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The [[Wikipedia:Project namespace]] includes Wikipedia official policies and guidelines, process pages, discussion pages, optional essays, informative pages, humorous and historical pages.

==Policies and guidelines==

{{For|the rules concerning the use of these tags|WP:Policies and guidelines}}

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{{Tlrow|policy}}

| Official policies<br /><br />'''top'''

{{Tlrow|Legal policy}}

| Official policies<br /><br />'''top'''

{{Tlrow|Procedural policy}}

| Official policies<br /><br />'''top'''

{{Tlrow|guideline}}

| Pages that document guidelines <br /><br />'''top'''

{{Tlrow|MoS-guideline}}

| Pages that document style guidelines <br /><br />'''top'''

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| '''{{Tlx|subcat guideline|<br /><small><code>&lt;guideline category&gt;</code></small>|<br /><small><code>&lt;category sort key&gt;</code></small>|<br /><small><code>&lt;shortcuts&gt;</code></small>}}<br />{{Lts/|Wikipedia subcat guideline}}<div align="center">'''

<div style="text-align: left">

'''Guideline category''' should be one of:

* <tt>behavioral guideline</tt>

* <tt>content guideline</tt>

* <tt>deletion guideline</tt>

* <tt>editing guideline</tt>

* <tt>naming convention</tt>

* <tt>notability guideline</tt>

* <tt>style guideline</tt>

</div></div> <!-- end of left cell in subcat row -->

| align= "center" | ''Example for '''naming convention''' as &lt;guideline category&gt;'':<br />{{Wikipedia subcat guideline|naming convention|*|category=}}

| For tagging guidelines of specific categories<br /><br />'''top'''<br /><br /><big>Use only '''available''' (sub-) '''categories'''</big>

<!-- end of subcat-guidelines -->

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| '''{{Tlx|disputedtag|talk<nowiki>=</nowiki>''Discussion Title''}}'''

| {{Disputedtag|talk=Discussion Title|category=}}

| Disputed "policy"/"guideline" designations<br /><br />'''top'''

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| '''{{Tlx|disputedtag|section<nowiki>=</nowiki>yes|talk<nowiki>=</nowiki>''Discussion Title''}}'''

| {{Disputedtag|section=yes|talk=Discussion Title|category=}}

| Disputed sections of policies/guidelines<br /><br />'''section'''

|-

{{Tlrow|proposed}}

| Policy/guideline proposals<br /><br />'''top'''

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{{Tlrow|draft proposal}}

| Drafts of policy/guideline proposals<br /><br />'''top'''

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| '''{{Tlx|under discussion|status|talk<nowiki>=</nowiki>''Discussion Title''}}'''

| {{Under discussion|status|talk=Discussion Title|category=}}

| Policies and guidelines whose status as policy or guideline is being actively discussed, although their ''current'' status is not contested.<br /><br />'''top'''

|-

| '''{{Tlx|under discussion|section|talk<nowiki>=</nowiki>''Discussion Title''}}'''

| {{Under discussion|section|talk=Discussion Title|category=}}

| Sections of policies, guidelines or other pages which are being actively discussed at the talk page<br /><br />'''section'''

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| '''{{Tlx|under discussion-inline|talk<nowiki>=</nowiki>''Discussion Title''}}'''

| {{Under discussion-inline|talk=Discussion Title|category=}}

| Specific wordings or sentences in policies, guidelines or other pages which are being actively discussed at the talk page<br /><br />'''within text'''

|-

{{Tlrow|failed}}

| Failed policy/guideline proposals <br /><br />'''top'''

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{{Tlrow|dormant}}

| Proposals that have become dormant through lack of discussion<br /><br />'''top'''

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{{Tlrow|Polarized proposal}}

| Currently unable to compromise policy/guideline proposals <br /><br />'''top'''

|}

==How-to and information==

{{see|WP:INFOPAGES}}

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{{Tlrow|Information page|WP:SHORT}}

| The banner template for [[WP:GOVPS|administration pages]] that are more just informational and non-opinionated like [[WP:GOV]].

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{{Tlrow|Wikipedia how to|WP:SHORT}}

| The banner template for administration pages that are more directly instructional and non-opinionated like [[H:EDIT]].

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| '''{{Tlx|supplement|<nowiki>pages=[[Wikipedia:Policy]] page</nowiki>}}'''

| {{Supplement|pages=[[Wikipedia:Policy]] page}}

| Use this template carefully, '''only''' when there is a well-established consensus at the relevant policy or guideline page to link to the administration page in question from the policy or guideline like [[WP:BRD]].

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{{Tlrow|Process header}}

|A blank template meant to be populated and used at the top of a page in the Wikipedia and help namespace.

