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* [[Wikipedia:Article titles]]
**In [[WP:TITLE#Using minor details to naturally disambiguate articles]], changed: [this form of disambiguation may not be sufficient if one article is] "far more likely a [[WP:PRIMARYTOPIC|primary topic]] than the other." to: "[[WP:PRIMARYTOPIC|far more significant on an encyclopedic level or far more likely to be searched for]] than the other."


* [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons]]
**In [[WP:BLP#Non-article space]], added: "For example, it would be appropriate to begin a discussion by stating {{tq|[http://www.example.com This link] has serious allegations about subject; should we summarize this someplace in the article?}}"


* [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not]]
**In [[WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a directory]], added: "Likewise, disambiguation pages (such as [[John Smith]]) are not intended to be complete listings of every person in the world named John Smith &mdash; just the [[WP:N|notable]] ones."

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* [[Wikipedia:Article titles]]
**In [[WP:TITLE#Article title format]], changed: "Comply with [[WP:INITS]]." to: "Format names of persons as reliable sources do: When deciding whether to use middle names, or initials, follow the guidelines at [[WP:Middle names]], which means using the form most commonly used by reliable sources (e.g., [[John F. Kennedy]], [[J. P. Morgan]], [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]), with few if any exceptions. See also [[WP:CONCISE]] above."
**In [[WP:TITLE#Special characters]], added: "However, avoid [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Unicode) (draft)#Combining diacritical marks|combining diacritical marks]], which are difficult to type and interfere with adjacent characters.". Changed: "''Characters resembling quotes or accent marks (avoid them):''' The characters ʻ ʾ ʿ ᾿ ῾ ‘&nbsp;’ “&nbsp;” <sup>c</sup>, and also [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Unicode) (draft)#Combining diacritical marks|combining diacritical marks]] with a "space" character, should generally not be used in page titles. A common exception is the [[apostrophe]]&nbsp;' (e.g. [[Anthony d'Offay]]), which should, however, be used sparingly (e.g. [[Shia Islam|Shia]] instead of ''Shi'a'')." to: "'''Quotation marks (avoid them):''' Double ({{!xt|"..."}}) and single quotation marks ({{!xt|'...'}}), as well as variations such as typographic quotation marks ({{!xt|“...”}}), typographic apostrophes ({{!xt|’}}), "low-high" quotation marks ({{!xt|„...“}}), guillemets ({{!xt|«...»}}), grave and acute accents or backticks ({{!xt|`...´}}) and &lt;q&gt; HTML tags ({{!xt|&lt;q&gt;...&lt;/q&gt;}}) should be avoided in titles. Exceptions can be made when they are part of the proper title (e.g. [["A" Is for Alibi]]) or required by orthography ([["Weird Al" Yankovic]])."


* [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons]]
**In [[WP:BLP#Using BLPs to continue disputes]], changed "off-wiki controversy": to "controversy ... on- or off-wiki"
**In [[WP:BLP#Semi-protection, protection, and blocking]], changed: "Editors who repeatedly add or restore contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced may be blocked under [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Footnoted_quotes#Special_enforcement_on_biographies_of_living_persons|Special enforcement on biographies of living persons]] for disruption" to: "Editors are subject to [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions]] pursuant to  [[Wikipedia:NEWBLPBAN]]".


* [[Wikipedia:Verifiability]]
**In [[WP:V#Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion]], added: "The onus to achieve consensus for inclusion is on those seeking to include disputed content."


