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Policies and guidelines


The principles which the policies and guidelines are based on

Five pillars statement of our principles
Jimbo's statement historic principles
Simplified ruleset synopsis of our conventions
Wikimedia principles common to all projects
Principles other essays on Wikipedia's principles

Tutorial on policies

Introduction to policies and guidelines  a quick introduction to the major policies and guidelines for very new users.

General policies

Procedural policies

Policies & guidelines how policies and guidelines should be developed and maintained.
Mediation
Bot policy

Content policies and guidelines

Behavioural policies and guidelines

Editing policies and guidelines

Style and formatting conventions

Classification guidelines

See also

List of policies and guidelines  a list of principle policies and guidelines.
List of policies a comprehensive descriptive directory of policies.
List of guidelines a comprehensive descriptive directory of guidelines.
Manual of Style contents a comprehensive descriptive directory of the pages which make up the Manual of Style.
Related essays
Simplified rule-set  some basic aspect of Wikipedia norms and practices.
Eight rules for editing    if you start out by following these simple rules, the rest should come naturally.
Ten rules for editing   Wikipedia can be daunting, but here we provide tips to make editing smoother.
Trifecta  ultra fast overview of foundational principles related to policies and guidelines.
The rules are principles  policies and guidelines exist as rough approximations of their underlying principles.
Wikimedia Foundation policies
List of policies
Licensing and copyright
Privacy
Values