follow. All policy pages are in Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines and Category:Wikipedia policies. For summaries of key policies, . Shortcut WP:GUIDESWP:GUIDES...

Category:Wikipedia legal policies: These are policies with legal implications. Outside of policies, such as those below and the office actions policy, Wikipedia does...

list of policies and guidelines. For a quick overview, see Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset; for descriptive directories see Wikipedia:List of policies, Wikipedia:List...

by three principal core content policies: neutral point of view, verifiability, and no original research. These policies describe the type and quality of...

between policies, guidelines, and essays on Wikipedia is obscure. There is no bright line between what the community chooses to call a "policy" or a "guideline"...

WikiProject Policies and Guidelines was re-activated on 3 October 2025 to simplify and consolidate Wikipedia's policies and guidelines (including the...

cases, previous decisions do not create binding precedent. As community policies, guidelines and norms evolve over time, previous decisions will be taken...

directly to Special:Upload. For other legal and copyright policies, see Wikipedia:List of policies § Legal. Shortcuts WP:IUP#COPYRIGHTWP:IUP#COPYRIGHT WP:IUPCWP:IUPC...

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This is a list of existing policies that can be used either to support a deletion proposal (prod) or nomination, or in an attempt to prevent deletion in...

WP:VPPWP:VPP WP:VPPOLWP:VPPOL The policy section of the village pump is intended for discussions about already-proposed policies and guidelines, as well as changes...

are related to the area of science policy, from direct policy pages to the science that is used to build those policies. Form a community dedicated to improving...

categories) is not covered by this mass creation policy, other policies, such as Wikipedia:Bot policy, still apply. Shortcuts WP:IMPERFECTWP:IMPERFECT...

Pump (policy)#Proposal to ban draftifying articles more than 90 days old without consensus. Policies and guidelines: Wikipedia:Editing policy § Try to...

only legal policy but also treatment and prevention, education, supply manipulation, global markets and measurements, and cultural policies. The primary...

of written policies and guidelines to have a significant effect on editors' behavior. Has this already been tried? Wikipedia's core policies are the product...

of accountability under Wikipedia's policies and guidelines than other users (such as implying that certain policies do not apply to them); or has any administrative...

are Wikipedia-approved policies or guidelines. Essays can be written without much, if any, debate, as opposed to Wikipedia policies and guidelines, which...

the English Wikipedia community. Other languages may have their own bot policies which differ from this one. Shortcut WP:BOTDEFWP:BOTDEF Bots (short for...

Wikimedia:Privacy policy This page is a soft redirect. Wikipedia:Wikimedia policy...

PUBLIC POLICY INITIATIVE QUICK FACTS   edit | watch We worked with 33 courses at 22 universities in the spring 2011 term. Students were supported on campus...

middle-ground possibilities have been included. Check existing policies. Consult Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines. Keep in mind Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is...

sources. In short, policies may help educate newbies as to how to collaborate most fruitfully with others on articles. And policies serve as important...

explicitly or through presentation. Wikipedia:List of policies#Content Core content policies - discusses the origins of Wikipedia's content policies....

Wikipedia currently has no policy with regard to the accuracy, validity, or proper verification of academic or professional credentials of our editors...

harassment; spamming; deliberately tripping the edit filter; breaching the policies or guidelines, especially sockpuppetry; persistent usage of large language...

vandalism or violations of content policy (such as Wikipedia's biographies of living persons or neutral point of view policies). A page and its talk page should...

discussion prior to making changes, and must comply with local policies (such as the protection policy). List of users with global interface editor rights Global...

developments in other relevant English Wikipedia and Wikimedia Foundation policies that impact upon arbitration. The proposed update has been reviewed five...

The worst of it is not from violating the letter policies and guidelines, it is from weaponizing policies, guidelines and other Wikipedia structures. And...

aspects. While all editors are expected to respect the enforcement of policies by not undermining or sabotaging them, no editor is personally obligated...

Wikipedia policies. Current policy: Wikipedia:Deletion policy makes no reference whatsoever to schools either way. Wikipedia talk:Deletion policy/schools...

Wikimedia:Policy:Non-discrimination policy This page is a soft redirect....

Wikipedia:Civility and Wikipedia:No legal threats Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines with Wikipedia:How to create policy Wikipedia:Patent nonsense and Wikipedia:Attack...

articles (watch) Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines (watch) Wikipedia:Proposed deletion (watch) Wikipedia:Protection policy (watch) Wikipedia:Resolving...

Wikipedia policies and guidelines are wiki pages themselves, so they can be edited. And policies and guidelines change over time. This policy provides...

article cannot override Wikipedia policies such as WP:NPOV. (The policies themselves are determined by consensus. If a policy is poorly written and is not...

articles rather than debate on policy? Zoney 14:01, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC) The Ukrainian Wikipedia needs to set their own policies -- I would recommend using the...

tag: {{WikiProject United States Public Policy |class= |importance= }} This rubric is based Wikipedia's policies and expectations for high-quality articles...

commonly quoted in relation to Wikipedia's policies, particularly "assume good faith". "Our social policies are not a suicide pact" is essentially a restatement...

interested students. It focuses on US environmental policy with a selection of state and local policies. Each student will either contribute a new article...

making policies better. Editors who think a point of policy is incorrect, or see a way to make a guideline better, first simply edit the policy page to...

proposal. Arbitration policy has been the jurisdiction of Jimbo Wales and the Arbitration Committee; see e.g. the arbitration policy ratification vote, which...

Biographies of living persons and the Deletion policy to see how this idea plays out in various policies and guidelines. Don't be a jerk Wikipedia is a...

policy discussions can take place in an atmosphere of calm without the interruptions of those who do not understand the full context of the policies being...

what the policy is, what it applies to, and how it fits in with other policies. (encouraged) Sidebar box. Template to list various related policies, e.g....

Wikimedia Foundation Licensing policy resolution of March 23, 2007, this document serves as the Exemption Doctrine Policy for the English Wikipedia. To...

various copyright policies Wikipedia:Cv101: a simple guide to addressing copyright problems Wikipedia:Copyrights: official copyright policy Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright:...

augment, not supersede, other Wikipedia deletion processes or content policies. A common source of confusion in application is the different treatment...

CheckUser policy is a policy which governs the use of the CheckUser tool on Wikimedia projects. It may refer to: The global CheckUser policy on the Wikimedia...

Policy shopping is the attempt to force a change in Wikipedia content by attempting to incrementally apply different policies to effect the same net result...

has a list of non-discrimination policies at various language Wikipedias. 2009 proposal for a non-discrimination policy largely mirroring WP:NPA This proposal...

Watch Recent changes Edit Discuss Current discussions about potential policies, guidelines and style standards can be found at Wikipedia:Current surveys...

Wikipedia's three core content policies; the other two are "Verifiability" and "No original research". These policies jointly determine the type and quality...

of policy analysis. 9) Understand the similarities and differences across different types of policies. 10) Understand how to communicate about policy with...

head policy page to insure the integrity of the policy. The amendment of a section by these policies permits it to be so changed in the broader policy, and...

was kind of duanting to see all the policies that Wikipedia has. What if we codified all of Wikipedia's policies and popular essays so that it would be...

attempt to list Wikipedia policies and guidelines roughly in order of their significance. Although all Wikipedia policies are "significant", this list...

one of the community enforcement policies—that is, policies created to enforce other policies, like the protection policy—are deliberately modified to conflict...

following is an attempt to address the fiasco caused by Wikipedia:Arbitration policy/Proposed amendment ratification vote. Votes shall open at 00:01 14 March...

