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WIKIPEDIA

Wikipedia is operated by the Wikipedia Foundation, which has a list of policies. Everybody has to follow the following policies and standards to publish: - Avoid platitudes and generalities. - Be as concise as possible because direct writing is clearer than rambling examples, clear ,direct ,specific and unambiguous. - Anything posted has to be original and it can’t be researched previously in another web. - The text written can’t have points of view, it must be neutral in that sense. - The post has to have verifiability. Also, for respect it’s requested to post responsible and educated texts and comments, it’s a wiki (means that anyone can share their information and opinion) but it’s a web that explains the history, characteristics and meaning of things. No bad or stupid posts have to be written because that post will be read by many people and it´s meant to be a reliable encyclopedia.

ROLE

The policies are accepted by the editors and are some rules that all users should follow.

Guidelines may be helpful if you want to understand better how wikipedia works and you should use it to make a better use of the webpage.

Essays are opinions or advice from an editor or from a group of editors. Essays may be written without the approval of all the community members and may be written without permission.

ADHERENCE

The rules must be followed and anyone who violates them will have consequences. There are some rules that have exceptions but it is not normal.

Changes to descriptions and policies are determined by the community. These changes are discussed first on the talk page, but only if it is a major policy change.

This page uses shortcuts to refer to policies and conventions. For example, WP:NFP, WP:PVN, and WP:P.

ENFORCEMENT

Wikipedia is similar to other social interactions. If a user commits or violates the established rules, other users will be able to persuade him not to do it again and to adhere to the rules. Over time, more drastic decisions are made, such as the actions of the delegate or administrator. In the case of more serious violations, quicker actions are taken than usual. In the event that a user has clearly violated the rules on purpose and several times, an administrator can remove the account temporarily or indefinitely. In the event that this has not been effective, you can enter the Arbitration Committee.

CONTENT

Wikipedia pages should respect these policies and guidelines:

Emphasize the spirit of the rule. Writers and editors must use common sense to make the spirit of the rule clearer. Maintain scope and avoid redundancy. Avoid overlinking. There are cases in which policies contain links to pages and articles because it's needed. But in other cases links should be posted only if needed. Not contradict each other. If discrepancies arise between editor pages, they and their affected pages should discuss how to represent the current position of the community to reflect the opinion of the community. This discussion leads to a page specifically made for that, yet corrections may contradict each other.

LIFE CYCLE

Policy and guideline pages are somehow established without precedent and always require strong community support. Policies and guidelines can be established through reorganizations and new proposals on these, through divisioning and merging. You can find policy and guideline proposals in  Category:Wikipedia proposals, and failed proposals can be found in Category:Wikipedia failed proposals. Any editor is free to comment on these proposals.

NOT PART OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIA

Basically Wikipedia has many policies and guidelines related to enciclopedic content. This content must be trustworthy, objective and must be respectful.

The policies and guidelines are not considered enciclopedic content and it does respect all the policies because they’re written by Wikipedia’s administration.

POLICIES AND GUIDELINES

PRINCIPLES:

→FIVE PILLARS

The fundamental principles of wikipedia are summarized as 5 pillars:

-Wikipedia is an encyclopedia -Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view -Wikipedia is free content that anyone can use, edit, and distribute -Wikipedia's editors should treat each other with respect and civility -Wikipedia has no firm rules

→IGNORE ALL RULES If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it.

→CORE CONTENT POLICIES Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are used for documenting the public good practices accepted in the Wikipedia community. This policy says how Wikipedia policies or standards should be developed. Wikipedia's content is governed by three principal core content policies: neutral point of view, verifiability, and no original research.

Content policies

→ARTICLE TITLES A Wikipedia article title is the large heading displayed above the article's content, and the basis for the article's page name and URL. Article titles should be recognizable, concise, natural, precise, and consistent.

→BIOGRAPHIES OF LIVING PERSONS Material about living persons added to any Wikipedia page must be written with the greatest care and attention to verifiability, neutrality, and avoidance of original research.

