This is a subpage of user Al83tito. Here I am drafting a personal summary of different aspects of Wikipedia. This is not an official policy page, but rather a user essay. Furthermore I am working on it slowly, so it will be incomplete (and possibly inaccurate) for a long time.

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Wikipedia is an encyclopedia created in 2001. It nested in a parent organization called the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikipedia's existence can be explained by the existence of four main components: the encyclopedic articles (the visible output and its raison d'etre); the technological and legal "infrastructure" that makes it possible; the set of policies that govern it; and the user community that contributes to it.

Normative structure. Project structure.

Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free encyclopedia that is based on a model of openly editable content. It is owned and supported by the Wikimedia Foundation, a US-based non-profit organization. Wikipedia was launched on January 15, 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, as an off-shoot of Nupedia. As of 2018, Wikipedia is composed of 290 Wikipedia encyclopedias, and it comprises more than 40 million articles in 301 different languages. That means that an article on the same subject (e.g: World War II) may be found in multiple languages. Each

Creative Commons license; Wikipedia:Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Each language wikipedia is its own Wiki (?)... Wiki software

Differences between Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, and wiki wikipedia vs wikia

User:JimmyBlackwing magazine archive

Vandalism
Dealing with vandalism
Obvious vandalism Sockpuppet investigations Long-term abuse reports WikiProject on open proxies
Resources and assistance
Counter-Vandalism Unit Counter Vandalism Academy Cleaning up vandalism Counter-vandalism tools
Further information
Blocking IP addresses Do not insult the vandals CVU Vandalism studies

Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism

https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf Wikipedia:Meetup

User:Guy Macon/One against many Wikipedia:Perennial proposals

Common decisions and arguments
Deletion (XfD)
Arguments to avoid Common outcomes (AfD) Common outcomes (RfD) Common outcomes (TfD) Overcategorisation Perennial deletion review
Adminship (RfA) and Bureaucratship (RfB)
Arguments to avoid
Arbitration (Arbcom)
Guide to arbitration Principles
Proposals and policy
Perennial proposals

Wikipedia:Closing discussions

Wikipedia:Snowball clause

Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister project Template:Wikipedia's sister projects Wikimedia Foundation History of Wikipedia MediaWiki

Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates Wikipedia:Wikipedia's oldest articles

Wikipedia:About

Wikipedia copyright
Policy
Copyright policy Copyright violation policy Reusing Wikipedia content License text ( CC BY-SA 4.0 GFDL)
Guidelines
Non-free content Copying within Wikipedia Public domain content Non-US copyrights
Advice
Frequently asked questions Donating copyrighted material Copying text from other sources Requesting copyright permission Close paraphrasing Guidance for text copyright problems
Processes
Copyright problems Files for discussion Contributor copyright investigations
Resources
General help Copyright assistance Media copyright questions File copyright tags Declaration of consent

Wikipedia:Teahouse/About Wikipedia:Core content policies

Wikipedia:Notability

Wikipedia:Project namespace

Help:Cheatsheet

Policies have wide acceptance among editors and describe standards that all users should normally follow. All policy pages are in Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines and Category:Wikipedia policies. For summaries of key policies, see also List of policies.

Wikipedia:List of policies Wikipedia:List of guidelines Wikipedia:Essays in a nutshell Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset

Help: Wikipedia: The Missing Manual

Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup

Deletionism and inclusionism in Wikipedia

Deletionpedia Wikipedia:Noticeboards

This is a good article. Follow the link for more information. Mzoli's

Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines

Policies and guidelines (list)
Principles
Five pillars Ignore all rules
Content policies
Article titles Biographies of living persons Image use Neutral point of view No original research Verifiability What Wikipedia is not (Not a dictionary)
Conduct policies
Civility Clean start Consensus Dispute resolution Edit warring Editing policy Harassment No legal threats No personal attacks Ownership of content Username policy Vandalism
Other policy categories
Deletion Enforcement Legal Procedural
Directories
List of policies List of guidelines Manual of Style contents

In such situations editors may propose that a policy be demoted to a guideline, or that a policy or guideline be demoted to a supplement, informational page, essay or historical page. In certain cases, a policy or guideline may be superseded, in which case the old page is marked and retained for historical interest.

Wikipedia:Building Wikipedia membership/Sample solicitation

Readers' FAQ
About Wikipedia Administration FAQs Assessing article quality Authority control Books Categories Censorship Copyright Disambiguation Images and multimedia ISBN Microformats Mobile access Offline access Navigation Other languages Page names Portals Searching Student help
Researching with Wikipedia Citing Wikipedia
Readers' glossary Readers' index Reader's guide to Wikipedia

Template:Wikipedia technical help

Wikipedia:Help desk, Wikipedia:Teahouse, Wikipedia:Reference desk

Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure Wikipedia:Five pillars

Wikipedia:Statistics

WikiStats
Main
General info Status statistics WikiStats project WikiProject edit counters
General statistics
Awareness† Editors Total size Size comparisons Growth Records Zipf's law comparison
Breakdowns
Editors by number of edits Editors by article count Time between edits Administrator actions
Notes
† Inactive / archived for history