* [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not]]
**In the nutshell, added: "Wikipedia is not a place to promote things, is not a thought-book, a website to communicate, a free-media center, or a censored encyclopedia."
**In [[WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a blog, Web hosting service, social networking service, or memorial site]], replaced some discussion on the subject of deceased Wikipedians by: "(For valid use examples outside of article space, see [[WP:RIP]].)"
**In [[WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not censored]], changed: "laws of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Virginia]] where Wikipedia's main [[server (computing)|servers]] are hosted" to: "[[laws of the United States]]"

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* [[Wikipedia:Article titles]]
**In [[WP:TITLE#Deciding on an article title]], added: [Article titles should be neither [[Vulgarism|vulgar]] ] "(unless unavoidable)" [nor pedantic.]
**In [[WP:TITLE#Precision]], added: [Most of these exceptions are described in specific Wikipedia guidelines] "or by Wikipedia projects". Added: "[[Leeds North West]] is precise enough to be unambiguous, but [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (UK Parliament constituencies)]] specify the addition of the qualifier in [[Leeds North West (UK Parliament constituency)]] with a redirect from [[Leeds North West]]. ... [[M-185]] is precise enough to be unambiguous, but [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (U.S. state and territory highways)]] specify adding the qualifier [[M-185 (Michigan highway)]] with a redirect from [[M-185]]"
**In [[WP:TITLE#Disambiguation]], added: "This may lead to some acceptable inconsistency; for instance, the article on chickens is found at [[Chicken]], but the article on turkeys is at [[Turkey (bird)]] to disambiguate it from [[Turkey|the country]]."
**In [[WP:TITLE#Conciseness]], changed: [The goal of conciseness is to balance brevity with sufficient information to identify the topic] "in a way the average person searching for it will recognize." to: "to a person familiar with the subject area". Added: "Exceptions exist for biographical articles. For example, neither a given name nor a family name is usually omitted or abbreviated for conciseness. Thus [[Oprah Winfrey]] (not [[Oprah]]), [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] (not [[J. P. Sartre]]). See [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people)]]."
**In [[WP:TITLE#National varieties of English]], changed: "However, sometimes" to: "Very rarely," [a form that represents only minority local usage is chosen because of its greater intelligibility to English-speaking readers worldwide (e.g. [[Ganges]] rather than "Ganga").]
**In [[WP:TITLE#Treatment of alternative names]], added: "Likewise, even though [[Color]]'s title omits the "u", [[Orange (colour)]]'s title does not."
**In [[WP:TITLE#Article title format]], changed: "The abbreviation UK, for United Kingdom, is acceptable for use in disambiguation." to: "Acronyms may be used for parenthetical disambiguation (e.g. [[Conservative Party (UK)]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)]])." Added: "Comply with [[WP:INITS]]."
**In [[WP:TITLE#Italics and other formatting]], added: "adding single quotes to a page title will cause those quotes to become part of the URL, rather than affecting its appearance." 
**In [[WP:TITLE#Considering title changes]], added: [Changing one controversial title to another,] "without consensus after discussion," [is strongly discouraged.] Added: [do not invent names] "or use extremely uncommon names" [as a means of compromising between opposing points of view.]


* [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons]]
**In [[WP:BLP#Proposed deletion of biographies of living people]], changed: [the article may be deleted after] "ten days" to: "seven days".


* [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view]]
**In [[WP:NPOV#Due and undue weight]], added: [Giving due weight and avoiding giving undue weight means that articles should not give minority views] "or aspects" [as much of, or as detailed, a description as more widely held views] "or widely supported aspects".


* [[Wikipedia:No original research]]
**In the introduction, changed: [This includes any analysis or synthesis of published material that] "[[#Synthesis of published material that advances a position|serves to advance a position not advanced by the sources]]" to: "[[#Synthesis of published material|serves to reach or imply a conclusion not stated by the sources]]" (with similar changes throughout).
**In [[WP:NOR#Primary, secondary and tertiary sources]], changed: "primary sources that have been reliably published" to: "reliable primary sources".
**In [[WP:NOR#Synthesis of published material]], added: "Similarly, do not combine different parts of one source to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by the source."


