User:EphemeralPerpetuals/policy-tldr

Conduct

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Civility (WP:CIV)

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  • Participate respectfully, and with consideration
  • Do not dismiss the opinions of others
  • Present concise and coherent arguments, do not attack others
  • Be professional
  • If you are uncivil, use <s></s> to strikeout your previous comments, or quietly retract your comments, and reword (WP:RUC)
  • Ensure your edit summaries are clear, concise and use neutral language (WP:ESDOS)
  • If you run into issues with disputes, use the third opinion (WP:3O) page, followed by the dispute resolution noticeboard (WP:DRN), and finally ask an admin.
  • In any emergency situations (hate speech, legal threats, illegal activity), see WP:EMERGENCY
  • Refer to Wikipedia:Reverting for advice on reversion, but revert vandalism on sitght

Consensus (WP:CON)

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  • Consensus sees editors deciding whether a version of a page is satisfactory
  • All edits should be explained, with clear edit summaries, or by talk page (WP:EDITCON, WP:DISCUSSCONSENSUS)
  • Ensure you do not revert without talking through an issue on its talk page (WP:TALKDONTREVERT)
  • Get an outside opinion if you are unsure (see above)

Dispute resolution (WP:DR)

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Content resolution (WP:CONTENTDISPUTE)

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  • Do not edit war - discuss the issue with the opposing editor
  • Focus on editor conduct during disputes, not editor conduct - the content, not the contributor
  • Disengage from a dispute if it is overwhelming
  • For emergency content removal of personal information, you can request oversight (WP:RFO)

Conduct resolution (WP:RUCD)

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  • Discuss the conduct with the other editor, on their own talk page rather that article talk page
  • Multiple places are available for different categories of issue:
    • the administrator's noticeboard for incidents (WP:ANI, for general issues)
    • the edit warring noticeboard (WP:AN3)
    • sockpuppet investigations (WP:SPI)
    • administator intervention against vandalism (WP:AIV) usernames for administrator attention (WP:UAA)
    • ...and the Arbitration Committee (WP:AC) - but this as a final resort for serious disputes

Edit warring (WP:WAR)

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  • Edit wars occur when users disagree with content of a page, repeatedly overriding the other's edits
  • Disputing editors should reach consensus, or pursue dispute resolution
  • The three-revert rule (WP:3RR) states that an editor should not revert more than three times within 24 hours - with some exceptions like vandalism or policy violations
  • There exist exemptions to edit-warring:
    • Self-reversion
    • Reversion to your own userpage
    • Reversion from banned users in violation of a ban - along with sock/meatpuppets
    • Reversion of obvious vandalism
    • Removal of copyright violations
    • Removal of illegal content
    • Removal of biased, unsourced, or poorly sourced content
    • Reversion of spam
  • Edit wars can be avoided by opening discussion with the opposing editors

Editing (WP:EP)

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Behavioral

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Content

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Deletion

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Editing

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Naming

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Notability

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Style

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