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<p>Imported page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Information page|interprets=Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|WP:WIAE|WP:ENC}}<br /> &lt;div id=&quot;title-meta&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;Wikipedia is an encyclopedia.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;title-align&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;middle&lt;/div&gt;<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;text-align:center;&quot;&gt;<br /> {| style=&quot;margin:auto; background:#FFFFE0; font-size:140%;&quot; cellpadding=&quot;8&quot;<br /> | style=&quot;background:#77DDDD; font-size:xx-large;&quot; | &#039;&#039;&#039;Wikipedia is an encyclopedia.&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> |-<br /> | style=&quot;background:#8EEBEC;&quot; |&#039;&#039;An [[encyclopedia]] is a written compendium of [[knowledge]].&#039;&#039;<br /> |-<br /> | style=&quot;background:#DDCCCC;&quot; | &#039;&#039;Wikipedia is [[free content|freely available]], and combines many features&lt;br /&gt;of general and specialized encyclopedias and other [[Reference work|reference works]].&#039;&#039;<br /> |-<br /> | Wikipedia is &#039;&#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039;&#039; a [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#INFO|dumping ground for random information]].<br /> |-<br /> | Wikipedia is &#039;&#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039;&#039; for [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|unverifiable material]].<br /> |-<br /> | Wikipedia is &#039;&#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039;&#039; for [[Wikipedia:MEDICAL|medical advice or guidance]].<br /> |-<br /> | Wikipedia is &#039;&#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039;&#039; a [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy|bureaucracy]].<br /> |-<br /> | Wikipedia is &#039;&#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039;&#039; a [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox_or_means_of_promotion|soapbox]].<br /> |-<br /> | Wikipedia is &#039;&#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039;&#039; a [[WP:NOTSOCIALNETWORK|social networking site]].<br /> |-<br /> | Wikipedia is &#039;&#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039;&#039; [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not censored|censored]].<br /> |-<br /> | Wikipedia is &#039;&#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039;&#039; a web [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_directory|directory]].<br /> |-<br /> | Wikipedia is &#039;&#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039;&#039; a [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#DEMOCRACY|democracy]].<br /> |-<br /> | Wikipedia is &#039;&#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039;&#039; a [[WP:Spam|free advertising space]].<br /> |-<br /> | Wikipedia is &#039;&#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039;&#039; an [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not an anarchy|anarchy]].<br /> |-<br /> | Wikipedia is &#039;&#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039;&#039; a place to publish [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|your opinions]].<br /> |-<br /> | Wikipedia is &#039;&#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039;&#039; a place to publish [[Wikipedia:No original research|your own ideas]].<br /> |-<br /> | &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small&quot;&gt;Wikipedia is &#039;&#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039;&#039; nearly this [[Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers|in-your-face]] most of the time.&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |}<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> *[[WP:NOT|What Wikipedia is not]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Expectations and norms of the Wikipedia community]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Five pillars]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Here to build an encyclopedia]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:The rules are principles]]<br /> {{Wikipedia principles}}<br /> __NOTOC__<br /> &lt;noinclude&gt;[[Category:Wikipedia basic information]]&lt;/noinclude&gt;</div>

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