Wikipedia:List of guidelines

This list of Wikipedia guidelines includes a summary of the most important guidelines that are currently in use. For a list of policies see List of policies. For a comprehensive but less detailed listing of policies and guidelines, see List of policies and guidelines. For categories of guidelines, see Category:Wikipedia guidelines and its subcategories. See Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines for a general overview of what policies and guidelines are about, how they are made, and why we have them.

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Because there are a large number of guideline pages (over 200), they are subcategorized (using the {{subcat guideline}} template) according to their purpose.

• Behavioral guidelines outline ways for editors to behave and interact with each other on talk pages and elsewhere at Wikipedia.
• Content guidelines apply only to the article namespace (unless otherwise specified in the guideline), and offer advice on identifying and including encyclopedic information in articles.
• Deletion guidelines explain criteria and procedures for deleting unwanted pages.
• Editing guidelines usually provide non-content advice about categorization, navigation or other how-to-edit advice.
• Naming conventions detail the correct ways to name articles on particular topics.
• Notability guidelines outline the criteria that a subject must meet to merit a Wikipedia article.
• Style guidelines contain extensive advice on writing style, formatting, grammar, and more.

Guidelines can also be navigated via the other directory, categories, the navigation template or by a custom search box (as seen below)