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Encyclopedia	NPOV	Free (GFDL)	Code of conduct	Ignore all rules

Encyclopedia

Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia.

It incorporates elements of general and specialized

source documents; that kind of content should be contributed instead to the Wikimedia sister projects

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"Backstage" projects

Bugzilla A bug tracker for MediaWiki	Toolserver Wikimedia Toolserver	Wikimedia Outreach Wikimedia outreach wiki
Incubator For language versions in development	Wikimania The International Conference	Wikipedia ten Wikipedia 10 celebration
MediaWiki MediaWiki software documentation	Wikimedia Foundation Foundation public relations	Wikistats Wikimedia statistics
Strategy wiki Wikimedia Strategic planning	Wikimedia Laboratories Developing new extensions and features	Wikitech Wikimedia technical documentation
Test Wikipedia For testing software changes	Wikimedia Mailservices Wikimedia Mailing Lists

NPOV

Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view.

We strive for articles that document and explain the major

articles must strive for verifiable accuracy: unreferenced material may be removed, so please provide references. Editors' personal experiences, interpretations, or opinions do not belong here. That means citing verifiable, authoritative sources, especially on controversial topics and when the subject is a living person

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Finding verifiable, authoritative sources.

Search templates

External link templates

Google templates

WP:Evaluating sources

Wikipedia:Sources – SWOT analysis

WP:WikiProject Resource Exchange

WP:Reference desk

Helping newbies

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Free (GFDL)

Wikipedia is free content that anyone can edit, use, modify, and distribute.

Respect

owns any article

; all of your contributions can and will be mercilessly edited and redistributed.

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Code of conduct

Editors should interact with each other in a respectful and civil manner.

Respect and be polite to your fellow

talk page, and follow dispute resolution

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Rules in Wikipedia are not carved in stone, and their wording and interpretation are likely to change over time. The principles and spirit of Wikipedia's rules matter more than their literal wording, and sometimes improving Wikipedia requires making an exception to a rule.

reckless) in updating articles and do not worry about making mistakes. Your efforts do not need to be perfect; prior versions are saved

, so no damage is irreparable.

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Encyclopedia

NPOV

Free (GFDL)

Code of conduct

Ignore all rules

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