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font-weight: normal; |group1 = '''<span style="color:#118811;">{{abbr|1={{Large|P}}|2=Policies}}</span>''' |list1 = * [[Wikipedia:Civility|Civility]] * [[Wikipedia:Consensus|Consensus]] * [[Wikipedia:Harassment|Harassment]] * [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|Vandalism]] * [[Wikipedia:Ignore all rules|Ignore all rules]] * [[Wikipedia:No personal attacks|No personal attacks]] * [[Wikipedia:Ownership of content|Ownership of content]] * [[Wikipedia:Edit warring|Edit warring]] * [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution|Dispute resolution]] * [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry|Sockpuppetry]] * [[Wikipedia:No legal threats|No legal threats]] * [[Wikipedia:Child protection|Child protection]] * [[Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure|Paid-contribution disclosure]] | group2 = '''<span style="color:#0077A4;">{{abbr|1={{Large|G}}|2=Guidelines}}</span>''' | list2 = * [[Wikipedia:Assume good faith|Assume good faith]] * [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest|Conflict of interest]] * [[Wikipedia:Disruptive editing|Disruptive editing]] * [[Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point|Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point]] * [[Wikipedia:Etiquette|Etiquette]] * [[Wikipedia:Gaming the system|Gaming the system]] * [[Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers|Please do not bite the newcomers]] * [[Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing|Courtesy vanishing]] * [[Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm|Responding to threats of harm]] * [[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines|Talk page guidelines]] ** [[Wikipedia:Signatures|Signatures]] }} | group3 = Deletion {{Define|(?)|explains the processes by which pages, revisions, and logs may be deleted}} | list3 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|child |groupstyle = text-align:left; font-weight: normal; |group1 = '''<span style="color:#118811;">{{abbr|1={{Large|P}}|2=Policies}}</span>''' |list1 = * [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|Deletion policy]] * [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] ** [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people|Biographies]] * [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Criteria for speedy deletion]] * [[Wikipedia:Attack page|Attack page]] * [[Wikipedia:Oversight|Oversight]] * [[Wikipedia:Revision deletion|Revision deletion]] }} | group4 = Enforcement {{Define|(?)|explains the various means by which standards may be enforced}} | list4 ={{#invoke:navbox|navbox|child |groupstyle = text-align:left; font-weight: normal; |group1 = '''<span style="color:#118811;">{{abbr|1={{Large|P}}|2=Policies}}</span>''' |list1 = * [[Wikipedia:Administrators|Administrators]] * [[Wikipedia:Banning policy|Banning]] * [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|Blocking]] * [[Wikipedia:Protection policy|Page protection]] }} | group5 = Editing {{Define|(?)| documents the various protocols about style and grouping}} | list5 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|child |groupstyle = text-align:left; font-weight: normal; |group1 = '''<span style="color:#118811;">{{abbr|1={{Large|P}}|2=Policies}}</span>''' |list1 = * [[Wikipedia:Editing policy|Editing policy]] |group2 = '''<span style="color:#0077A4;">{{abbr|1={{Large|G}}|2=Guidelines}}</span>''' |list2 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|child |groupstyle = text-align:left; font-weight: normal; |group1 = |list1 = * [[Wikipedia:Article size|Article size]] **[[Wikipedia:Summary style|Summary style]] * [[Wikipedia:Be bold|Be bold]] * [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|Disambiguation]] * [[Wikipedia:Hatnote|Hatnotes]] * [[Wikipedia:Broad-concept article|Broad-concept article]] * [[Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable|Understandability]] | group2 = Style | list2 = * [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] ** [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents|Contents]] * [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility|Accessibility]] * [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers|Dates and numbers]] * [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images|Images]] * [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout|Layout]] * [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section|Lead section]] * [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking|Linking]] * [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists|Lists]] |group3 =Classification |list3 = * [[Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates|Categories, lists, and navigation templates]] * [[Wikipedia:Categorization|Categorization]] * [[Wikipedia:Template namespace|Template namespace]] }} }} | group6 = Project content {{Define|(?)| protocols related to administration}} | list6 ={{#invoke:navbox|navbox|child |group1style = text-align:left; font-weight: normal; |group1 = '''<span style="color:#0077A4;">{{abbr|1={{Large|G}}|2=Guidelines}}</span>''' |list1 = * [[Wikipedia:Project namespace|Project namespace]] ** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide|WikiProjects]] * [[Wikipedia:User pages|User pages]] ** [[Wikipedia:Userboxes|User boxes]] * [[Wikipedia:Shortcut|Shortcuts]] * [[Wikipedia:Subpages|Subpages]] }} | group7 = <abbr title="Wikimedia Foundation">WMF</abbr> {{Define|(?)| official policies and statements of the Wikimedia Foundation}} | group7style = background: #dddddd; | list7={{#invoke:navbox|navbox|child |group1style = text-align:left; font-weight: normal; background: #e6e6e6; |group1 = '''<span style="color:#118811;">{{abbr|1={{Large|P}}|2=Policies}}</span>''' |list1 = * [[:wmf:Terms of Use|Terms of Use]] * [[:wmf:Policies|List of policies]] * [[:wmf:Friendly space policy|Friendly space policy]] * [[:wmf:Resolution:Licensing policy|Licensing and copyright]] * [[:wmf:Privacy policy|Privacy policy]] }} | belowstyle = font-weight: normal; | below = * '''[[Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines|List of all policies and guidelines]]''' ** '''<span style="color:#118811;">{{Big|P}}</span>''': '''[[Wikipedia:List of policies|List of policies]]''' ** '''<span style="color:#0077A4;">{{Big|G}}</span>''': '''[[Wikipedia:List of guidelines|List of guidelines]]''' * '''[[Wikipedia:Principles|Summaries of values and principles]]''' }}<noinclude> {{Documentation}} <!-- PLEASE ADD THIS TEMPLATE'S CATEGORIES TO THE /doc SUBPAGE, THANKS --> </noinclude>
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