Policies and guidelines
For the rules concerning the use of these tags, see WP:Policies and guidelines.
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{{policy}} |
Official policies top |
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{{guideline}} |
Pages that document guidelines top |
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{{MoS-guideline}} |
Pages that document style guidelines top |
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{{subcat guideline| Guideline category should be one of:
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Example for naming convention as <guideline category>: |
For tagging guidelines of specific categories top Use only available (sub-) categories |
{{disputedtag|talk=Discussion Title}} |
Disputed "policy"/"guideline" designations top |
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{{disputedtag|section=yes|talk=Discussion Title}} |
Disputed sections of policies/guidelines section |
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{{dormant}} |
Proposals that have become dormant through lack of discussion top |
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{{draft proposal}} |
Drafts of policy/guideline proposals top |
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{{failed}} |
Failed policy/guideline proposals top |
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{{historical}} |
Retired pages of historical interest top |
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{{proposed}} |
Policy/guideline proposals top |
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{{superseded|[[New page]]}} |
Historical pages that have been superseded by other pages top |
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{{under discussion|status|talk=Discussion Title}} |
Policies and guidelines whose status as policy or guideline is being actively discussed, although their current status is not contested. top |
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{{under discussion|section|talk=Discussion Title}} |
Sections of policies, guidelines or other pages which are being actively discussed at the talk page section |
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{{under discussion-inline|talk=Discussion Title}} |
[under discussion] | Specific wordings or sentences in policies, guidelines or other pages which are being actively discussed at the talk page within text |
Essays
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{{essay|WP:SHORT}} |
Essays top |
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{{orphaned essay}} |
Essays top |
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{{Essay in development}} |
Essays top |
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{{Information page}} |
information essay top |
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{{supplement|pages=[[Wikipedia:Policy page]] page}} |
Essays top |
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{{Wikipedia how to}} |
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{{Notability essay}} |
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{{Civility essay}} |
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{{Behavioral essay}} |
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{{Categorization essay}} |
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{{Deletion essay}} |
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{{Guidance essay}} |
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Projects
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Parameters: |active , |semi-active , |inactive , |defunct |
Displays the activity status of a WikiProject by using optional parameters top |
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{{WikiProject advice}} |
Used on essays and other advice pages that are written by one or more WikiProjects top |
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{{WikiProject notability essay}} |
Unofficial notability criteria defined by individual WikiProjects top |
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{{WikiProject style advice}} |
Unofficial style advice defined by individual WikiProjects top |
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{{WikiProject content advice}} |
Unofficial content advice defined by individual WikiProjects top |
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{{subst:sandboxpaste}} |
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Wikipedia:Sandbox top |
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Lists top |
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{{village pump}} |
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{{village pump page header}} |
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{{subst:WikipediaFAQ}} |
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) |
FAQ pages top and bottom |
Department of Fun
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{{humor}} |
For use in Wikipedia namespaces that aren't serious enough for publication | |
{{humorantipolicy}} |
Humor pages that spoof and/or may have been proposed as policies or guidelines top |
Other
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{{admin backlog}} |
Maintenance categories and pages with a backlog that require an administrator top |
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{{backlog}} |
Maintenance categories and pages with a backlog top |
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{{nutshell}} |
For presenting a concise summary of a project page or section. | |
{{shortcut|WP:SHORT}} |
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Other project pages with shortcut(s) top |
See also
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