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Etiquette: A few simple guidelines

Like any community, Wikipedia has an etiquette. These few simple guidelines help all of us get along:

  • Assume good faith: Assume other editors are trying to improve the project. Try to understand their point of view. Discuss. Negotiate.
  • Be polite and remember that it is more difficult to read sarcasm and irony in text than in verbal form.
  • Always sign your posts on talk pages using four tildes so that others can follow who is saying what. Put ~~~~ at the end of your message (not in the edit summary box).
  • Discuss changes you are making to the encyclopedia on article talk pages.
  • Discuss changes you are making to the encyclopedia on article talk pages.
  • Discuss article content, not editors. Do not make personal attacks.

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