(UTC) Content policy changes, 2015 Content policy changes, 2014 Content policy changes, 2013 Content policy changes, 2012 Content policy changes, 2011...

have conflict of interest policies that are different from (and stronger than) this provision in the terms of use. These policies might prevent you from...

userbox policies are flawed in some respect and are in conflict with other, related policies. What we must now come to an agreement on is how the policies must...

(including the use of any userboxes). These should be limited only by the usual policies relevant to user pages, those regarding no personal attacks, civility,...

regulators alike. Wikimedia Public Policy Initiative http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_States_Public_Policy Mission as noted on: http://outreach...

different policies to effect the same net result... Are you going to use this essay at a future AfD if someone sees a violation of multiple policies, and perhaps...

This article will outline a proposal for an amendment to the deletion policies. In nutshell, don't delete an article based on what it is! This may sound...

exists for changes to policies and guidelines, as stated in Wikipedia:Consensus#Level of consensus. -2012-03 Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are meant...

community attention. As with proposals for new policies and guidelines, the demotion of established policies and guidelines should require similar standards...

surveying non-free use policy Wikipedia:History of non-free content policies – survey of the development of the present NFC policy Wikipedia:Arguments to...

principles. In addition to Wikipedia's five pillars and other editorial policies, the following principles apply to formal mediation: Mediated agreements...

This page describes a policy that was utilized briefly before being rejected. This page describes the policies and rules for using the Wikipedia:Quickpolls...

and the policy trifecta. (Indeed, I could see the value of permanently protecting short, sweet versions of those policies and those policies alone, and...

using a few words of policy to claim support for a viewpoint that clearly contradicts those policies, to attack a genuinely policy-based stance by willfully...

wmf:Policy:Terms of Use This page is a soft redirect. Wikipedia:Wikimedia policy...

opinions of some Wikipedians who support the current policy, and is not in itself official Wikipedia policy Dosn't Wikipedia have a responsibility to help in...

department of the WikiProject Science Policy! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's science policy-related articles. The resulting...

proposed amendment to the semi-protection policy to permanently semi-protect all policy pages. All policies should be semi-protected on a continuous basis...

are tempted to throw in references to policies left right and centre, without thinking about whether the policy actually applies. This tendency is made...

about merging policy pages, as can be seen from the discussion below) All the deletion policies (4-5) All the blocking and banning policies (4?) --Kotniski...

Jimbo, has the authority to exempt their personal talk page from site policies is a question that should probably be addressed. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:32...

be in cases of extensive plot summaries, whic h are against wikipedia policies anyways, (WP isnt' a substitute.) but given that the best articles about...

or "official policy". Please see Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines for more information. For listings, see Category:Wikipedia policies and guidelines...

Wikipedia's content policies. Part of evaluating a source is deciding whether it is a primary, secondary, or tertiary source. For the policy on sourcing issues...

July 2005 (UTC) Delete We don't need to start creating seperate deletion policies for each article. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 11:23, July 19, 2005 (UTC)...

contains links to Wikimedia Foundation pages which not only express the policy of the Wikimedia Foundation, but have also been suggested as particularly...

granted IP address block exemption should be aware that breach of this policy, including unauthorized editing via proxies, or significant concerns over...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration policy/Proposed amendment revote's Amendment E1. This page shall be used to house proposed amendments to the arbitration policy. They are subject...

editor is going to worry about Wikipedia:Bot policy? Policies related to the Arbitration Committee? Policies about checkuser, child protection, global rights...

voting demographic is roughly gaussian in nature. There are likely to be policies, guidelines or processes proposed that would seemingly gather consensus...

are marked with the {{policy}}, {{guideline}} or {{MoS guideline}} template. For summaries of key policies, see List of policies. For summaries of key...

need to the contrary, policy, guideline and help pages are to be written in gender neutral language, refer to Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines § Content...

by volunteers familiar with Wikipedia's media copyright guidelines and policies. The Wikimedia Foundation is based in the United States and accordingly...

all applicable laws in the United States, to this policy, and to Wikipedia's three core content policies: Neutral point of view (NPOV) Verifiability (V)...

proposed addition to the policy page Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines. Its main points have now been incorporated into that policy.) Essays and how-to pages...

templates related to OR, among others Core content policies § History, an overview of the origin of this policy Identifying and using independent sources Identifying...

confidentiality-sensitive policies (such as conflict of interest or paid editing, harassment, or violations of the child-protection policy). Only the minimum...

policies. Equazcion •✗/C • 20:51, 22 Mar 2008 (UTC) Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines notes that there are three main avenues for changing policies....

50MB policy page, there is no way to distill all our policies into one page. I realize that part of the goal is to reduce the total number of policies, and...

Wikipedia policies Wikipedia:Three-revert rule Wikipedia:Ignore all rules Wikipedia:Attribution Wikipedia:No personal attacks Wikipedia:Arbitration policy Wikipedia:Wheel...

number of policies to just one, by combining them all into one large policy, called Wikipedia:Wikipedia policy. Okay, a super-long single policy is obviously...

that should be matters for the court system or for ISP acceptable-use policies. Simply because a private e-mail refers to Wikipedia does not make it anything...

Policies Institution Carnegie Mellon University Instructor Dcebbie Wikipedia Expert Ian (Wiki Ed) Subject Energy Policy; Engineering & Public Policy Course...

developing a body of policies and guidelines to further our goal of creating better content for Pakistan-related articles. Policies and guidelines on this...

Wikipedia policies as a tool for defeating other Wikipedians rather than resolving a conflict or finding a mutually agreeable solution. Wikipedia policies and...

should be interpreted in conjunction with other policies, particularly the three core content policies: Verifiability, No original research, and Neutral...

Test, what, everywhere? and The present article covers particular policies and policy areas, generally in the US. A self referring article as well no less...

"wiki-lawyering." Considering Wikipedia's contradictory policies, instead of "wiki-lawyers" citing policies to justify reverting each other's edits, each could...

revision of existing policies and what principles guide such calls to action – in short: Problem Solving. Justifications for policy can be thought of the...

and what policies would apply to research done in this manner. Is WP:OTRS set up to handle these sort of things or is there some other policy page I should...

pump is used to discuss proposed policies and guidelines and changes to existing policies and guidelines. - what policy or guideline are referring to, and...

policies and guidelines. The general consensus (which I agree with) seems to be that this particular image is fine and does not violate any policies....

" Part of my revision includes adding a section on current policies and proposed policies for improving school meal programs. EllenCT (talk · contribs)...

Some people minimize the importance of process by pointing to Wikipedia policies such as "Ignore all rules" and "Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy" or other...

a policy. It's a summary of policies and WP:Principles, but has no different status from WP:TRIFECTA, or any of the other description of policies, or...

really just shows a lack of faith in the concept of policies to begin with. If you don't think policies work and creating new ones causes more harm than...

of the image). The current guidelines and policies don't cover this specific case; the no disclaimer policy applies to medical advice, spoilers, legal...

sitewide policies and guidelines should not apply to particular articles. Wikipedia has a standard of participation and consensus for changes to policies and...

Circumventing policy refers to the intentional use of various tricks to deceptively bypass enforcement of Wikipedia policies, guidelines or detection by...

the processes by which American public policy is formulated, implemented, and evaluated and to the roles of policy analysts in solving various public problems...

article's topic, and that my quoting of policies above makes clear that I am suficiently familiar with POV policies to review his addition of this tag. --Enric...

