Template:Wikipedia essays

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| group1 = Essays on building, editing, and deleting content |abbr1=building |state1 =

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Philosophy	Articles must be written Avoid vague introductions Be a reliable source Cohesion Concede lost arguments 8 simple rules for editing our encyclopedia Explanationism Here to build an encyclopedia Not editing because of Wikipedia restriction Paradoxes Paraphrasing POV and OR from editors, sources, and fields Product, process, policy Purpose Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia Tendentious editing The role of policies in collaborative anarchy The rules are principles Trifecta Wikipedia in brief Wikipedia is an encyclopedia Wikipedia is a community Wikipedia should not have users
Construction	100K featured articles A navbox on every page Advanced article editing Advanced table formatting Advanced template coding Advanced text formatting Alternatives to the "Expand" template Amnesia test An unfinished house is a real problem Autosizing images Avoid mission statements Bare URLs Be neutral in form Beef up that first revision Cherrypicking Citation overkill Concept cloud Creating controversial content Dictionaries as sources Don't demolish the house while it's still being built Don't hope the house will build itself Don't leave giant breaks between sections Don't panic Editing on mobile devices Editors are not mindreaders Encourage the newcomers Endorsements (commercial) Featured articles may have problems Give an article a chance How to run an edit-a-thon Inaccuracies in Wikipedia namespace Inaccuracy Link rot Minors and persons judged incompetent "Murder of" articles Not every story/event/disaster needs a biography Not everything needs a navbox Not everything needs a WikiProject Nothing is in stone Permastub Potential, not just current state Put a little effort into it Pruning article revisions Publicists Restoring part of a reverted edit Robotic editing Sham consensus Temporary versions of articles The world will not end tomorrow There is a deadline There is no deadline The deadline is now What an article should not include Wikipedia is a volunteer service Wikipedia is a work in progress Wikipedia is not being written in an organized fashion Write the article first Writing better articles
Deletion	Adjectives in your recommendations AfD is not a war zone Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions Arguments to avoid in deletion reviews Arguments to avoid in image deletion discussions Arguments to make in deletion discussions Avoid repeated arguments Before commenting in a deletion discussion Content removal Delete the junk Does deletion help Don't overuse shortcuts to policy and guidelines to win your argument Follow the leader How to save an article proposed for deletion I just don't like it Immunity Liar Liar Pants on Fire Nothing Overzealous deletion Relisting can be abusive Wikipedia is not Whack-A-Mole Why was the page I created deleted? What to do if your article gets tagged for speedy deletion

| group2 = Essays on civility |abbr2=civility |state2 = |list2= {{Navbox|child | group1 = The basics | list1 =

• How to be civil
• Compromise
• Accepting other users
• Enjoy yourself
• Thank you
• Apologizing
• Truce
• Divisiveness
• Encouraging newcomers
• Relationships with academic editors

| group2 = Philosophy | list2 =

• An uncivil environment is a poor environment
• Be the glue
• Civility warnings
• Deletion as revenge
• Forgive and forget
• It's not the end of the world
• Nobody cares
• Most people who disagree with you on content are not vandals
• Shadowless Fists of Death!
• Staying cool when the editing gets hot
• The grey zone
• The last word
• The rules of polite discourse
• There is no common sense
• Wikipedia is not about winning
• Writing for the opponent

| group3 = Dos | list3 =

• Assume good faith
• Assume the assumption of good faith
• Assume no clue
• Assume clue
• Avoid personal remarks
• Avoid the word "vandal"
• Call a spade a spade
• Candor
• Drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass
• Deny recognition
• Encourage full discussions
• Get over it
• How to lose
• Just drop it
• Mind your own business
• Discussing cruft
• Keep it down to earth

| group4 = Don'ts | list4 =

• Don't give a fuck
• Don't be inconsiderate
• Please do not bite the newcomers
• Don't call a spade a spade
• Don't call the kettle black
• Don't take the bait
• Do not insult the vandals
• Don't come down like a ton of bricks
• Don't be ashamed
• Don't drink the consensus Kool-Aid
• Don't spite your face
• Don't call things cruft
• No angry mastodons
• No, you can't have a pony
• Don't be an ostrich
• Don't eat the troll's food
• Don't template the regulars
• Don't be a fanatic
• Don't accuse someone of a personal attack for accusing of a personal attack
• Don't fight fire with fire
• Don't be prejudiced
• Don't remind others of past misdeeds
• Don't throw your toys out of the pram
• [[Wikipedia:Don't help too much|Don't help too much

| group5 = Wiki relations | list5 =

• WikiLove
• WikiHate
• WikiCrime
• WikiBullying
• WikiPeace
• WikiLawyering
• WikiHarassment

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| group3 = Essays on notability |abbr3=notability |state3 =

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Notability

Alternative outlets Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions Articles with a single source Avoid template creep Bare notability Bombardment But it's true! Citation overkill Clones Coatrack Discriminate vs indiscriminate information Every snowflake is unique Existence ≠ Notability Fart Google searches and numbers High Schools Inclusion is not an indicator of notability Independent sources Inherent notability Insignificant Masking the lack of notability Make stubs No amount of editing can overcome a lack of notability No big loss No one cares about your garage band No one really cares Notability/Historical/Arguments Notability is not a level playing field Notability is not a matter of opinion Notability means impact Notability points Notability sub-pages Obscurity ≠ Lack of notability Offline sources One sentence does not an article make Other stuff exists Perennial websites Pokémon test Run-of-the-mill Solutions are mixtures and nothing else Subjective importance Third-party sources Trivial mentions Video links What notability is not Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause Your alma mater is not your ticket to Wikipedia

| group4 = Humorous essays |abbr4=humour |state4 =

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Humorous material

Assume bad faith Assume good wraith Assume stupidity Assume that everyone's assuming good faith, assuming that you are assuming good faith Avoid using preview button Avoid using wikilinks BOLD, revert, revert, revert Boston Tea Party Barnstaritis Don't-give-a-Fuckism Edits Per Day Hotties are always notable Go ahead, vandalize Lamest edit wars Newcomers are delicious, so go ahead and bite them Please bite the newbies Respect How many Wikipedians does it take to screw in a lightbulb? The Five Pillars of Untruth Watchlistitis

Inactive historical references

Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Unblock Emails

| group5 = About essays |abbr5=about |state5 =

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Value of essays Difference between policies, guidelines and essays Essays are not policy Don't cite essays as if they were policy Avoid writing redundant essays Finding an essay Quote your own essay

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