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Tips for editing the encyclopedia

User:Antandrus/observations on Wikipedia behavior - interspersed with recommendations on how to deal with it.

Avoiding Heterosexual Bias in Language - APA guideline.

Wikipedia:Advocacy - Wikipedia is not a venue for raising the visibility of an issue or agenda. Cooperate with other editors to neutrally summarize notable topics using reliable sources without advocating any particular position or giving undue weight to minority views.

User:Mccready - Editing principles for pseudoscience and "fringe theories" in Wikipedia.

Open-mindedness - A look at some of the flawed thinking that prompts people who believe in certain non-scientific concepts to advise others who don't to be more open-minded.

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