 | 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. |
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)