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===PrinciplesUnderlying principles===

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

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

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

===Policies and guidelinesOverviews===

;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.

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*[[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]]

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* [[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]]

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* [[Wikipedia:Image use policy|Image use]]

;===Content guidelines===

* [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|Citing sources]]

* [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|Disambiguation]]

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* [[Wikipedia:Patent nonsense|Patent nonsense]]

;===Behavioural policies===

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

* [[Wikipedia:Civility|Civility]]

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

;===Behavioural guidelines===

* [[Wikipedia:Assume good faith|Assume good faith]]

* [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest|Conflict of interest]]

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* [[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]]

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* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide|WikiProjects]]

;===Style conventions===

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

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

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* [[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]]

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* [[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.