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===Summary===

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* '''Policies and guidelines''' define Wikipedia's fundamental principles. '''Guidelines''' sayrecommend how to apply them orand how to provide general consistency for readers.

* '''Content''' -– Articles should be neutral and contain only contain information and opinions that already exist from ain reliable sourcesources.

* '''Conduct''' -– Be bold, but don'tand be rudecivil. In a disagreement, assume good faith, and civilly talk thingsdiscuss outissues on the talk pages until a consensus can be reached.

===More information===

* '''Content''' - Articles should be neutral and only contain information and opinions that already exist from a reliable source

You should now have enough of an idea of the spirit of the guidelines and policies to begin editing with some confidence! For more information, check out [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines]].

''For the next module, you can choose to learn either VisualEditor or Wiki Markup. VisualEditor is intuitive and works like a word processor. Wiki Markup, preferred by most editors, is more versatile and allows you to edit wikicode directly.''

* '''Conduct''' - Be bold, but don't be rude. In a disagreement, assume good faith and civilly talk things out on the talk pages until a consensus can be reached

===More information===

You should now have enough idea of the spirit of the guidelines and policies to begin editing with some confidence! For more information check out [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines]].

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