User:TucanHolmes/Wikirules

This is an ongoing effort to trace the structure of Wikipedia's policies & guidelines.

Wikipedia's policies and guidelines can be roughly divided into five categories: Remember, the rules are principles. If you have a question regarding a specific rule, or have questions about editing in general, feel free to visit the Teahouse.
 * Fundamental, establishing the basis of Wikipedia's various policies and guidelines.
 * Articles, concerning the content, editing process, style, inclusion criteria, naming conventions, and deletion of articles.
 * Community, regulating the conduct and interactions between editors.
 * Administration, detailing the policies for various Wikipedia procedures, the enforcement of rules and sanctions, as well as legal matters.
 * Miscellaneous, containing mostly technical guidelines for project-internal content, templates, and the Reference Desk.

Fundamental

 * Five Pillars
 * Ignore All Rules
 * What Wikipedia Is Not

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 * Here to build an encyclopedia

Policies

 * Neutral Point of View
 * Verifiability
 * No Original Research
 * Biographies of Living Persons
 * Image Use Policy
 * Wikipedia Is Not a Dictionary
 * Wikipedia Is Not a Dictionary

Guidelines

 * Citing Sources
 * Scientific Citation Guidelines
 * Do Not Create Hoaxes
 * No Full Texts of Primary Sources
 * Identifying Reliable Sources
 * Identifying Reliable Sources (Science)
 * Identifying Reliable Sources (Medicine)
 * Plagiarism
 * Patent Nonsense
 * Autobiography
 * Accuracy Dispute
 * Spam
 * External Links
 * Content Forking
 * No Disclaimers in Articles
 * Spoiler
 * Offensive Material
 * Public Domain
 * Non-Free Content
 * Policy: Non-Free Content Criteria
 * Non-Free Use Rationale Guideline
 * See also: 
 * Non-U.S. Copyrights
 * Fringe Theories
 * Wikipedia Is Not For Things Made Up One Day
 * Record Charts
 * Television Episodes
 * Video Game Article Guidelines
 * Days of the Year
 * Logos
 * No 3D Illustrations
 * Indic Transliteration
 * Television Episodes
 * Video Game Article Guidelines
 * Days of the Year
 * Logos
 * No 3D Illustrations
 * Indic Transliteration
 * Indic Transliteration

Guidelines

 * Article Size
 * Be Bold
 * Categories, Lists, and Navigation Templates
 * Categorization
 * Overcategorization
 * Overcategorization: User Categories
 * User Categories
 * Categorization of People
 * People by Year
 * Categorizing Redirects
 * Ethnicity, Gender, Religion and Sexuality
 * Set Index Articles
 * Disambiguation
 * Broad-Concept Articles
 * Primary Topic Definition
 * Understandability
 * Stub
 * Summary Style
 * As Of
 * Updating Information
 * Copying within Wikipedia
 * Red Link
 * Hatnote
 * Redirect
 * Soft Redirect
 * Subpages
 * Page Blanking
 * Preparing Images for Upload
 * Spellchecking
 * Reviewing Good Articles
 * Content Assessment
 * In The News: Recurring Items
 * Extended Image Syntax
 * Content Assessment
 * In The News: Recurring Items
 * Extended Image Syntax
 * Extended Image Syntax

Guidelines

 * Manual of Style
 * Content
 * Accessibility
 * Biography
 * Linking
 * Self-References to Avoid
 * Words to Watch
 * Wikimedia Sister Projects
 * Formatting
 * Abbreviations
 * Capital Letters
 * Dates and Numbers
 * Pronunciation
 * Proper Names
 * Spelling
 * Text Formatting
 * Titles
 * Layout
 * Layout
 * Lead Section
 * Lists
 * Embedded Lists
 * Lists of Works
 * Road Junction Lists
 * Stand-Alone Lists
 * Tables
 * Trivia Sections
 * Images
 * Images
 * Captions
 * Icons
 * Arts
 * Anime and Manga
 * Comics
 * Novels
 * Visual Arts
 * Music
 * Music Samples
 * Record Charts
 * Stringed Instrument Tunings
 * Film
 * Television
 * Writing About Fiction
 * History
 * Military History
 * Blazon
 * Legal
 * Legal
 * Trademarks
 * Regional
 * Canada
 * China
 * France
 * Hawaii
 * India
 * Ireland
 * Japan
 * Korea
 * Philippines
 * Poland
 * Singapore
 * Trinidad and Tobago
 * Religion
 * Islam
 * Latter Day Saints
 * Science
 * Chemistry
 * Computing
 * Mathematics
 * Medicine
 * Biology
 * TaxoBox Documentation
 * Sports
 * Cue Sports
 * Snooker
 * Wikipedia Content
 * Disambiguation Pages
 * Infoboxes
 * Infoboxes