15:51, 17 July 2008 (UTC) I've updated the WP:Policies and guidelines page (WP:Policies and guidelines#Policy and guideline pages) to take account of the...

site. Wikipedia policies concerning the content of pages can and generally do apply to user pages, and users must observe these policies. Users believed...

have policies here. - Rjd0060 (talk) 04:48, 11 January 2008 (UTC) Wikipedia is not censored, the same way China is not censored. We have policies here...

Wikipedia has developed a body of policies and guidelines to further our goal of creating a free encyclopedia. Policies are considered a standard that all...

#3 above. Policy studies and studies about policies internationally are notable. Note that it's not called more narrowly Timeline of policy studies 2020–present...

Here is the proposed policy. It's really very simple. The Template: and Category: namespaces are for encyclopedia-related content only. This includes encyclopedic...

which they are a party). See Involved admins. Communal norms or policies – When a policy or communal norm is clear that tools should not be used, then tools...

any Wikipedia policies on archaic terminology. Additionally I have read the policies relating to common knowledge but there is no policy addressing former...

(UTC) The foundation policy is here: foundation:Resolution:Licensing policy, but it deals mostly with images. I don't know what policies they have over at...

our formal policy to "strongly support (A)": See WP:CCC and WP:POLICY for our "long-standing" policies that we can and should change policies whenever we...

and how well are these, (otherwise good) policies taken?", the answer is, "very". These are official policies of Wikipedia and every contribution should...

per WP:Policies and guidelines, guidelines are also rules. I don't understand the interpretation that only policies are rules because policies have to...

not knowledge. This place is an encyclopedia, and without policies and enforcement of policies that keep this place on that track, we would very quickly...

to use the fact that other articles violate policies or guidelines as an excuse to violate the policies or guidelines on another article. Yes, these...

essentially be a textbook of the laws an policies of Telengana. There is not an equivalent article on the policies of any other state or nation (although...

Party of England and Wales. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:40, 3 April 2014 (UTC) Policies for a Sustainable Society (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links |...

Wikipedia and Public Policy is a course offered through the Undergraduate Public Affairs program at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs...

our core content policies? Such editors would have the opportunity to improve the draft until it complies with core content policies. Draftification is...

issues of content rather than to accuse the other person of violating this policy. Accusing someone of making personal attacks without providing a justification...

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content beyond all recognition, without any regard to our core content policies of neutral point of view (which does not mean no point of view), verifiability...

for misuse or abuse of the Oversight permission. This policy supplements the global oversight policy and applies only to the English Wikipedia. The term...

in the guideline itself or to refer them to other policies which themselves refer to other policies. Our internal guidelines are written primarily for...

the WP:BLP policy suggests it may once have focussed on policies for specific types of articles. But the text of BLP states "This policy applies to any...

entirely new policies/guidelines, a strong and clear consensus is needed to establish the guideline or policy as such (obviously moreso for policy than for...

they're talking about different things. Content policies govern what our articles can say, conduct policies govern how we behave, collaborate, and make decisions...

usage of this page it says: to discuss proposed policies and guidelines and changes to existing policies and guidelines As reinforcement it also notes:...

conflicting WP policies are combined on the basis of reason and common sense. the very point of specific policies is to supplement the main policy, and when...

Propose changes to policy. If you think policies get in the way of Wikipedia being successful and accurate, propose changes to them. Policies are not implicitly...

policy would be helpful. Dhaluza 02:14, 23 June 2007 (UTC) I think you are confusing content policies, like WP:RS, WP:V, and WP:OR, from the policies...

written in adherence to strict policies, especially in regards to compliance with U.S. law, Wikipedia's core policies and the exclusion of any defamatory...

bad policy writing. We are not writing policies for mindless automatons. We are not writing policies for autistic people. We are not writing policies for...

we're trying to ensure 1) that these policies cannot be trumped by other policies, and 2) that these policies cannot be "hijacked" and rewritten to rob...

that there is no consensus in favor of any formal credential policy, mentions rejected policies, mentions relevant essays such as Wikipedia:Credentials matter...

guidelines" - and other policies that govern when a page can stay or go. Thus such discussions tend to be analyses of how the policies and guidelines apply...

change policy, namely WP:Policies and guidelines and WP:Consensus. I'd rather not add WP:Dispute resolution or the "crime and punishment" policies, in the...

develop better policy proposals, and help Wikipedia with the maintenance and management of policy. , come on over to the discussion page, or follow along...

Wikipedia policies and processes, for whatever reason. We have clear policies regarding that, WP:OWN and WP:NPOV and WP:POINT and A RUDELY NAMED POLICY, all...

are Communists. Communists are Wikipedians. When policies are made, Outlaws are created. When policies are removed, There is chaos. Harmony is found in...

sources (although some take the idea to be a distinct branch from these policies). There is a difference between an obscure but important and verifiable...

March 2006 (UTC) MSJapan, which are the policies which you feel that Kristi Yamaoka fails? The most important policies here are NPOV, verifiability and no...

admins have been trained in policy, there are still some who have acted out of line with regards to policy, and if anything policies of this nature should be...

which these policies are based are non-negotiable and cannot be superseded by other policies or guidelines, or by editors' consensus. Their policy pages may...

ourselves around wikipedia policies"-attempt, without having to actually think about why the policies are there. In my eyes, the policies are the problem here...

those standards [standards explained in policies] in specific contexts. [They say what is "best."] Policies and guidelines should always be applied using...

understanding how it fits in with the content policies, and apparently also not even knowing what the content policies are, yet he wants to make changes. He is...

can't seem to find any rules or policies against this, but it seems like there would be some. Are there rules or policies against this? Where are they listed...

ignorance of policy. Forgive me and please ignore it. Zenwhat (talk) 21:41, 10 January 2008 (UTC) Overall, while the general idea behind the policies make sense...

looking forward to the result. For policies (WP:NOR is a policy, WP:RS is not, WP:V#Reliable sources is part of a policy) a strong consensus to change is...

already mentioned. There is no single policy that addresses them, just a combo of style guides and the policies already mentioned. The Wiki TV Project...

core policies and guidelines, the 1.0 assessment system squeezes a lot of Wikipedia culture into a small package. The goal of the public policy system...

isn't like a page named a policy is "stuff we REALLY support" and a guideline is "stuff we KINDA support" Policies are policies and guidelines are guidelines...

a conflict between the existence of policies that claim to apply to userspace, and the reality that these policies are not presently enforced. Logically...

arguments put forward at AFD discussions may be based on Wikipedia's content policies, some on insider/expert knoweledge of a topic, but quite a lot are based...

page says, "Essays are not Wikipedia policies or guidelines." PrimeHunter (talk) 01:37, 12 June 2013 (UTC) Not a policy, but it is a pillar. Chris857 (talk)...

curious if there are any policies about them at all? Collectonian 06:07, 5 October 2007 (UTC) I'm not aware of any specific policies on this. There's no age...

been responsible for (or connected to) a serious breach of Wikipedia's policies. If your account was blocked by mistake, it will be reactivated very quickly...

Village pump Policy Technical Proposals Idea lab WMF Miscellaneous Village pump (policy) archive   This page contains discussions that have been archived...

supporting policies and guidelines about images are. At the moment we have: Wikipedia:Images (10,535) (overview) Wikipedia:Image use policy (9,254) (policy) Wikipedia:Manual...

({{uw-3rr}}), and other policies and guidelines. You should use these templates carefully. These templates explain the various policies to new editors. When...

non-free content, editors often display a lack of awareness of how these policies developed in Wikipedia and for how long they have been in place. Many long-term...

help to provide insight into the thinking behind the policies and the debates which lead to policies. They are incredibly valuable to posterity and even...

have been trained to assist and mentor students enrolled in the Public Policy Initiative and who have an established track record of helping newbies....

