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Usual places to advertise a proposal are the talk pages of relevant other policies and guidelines and of topically connected wikiprojects, and the pages WP:Village pump (policy) and WP:Village pump (proposals) (or just the latter if the proposal is not about policy material but something else, e.g. a process or procedures).
If your wikiproject's style-advice page has not been accepted as a site-wide guideline in a WP:PROPOSAL at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals), WP:Village pump (policy), or Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style, then do not use this template. Wikiproject advices pages are essays, not guidelines, and are not part of the Manual of Style.
Policies and guidelines may be established through new proposals, promotion of essays or guidelines, and reorganization of existing policies and guidelines through splitting and merging. Essays and information pages may be established by writing them and adding {{ essay }} , {{ Information page }} , {{ Wikipedia how-to }} , or a similar ...
Good Format. Lists. Putting rules in list format is strongly encouraged. Use bullet points (*) or automatic numberings (#) for primary items, and an indent mark (:) for sub-list items. Each list item may have a brief header in '''bold'''. Whatever format you choose, be consistent throughout the page. Headers.
This page includes a listing of policies and guidelines for English Wikipedia. Policy and guideline pages describe Wikipedia's principles and best-agreed practices. Policies are standards that all users should normally follow, while guidelines are meant to be best practices for following those standards in specific contexts.
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 ...
For example, if we include an image under fair use, you must ensure that your use of the article also qualifies for fair use (this might not be the case, for example, if you were using a Wikipedia article for a commercial use that would otherwise be allowed by the GFDL).
A disclaimer in a Wikipedia article is a statement or visual template that editors may attempt to insert as a warning to readers. While ideas like this have been continually proposed , the consensus is that disclaimers do not belong in encyclopedia articles and should be deleted.