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Content in Wikipedia is subject to the laws (in particular, copyright laws) of the United States and of the US state of Virginia, w the majority of Wikipedia's servers are located. By using the site, one agrees to the Wikimedia Foundation Terms of Use and Privacy Policy; some of the main rules are that contributors are ly responsible for their edits and contributions, that they should follow the policies that govern each of the independent project editions, and they may not engage in activities, whether or il, that may be harmful to other users. In dition to the terms, the Foundation has developed policies, described as the "official policies of the Wikimedia Foundation". The editorial principles of the Wikipedia community are embodied in the "Five pillars" and in numerous policies and guidelines intended to appropriately shape content. The rules developed by the community are stored in wiki, and Wikipedia editors write and revise the website's policies and guidelines. Editors can enforce the rules by deleting or modifying non-compliant material. Originally, rules on the non-English editions of Wikipedia were based on a translation of the rules for the English Wikipedia. They have since diverged to some extent. Content policies and guidelines According to the rules on the English Wikipedia community, each entry in Wikipedia must be about a topic that is encyclopedic and is not a dictionary entry or dictionary-style. A topic should also meet Wikipedia's standards of "notability", which generally means that the topic must have been covered in mainstream media or major acemic journal sources that are independent of the article's subject. Further, Wikipedia intends to convey kledge that is alrey established and recognized. It must not present original research. A claim that is likely to be challenged requires a reference to a reliable source, as do all quotations. Among Wikipedia editors, this is often phrased as "verifiability, not truth" to express the idea that the reers, not the encyclopedia, are ultimately responsible for ing the truthfulness of the articles and making their own interpretations. This can at times le to the removal of ination that, though valid, is not properly sourced. Finally, Wikipedia must not take sides. Wikipedia's initial anarchy integrated democratic and hierarchical elements over time. An article is not considered to be owned by its creator or any other editor, nor by the subject of the article. ministrators
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