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Policies and guidelines

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{{Policy}}
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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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Pages that document guidelines

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{{MoS-guideline}}
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Pages that document style guidelines

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{{subcat guideline|
<guideline category>|
<category sort key>}}

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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.
For tagging guidelines of specific categories

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Use only available (sub-) categories
{{Proposed}}
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Policy/guideline proposals

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{{Rejected}}
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Failed policy/guideline proposals

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{{No-consensus}}
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Inactive proposals lacking consensus support or opposition

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{{Disputedtag}}
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Disputed "policy"/"guideline" designations

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{{Disputedtag|section=yes}} 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.
Either the page is 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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{{Superseded|[[New page]]}}
✘ 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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Projects

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{{Inactive}}
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Inactive Wikiproject

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{{subst:Sandboxpaste}}
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{{Please leave this line alone (sandbox heading)}} <!-- We like people to see the notice. Put any testing content below it. --> 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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Department of Fun

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

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{{Humor}}
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For use in Wikipedia namespaces that aren't serious enough for publication



Other

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{{How-to}}
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{{Essay}}
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Essays

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{{Shortcut|WP:SHORT}}
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Shortcut:
WP:SHORT
Other project pages with shortcut(s)
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{{Backlog}}
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This has a backlog that requires the attention of experienced editors.

Please remove this notice when the backlog is cleared.

Maintenance categories and pages with a backlog

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See also

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