- SimonP 00:19, May 19, 2005 (UTC) It's not that I object to editorial policies per se, but this particular page has no content and no meaning (please...

applicable in the policy as it pertains to that policy only, with further details, examples, etc. 'centralized' in one spot that all other policies and guidelines...

arguments to avoid in deletion discussions abound. Familiarity with various policies, guidelines, or essays is something that comes from experience with the...

of legal policies so that Wikipedia:LOP#Legal and a legal policy sidebar will be less scary; see WT:POLICY#Tweak to list of legal policies. - Dank (push...

article or manipulate WP policies. Sad but true. --Kevin Murray 18:35, 18 August 2007 (UTC) See WP:SOCK and other wikipedia policies. Meatpuppets are not...

Wikipedia has only 42 policies, while there are hundreds of guidelines. Given the relative numbers, and the general stability of policies, I suggest that changing...

How should the lead section of the policy page on policies and guidelines be worded? Opinions sought at WT:Policies and guidelines#Language getting more...

February 2011 (UTC) Policies change all the time. Policies are demoted to guidelines; guidelines are promoted to policies. New policies are added. I was...

Principles. Keep policies and guidelines to the point. It is usually better for a policy or guideline to be too lax than too strict. Detailed policies can lead...

where policies come into conflict (and policies always will) I tend to grant supremacy to WP:OUTING and privacy concerns over any other policy. On-wiki...

of policies and guidelines – a list of the principal policies and guidelines. List of policies – a comprehensive descriptive directory of policies. Manual...

general reference page that is given for policies and guidelines is WP:policies and guidelines, which is a policy, and not intended as an introduction or...

be discussed and reviewed Wikipedia:List of policies Banning policy Blocking IP addresses Blocking policy Accountability Closing discussions Ending RfCs...

Reverting to enforce certain overriding policies is not considered edit warring. For example, under the policy on biographies of living persons, where...

blandly notes on Wikipedia:VfD decisions not backed by current policies, Current policy: Nothing specific. Jimbo once got annoyed at such deletions. Wile...

the rules if you have new information" -policies. MoRsΞ 11:07, 11 March 2006 (UTC) I don't know of a policy, per se, but I think that Occam's Razor is...

disingenuous to claim we have such strict policies and then just link to a site that doesn't follow similar policies). And IAs bibliographic metadata is utter...

each policy, listed in bold, sorted into categories, follows. (Note: This only covers official policies, not guidelines) The first few policies deal with...

and our policies regarding sourcing and attribution, the policies take priority and editors should seek to resolve the discrepancy. Other policies relevant...

directly affect the account. Circumventing policies Policies apply per person, not per account. Policies such as the three-revert rule are for each person's...

not a "consensus for rejection". See Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines#The differences between policies, guidelines, essays, etc. — Omegatron 08:19, 5...

clear policy and guidelines which say that policies and guidelines cannot be created by a limited number of editors. The main source of that policy is the...

experience before the way the policies interact begins to make sense. There's no indication that allowing new editors to edit the policies provides any benefit...

produce good content In most cases shunned AI writing fails To heed our core policies Mostly disallowed Do not use AI To generate your comments They may be collapsed...

enforce Wikidata to "*enforce* Wikipedia policies". First of all, you probably mean "English Wikipedia policies". The Wikipedia in a default language is...

violating our policies': If that was true, WP:N could be reformulated as: "Stick to the other policies". I don't think we need a policy for that. Thanks...

actually change policies like NPOV is to drastically update every article, which is infeasible. Any meaningful change to the policy cannot be implemented...

anything other than tracing the source of persistent vandalism unless further policy on the matter allowing to use it for other purposes is created. The CheckUser...

access content), the historic evolution of these policies, and then a table with the summary of the policies of the major editors (using the same criteria...

possible. If policies are aspirational, WP:IAR should be used very frequently and we should be very lenient with editors since policies may well be inappropriate...

the general, not that policies trump guidelines (although several of the sourcing policies [and I believe only the sourcing policies] have explicitly structured...

more important policies. However, 'notability' is easy to judge- it can be quickly judged, and the crap can be deleted. Our other policies require a little...

conduct policies and Category:Wikipedia legal policies at WP:Update, which covers every subcat of CAT:POL except for one, Category:Wikipedia global policy. There...

allowed on Wikipedia for their own individual reasons, under specific policies or guidelines. When deciding an article's worthiness for Wikipedia, be...

solution. The policies are often misquoted in a way that makes WP hostile to the application of expertise (in ways that that do not violate policies). Cleaning...

been mentioned before that our policies have been sprawled over what must be hundreds of associated guidelines, sub-policies, supplements, summaries, and...

page is not for referencing policies but discussing policies. I mean but you do not understand is that this notability policy makes pornactors, serial killers...

Some of it's policies. But my question is: Why we can't make this rule: Wikipedia be neutral by itself, not just it's content. Policies and everything...

About policies: If there is no explicit policy about something, then that doesn't mean that "anything goes". Wikipedia cannot have policies on everything...

(emphasis added): The policy section of the village pump is used to discuss proposed policies and guidelines and changes to existing policies and guidelines...

actually be RS and that the material added must meet all WP policies, but are there any policies or guidelines specific to this situation? I am not asking...

actually change policies like NPOV is to drastically update every article, which is infeasible. Any meaningful change to the policy cannot be implemented...

that many policies have been created in this fashion (that is how WP:FIVE originally started and now considered foundational to Wikipedia policies) but I...

habbit of pointing them to pages like WP:POLICY instead of specific policies. When people quote specific policies -- especially when they're advocating deletion...

(UTC) Clarification: While I don't like all the policies currently here, I was not trying to change policy, but ascertain or identify it: I am (was) seeking...

for editors. We routinely tell people to follow the "spirit of policies" and that policies and guidelines merely "document" communal norms, so a suitably...

are relevant to various policies but which remain in guidelines and are not merged into policies, because they are not policy material, but guideline...

the french Wikipedia use different fair-use policies compared to the English Wikipedia? Are all policies like this? Why the different standards when they're...

it was not a new policy nor would a new policy be necessary (as any attempts to resolve the userbox dispute by introducing new policies lead to a deadlock...

Russian Wikipedia policies have nothing to do with English Wikipedia policies. English Wikipedia policies do not overrule any policies at the local wikis...

on related policies and guidelines, deal with the same users, or push the same issues. Even when an administrator's actions are within policy, both as an...

problem whatsoever. (It lists the NPOV policy (along with the two other core policies) under the heading "Article policies", so it's clear it applies to the...

then provide advice based on our policies, not to be a super editor with the ability to overide consensus and core policies. If there is consensus that we...

they're cited. Our policy is and always has been that lack of citations is a fixable problem, not a breach of any core content policies, and not a reason...

Caroig's approach is in conflict with a host of policies & guidelines: thus far I named the policies WP:OWN, WP:BOTS, WP:NC, and most notably also the...

