FAMEPedia:List of policies and guidelines

The following is a comprehensive list of policies and guidelines. For descriptive directories see FAMEPedia:List of policies, FAMEPedia:List of guidelines and FAMEPedia:Manual of Style/Contents.

Terminology
FAMEPedia's rules and best practices are specified in two types of documents:

Green check.svg Policy
A policy documents a rule or standard with wide acceptance among FAMEPedia editors that all users should normally follow.

Blue check.svg Guideline
A guideline is a set of best practices that are supported by the consensus of FAMEPedia editors. Editors should attempt to follow guidelines, though they are best treated with common sense. Occasional exceptions may apply. Naming conventions are considered guidelines.

The Five Pillars
The Five Pillars are the five fundamental principles of FAMEPedia:


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 * FAMEPedia is an encyclopedia
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 * FAMEPedia is written from a neutral point of view
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 * FAMEPedia is free content that anyone can use, edit, and distribute
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 * Editors should treat each other with respect and civility
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 * FAMEPedia has no firm rules
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 * Editors should treat each other with respect and civility
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List

 * Large-print links are broad, fundamental policies and guidelines that apply throughout FAMEPedia.
 * Normal-print links are policies and guidelines that are general in scope but may apply to more specific situations.
 * Small-print links are policies and guidelines that are specific to a subject area or process on FAMEPedia.

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Green check.svg Content policies
Biographies of Living Persons – Image Use Policy – FAMEPedia is Not a Dictionary
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Autobiography – Accuracy Dispute – Content Forking – External Links – No Disclaimers in Articles – Non-Free Content – Non-Free Use Rationale Guideline – Non-U.S. Copyrights – Offensive Material – Public Domain – Spam – Spoiler Days of the Year – Fringe Theories – Identifying Reliable Sources (Medicine) – Indic Transliteration – Logos – No 3D Illustrations – Record Charts – Scientific Citation Guidelines – Television Episodes – Video Game Article Guidelines – FAMEPedia Is Not For Things Made Up One Day
 * style="line-height:2;" | Citing Sources – Do Not Create Hoaxes – No Full Texts of Primary Sources – Identifying Reliable Sources – Plagiarism – Patent Nonsense
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As Of – Broad-Concept Articles – Categories, Lists, and Navigation Templates – Copying within FAMEPedia – Reviewing Good Articles – Hatnote – Page Blanking – Overcategorization – Preparing Images for Upload – Red Link – Redirect – Set Index Articles – Soft Redirect – Spellchecking – Subpages – Updating Information – User Categories Categorization of People – In The News: Recurring Items – People by Year – Categorizing Redirects – Primary Topic Definition – Extended Image Syntax – Overcategorization: User Categories – Recent Years – FAMEPedia 1.0 Editorial Team Assessment Guidelines – Categorization: Ethnicity, Gender, Religion and Sexuality
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Academics – Astronomical Objects – Books – Events – Films – Geographic Features – Music – Numbers – Organizations and Companies – People – Sports – Web
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Blue check.svg Naming conventions
Acronyms – Capitalization – Country-Specific Topics – Definite or Indefinite Articles – Events – Geographic Names – Numbers and Dates – Long Lists – People – Plurals – Technical Restrictions – Use English Aircraft – Ancient Romans – Armenian – Astronomical Objects – Australian Roads – Baseball Players – Belgium: Castle, Country House, Château and Kasteel – Belgium: Alternate Language Names – Books – Broadcasting – Brussels – Burmese – Law Enforcement Agency Categories – Chemistry – Chinese – Clergy – College Football – Comics – Companies – Fauna – Films – Flora – UK Parliament Constituencies – Government and Legislation – Greek – Hebrew – Ice Hockey – Indic – Irish Categories – Korean – Languages – Latter Day Saints – Macedonia – Manuscripts – Mongolian – Music – New Zealand – Norse Mythology – Operas – Ethnicities and Tribes – Mining – Political Parties – Ships – Sports Teams – Sportspeople – Stations in Poland – Television – Tibetan – Royalty and Nobility – U.S. State and Territory Highways – UK Stations – Video Games – West Bank – Swiss Municipalities – Writing Systems
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Content: Accessibility – Biographies – Linking – Self-References to Avoid – Words to Watch – FAMEPedia Sister Projects
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Formatting: Abbreviations – Capital Letters – Dates and Numbers – Pronunciation – Proper Names – Spelling – Text Formatting – Titles

Layout: Layout – Lead Section – Lists (Embedded Lists – Lists of Works – Road Junction Lists – Stand-Alone Lists) – Tables – Trivia Sections

Images: Images – Captions – Icons

Arts – Anime and Manga – Comics – Film – Music (Music Samples – Record Charts – Stringed Instrument Tunings) – Novels – Television – Visual Arts – Writing About Fiction – History – Military History – Blazon – Legal – Legal – Trademarks – Regional – Canada – China – France – Hawaii – India – Ireland – Japan – Korea – Philippines – Poland – Singapore – Trinidad and Tobago – Religion – Islam – Latter Day Saints – Science – Chemistry – Computing – Mathematics – Medicine – TaxoBox Documentation – Sports – Cue Sports – Snooker – FAMEPedia Content – Disambiguation Pages – Infoboxes
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Green check.svg Conduct policies
Clean Start – Dispute Resolution – Edit Warring – No Personal Attacks – Ownership of Content – Sock Puppetry – Username Policy
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Blue check.svg Behavioral guidelines
Appealing a Block – Canvassing – Changing Username Guidelines – Courtesy Vanishing – Deceased FAMEPedians Guidelines – Do Not Disrupt FAMEPedia to Illustrate a Point – Gaming the System – Please Do Not Bite the Newcomers – Reviewing – Rollback – Signatures – Spam Blacklist – Linking to External Harassment
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Green check.svg Deletion policies
Attack Page – Oversight – Proposed Deletion (Books) – Proposed Deletion of Biographies of Living People – Revision Deletion
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Deletion Guidelines for Administrators – Speedy Keep
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Arbitration Committee: CheckUser and Oversight – Bot Policy – CheckUser – Global Rights Policy – IP Block Exemption – Page mover – Open Proxies – Volunteer Response Team
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Information pages about procedures: Bureaucrats – Office Actions


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Green check.svg Enforcement policies
Discretionary Sanctions – Banning Policy
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Green check.svg Legal policies
Child Protection – Copyright Violations – Libel – Non-Free Content Criteria – Paid-contribution disclosure – Reusing FAMEPedia Content
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Userboxes – WikiProject Council Guide
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Blue check.svg Template guidelines
High-Risk Templates – Substitution – Talk Page Templates
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Blue check.svg Reference Desk guidelines
General – Medical advice
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