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= Constraints to follow on Wikipedia = Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are made to make wikipedia a good, reliable encyclopaedia. It is developed by the community, and they do noy have to be read, but there is a summary of the five most important principals. Policies are basic standards for all users, and guidelines are generally meant to be the best way to follow the policies in specific contexts.

Roles
Policies: They are mostly accepted among users and describe standards all users should normally follow.

Guidelines: They are sets of best practices that have been decided by a majority of users. Users should attempt to follow guidelines, but not literally, as there are many exceptions. The best way to apply them is by using common sense.

Essays: They are the opinion or advice of a user or group of users but that has not been approved by a majority of users. They do not speak for the entire community and may be created and written without approval. Essays the author does not want others to edit, or that contradict widespread consensus, belong in the user namespace.

Enforcement
In an editor violates the policies and guidelines, other editors should persuade the violator to comply with the rules. If a user is acting against the policies, especially if they are doing so intentionally and persistently, that user may be temporarily or indefinitely blocked from editing by an administrator. In the cases where the infringements are constant and severe, and the attempts at resolving it are innefective, an Arbitration Comitee is called and has the power to deal with highly disruptive or sensitive situations.

Content
Be clear: Be plain, direct and specific. Avoid generalities

Be concise: Omit needless words. Direct and concise writing is better than long and complicated texts. Use footnotes and links to other pages for more clarification.

Have common sense.

Maintain scope and avoid branching out: Clearly identify the scope of the article at the start of the page. If one policy refers to another, do it clearly.

Avoid overlinking: Only use links when context and clarification is needed.

Do not contradict: The communities views can not contradict each other. Be coherent with the community when publishing an article.

Content changes
Policies and guidelines can be edited like any other Wikipedia page, but policies and guidelines are complex, users should take care over any edits, to be sure they are faithfully reflecting the community's view and to be sure they are not accidentally introducing new sources of error or confusion.

Ignore all rules

If a rule prevents you from making wikipedia a better place, ignore it

Wikipedia:Core content policies
Wikipedia's content is governed by three principal core content policies:

Neutral point of view: All Wikipedia articles must be written objectively and without bias.

Verifiability: Material that is likely to be challenged, must be attributed to a reliable, published source. In Wikipedia, verifiability means that people reading and editing the encyclopaedia can check that information comes from a reliable source.

No original research: Editors should not publish original thought. All the material in Wikipedia must be able to be traced back to a reliable and trust-worthy source.

Wikipedia:Vandalism
Vandalism is the act of editing the website deliberately with the intention of difficulting or defeating Wikipedias purpose, which is the creation of a free encyclopaedia, in a variety of languages, presenting the sum of all human knowledge. Vandalism is strictly forbidden, and vandals are given warnings, and if multiple warnings have been issued, the vandal can be banned from the site.

Wikipedia:Civility
Civility is part of Wikipedias five pillars. The civility policy describes the standards users are expected to have. Stated simply, editors should always treat each other with consideration and respect, even in heated arguments

Wikipedia:Clean start
A clean start is when a user moves from an old Wikipedia account and creates a new one, mainly for one of the following reasons: recognising past mistakes or for avoiding harassment. The old account must be discontinued. If an user uses their new account to resume editing articles or topics in the same manner that resulted in a negative reputation in the first place, the user will be recognised as a "sock puppet" and will be sanctioned.

Wikipedia:Harassment
Harassment is a repeated offensive behaviour that targets a specific person or group. 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.

Wikipedia must never be misused to harass anyone. Edits constituting harassment will be reverted or deleted, and editors who engage in harassment are subject to blocking and banning.