Conventions

 * Article Titles
 * Use English
 * Capitalization
 * Plurals
 * Definite or Indefinite Articles
 * Acronyms
 * Technical Restrictions
 * People
 * Ancient Romans
 * Sportspeople
 * Baseball Players
 * Clergy
 * Royalty and Nobility
 * Organizations
 * Companies
 * Government and Legislation
 * Political Parties
 * Sports Teams
 * Events
 * Violence and Deaths
 * Numbers and Dates
 * Geographic Names
 * Country-Specific Topics
 * Americas
 * Canada
 * US College Football
 * Trinidad and Tobago
 * Asia
 * Armenian
 * Mongolian
 * Chinese
 * Burmese
 * Vietnamese
 * Tibetan
 * Indic
 * Places in Bangladesh
 * Korean
 * Japanese
 * Europe
 * Norse Mythology
 * UK Parliament Constituencies
 * Ireland
 * Belgium
 * Castle, Country House, Château and Kasteel
 * Alternate Language Names
 * Brussels
 * Germany
 * Austria
 * Swiss Municipalities
 * Greek
 * Macedonia
 * Middle East
 * Egypt
 * Hebrew
 * West Bank
 * Oceania
 * Indonesia
 * Football in Australia
 * New Zealand
 * Media & Culture
 * Books
 * Comics
 * Broadcasting
 * Television
 * Films
 * Video Games
 * Music
 * Operas
 * Nature & Science
 * Astronomical Objects
 * Chemistry
 * Pharmacology
 * Fauna
 * Flora
 * Ethnicities and Tribes
 * Languages
 * Writing Systems
 * Manuscripts
 * Transportation
 * Aircraft
 * Automobiles
 * Ships
 * Roads
 * Australian Roads
 * U.S. State and Territory Highways
 * Stations
 * Canadian Stations
 * Irish Stations
 * Japanese Stations
 * Stations in Poland
 * UK Stations
 * US Stations
 * Brewery Names
 * Ice Hockey
 * Latter Day Saints
 * Military History
 * Mining
 * Long Lists
 * Stand-Alone Lists
 * Category Names
 * Law Enforcement Agency Categories
 * Irish Categories
 * File Names
 * Irish Categories
 * File Names

Guidelines

 * Notability
 * People
 * Academics
 * Organizations and Companies
 * Events
 * Books
 * Films
 * Music
 * Sports
 * Web
 * Geographic Features
 * Astronomical Objects
 * Numbers
 * Astronomical Objects
 * Numbers

Policies

 * Deletion Policy
 * Criteria for Speedy Deletion
 * Attack Page
 * Proposed Deletion
 * Proposed Deletion (Books)
 * Proposed Deletion of Biographies of Living People
 * Revision Deletion
 * Oversight

Guidelines

 * Deletion Process
 * Deletion Guidelines for Administrators
 * Speedy Keep

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 * Introduction to Deletion Process
 * How-To: Guide to Deletion
 * Guide to Image Deletion

Policies

 * Civility
 * No Personal Attacks
 * Consensus
 * Editing Policy
 * Harassment
 * Vandalism
 * Edit Warring
 * Dispute Resolution
 * Clean Start
 * Ownership of Content
 * Sockpuppetry
 * Username Policy
 * Username Policy

Guidelines

 * Assume Good Faith
 * Conflict of Interest
 * Disruptive Editing
 * Canvassing
 * Do Not Disrupt Wikipedia to Illustrate a Point
 * Gaming the System
 * Etiquette
 * Linking to External Harassment
 * Talk Page Guidelines
 * Signatures
 * Responding To Threats of Harm
 * Please Do Not Bite the Newcomers
 * Changing Username Guidelines
 * Courtesy Vanishing
 * Deceased Wikipedians Guidelines
 * Appealing a Block
 * Special Actions
 * Reviewing Pending Changes
 * Rollback
 * Spam Blacklist

Policies

 * Policies and Guidelines
 * Arbitration Policy
 * CheckUser and Oversight
 * Mediation
 * Wikimedia Policy
 * Bot Policy
 * CheckUser
 * Volunteer Response Team
 * Global Rights Policy
 * Page Mover
 * IP Block Exemption
 * Open Proxies
 * IP Block Exemption
 * Open Proxies

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 * Bureaucrats
 * Office Actions

Policies

 * Administrators
 * Blocking Policy
 * Protection Policy
 * Discretionary Sanctions
 * Banning Policy

Policies

 * Copyrights
 * Copyright Violations
 * Non-Free Content Criteria
 * Reusing Wikipedia Content
 * Terms of Use
 * Paid-Contribution Disclosure
 * No Legal Threats
 * Libel
 * Child Protection

Guidelines

 * Project Namespace
 * User Pages
 * Userboxes
 * WikiProject Council Guide

Guidelines

 * Template Namespace
 * High-Risk Templates
 * Talk Page Templates
 * Substitution

Guidelines

 * General
 * Medical Advice