Wikipedia:Update/1/Content policy changes during September 2008

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 * WP:Biographies of living persons
 * Added "External links in biographies of living persons must be of high quality and are judged by a higher standard than for other articles", which seems stronger than the previous "in full compliance".
 * Added "attributions to anonymous sources" as things to watch for.
 * WP:Naming conventions
 * Links added to Naming conventions (geographic names) (regarding the Ukraine), Disambiguation and Manual of Style (France & French-related).
 * In Broadcasting, Australian "station names" should normally be used.
 * WP:Neutral point of view
 * Added "Minority views can receive attention on pages specifically devoted to them"; removed "In [minority view] articles, the minority view should be described in detail". Also removed "When a clear consensus can be identified in reliable sources indicating that a particular view is a minority or majority view relative to the article's subject or to the general context of the material, it is appropriate to indicate this in the text of the article. It may also be appropriate to contextualize viewpoints relative to their acceptance in various communities which sources indicate to be particularly relevant."
 * Added "Give precedence to those sources that have been the most successful in presenting facts in an equally balanced manner."
 * WP:No original research
 * Link added to WP:Use common sense.
 * "tertiary" added to "Wikipedia articles should rely mainly on published reliable secondary sources and, to a lesser extent, on tertiary sources."
 * "audio" recordings added to the list of primary sources.
 * Clarified definition of tertiary sources as sources that mainly summarize secondary sources.
 * Added "editing articles related to or about yourself, by you or those closely related to you, is strongly discouraged."
 * Footnote added: "The rule against "A and B therefore C" does not, in general, refer to statements A,B and C that are non-controversial and easily reducible to elementary deductive logic." See also, WP:Verifiability".
 * WP:Non-free content criteria
 * Fair-use rationales should be "specific".
 * WP:Verifiability
 * Added: "The source cited must directly support the information as it is presented in the article." In a footnote: "When there is dispute about whether the article text is fully supported by the given source, direct quotes from the source and any other details requested should be provided as a courtesy to substantiate the reference."
 * Wikipedia mirror sites may not be used as sources. [Added for emphasis; this was already understood.]
 * WP:What Wikipedia is not
 * Added link to WP:Is not about winning.