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[[File:Structurism icon.svg|thumb|upright=1.1|The five goals of structurism (Clockwise from top: Navigability, Intelligibility, Translatability, Editability, and Accessibility)]]
:''This essay contains links specific to the English-language Wikipedia. For guidance applicable to all Wikimedia projects, see the [[m:Introduction to Structurism|corresponding page at Meta-Wiki]]''
'''[[m:Association of Structurist Wikipedians|Structurism]]''' is a broad editing philosophy emphasizing ''interconnection'', ''organization'', and ''uniformity'' as the best way to improve the usefulness of content across all Wikimedia projects. Structurism provides five interconnected advantages to users and editors, by making Wikipedia:

'''1. Navigable''' 
:Allows users to ''find'' relevant content quickly and easily

'''2. Accessible''' 
:Allows all users—including impaired and mobile users—to ''access'' content</div>

'''3. Intelligible''' 
:Allows users to ''understand'' content

'''4. Editable''' 
:Allows users to ''improve'' existing content

'''5. Translatable''' 
:Allows users (and bots) to ''parse'' and ''migrate'' content to other languages and sister projects

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==Types of structurism==
===''Inter-'' (navigational) vs. ''intra-'' (informational)===
*''Inter-''structurism is concerned with "building the web"—making connections ''between'' content pages.

*''Intra-''structurism is concerned with how content is organized for presentation ''within'' content pages.

===''Exo-'' vs. ''meta-''===
*''[[meta:Exopedianism|Exopedian]]'' structurism is concerned with the application of structure to ''encyclopedic content''.

*''[[meta:Metapedianism|Metapedian]]'' structurism is concerned with the application of structure to ''project namespaces'' and to ''the practice of encyclopedia-building'' itself.

==Tools and techniques==
Wikipedia provides a large array of structural tools. To become a more effective structurist, familiarize yourself with these tools and apply them as appropriate. Some tools, like [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking|wikilinking]] and [[Wikipedia:Categorization|categorization]], will apply to nearly every page you work on. Others, like [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Conventions|maps]] and [[Help:Introduction to tables with Wiki Markup/1|tables]], will only apply to some pages.

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===Inter-===
====Connecting related articles====
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking|Wikilinks]]
*[[Wikipedia:Categorization|Categories]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories|(Wikiproject)]]
*[[Wikipedia:Navigation templates|Navigation boxes]]/[[Wikipedia:Article series|Article series]]
*[[Wikipedia:Books|Books]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia-Books|(Wikiproject)]]
*[[Wikipedia:Portal|Portal]]s [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals|(Wikiproject)]]
*[[Wikipedia:Wikidata|Wikidata relationships]]
*[[Help:Interlanguage links|Interlanguage links]]
*[[Help:Interwiki linking|Interwiki links]]

====Helping readers find a particular article====
*[[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|Disambiguation pages]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation|(Wikiproject)]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy/Standards|Anthroponymy pages]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy|(Wikiproject)]]
*[[Wikipedia:Set index articles|Set index articles]]
*[[Wikipedia:Redirect|Redirect]]s

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===Intra-===
====Different article structures for different purposes====
*[[Wikipedia:Broad-concept articles|Broad-concept articles]]
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Glossaries|Glossaries]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Glossaries|(Wikiproject)]]
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stand-alone lists|List articles]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists|(Wikiproject)]]
*[[Wikipedia:Outlines|Outline articles]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines|(Wikiproject)]]

====Ways of structuring information====
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility|Accessibility]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Accessibility|(Wikiproject)]]
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes|Infoboxes]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Infoboxes|(Wikiproject)]]
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images|Images and diagrams]]
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists|Embedded lists]]
*[[Wikipedia:Graphs and charts|Graphs and charts]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Conventions|Maps]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps|(Wikiproject)]]
*[[Wikipedia:Summary style|Summary style]]
*[[Help:Introduction to tables with Wiki Markup/1|Tables]]
*[[Wikipedia:Wikidata|Wikidata]]

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===Meta-===
*[[Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup|Cleanup tags]]
*[[:Category:Wikipedia maintenance|Maintenance categories]]
*[[Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines|Policies and guidelines]]
*[[Help:Using talk pages|Talk pages]] [[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines|(Guidelines)]]
*[[:Category:Wikipedia information pages|Information pages]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]]s
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==Display your philosophy==
Join the [[meta:Association of Structurist Wikipedians|Association of Structurist Wikipedians]], and display the {{tl|User structurist}} box on your userpage!

==Relation to other wiki philosophies==
[[m:Mediawikianism|Mediawikianism]] is a related philosophy that emphasizes the role of the Mediawiki software in organizing and improving the encyclopedia.

Structurism does not entail any specific position with regard to [[meta:deletionism|deletionism]] vs. [[meta:inclusionism|inclusionism]], [[meta:mergism|mergism]] vs. [[meta:separatism|separatism]], [[meta:immedaitism|immedaitism]] vs. [[meta:eventualism|eventualism]], or any of the various philosophies of wiki governance.

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