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The [[English Wikipedia]] does not have a single, definitive statement of the community's values and principles. Over the years, several editors have written [[WP:INFOPAGES|summaries]] of these values and principles as well as [[Wikipedia:Essays|essays]] expressing their ideas about what is important. Below is a list of some of these popular pages:}}
* '''[[Wikipedia:Five pillars]]:''' Perhaps the most popular, this was written as a simple summary for new editors.
* [[User:Jimbo Wales/Statement of principles]]: One of the oldest, this statement of principles was written by Wikipedia cofounder [[Jimmy Wales]].
* [[Wikipedia:Trifecta]]: This three-point simplified ruleset was the precursor to the Five Pillars page.
* [[Wikipedia:Core content policies]]: Brief summary and a bit of background on our core content policies.
* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is an encyclopedia]]: Blunt and to the point laying out of what Wikipedia is
* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia in brief]]: Focuses on the encyclopedic nature of the project.
* [[Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset]]: A longer page with more detail.
* [[Wikipedia:Ethics]]: A list of various ethical codes
* [[Wikipedia:Ethical Code for Wikipedians]]
* [[Wikipedia:Purpose]]: Wikipedia's purpose
* [[User:Andrewa/creed]]: What Wikipedians believe
* [[Wikipedia:Pledges]]: Specific principles individual Wikipedians pledge to uphold
* [[Wikipedia:Product, process, policy]]: The three Ps
* [[Wikipedia:Here to build an encyclopedia]]: Behaviors that build, or destroy, the project.
* [[Wikipedia:Eight simple rules for editing our encyclopedia]]
* [[Wikipedia:Ten simple rules for editing Wikipedia]]
* [[Wikipedia:Historical archive/Rules to consider]]

All of these pages are intended to be informative and helpful to editors. None of these pages themselves are official policies or guidelines of the English Wikipedia community (see [[WP: local consensus]] for details).

==See also==
* [[Wikipedia:Administration]], about the human administrative structure, as well as its non-human components.
* [[Wikipedia:Expectations and norms of the Wikipedia community]], supplement
* [[Wikipedia:Editorial oversight and control]], summary of various processes and structures
* [[Wikipedia:Introduction]]/[[Wikipedia:About]], introductory pages
* [[Wikipedia:History of Wikipedian processes and people]], historical
* [[Wikipedia:Governance]], directory of links related to Wikipedia governance
* [[Wikipedia:IPs are human too]], an essay
* [[Wikipedia:The rules are principles]], an essay
* [[Wikipedia:Reasonability Rule]], an essay
* [[Wikipedia:Wikiness]], an essay
* [[Wikipedia:Why Wikipedia is so great]], an essay
* [[Wikipedia:Five pillars of evil]], a humorous essay
* {{section link|Wikipedia:Content forking/Internal#Policy forks}} – on avoiding conflict between different policy/guideline pages

==Further reading <font size="-1"><tt>(external links)</tt></font>==
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* [[wmf:Mission|Mission statement]] – The [[Wikimedia Foundation]]
* [[wmf:Values|Wikimedia values]] – The six values of the Wikimedia Foundation
* [[wmf:Frequently asked questions|In a nutshell, what is Wikipedia? And what is the Wikimedia Foundation?]] – The Wikimedia Foundation
* [[meta:Founding principles|Wikimedia founding principles]] – Principles generally supported by all of the Wikimedia communities
* [[v:Wikimedia Ethics|Wikimedia Ethics]] – Principles of ethics in-regards to online media

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