Wikipedia:Rules

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This page is an official policy on the Simple English Wikipedia.
Many people agree with it. They see it as a standard idea that all users should follow. When changing the page, please check that the other people agree with your changes. Use the talk page when you are not sure or when you want to suggest a change.

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Any time that people work together, it is important to make rules that they should agree to follow. Most of the rules written here must be followed by everyone, and some of the rules are still being decided.

Most of the time, if a rule has not been made here, or if a something that happens is not covered by the rules that are here, we will look at the rules on the main English Wikipedia or other Wikimedia projects, and use common sense.

[change] Foundation issues

The Wikimedia Foundation has made rules that can never be changed, and all projects must follow them:

Wikipedia:Neutral point of view is the most important editing rule.
Anyone can edit articles without creating a username.
The "wiki process" is the way to decide what is put on the project.
All writing is available by copyleft licensing. Wikipedia uses the GFDL license.
Jimbo Wales, who co-founded Wikipedia, has the final say about what should happen. This is changing; see meta:Board of Trustees.

[change] Other rules

[change] Policies

These are rules about how editors and administrators should act.

[change] Guidelines

[change] Writing guidelines

These are rules for writing articles for the Simple English Wikipedia.

[change] Behaviour guidelines

These are rules for how to work better in Wikipedia together.

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[change] Other rules

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