User:CactusJack/Summary of Wikipedia policies, guidelines, and conventions

Verifiability
All Wikipedia content must be attributable to reliable, published sources.
 * Reliable sources are independent and subject to editorial control.
 * Published sources, by Wikipedia's definition, are sources available to the public in some form.
 * Quotations, and material likely to be challenged, must be attributed using inline citations.
 * Exceptional claims require exceptional sources.

No original research
Wikipedia does not publish original thought.
 * Synthesis of multiple sources, to reach a conclusion not explicitly stated in either source, is forbidden.
 * Analysis of a source, to reach a conclusion not explicitly stated in the source, is forbidden.
 * User-generated images must not serve to advance arguments or reach conclusions not stated by the sources themselves.
 * Routine calculations, such as basic arithmetic, are not considered original research.
 * Translations into English and transcriptions of audio or video are not considered original research.