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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Behavioral guidelines expand on the twelve conduct policies. Please read these first.
Content guidelines expand on the eight content policies. Please read those first.
Deletion guidelines expand on the eight deletion policies. Please read these first.