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===The principles upon which the policies and guidelines are based on===
: [[Wikipedia:Five pillars|Five pillars]] — statement of our principles
:[[User:Jimbo Wales/Statement of principles|Jimbo's statement]] — historic principles
:[[Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset|Simplified ruleset]] — synopsis of our conventions
:[[meta:Founding principles|Wikimedia principles]] — common to all projects
:[[Wikipedia:Principles|Principles]] — other essays on Wikipedia's principles
===TutorialsTutorial on policies===
:[[Help:Introduction to policies and guidelines|Introduction to policies and guidelines]] — a quick introduction to the major policies and guidelines for very new users.
:[[Wikipedia:Tutorial/Keep in mind|Keep in mind]] — a quick introduction on how to apply policies and guidelines as you go about editing.
=== General policies ===
=== Procedural policies ===
:'''[[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines|Policies & guidelines]]''' — describes how policies and guidelines should normally be developed and maintained.
:[[Wikipedia:Mediation|Mediation]]
:[[Wikipedia:Bot policy|Bot policy]]
=== Content policies and guidelines===
:;Core content policies
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|Neutral point of view]]
:: ;[[Wikipedia:No original research|No original research]]
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Verifiability|Verifiability]]
:;Other content policies
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Article titles|Article titles]]
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|Biographies of living persons]]
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|Deletion]]
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Image use policy|Image use]]
:;Content guidelines
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Citing sources|Citing sources]]
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|Disambiguation]]
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes|Do not create hoaxes]]
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources|Do not include copies of primary sources]]
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources|Identifying reliable sources]]
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Notability|Notability]]
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Patent nonsense|Patent nonsense]]
===Behavioural policies and guidelines===
:;Behavioural policies
:: [[Wikipedia:Child protection|Child protection]]
:: [[Wikipedia:Civility|Civility]]
:: [[Wikipedia:EditChild warringprotection|EditChild warringprotection]]
:: Incivility is not tolerated
:: [[Wikipedia:Harassment|Harassment]]
:: [[Wikipedia:NoEdit legal threatswarring|No legalEdit threatswarring]]
:: [[Wikipedia:No personal attacksHarassment|No personal attacksHarassment]]
:: [[Wikipedia:OwnershipNo oflegal articlesthreats|Ownership ofLegal articlesthreats]]
:: [[Wikipedia:SockNo personal puppetryattacks|SockPersonal puppetryattacks]]
::[[Wikipedia:Ownership of content|Ownership of content]]
: :[[Wikipedia: UserSock pagespuppetry| UserSock pagespuppetry]] ▼
:;Behavioural guidelines
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Assume good faith|Assume good faith]]
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest|Conflict of interest]]
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point|Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point]]
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Etiquette|Etiquette]]
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Gaming the system|Gaming the system]]
:: ;[[Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers|Please do not bite the newcomers]]
=== Editing policies and guidelines ===
;;Editing policies
: [[Wikipedia:Article size|Article size]] ▼: ;;[[Wikipedia:BeEditing boldpolicy|BeEditing boldpolicy]]
: [[Wikipedia:Hatnote|Hatnotes]] ▼: [[Wikipedia:Signatures|Signatures]] ▼: [[Wikipedia:Subpages|Subpages]] ▼: [[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines|Talk page guidelines]] ▼▲: [[Wikipedia:User pages|User pages]]
: [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|Vandalism]] ▼: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide|WikiProjects]] ▼
;;Editing guidelines
;;[[Wikipedia:Be bold|Be bold]]
▲: ;;[[Wikipedia:Article size|Article size]]
▲: ;;[[Wikipedia:Hatnote|Hatnotes]]
▲: ;;[[Wikipedia:Signatures|Signatures]]
▲: ;;[[Wikipedia:Subpages|Subpages]]
▲: ;;[[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines|Talk page guidelines]]
;;[[Wikipedia:User pages|User pages]]
▲: ;;[[Wikipedia:Vandalism|Vandalism]]
▲: ;;[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide|WikiProjects]]
▲===Style and formatting conventions===
: [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]
:: [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents|Contents]]
: [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility|Accessibility]]
: [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers|Dates and numbers]]
: [[Wikipedia:Categorization|Categorization]]
: [[Wikipedia:Template namespace|Template namespace]]
===See also===
: [[Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines|List of policies and guidelines]] — a list of principle policies and guidelines.
:: [[Wikipedia:List of policies|List of policies]] — a comprehensive descriptive directory of policies.
:: [[Wikipedia:List of guidelines|List of guidelines]] — a comprehensive descriptive directory of guidelines.
:[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents|Manual of Style contents]] — a comprehensive descriptive directory of the pages which make up the Manual of Style.
;; Related essays
::[[Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset|Simplified rule-set]] — some basic aspect of Wikipedia norms and practices.
:::[[Wikipedia:8 simple rules for editing our encyclopedia|Eight rules for editing]] — if you start out by following these simple rules, the rest should come naturally.
:::[[Wikipedia:Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia|Ten rules for editing]] — Wikipedia can be daunting, but here we provide tips to make editing smoother.
:::[[Wikipedia:Trifecta|Trifecta]] — ultra fast overview of foundational principles related to policies and guidelines.
::[[Wikipedia:The rules are principles|The rules are principles]] — policies and guidelines exist as rough approximations of their underlying principles.
;;Wikimedia Foundation policies
:: ;;[[:Wikimedia:Policies|List of policies]]
:: ;;[[:Wikimedia:Resolution:Licensing policy|Licensing and copyright]]
:: ;;[[:Wikimedia:Privacy policy|Privacy]]
:: ;;[[wmf:Values|Values]]
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