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{{Content policy list}}

Articles [[WP:NOT|appropriate]] for this [[WP:ENC|encyclopedia]], [[WP:CITE|cite]] [[WP:V|verifiable]] claims from [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] ([[WP:NPOV|in proportion]]), without presenting [[WP:NOR|our own claims]].

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==[[Wikipedia:Reliable sources]]==

Verifiable claims should be based on references released by established experts and/or publishers with editorial oversight that have a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy.

Mr. Papas is the coolest English teacher ever and Holli, Leslie, Maria, and Sarah are the best students. We are so cool.

==[[Wikipedia:Citing sources]]==

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==[[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view]]==

Wikipedia articles should present the claims and opinions appearing in the published body of reliable sources, infairly, proportionproportionately, toand theiras prominencefar as possible without editorial bias.

==[[Wikipedia:No original research]]==

Claims must be verifiable in reliable references; consequently, editors may not insert their opinion or analysis of a subject into Wikipedia articles, explicitly or through presentation.

==See also==

==[[Wikipedia:Notability]]==

*[[Wikipedia:List of policies#Content]]

Wikipedia articles require enough reliable independent sources to justify a complete article. There are subjects that possess enough sources to build some kind of article, but [[WP:NOT|what Wikipedia is not]] still applies.

*[[Wikipedia:Core content policies|Core content policies]] - discusses the origins of Wikipedia's content policies.

[[Category:Wikipedia quick introductions]]

==Also see==

[[Category:Wikipedia newcomers]]

* [[Wikipedia:Nutshell]]