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{{Policy}}
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This page documents an official English Wikipedia policy, a widely accepted standard that should normally be followed by all editors. Any edit to it should reflect consensus. Consider discussing potential changes on the talk page first. |
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Official policies
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{{Guideline}}
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This page documents an English Wikipedia guideline. It is a generally accepted standard that editors should follow, though it should be treated with common sense and the occasional exception. When editing this page, please ensure that your revision reflects consensus. When in doubt, discuss your idea on the talk page. |
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Pages that document guidelines
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Pages that document style guidelines
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{{subcat guideline|
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Guideline category should be one of:
- behavioral guideline
- content guideline
- deletion guideline
- how-to guideline
- naming convention
- notability guideline
- style guideline
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{{Proposed}}
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The following is a proposed Wikipedia policy, guideline, or process. The proposal may still be in development, under discussion, or in the process of gathering consensus for adoption. Thus references or links to this page should not describe it as "policy". |
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{{Failed}}
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This proposal has failed to attain consensus within the Wikipedia community. A failed proposal is one for which a consensus to accept is not present after a reasonable amount of time, regardless of continuing discussion. |
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Failed policy/guideline proposals
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{{Historical}}
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This page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference. Either the page is no longer relevant, or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. To revive discussion regarding the subject, seek broader input via a forum such as the village pump proposals page. |
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Retired pages of historical interest
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This Wikipedia page has been superseded by New page, and it is retained primarily for historical interest. |
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Historical pages that have been superseded by other pages
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The status of this page as a policy or guideline is the subject of a current discussion on the talk page.
Please feel free to join in. This doesn't mean that you may not be bold in editing this page, but it can't hurt to check the discussion first. |
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Policies and guidelines whose status as policy or guideline is being actively discussed, although their current status is not contested.
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Sections of policies, guidelines or other pages which are being actively discussed at the talk page
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Specific wordings or sentences in policies, guidelines or other pages which are being actively discussed at the talk page
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