* [[Wikipedia:Verifiability]]
**[[WP:V#Burden of evidence]] renamed to [[WP:V#Responsibility for providing citations]]


* [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not]]
**In [[WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought]], removed: "There is a Wikipedia [[Fork (software development)|fork]] at [http://wikinfo.wikia.com/wiki/Wikinfo_Wiki Wikinfo] that encourages personal opinions in articles."
**In [[WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion]], added: "usernames". Added: [Advocacy, [[propaganda]], or [[recruitment]] of any kind:] "scientific".
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* [[Wikipedia:Article titles]]
**In [[WP:TITLE#Disambiguation]], added: [It is not always possible to use the exact title that may be desired for an article, as that title may have other meanings ...]. "Sometimes, this requires a change in the [[WP:ENGVAR|variety of English used]]; for instance, [[Lift (disambiguation)|Lift]] is a disambiguation page with no primary topic, so we choose [[elevator]] as the name of the lifting device.
**In (renamed) [[WP:TITLE#Using minor details to naturally disambiguate articles]], added: "Special care should be taken for names [[translated]] from other languages and even more so for [[transliterated]] titles; there is often no standardized format for the English name of the subject, so minor details are often not enough to disambiguate in such cases. ¶ Certain applications of this policy are often heavily debated; in certain instances, this form of disambiguation may not be sufficient if one article is far more of a [[WP:PRIMARYTOPIC|primary topic]] than the other. For instance, an album entitled ''JESUS'' would probably have its article located at [[JESUS (album)]], with [[JESUS]] continuing to be a [[WP:R|redirect]] to [[Jesus]]. If the album or other possible uses were deemed by editors to be reasonably likely search results for "JESUS", [[WP:CON|consensus]] among editors would determine whether or not [[JESUS]] would be the location for the album article, a redirect to [[Jesus]], a [[WP:D|disambiguation page]], or a redirect to the existing disambiguation page [[Jesus (disambiguation)]]."


* [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons]]
**In [[WP:BLP#Balance]], added: [Beware of claims that rely on ...] "overly promotional" [content].
**In [[WP:BLP#Where BLP does and does not apply]], added: "[[Wikipedia:Drafts|drafts]]"
**In [[WP:BLP#Dealing with edits by the subject of the article]], added: "Editors should make every effort to act with kindness toward the subjects of biographical material when the subjects arrive to express concern."


* [[Wikipedia:Verifiability]]
**In [[WP:V#Burden of evidence]], added: [Any material lacking a reliable source directly supporting it may be removed] "and should not be replaced without an inline citation to a reliable source." Changed: "The burden of evidence" [lies with the editor who adds or restores material] to: "The burden of identifying a reliable source". Added: [any editor who later removes the material has an obligation to articulate specific problems that would justify its exclusion from Wikipedia] "(e.g., [[WP:DUE|undue emphasis]] on a minor point, unencyclopedic content, etc.)."


* [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not]]
**In [[WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought]], added: "(Personal essays on topics relating to Wikipedia are welcome in your user namespace or on the [[meta:|Meta-wiki]]. There is a Wikipedia [[Fork (software development)|fork]] at [http://wikinfo.wikia.com/wiki/Wikinfo_Wiki Wikinfo] that encourages personal opinions in articles." Removed: "Wikipedians who wish to hold casual discussions with fellow Wikipedians can use [[Wikipedia:IRC|IRC channels]]."
**In [[WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, textbook, or scientific journal]], changed: "Introductory language in the [[WP:LEAD|lead]] and initial sections" to "Introductory language in the [[WP:LEAD|lead]] (and also maybe the initial sections)"
**In [[WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy]], removed references to the Arbitration Committee.
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*[[WP:Update/1/Content policy changes, 2013|Content policy changes, 2013]]
*[[WP:Update/1/Content policy changes, 2012|Content policy changes, 2012]]
*[[WP:Update/1/Content policy changes, 2011|Content policy changes, 2011]]
*[[WP:Update/1/Content policy changes, July 2010 to December 2010|Content policy changes, July 2010 to December 2010]]
*[[WP:Update/1/Content policy changes, January 2010 to June 2010|Content policy changes, January 2010 to June 2010]]
*[[WP:Update/1/Content policy changes, July 2009 to December 2009|Content policy changes, July 2009 to December 2009]]
*[[WP:Update/1/Content policy changes, January 2009 to June 2009|Content policy changes, January 2009 to June 2009]]
*[[WP:Update/1/Content policy changes, July 2008 to December 2008|Content policy changes, July 2008 to December 2008]]

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