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==Essays ==

{{see|WP:ESSAYPAGES}}

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| '''{{tlx|essay|<small>WP:SHORT</small>}}'''

| {{essay|WP:SHORT|demo=yes}}

| [[:Category:Wikipedia essays|Essays]]<br /><br />'''top'''<br />the banner template for [[WP:GOVPS|administration pages]] that are more opinionated then instructional or technical, there are several parameters and variations.

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{{Tlrow|orphaned essay}}

| [[:Category:Wikipedia essays|Essays]]<br /><br />'''top'''

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{{Tlrow|Notability essay}}

| '''top'''

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{{Tlrow|Civility essay}}

| '''top'''

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{{Tlrow|Behavioral essay}}

| '''top'''

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{{Tlrow|Categorization essay}}

| '''top'''

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{{Tlrow|Deletion essay}}

| '''top'''

|-

|}

==WikiProjects==

{{see|WP:WikiProjects}}

{{Seealso|Wikipedia:Template messages/WikiProject banners}}

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| {{Tl|WikiProject status}}<br />{{Lts/|WikiProject status}}

| {{WikiProject status|nocat=true}} <br /> Parameters: <code>|active</code>, <code>|semi-active</code>, <code>|inactive</code>, <code>|defunct</code>

| Displays the activity status of a WikiProject by using optional parameters <br /> <br /> <br />'''top'''

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{{Tlrow|WikiProject advice}}

| Used on essays and other advice pages that are written by one or more [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProjects]] <br /><br />'''top'''

|-

{{Tlrow|WikiProject notability essay}}

| Unofficial notability criteria defined by individual [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProjects]] <br /><br />'''top'''

|-

{{Tlrow|WikiProject style advice}}

| Unofficial style advice defined by individual [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProjects]] <br /><br />'''top'''

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{{Tlrow|WikiProject content advice}}

| Unofficial content advice defined by individual [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProjects]] <br /><br />'''top'''

|-

|}

==Historical and under development==

{{see|WP:HISPAGES|Wikipedia:Template messages/Maintenance}}

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{{Tlrow|historical|category=no}}

|For a former policy, use <nowiki>{{Historical|type=policy}}</nowiki>. For a former guideline, use <nowiki>{{Historical|type=guideline}}</nowiki>

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| '''{{Tlx|superseded|<nowiki>[[New page]]</nowiki>}}'''

| {{Superseded|[[New page]]|category=}}

| For process and infomation pages that have been superseded by other pages.

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| {{tlp|WikiProject status|Defunct}}

|{{WikiProject status|Defunct}}

|Set <code>inactive=yes</code> parameter from {{tl|WikiProject status}}.

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{{Tlrow|Essay in development}}

|This template is for essay pages actively undergoing a major edit.

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{{Tlrow|Under construction}}

|This template is for administration pages actively undergoing a major edit.

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{{Tlrow|In use|category=no}}

|Placed at the top of an administration page you are actively editing for a short period of time

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{{Tlrow|WP Future}}

|Pages using this template will be placed into Category:Inactive project pages unless the parameter category=no is given

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{{Tlrow|Freq}}

|This template is meant to be used at the top of a page in the Wikipedia and help namespace.

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{{Tlrow|Brainstorming}}

|This template is meant to be used at the top of a page in the Wikipedia and help namespace currently being developed.

|}

==Notices and warnings==

{{main|Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup}}

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{{Tlrow|Purpose}}

|To be used for when an essay, how-to or information page reason for existing is unclear.

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==Humorous==

{{see|Wikipedia:Department of Fun}}

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{{Tlrow|humor}}

|For use on Wikipedia and User namespaces pages that are not serious enough for publication in the mainspace.

{{Tlrow|humorantipolicy}}

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

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|{{tl|Humorous essay}}

|{{Humorous essay|demo=y}}

||For humorous essays in both the Wikipedia and User namespaces.

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{{Tlrow|admin backlog|nocat=true}}

| ''Maintenance'' categories and pages with a [[:Category:Administrative backlog|backlog]] that require an administrator <br><br> '''top'''

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{{Tlrow|backlog|nocat=true}}

| ''Maintenance'' categories and pages with a [[:Category:Wikipedia backlog|backlog]] <br><br> '''top'''

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| <small>{{Tlx|Please leave this line alone (sandbox heading)}} &lt;!-- We like people to see the notice. Put any testing content below it. --&gt;</small>

| [[Wikipedia:Sandbox]] <br /><br />'''top'''

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| {{Tlsp|specialpageslist}}<br />{{Lts/|Specialpageslist}}

| {{specialpageslist}}

| Lists <br />'''top'''

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