...

these particular articles. Another thing that caught my attention is that the editor is using an account that was created more than a year ago, made two...

Pentagon-based university. And I was at a military-funded lab." What is "open" about this? Is he saying he was open about the fact that he worked for the military...

soon-to-be-explained misunderstanding, as well as his lack of knowledge about what is contained in RS regarding the subject matter. My edits are followed so closely...

Liquid cells (talk · contribs) On USS Oak Hill (LSD-51), this user is continuously inserting unsourced, negative commentary concerning a homosexual "first...

block log) - On User talk:Martintg;. this is a sock of the banned vandal and sock puppeteer User:roobit. He is right now harassing his former 'opponents'...

in the first place!) messages as I have "abused multiple accounts" (which is extremely unfair given that i was never given a chance to do this with the...

text?). The text is found on external sites, and, indeed, is marked by 23 April. I would like to figure out where the original text is/was and, if possible...

(UTC) Is this by any chance limited to users with long names? If so it is a software issue.Geni 03:03, 21 December 2005 (UTC) No, the block reason is simply...

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standards for, and expanding Wikipedia's coverage of, such articles. This project is an expansion of the former Modern Chinese music workgroup of WikiProject China...