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===Principles===

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* [[Wikipedia:Five pillars|Five pillars]]&nbsp;– statement of our principles

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*[[User:Jimbo Wales/Statement of principles|Jimbo's statement]]&nbsp;– historic principles

*[[Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset|Simplified ruleset]]&nbsp;– synopsis of our conventions

*[[meta:Founding principles|Wikimedia principles]]&nbsp;– common to all projects

*[[Wikipedia:Principles|Principles]]&nbsp;– other essays on Wikipedia's principles

===Policies and guidelines===

;Overviews

*'''[[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines|Policies & guidelines]]''' &nbsp;- describes how policies and guidelines should normally be developed and maintained.

* [[Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines|List of policies and guidelines]]&nbsp;– a list of principle policies and guidelines.

* [[Wikipedia:List of policies|List of policies]]&nbsp;– a comprehensive descriptive directory of policies.

* [[Wikipedia:List of guidelines|List of guidelines]]&nbsp;– a comprehensive descriptive directory of guidelines.

*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents|Manual of Style contents]]&nbsp;– a comprehensive descriptive directory of the pages which make up the Manual of Style.

;Tutorials

*[[Help:Introduction to policies and guidelines|Introduction to policies and guidelines]]&nbsp;– a quick introduction to the major policies and guidelines for very new users.

*[[Wikipedia:Tutorial/Keep in mind|Keep in mind]]&nbsp;– a quick introduction on how to apply policies and guidelines as you go about editing.

;Project-wide principles

* [[Wikipedia:Consensus|Consensus]]

* [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution|Dispute resolution]]

* [[Wikipedia:Editing policy|Editing policy]]

* [[Wikipedia:Ignore all rules|Ignore all rules]]

* [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|What Wikipedia is not]]

;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

* [[Wikipedia:Child protection|Child protection]]

* [[Wikipedia:Civility|Civility]]

* [[Wikipedia:Edit warring|Edit warring]]

* [[Wikipedia:Harassment|Harassment]]

* [[Wikipedia:No legal threats|No legal threats]]

* [[Wikipedia:No personal attacks|No personal attacks]]

* [[Wikipedia:Ownership of articles|Ownership of articles]]

* [[Wikipedia:Sock puppetry|Sock puppetry]]

;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 guidelines

* [[Wikipedia:Article size|Article size]]

* [[Wikipedia:Be bold|Be bold]]

* [[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 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:Manual of Style/Images|Images]]

* [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout|Layout]]

* [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section|Lead section]]

* [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking|Linking]]

* [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists|Lists]]

;Classification guidelines

* [[Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates|Categories, lists, and navigation templates]]

* [[Wikipedia:Categorization|Categorization]]

* [[Wikipedia:Template namespace|Template namespace]]

;Wikimedia Foundation

* [[:Wikimedia:Policies|List of policies]]

* [[:Wikimedia:Resolution:Licensing policy|Licensing and copyright]]

* [[:Wikimedia:Privacy policy|Privacy]]

* [[wmf:Values|Values]]

;Related essays

*[[Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset|Simplified rule-set]]&nbsp;– some basic aspect of Wikipedia norms and practices.

**[[Wikipedia:8 simple rules for editing our encyclopedia|Eight rules for editing]] &nbsp;– 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]] &nbsp;– Wikipedia can be daunting, but here we provide tips to make editing smoother.

**[[Wikipedia:Trifecta|Trifecta]]&nbsp;– ultra fast overview of foundational principles related to policies and guidelines.

*[[Wikipedia:The rules are principles|The rules are principles]]&nbsp;– policies and guidelines exist as rough approximations of their underlying principles.

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