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Wikipedia's policy and guideline pages describe its principles and agreed-upon best practices. Policies are simple rules all users should normally follow, and guidelines are generally meant to be best practices for following those standards in specific contexts. Policies and guidelines should always be applied using reason and common sense.

PRINCIPLES:


 * FIVE PILLARS:  Wikipedia describes itself as an encyclopedia where you can look for information, it is not a dictionary or anything similar. It is also an independent and neutral web, with all points or views, without any preferences, an editor can not write his personal opinions or ideas.Wikipedia is free for everyone to use or edit, all editors must treat each other with respect and if any conflict or problem is given it has to be solved in propers ways.Most  important values in wikipedia are the principles and spirit.


 * CORE CONTENT POLICIES: There are three principal core content policies: neutral point of view,where all the contents in wikipedia must be impartial, verifiability all the information have to come from a trustworthy source, and no original research all wikipedia articles must be attributable to a reliable, published source.

CONTENT POLICIES:

Article titles: The huge heading that appears above the body of an article on Wikipedia serves as both the page name and URL for that article. The title describes the content of the article and sets it apart from others. If the article topic does not have a name, the title may simply be the name of the topic, or it may be a description of the topic. It is occasionally required to include identifying information because no two articles can have the same title.

Biographies of living persons: When adding material about real people to any Wikipedia page, editors must exercise special caution. Biographies of living people must be written carefully and with consideration for the subject's privacy because such information needs a high level of sensitivity. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, it is not Wikipedia's job to be sensational or to be the main channel for the dissemination about people's lives; when making editorial decisions, it is always important to take the possibility of harm to living subjects into account.

Image use: Format, content, and copyright regulations for photographs are outlined on this page. Make sure an image fits into one of the following four categories before uploading it: own labor, Public domain, free content, and fair use of paid content

Neutral point of view: The requirement that all encyclopedic content on Wikipedia be written from a neutral point of view, which involves representing all significant viewpoints that have been published by reliable sources on a topic fairly, proportionately, and, to the greatest extent possible, without editorial bias.

No original research: Original research must not be included in Wikipedia articles. On Wikipedia, info as facts, opinions, and ideas, for which there are no credible, published sources is referred to as "original research". This includes any evaluation or synthesis of previously published information that leads to or implies a conclusion that is not expressed by the sources. You must be able to cite credible, published sources that are closely relevant to the article's subject and that directly support the information being presented in order to show that you are not contributing unique research.

Verifiability: verifiability means other people using the encyclopedia can check that the information comes from a reliable source.

What Wikipedia is not (Not a dictionary): Wikipedia it is not a dictionary of any kind, instead there exists a sister project: Wiktionary, has the goal of creating a dictionary, it welcomes all editors who wish to write a dictionary.

CONDUCT POLICIES:

Civility: They should focus on improving the encyclopedia while maintaining a pleasant editing environment by behaving politely, calmly and reasonably, even during heated debates. The civility policy describes the standards expected of users and provides appropriate ways of dealing with problems when they arise.

Clean start:     A clean start or fresh start is when a user stops using an old account to start fresh with a new account. The old account must be clearly discontinued and the new account must avoid editing patterns or behaviors that would allow other users to recognize and identify the account.

Consensus:     This policy describes how consensus is understood on Wikipedia, how to determine whether it has been achieved (and how to proceed if it has not), and describes exceptions to the principle that all decisions are made by consensus. Decision making and reaching consensus involve an effort to incorporate all editors' legitimate concerns, while respecting Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.

Dispute resolution: If discussion stalemates, editors may seek outside input to help resolve the dispute. Disputes over content have multiple venues for outside help, and related discussions can also be advertised on the talk pages Editors are expected to engage in good faith to resolve their disputes, and must not personalize disputes.

Edit warring:  An edit war occurs when editors who disagree about the content of a page repeatedly override each other's contributions.Edit warring is unconstructive, creates animosity between editors, makes consensus harder to reach, and causes confusion for readers. Editors engaged in a dispute should reach consensus or pursue dispute resolution rather than edit war.

Editing policy: Even the best articles should not be considered complete, as each new editor can offer new insights on how to enhance and improve the content in it at any time. researching skills, technical expertise, writing prowess or tidbits of information, but most importantly, a willingness to help.

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. Harassment can include actions calculated to be noticed by the target and clearly suggestive of targeting them, even when no direct communication takes place.

No personal attacks:   Personal attacks harm the Wikipedia community and the collaborative atmosphere needed to create a good encyclopedia. Repeated or egregious personal attacks may lead to sanctions including blocks or even bans. Do not make personal attacks anywhere on Wikipedia.

Ownership of content: All Wikipedia pages and articles are edited collaboratively by a community of volunteer contributors.Even a subject of an article, be that a person or organization, does not own the article, nor has any right to dictate what the article may or may not say.

Username policy: You choose your username when creating a user account. It is also possible to request a change of username, and have your past contributions are-attributed to the new name.All contributions made using that account will then be attributed to the chosen username (contributions made while not logged in to any account are attributed to the user's IP address). It also specifies that a user account should be used only by one person, and that in most cases one person should use only one account. This policy describes what kinds of usernames are acceptable on the English Wikipedia and how unacceptable or doubtful usernames can be dealt with.

Vandalism: On Wikipedia, vandalism has a very specific meaning: editing (or other behavior) deliberately intended to obstruct or defeat the project's purpose, which is to create a free encyclopedia, in a variety of languages, presenting the sum of all human knowledge. While editors are encouraged to warn and educate vandals, warnings are by no means a prerequisite for blocking a vandal (although administrators usually block only when multiple warnings have been issued).