Wikipedia:Administration

Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia

Wikimedia Foundation

Wikipedia:Bots Wikipedia:Bot policy

Contributing to Wikipedia (Tutorial)
Policies and guidelines
Editing policy Content policies Dispute resolution Simple rule set Simple style manual
Introductions
About Wikipedia Administration How to contribute Tutorial
How-to pages
Creating an account How to edit Starting an article Article wizard Talk pages Referencing Renaming Deletion Media Lists Tables Templates Copying text Style tips Wikitext
Writing advice
Article development Basic copyediting Layouts Avoiding mistakes Writing better Perfect article Advanced editing
Community
Portal Dashboard Essays Maintenance Task Center WikiProjects Editor's index
Directories and indexes
FAQs Help index Tools
Interactive help
Teahouse Help desk

Wikipedia:The difference between policies, guidelines and essays

Wikipedia essays
Essays vs policy Value of essays Don't cite essays as policy Essay writing guide Avoiding redundant essays Quoting your essay
Essay directory
Essays in a nutshell Essays by categories WikiProject Wikipedia essays

Wikipedia:Essay directory

Notability
General notability guideline
Subject-specific guidelines
Academics Astronomical objects Books Events Films Geographic features Music Numbers Organizations and companies People Sports and athletes Web content
See also
Notability essays Guide to deletion Common deletion outcomes Why was my article deleted?

Dispute resolution (Requests)
Tips
Assume good faith Use etiquette Be civil Be open to compromise Discuss on talk pages Failure to discuss Help desk (Request)
Content disputes
Third opinion (Request) Mediation Noticeboards Request comments (Request) Resolution noticeboard (Request)
Conduct disputes
Administrator assistance (Request) Arbitration (Request)

Conduct policies
Block evasion Civility Clean start Consensus Dispute resolution Edit warring Editing policy Harassment No personal attacks Ownership of content Sockpuppetry Username policy Vandalism

Wikipedia:Contact us Wikipedia:Requests for comment

WIKIMEDIA META https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS

Values Resolution:Wikimedia Foundation Guiding Principles

Template:WP:UBS Template:Orders, decorations, and medals of Wikipedia

Wikipedia:Notifications/Thanks Template:Wikipedia positive feed {{emplate:Noticeboard links}}

Wikipedia:Dashboard

https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Policies Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017 WM FAQs Founding principles

Template:Useful links Wikipedia:Shortcut

Deletion policies
Criteria for speedy deletion Deletion policy Oversight Proposed deletion Proposed deletion (BLP) Revision deletion

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Deletion discussions
Deletion today Undeletion Deletion review Deletion log Request a copy of a deleted article
Articles
today all (sorted) closing log
Templates and modules
today all closing holding
Files
today all closing
Categories
today all closing speedy
Redirects
today all closing log
Miscellany
today all closing
Speedy deletion
candidates
Proposed deletion
all (sorted) BLPs
Policy Process Guide Administrator guidelines

https://www.tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/en?id=d44f15d9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Committed_identity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:To-do_list

https://journalistsresource.org/media/website-linking-best-practices-media-online-publishers/

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editor_Survey_2011/Profiles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Adventure

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2021

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_projects

Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard

Template:Noticeboard links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Getting_started

Review governance

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates#chapters

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland

https://www.wikimedia.de/en/homepage/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Introduction_to_Wikipedia_in_French_by_Dominique_Yao_recorded_by_Art%2BFeminism_in_March_2020.webm

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources#Grantmaking_and_Evaluation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex?prefix=Guy+Macon&namespace=2

 (some interesting perspectives in essays there)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Guy_Macon/Archive_4#There_is_an_attitude_around_Wikipedia_of_putting_up_with_minor_annoyances_and_glitches_rather_than_making_the_software_excellent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Top_25_Report

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_difference_between_policies,_guidelines_and_essays

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Inclusionist_Wikipedians

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace#How-to_and_information_pages

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:A_primer_for_newcomers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_featured_article_nominations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Personal_user_awards

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flaming-wiki.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_featured_article_nominations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mav https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wehwalt

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flaming-wiki.jpg

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2022-06-26/News_from_the_WMF

https://www.wikiwho.net/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_requests

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Insights

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Interwiki_linking

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedians

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(local_interests)/failed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_reform

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(idea_lab)/Archive_41#Idea:_In_policies_and_guidelines,_place_links_to_the_discussion_pages_that_shaped_them_--_so_all_Wikipedians_can_easily_learn_of_the_decision-making_processes_and_rationales_behind_policies

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_in_Bulgaria&diff=next&oldid=1097851945&diffmode=source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_perfect_article

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PageTriage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reward_board

https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence#Core_characteristics_of_a_Wikipedian_in_Residence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CheckUser

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2022-09-30/In_focus

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources

Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deletion_of_articles_on_Wikipedia