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;{{anchor|backlog}} backlog: a backed-up list of to-do items that need to be dealt with on a wiki. For instance, most wikis have a cleanup backlog, with a long list of pages that need to be cleaned up in some way. Backups often suffer from not having enough editors working on them.

;{{anchor|Bikeshedding}} Bikeshedding: The phenomenon whereby technologically simple proposals will result in substantial feedback and iteration while more complex proposals will result in little or no feedback. See [http://bikeshed.com/ http://bikeshed.com/]

;{{anchor|Blacklist}} Blacklist

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;{{anchor|WMF}} WMF: Abbreviation of [[#Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]].

;{{anchor|WMFSF}} WMFSF: the Wikimedia Foundation's [[:foundation:Contact_us|office]] in San Francisco, or the staff and contractors working out of that office.

;{{anchor|WP}} WP: An abbreviation for [[Wikipedia]] (often, but not always, the English one). When used in the [[:en:|English Wikipedia]], this is a "[[#Pseudo-namespace|pseudo-namespace]]" prefix for a policy, guideline, or essay. If a user suggests that you read/follow/avoid WP:XYZ (where XYZ is any string of characters) without linking the reference to the appropriate page, just copy WP:XYZ into the search window to see what it corresponds to. When used on other wikis, you may need to go to the English Wikipedia to search for it.