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e. Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practices, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal of creating a free, reliable encyclopedia. There is no need to read any policy or guideline pages to start editing.
Template to list various related policies, e.g. {{template:policylist}}, {{template:Guideline list}}, {{[[template:Style]]}}, etc. (optional). Rationale . A few paragraphs on the need for the policy, the problems it seeks to avoid, the benefits it serves, how it addresses the needs or policies, the history, context inside or outside of ...
Civility – Consensus – Editing Policy – Harassment – Vandalism. Clean Start – Dispute Resolution – Edit Warring – No Personal Attacks – Ownership of Content – Sockpuppetry – Username Policy. Behavioral guidelines. Assume Good Faith – Conflict of Interest – Disruptive Editing – Etiquette – Talk Page Guidelines.
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See WP:PROPOSAL for Wikipedia's procedural policy on the creation of new guidelines and policies. See how to contribute to Wikipedia guidance for recommendations regarding the creation and updating of policy and guideline pages.
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Policies, guidelines, and formatting norms are developed by the community to describe the best practices, to clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goals. These rules are principles, not laws, on Wikipedia. To varying degrees, policies and guidelines exist as rough approximations of their underlying principles.