User:Andrew Davidson/Glossary

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The following concepts and terms are listed here as an aid in discussing and understanding our activity. It is a work-in-progress and will be developed in the light of experience.

Animal Farm[edit]

And so these men of Indostan
    Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
    Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right
    And all were in the wrong!

Aristotle suggested that man was a political animal. Some relevant allegories, analogies and findings follow:

Laws[edit]

Per WP:NOTLAW, Wikipedia is not governed by formal rules. It therefore evolves in accordance with the dynamics of human behaviour. These have been documented as a variety of natural laws and principles including:

But there are other laws and principles, which are commonly not found here including:

Policies[edit]

Merry Christmas
TNT is not recommended, especially for disposal of animal waste

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  • WP:ATD – Alternatives to deletion
  • WP:BATTLE – Wikipedia is not a battleground
  • WP:BEFORE – Before nominating: checks and alternatives
  • WP:BURO – Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy
  • WP:BITE – Please do not bite the newcomers
  • WP:CENSOR – Wikipedia is not censored
  • WP:CREEP – Avoid instruction creep
  • WP:CSD – Criteria for speedy deletion
  • WP:DELAFD – Deletion discussion
  • WP:DEL-REASON – Reasons for deletion
  • WP:DGFA – Deletion guidelines for administrators
  • WP:IAR – Ignore all rules
  • WP:IMPERFECT – Perfection is not required
  • WP:NOTPAPER – There is no practical limit to the number of topics Wikipedia can cover
  • WP:PRESERVE – Preserve information
  • WP:PROD – Proposed deletion

Typology[edit]

Rowlandson's Pedant
Vandals
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