Also the policy page only specifies the community standards related to the organization, life cycle, maintenance of, and adherence to policies, guidelines...

enough friends]. There was a time btw when policies like that had the same status as discipline policies (before 3rr and the like existed), and though...

violation of any policies, and if they are then those policies should be rewritten ;-) (Btw WP:EL is a style guideline, not an official policy, and it only...

addition of new policies prevent this problem and others from being addressed. The obvious problems are covered under current policy, the subtle problems...

it, but policies like requiring a certain number of good edits isn't the answer here either. What else is being proposed that existing policies and tools...

contains descriptive guidelines and policies. Christopher Parham (talk) 03:34, 6 December 2005 (UTC) I think that policies and guidelines and and should be...

civility policies I claimed are so routine they pass without notice. I urge you to slow down, and challenge those who violate the civility policies. It is...

paragraph is just my opinion - it has nothing to do with the policies. But I believe the policies were designed specifically for this purpose - to blurt out...

a statute but there are some policies and parts of policies which are enforced in accordance with the words of the policy far more than others. And those...

the appropriate content policies, particularly those covered in the five pillars."), etc., is the first thing on the policies and guidelines template...

violated. Users may only be suspended for violation of official policies, not semi-policies or guidelines. And please, try to resolve problems without resorting...

all policies were clearly non-overlapping, then sure, by definition a policy change would not be based on other policies. But in practice, policies have...

project's policies, guidelines and long established conventions. So, does an administrator's authority to interpret this project's policies really extend...

WP:IU/EWP:IU/E This page lists examples related to Wikipedia's user account policy, and some of the most common reasons why a username may be rejected. When...

The below is proposed as a set of alterations to the Arbitration policy which, together, form an amendment designed to speed up the Arbitration Committee's...

higher priority than the protection of those who knowingly breach its policies. Shortcut WP:CUTADISCLOSEWP:CUTADISCLOSE The access to the underlying IP...

notability are policies/guidelines imposed on what are already encyclopedic subjects/information. That's not the case. Both policies distill and describe...

copyright to avoid addressing WP policies regarding fair use and the privacy presumption of BLP. More clarity is needed in the policy for this.Doctor Franklin...

a specific case. By policies, I mean all policies which result from a community consensus, of which written policies ('policies', guidelines, etc) are...

that the material posted on Wikipedia is not defamatory. It is a Wikipedia policy to immediately delete libelous material when it has been identified. Page...

relations between policies, guidelines and essays are explained at Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines#The differences between policies, guidelines, essays...

This is not a Wikipedia policy and does not reflect current Wikipedia practice. It is a proposed set of policies for discussion. This page was refactored...

This is a proposed interim policy to temporarily replace Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies)#Honorific prefixes. Feel free to copy-edit, but please...

practical; that same MoS page advises this (but it is not a policy, and even if it were, policies are not laws – WP:IAR applies if a divergence would actually...

There are simple policies and simple bots here that check things. But a long way to go. Using images: I can not see clear policies here, except that...

nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines. Users...

AN, arbitration, the noticeboards, etc.) are marked as policies or guidelines, are they? Policies and guidelines are about editing; these are just descriptions...

summary of the quoted policies. These policies don't let themselves be condensed to a few soundbites, otherwise these policies wouldn't have so many ifs...

curator to approve edits to Wikipedia that has policies to control content to Wikinfo which has more open policies. All of them seem to be forks of Wikipeadia...

classified as a content policy in both its categorisation in Category:Wikipedia content policies and position on {{Wikipedia policies and guidelines}}, however...

feels unable to abide by the policies that the community, by consensus, has set, they must not act contrary to those policies. And we, the community, must...

agree that Wikipedia has too many policies, list your suggestions for merging them on Wikipedia:Overlapping policies and guidelines. >Radiant< 14:58, 2...

by policy. IAR isn't a death pact which automatically overrules all other policies, even if there's a fairly decent reason for it, if the policy is supported...

nothing in the rules, policies and guidelines that meant you should have needed to alter it... as there is nothing in said rules, policies or guidelines that...

05:42, 23 January 2007 (UTC) I was looking up policies regarding enterprises and came across this article/policy: Articles_about_ongoing_enterprises.Can someone...

parts of policies so perverted to have articles like Martin's which effectively start violating BLP and NPOV. FRINGE and these other policies have to work...

(UTC) WP policy at present is quite clear. There's a system for enforcing behaviour policies. There's no system for enforcing content policies. If most...

2005 (UTC) New policies can be created and existing policies changed, please see Wikipedia:How to create policy. Pretty much any policy change is difficult...

At the moment all three Policies are up and running... and this is going to lead to confusion and argument. The three policies do not completely agree...

is against the policy (or better said, the policy does not mention this option). We tried to translate the current text of these policies as the starting...

from User:Coppertwig/Stability of policy. This essay attempts to summarize the arguments against merging policies into WP:ATT or against particular implementations...

and people who are not. Policies, guidelines and supplements should naturally be written by the former, while many of our policies, guidelines and supplements...

content policies and practices on 1 April has been underway for some time. Joe 00:39, 14 April 2008 (UTC) I want to know that is there any specific policy regarding...

page content and usage. Wikipedia:Vandalism - Policies on dealing with vandalism. Wikipedia:Blocking Policy - Information on blocking disruptive users....

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there's something wrong with talking about Wikipedia's policies and guidelines at Wikipedia talk:Policies and guidelines. Zocky 20:32, 20 May 2005 (UTC) I naïvely...

the page: "The policy section of the village pump is used to discuss proposed policies and guidelines and changes to existing policies and guidelines...

purpose is to advocate. The existing policies and guidelines might already be helpful if you're looking for policy or guidelines for changing the specific...

(glossary) Help, my article got nominated for deletion! Review of education policies (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)...

a discussion to change policies and guidelines, so I'm not sure why I need policies and guidelines to support changing policies and guidelines. pbp 17:45...

general policies regarding commercial exploitation, but that article seemed like an excellent example. (Not now, however, which suggests the policies exist...

decisions and policies by ArbCom are, by policy, not subject to editor consensus. These are examples of a sham consensus. It is assumed that the policy to ignore...

policies. The volunteer team requests that you contact the editor responsible prior to reverting. VRT agents are not above English Wikipedia policies...

elapsed since those policies were begun (and the reliable sources agree with me on that point), and I think that when those policies were begun, they were...

article has established any policy, merely (voluntary) associations of some doctors have. Perhaps one could imply policies by statements of certain governments...

This page is here to help familiarize you with some of the guidelines and policies relevant to deletion, and the process by which the community decides which...

clearly a rejected policy and should stay as it is. Mangoe 03:00, 15 April 2007 (UTC) True, but both were originally proposed as policies, so it would be...

factors including established Wikipedia customs and common practices, policies and guidelines, the reasonable expectations of the parties and the community...

The term third party should not be used in Wikipedia policies and guidelines because the original meaning, which pertains to legal matters, is confused...

meetup about what might be done to set up policies for controversial articles and vandal magnets, policies that might be distinct from those applied to...

The editors in question are no less responsible for adhering to core policies like neutrality of viewpoint, verifiability with reliable sources, and...

rewriting policies. If you are responsible and have seen consensuses using a policy or guideline in a manner inconsistent with current wording of the policy/guideline...

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it has in place the necessary policies; and fairly well established procedures. The bar to the addition of new policy or procedure in the areas of dispute...

Consensus is Wikipedia's fundamental model for editorial decision-making. Policies and guidelines document communal consensus rather than creating it. Consensus...

in doubt, don't share. Wikipedia:Blocking policy § Protection (policy) Wikimedia Foundation Legal Policies § Office Actions (Office actions are official...

Talk:Mechanical fan if the two policies claimed to be in conflict are really in conflict, the answer lays in refining those policies so they march in harmony...

the meaning and structure of the policy as a whole, as well as its place in the larger context of Wikipedia policies. Editors should try to maintain consistent...

individuals on policies as laws and enforced and interpretated as if they are laws and discussions are courtcases. If we treat policies as they are supposed...

Wikipedia.  The idea also competes with our core content policies, including DEL7 within deletion policy.  Unscintillating (talk) 10:46, 2 October 2017 (UTC)...

and have trademark policies. For instance, see Coca-Cola, eBay, JBoss. None of them have trademark notices and links to policies, and they do not seem...

