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Aw o
Wikipedia
's
offeecial policies an guidelines
can be reduced tae thir
five pillars
that define Wikipedia's chairacter:
Wikipedia is an
encyclopedia
incorporating elements o general encyclopedias, specialised encyclopedias, an almanacs. Aw articles maun follae oor
nae oreeginal resairch
policy an strive fur
accuracy
; Wikipedia isnae the place tae spurt personal blether, experiences, or argie-bargie. Forbye,
Wikipedia isnae
an indiscriminate collection o information. Wikipedia isnae a
trivia
collection, a
soapbox
, a
vanity
furthsetter, an experiment in
anarchy
or
democracy
, or a wab
directory
. Nor is Wikipedia a dictionar, a newspaper, or a collection o
soorce documents
; thon kinds o content suid be contreibutit tae the sister projects,
Wiktionary
Wikinews
, an
Wikisource
, respectively.
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, which means we aim fur articles that advocate nae single pynt o view. While this requires representin multiple pynts o view; presentin each pynt o view accurately; providin context for ony gien pynt o view, sae that readers understand whose view the pynt represents; an presenting no ane pynt o view as "the truth" or "the best view". It means citing
verifiable
, authoritative
soorces
whaniver possible, espeicially on
controversial topics
. Whan a conflict arises as tae whilk version is the maist neutral, declare a cuil-doun period an tag the airticle as disputed; hammer oot details on the
collogue page
an follae
dispute resolution
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civil
. Jouk makin
personal attecks
or sweepin generalisations.
Stay cuil
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edit wars
bi follaein the
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; remember that there ur
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, an
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on the pairt o ithers. Be appen an walcomin.
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This page descrives Wikipedia's fundamental principles. The principles predate the creation o this page. It is whiles said that aw or maist policy is based upon this page, but maist policy awsla predates the creation o this page.
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