→IMAGE USE Be very careful when uploading copyrighted images, fully describe images' origins and copyright details on their description pages, and try to make images as useful and reusable as possible.

→NEUTRAL POINT OF VIEW Articles mustn’t take sides, but should explain them, fairly and without editorial bias. This applies to what you say and how you say it.

→NO ORIGINAL RESEARCH Wikipedia does not publish original thought. All material in Wikipedia must be attributable to a reliable, published source. Articles must not contain any new analysis or synthesis of published material that serves to reach or imply a conclusion not clearly stated by the sources themselves.

→VERIFIABILITY Readers must be able to verify that the information published on wikipedia is not false and that they are reliable sources.

→WHAT WIKIPEDIA IS NOT

The amount of information on Wikipedia is practically unlimited, but Wikipedia is a digital encyclopedia so it doesn’t aim to contain all data or expression found everywhere. Although anyone can be an editor, Wikipedia's community processes and standards don’t want it to be neither an anarchy, democracy, or bureaucracy. Wikipedia is not a place to promote things or publish your thoughts, neither a website for personal communication, a freely licensed media repository, or a censored publication.

CONDUCT POLICIES

→CIVILITY Civility is part of Wikipedia's code of conduct and one of its five pillars. The civility policy describes the standards expected of users and provides appropriate ways of dealing with problems when they arise. Stated simply, editors should always treat each other with consideration and respect. They should focus on improving the encyclopedia while maintaining a pleasant editing environment by behaving politely, calmly and reasonably, even during heated debates.

Participate in a respectful and considerate way. Do not ignore the positions and conclusions of your fellow editors. Present coherent and concise arguments, and refrain from making personal attacks; encourage others to do the same.

→CLEAN START A user who does not have any kind of restrictions can recreate a new account, but this does not mean that the two accounts created cannot be connected because Wikipedia identifies it as one.

→CONSENSUS Consensus is Wikipedia's fundamental method of decision making, and is marked by addressing editors' legitimate concerns through a process of compromise while following Wikipedia policies.

→DISPUTE RESOLUTIONS Disagreements on Wikipedia are normal; editors will frequently disagree with each other, particularly on content decisions. Editors are expected to engage in good faith to resolve their disputes, and must not personalize disputes. Many disputes can be resolved without external input, through gradual editing, discussion, and attempts to understand the legitimate objections of others. Resolve disputes as soon as they arise. When two editors disagree over what to do with an article, they must talk things through politely and rationally.

→EDIT WARRING Don't use edits to fight other editors. Disagreements should be resolved through discussion.

→EDITING POLICY Improve pages wherever you can, and do not worry about leaving them imperfect. Preserve the value that others add, even if they "did it wrong" (try to fix it rather than remove it).

→HARASSMENT Harassment is a pattern of repeated offensive behavior that appears to a reasonable observer to intentionally target a specific person or persons. Usually, the purpose is to make the target feel threatened or intimidated, and the outcome may be to make editing Wikipedia unpleasant for the target, to undermine, frighten, or discourage them from editing. Do not stop other editors from enjoying Wikipedia by making threats, repeated annoying and unwanted contacts, repeated personal attacks, intimidation, or posting personal information.

→NO LEGAL THREATS If you post any type of threat on Wikipedia it will act quickly and remove and block the account.

→NO PERSONAL ATTACKS It’s absolutely forbidden to make personal attacks anywhere on Wikipedia. These attacks harm the Wikipedia community needed to create a good encyclopedia.

→OWNERSHIP OF CONTENT No one "owns" content (including articles or any page at Wikipedia). If you create or edit an article, others can make changes, and you cannot prevent them from doing so. In addition, you should not undo their edits without good reason. Disagreements should be calmly resolved, starting with a discussion on the article talk page.

→USERNAME POLICY When choosing an account name, do not choose names which may be offensive, misleading, disruptive, or promotional. The username should represent one person; do not use your organisation's name.

→VANDALISM If you break any kind of Wikipedia rule on purpose your account will be immediately banned.