I don't need it. Your policies don't reflect what general public expects from Wikipedia. I may not know what all your policies are about, I might not...

case-by-case basis. Arbcom was never meant to craft policies or regulations, only to interpret them. Currently, policies and regulations concerning sensitive topics...

following a request from the Arbitration Committee, pursuant to the relevant policies governing steward actions. If an editor is verified as having died, all...

spoiler policy actively says that we should conceal information in lead sections rather than discussing it. This is contrary to our fundamental policies. Phil...

as it gives them a chance to familiarise themselves with Wikipedia's policies and culture. There are currently 7,228,276 articles on Wikipedia; consider...

arbitration policy would be submitted for formal ratification by community referendum. It aims to address an issue in the current arbitration policy that could...

of the village pump is used to discuss existing and proposed policies." I think policies are supposed to be proposed here and then moved to separate pages...

otherwise of editors' activities with established communal policies and norms." Reconciling policies is a significant area of RFAR (what happens when WHEEL...

entitled to, see e.g. Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines#How are policies started?, third bullet). You won't get a change in policy on this issue without convincing...

too many editors who do not want the policies to be enforced (sometimes they would also be banned if the policies were enforced). The majority of the editors...

the resulting lack of consistency. As mentioned below, policies & guidelines are the policies and guidelines we actually apply here, and the formal statements...

fallacy of the revelation of policy is the presentation of an argument that seems to suppose that Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, or other principles...

"reliable sources" (as used in three of our core policies). Unfortunately, It quickly became a sort of pseudo-policy, outlining what was reliable and what was...

community-wide guidelines or policies. WikiProjects are encouraged to write essays explaining how the community's policies and guidelines should be applied...

opportunities at the intersection of economic and environmental policies; 3. compare and contrast policy approaches to economic growth and climate mitigation/adaptation...

draconian policies about "outing" prove to be a tripwire that can catch anybody involving themselves in the murky waters of debating such policies and giving...

Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies) m:Editing with Tor This policy is based on the global No open proxies policy. WikiProject on closed proxies (somewhat defunct)...

promotional in nature and must adhere to our other policies? The page currently has a piped link to the policy via the text "help me choose". Now who has ever...

occurrence, are dealt with by other existing Wikipedia policies and guidelines. In addition, this policy does not cover potential short-term risks to individual...

conflicting policies and the discussion leads to a balance between those policies. Also the discussions at AfD codify what will become policy, or will show...

Policy" was approved by the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees on 6 November 2018. It replaced the 2014 "Access to nonpublic information policy"...

the top of this page. The policy section is for discussing proposed policies and guidelines, or changes to existing policies etc. It is not for chitchat...

and other types of pages with the authority level of essays (i.e., below policies and guidelines) are informational not opinional, and are well-accepted...

Shortcut WP:AIPOLICYWP:AIPOLICY AI usage WP:Editing policy § Artificial intelligence additions - (WP:EPAI) – the use of AI writing tools such as large...

is going to ever trump policies that govern article content such as WP:NPOV, WP:V, WP:NOR etc. The existence of these policies refutes KingTurtle's assertion...

seems to meet notability, another of Wikipedia's policies. All editors must adhere to all of these policies. Edits that are smearing and sabotoging probably...

specialized way, consult other policies and guidelines for guidance on a wide range of topics, including fiction. Existing policies and guidelines have wide...

core content policies are Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, Wikipedia:No original research, and Wikipedia:Verifiability. These policies determine the...

delete.  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:11, 27 June 2012 (UTC) Chinese numbered policies (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)...

8 August 2008 (UTC) Wikipedia:Bot policy says one requirement is that it ":* carefully adheres to relevant policies and guidelines" which include WP:V...

the process outlined at Wikipedia:How to create policy guided the making of guidelines and policies. And I know that consensus needs to be reached, which...

against CheeseDreams, regardless of existing policy. This section is to determine whether the RfC policies should be changed and, if so, what changes should...

As of 2020,[update] the points below badly need to be reinforced in our policies and guidelines, perhaps in multiple places (though in much more compact...

and policies" is ungrammatical. "editorial pages for issues-specific topics": Yes, those are called article talk pages. Why do we need policies and guidelines...

narrative to get you oriented to how this place works, and to the key policies and guidelines ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 31 January 2019 Essay...

requirement) appears in core policies such as WP:NOT and WP:NPOV, or even legal policies, such as WP:COPYVIO. Some of our policies also use wording such as...

BLP2E or Subjects notable only for two events is not a policy on Wikipedia. It is a misconception of some editors that WP:BLP1E can be extended to two...

Using Wikipedia guidelines and policies for other than their intended purpose. Whether you call that weaponizing policies, wikilawyering, gaming, civil...

people. It helps ensure that policies such as verifiability and no original research are met (which unlike notability are policy) by selecting subjects that...

If our policies are not allowing us to state relevant and noteworthy opinions, when phrased AS opinions, then we need to amend our policies. If, on the...

Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines clarifying the procedure for proposing and making changes to policy and guideline pages. The proposed wording is at WP:Policy/Procedure;...

objection that you actually hold. This is actually our formal policy on the subject of updating policies: "you should not remove any change solely on the grounds...

The Wikipedia:Project namespace includes Wikipedia official policies and guidelines, process pages, discussion pages, optional essays, informative pages...

Obviously not. I do not see any reason why policies of English Wikipedia should in any way be influenced by policies of Chinese Wikipedia.--Ymblanter (talk)...

. and was involved in the early policy consensus that this page documented. It is clear to me now that the policies are now causing more strife than...

of articles for current events. It's based on a combination of existing policies/guidelines, but as an interpretation of how they applies to current events...

of our core policies ... see WP:POVNAMING, section of our NPOV policy. We do not need yet another "style guide" that contradicts core policy (or worse,...

to my questions/ideas about wikipedia policies (WP:EL,WP:NOR,WP:NPOV (especially user pages), and new policies). Now, if people search for something,...

behaviour. This is due to the lack of clearly defined policies and procedures. This proposed policy is designed to simplify the process and make it easier...

I would need to see a diff before I could pass judgment, however - no policies apply all of the time. -Jéské (Blah v^_^v) 08:40, 3 December 2007 (UTC)...

which are essentially a variation on the successful BLP policies: Wikipedia's sourcing policy, Verifiability, says that all quotations and any material...

revision of existing policies and what principles guide such calls to action – in short: Problem Solving. Justifications for policy can be thought of the...

policies or guidelines, but they could not gain consensus so they were converted into essays. Other pages that began as essays later became policies or...

admins, so we need to refine the wording and place it in the right policies. I say policies in the plural because paid editors routinely ignore guidelines...

users hooked on Wikipedia first and then encourage conformity to various policies later. Lastly, I've seen a lot of online communities start with an ethic...

page starts: "The policy section of the village pump is used to discuss proposed policies and guidelines and changes to existing policies and guidelines"...

Line 1 specifically excludes ideas for new policies and guidelines, while line 2 suggests that new policies and guidelines should indeed be posted here...

want and then work back to say that the policies say what you want them to. We need to start with the policies we have and follow them to the logical conclusion...

invoked to trump basic policies like V and NPOV. The Consensus rule assumes that everyone is equally committed to the core policies and will come to a reasonable...

13:35, 1 June 2010 (UTC) I think consolidating policies into far easier to access and understand policies would do the project a lot of good. I propose...

