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* '''Wikipedia is not a directory'''. Articles aren't intended to help you navigate a local bureaucracy, find the nearest Italian restaurant, or otherwise include information that other Web pages do a perfectly fine job of maintaining.
* '''Wikipedia is not a manual or guidebook'''. Wikipedia articles aren't intended to offer advice, or to include, tutorials, walk-throughs, instruction manuals, game guides, recipes, or travel or other guides.
* There actually are wikis for how-to stuff ([http://wikiHow.com wikiHow.com]) and for travel ([[voy:Main Page|Wikivoyage.org]]), , but only the
* '''Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information'''. It's not the place for frequently asked question (FAQ) lists, collections of lyrics, long lists of statistics, routine news coverage, and "matters lacking encyclopedic substance, such as announcements, sports, gossip, and tabloid journalism."
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