Wikipedia:IAR

Wikipedia:IAR

This page documents an official English Wikipedia policy, a widely accepted standard that should normally be followed by all editors. Any edit to this page should reflect consensus. If in doubt, consider discussing changes on the talk page.

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Overview	Policies and guidelines · List of policies · List of guidelines

Global principles	What Wikipedia is not · Consensus · Dispute resolution · Ignore all rules

Article standards policies	Neutral point of view · Verifiability · No original research · Biographies of living persons · Deletion policy

Behavioral policies	Civility · Edit warring · No personal attacks · No legal threats · Ownership of articles · Three-revert rule · Sock-puppetry

Behavioral guidelines	Assume good faith · Etiquette · Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point · Please do not bite the newcomers · Gaming the system

Classification guidelines	Subpages · Categories, lists, and navigation templates · Lists · Categorization · Template namespace

Content guidelines	Conflict of interest · Do not include copies of primary sources · Disambiguation · Do not create hoaxes · Notability · Patent nonsense

Editing guidelines	Be bold · Build the web · Edit summary · Editing policy · Signatures · Talk page guidelines · User page

Style conventions	Article size · Manual of Style · Naming conventions

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