Propose changes to policy. If you think policies get in the way of Wikipedia being successful and accurate, propose changes to them. Policies are not implicitly...

standard which Wikipedia must abide by, regardless of policies (or of your interpretation of policies). If you wish to argue otherwise, I suggest you take...

have biographical articles. Our policies strictly apply to all biographies of living persons. The guidelines and policies can be seen at Wikipedia:Conflict...

children, adult predators, trolls, adult privacy-watchers testing our policies, or law enforcement personnel. The above definition of "personal identifying...

same policies(both pro and con) is a colossal waste of everyone's time. There simply is no justification for another RM right now. A solid, policy-based...

to start or join a discussion. Village pumps Policy New topic Search Discuss existing and proposed policies Technical New topic Search Discuss technical...

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this page: The policy section of the village pump is used to discuss proposed policies and guidelines and changes to existing policies and guidelines...

There is no such thing as a policy, rule, or law that is immune to being misapplied or misunderstood. We don't need policies that cater to the rare exceptions...

Under the policy "WP:Biography of living persons" (WP:BLP), material should be improved/mended and rectified first, rather than delete an article quickly...

template clearly violates the literal wording of a number of policies and rules. But those policies were established to make Wikipedia a free encyclopedia,...

inexperience users, with limited understanding of deletion and notability policies and with no discussion. In effect such moves do function as deletion from...

Wikipedia:Requests for comment. Discussions on existing policies, guidelines and procedures Discussions on proposed policies, guidelines and procedures Discussions on...

verifiability policy? Mr.Z-man 18:56, 18 November 2007 (UTC) ON the face of it, this looks wrong and an end-run round notability and verifiability policies. It...

This is not how we should be editing policies. It's worrying, the idea of non-consensus text added to policies like this and then (according to Nsk92...

I am seeing a lot of claims about alleged policies. References to specific wording of specific policies? Not so much. --Guy Macon (talk) 01:14, 22 February...

a page can be deleted, these include those listed at Wikipedia:Deletion policy, Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not, and some pages on specific issues like...

original research, and neutral point of view are Wikipedia's core content policies. They work together to determine content, so editors should understand...

actions fully compliant with the published policies of Wikipedia regarding privacy, and if so should those policies be tightned? How can a legal defense fund...

from any existing policy or guideline, it may make you wonder, is that even an essay? Wikipedia is governed by a large body of policies and guidelines that...

inactive and not actual policy? Diez2 06:29, 7 June 2007 (UTC) Primarily because WP:AGF and WP:CIV, themselves both long-standing policies, are pretty tough...

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the sort of thing that policies deal with. Note though that this page, Wikipedia:Village pump (policy), is for both policies and guidelines. --Trovatore...

relevant policies, and while I suspect WP:NOT#SOAP is probably applicable, I'm wondering if there are other more precisely on point. Is there a policy on claiming...

discussion on the talk page. It is not presently being voted on. The suggested policies on lists and nav.templates have been withdrawn, because of a variety of...

Village pump Policy Technical Proposals Idea lab WMF Miscellaneous Village pump (policy) archive   This page contains discussions that have been archived...

one. At the top of the page, "The policy section of the village pump is used to discuss existing and proposed policies." Tsetna 14:57, 18 July 2006 (UTC)...

summarises material from Wikipedia policy on article titles, the Wikipedia's Manual of Style, and other policies and guidelines. It is particularly intended...

Does this guideline contradict a policy? If so, which one? Per WP:policies and guidelines, contradictories between policy and guidelines pages are discouraged...

name: Should Wikipedia re-examine its policies and procedures regarding tagging of articles?, the entire policy, purpose, and performance of New Page...

Wikipedia context. As such, it is a companion to and clarification of several policies and guidelines: What Wikipedia is not; Wikipedia:NPOV tutorial, specifically...

independent from the copyright status of the work. Wikipedia's content policies discourage or outright forbid content which is not sufficiently unrestricted...

User influence on site policies: Wikipedia vs. Facebook vs. Youtube: Laura Stein, a researcher at the University of Texas at Austin, has concluded that...

one or more policies and/or guidelines, agreeing with someone else's citation of a policy, or rebutting someone else's citation of a policy, your comments...

some Wikipedia policies, particularly the no-trolling rule; users just shout 'troll' at anyone who disagrees with them. We need all policies to be clearly...

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are "guidelines," "policies," or whatever else the project wants to call them. And that statement - and the relevant linked policies and guidelines - doesn't...

that's an important point of Wikipedia:How to create policy#Guidelines for creating policies and guidelines, the "flexibility" topic is repeated twice...

proposed policies and guidelines and changes to existing policies and guidelines. It's not the place to resolve disputes over how a policy should be...

Two policies in conflict?: Paid-contributions disclosure vs. outing ← Back to Contents View Latest Issue 4 July 2016 Op-ed Contribute  —   Share this  E-mail...

policies and guidelines become essential in retaining the integrity of the discussion. If a participant fails to adhere to these behavioral policies,...

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(talk) 10:39, 7 February 2017 (UTC) Support our policies and guidelines, oppose changes to our policies and guidelines based on this RfC  This is not a...

Wikipedia:Userspace policy proposal. There has been recent controversy about what is and is not permissible in user space. It is important to assert which policies (if...

qualified candidates to these roles. In accordance with Wikimedia global policies (meta:CheckUser and meta:Oversight), the committee retains jurisdiction...

place for potential merges. SoWhy 10:11, 20 June 2017 (UTC) Progressive Policies Forum (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs |...

independently, taking into consideration whether or not the actions violate policies and guidelines. Editors should take care not to wrongly label disruptive...

Where is this policy? Corvus cornix 21:45, 9 August 2007 (UTC) Some people tend to take policies overly seriously, Radiant, and the policy in question is...

Full Unanswered FAC preparation List Log Peer review process Instructions Discussion Tools Closure policy Other Archive WikiProject Volunteers list v t e...

are policy—including this how-to guide. Template documentation pages can be written without much—if any—debate, as opposed to Wikipedia policies that...

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presentations (about 20 minutes each) focuses on real-world topics or policies, which are presented by students and discussed by the whole class. The...

little personal rant on zero tolerance policies that speaks to this directly: if you *don't* have zero tolerance policies, then some people will try to 'sneak...

with all the policies and procedures that have appeared in Wikipedia over time. Also, even when I do adhere to all the rules and policies (or so I think)...

§ Encyclopedic content. Consequently, this policy is not a free pass for inclusion: articles must abide by policies, particularly those covered in the five...

Wikipedia:Core content policies for more information) Five pillars (a summary of our fundamental principles) Introduction to policies and guidelines and Simplified...

March 2009 (UTC) Delete The policy talk page is the place to debate policies. If anyone feels the need to abolish a policy they can debate there or use...

Pillars page. Wikipedia:Core content policies: Brief summary and a bit of background on our core content policies. Wikipedia:Wikipedia is an encyclopedia:...

or even reliable original sources is consistent with these key content policies. Try to make sure that statements of fact in answers can be supported by...

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees releases official policies from time to time. Some of these policies may be mandatory for a particular Project or Project...

point them in the direction of the appropriate policies. Some users, however, may object to these policies. Here are some common objections, and appropriate...

 Main page  Todo  Main Discussion  Assessment  Members  Templates  Coordination  Formats  Policies  Category  Gozo taskforce...

(although I am unsure of their inclusion policies). >Radiant< 12:52, 9 July 2007 (UTC) I read once that there was this policy set up because really intellegent...

General directories of Wikipedia policies: Wikipedia:List of policies, Wikipedia:Policies and Guidelines See Main: Wikipedia article on Conflict of interest:...

take the time to do so now. :-) Wikipedia:Product, process, policy – essay on way policies are distilled from process Wikipedia:IPs are human too – essay...

to refrain from making personal attacks, to work within the scope of policies, and to be responsive to good-faith questions. They should focus on improving...

Wikipedia:WikiProject Policy matters/Adminship Wikipedia:WikiProject Policy matters/User sanction Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Policies | Wikipedia:Centralized...

conduct (last edition) to policies. Discussions have been started through various avenues on Wikipedia about a number of policies such as WP:NOTCENSORED...

pages for media such as images, category pages, help pages, and Wikipedia policies and guidelines pages (along with everything else in the Wikipedia: namespace)...

additional contents policy about contents and editing policy regarding cities/regions/neighborhoods articles? For example, policies on the addition of...

infrastructure has a set of bylaws as well as a number of governing policies. Though those policies are sometimes incorporated into WP: references, most of the...

enforce the No original research policy if this is kept. I'm overall in favor of keeping them if these Wikipedia policies can be enforced on these articles...

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for comment/Policies/Wikipedia:Spoiler warning#Time to close this - results are obvious, Tony Sidaway's adaptation of the German policy, several of the...

the policy was violated (though I do agree with you there). It was that Wp:sockpuppet (which includes wp:meatpuppet) along with closing policies better...

content policies on Wikipedia, I think its establishment needs to be based on a community consensus (that is, a formal adoption of a new Wikipedia policy),...

helpful and as, as far as I could see, did what current policies require. It's the policies that have the problems. Unfortunately it's not even a new...

Editors must still maintain editorial independence and follow all Wikipedia policies. Posting freely licensed articles on other websites – The only requirements...

On Wikipedia, a great deal of virtual ink is spent debating if various policies, guidelines, and essays apply to specific situations or not, or debating...

entire community to hold administrators accountable to the policies and guidelines. A desysop policy has the potential to lower the expectations at RfA, which...

Wikimedia Foundation's Public Policy Initiative to improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to TNGOs and US public policy. This describes the assignment...

contributions can encourage cooperation. As with other Wikipedia policies, enforcement of most policies is done by community action. Most enforcement is done by...

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universal policies (such as No personal attacks) are followed. As the proposal above states, userboxes would be subject to these universal policies, and hence...

the conduct policies and begin to look at the content policies, including our core content policies: Neutral point of view, No original research and Verifiability...

mission, a number of standards, guidelines and policies have been set in place. Based on these policies, some information or articles will be deleted even...

This essay discusses the advantages, disadvantages, and existing policies and guidelines regarding convenience links. The term "convenience link" is typically...

crash. Wikipedia has fine policies concerning neutral point of view, verifiability, and no original research, but those policies are left behind when it...

goal of being a reliable encyclopedia naturally leads us to embrace our policies on reliable sources (RS), no original research (NOR), and the neutral point...

list of links to inactivity policies for various Wikimedia projects at meta:Admin activity review/Local inactivity policies. Many are more strict than...

practical support for these policies by making it easier to check the article content. This page applies the advice in the policies, and in the citing sources...

Wikipedia policy requires content to have a neutral point of view, with this policy being one of the five main pillars and three core policies of Wikipedia...

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suitable for our use (for most purposes) per existing policies, but there are non-puff pieces that this policy would prevent being used with no consideration...

mediums of communication. Pursuant to the policies for changing the arbitration policy (Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy#Ratification and amendment), the community...

the deletion policy, then the policy needs updating. {{sofixit}} nsh 04:42, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC) The policy does need updating. But the policy can never account...

content or content related policies beyond the scope of the section "purpose of editing". Key points are listed. For the major policies, guidelines and essays...

Village pump Policy Technical Proposals Idea lab WMF Miscellaneous Village pump (policy) archive   This page contains discussions that have been archived...

accelerated by provincial abuses in their agricultural subsidy policies (see agricultural policy for the broader context)"...I agree with you 100% about the...

be when it is determined to be against policy. For example, entries in articles that violate Wikipedia policies about biographies of living persons do...

way they skew our writing and interfere with the execution of Wikipedia policies and guidelines such as Neutral point of view (WP:NPOV) and Wikipedia:Lead...

revision of existing policies and what principles guide such calls to action – in short: Problem Solving. Justifications for policy can be thought of the...

policies only when we choose and not when the editor that does it is an Admin, well liked, etc. If we can start evenly enforcing some of our policies...

governance of the encyclopedia. List of policies A descriptive list of official policies for "English Wikipedia". (Policies have wide acceptance among editors...

and builds on the general notability guidelines and other core Wikipedia policies and guidelines, with additional criteria applicable to film. Shortcut WP:NFPWP:NFP...

to believe: The policy section of the village pump is used to discuss proposed policies and guidelines and changes to existing policies and guidelines...

Wikipedia:On assuming good faith Wikipedia:Our social policies are not a suicide pact Wikipedia policy should follow the spirit of ahimsa (from meta) Wikipedia:WikiSpeak...

Basically, I suggest that there be a division between policies that apply to all userboxes and and policies which only apply to the creation of userbox templates...

Shortcut WP:FOOLRWP:FOOLR Wikipedia policies and guidelines still apply on April Fools' Day, especially the policies on edit warring, no personal attacks...

preface this with I did not make any of wikipedia's policies, and its not my opinion its wikipedia policy. Wikipedia is not here to appeal to the widest possible...

for the photo to remain on Wikipeda. This policy is not intended to trump other wikipedia image use policies. Even if the model is happy for the photo...

about a woman, but can't make sense of all the "rules", "guidelines" and "policies"? In a nutshell, here's how to do it. Shortcut WP:NWOMENWP:NWOMEN Developing...

May 2007 (UTC) Delete of course as inviting violation of core content policies like WP:NPOV (see the MFD). Also redundant with Wikipedia:Content disclaimer...

violate the policy as stated in WP:IINFO. Of course, this does not mean that any given collection or article would be immune from other policies. Just because...

clear arguments why the article does not fail policies and should not be deleted. If there should be a policy against renominating articles too often, that...

policy, we should enforce the current policies of NPOV, NOR, and verifiability - not by adding a synonym, but by forcing people to use those policies...

Village pump Policy Technical Proposals Idea lab WMF Miscellaneous Village pump (policy) archive   This page contains discussions that have been archived...

would be violating its own policies can be made. If the consensus does not agree that WMF's disregard would violate WMF policies, then the issue about referrer...

Village pump Policy Technical Proposals Idea lab WMF Miscellaneous Village pump (policy) archive   This page contains discussions that have been archived...

reliability and quality. The governing policies regarding fringe theories are the three core content policies: Neutral point of view, No original research...

my article got nominated for deletion! United Kingdom Common Framework Policies (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)...

of images should be judged by the normal policies for content inclusion. Per the Wikipedia:Image use policy, the only reason for including any image in...

matters related to restricting user privileges, but these policies are subject to change. These policies also cannot, do not, and must not be construed by anyone...

Course name Introduction to Policy Analysis Institution UCSD Instructor Duchessanne Wikipedia Expert Ian (Wiki Ed) Subject Political Science Course dates...

topic of the article. The "Wikipedia policies and guidelines" category is for discussing changes to the policies and guidelines themselves, not for discussing...

Exactly how many "policies" or "guidelines" are out there. Apparently this too (link: Wikipedia:Revocation_of_GFDL_is_not_permitted) was policy (up to) a few...

Wikipedia has a lot of policies and guidelines. They have evolved from the early days, due to consensus. For instance, we have experimented with various...

work with media files and have demonstrated familiarity with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines surrounding renaming this type of media. There is no set...