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: ''This is the guideline for Wikipedia self-references.  For the guideline on autobiographies, see [[Wikipedia:Autobiography]]. For self-published sources, see [[Wikipedia:V#SELF]]''
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{{guideline in a nutshell|Wikipedia's [[free content]] is reused in many places, online and off.  Do not assume that the reader is reading Wikipedia, or indeed any website.  Articles may refer to themselves, but they shouldn't refer to Wikipedia in a non-neutral fashion except under special circumstances.}}

This guideline is about self-references, and specifies which types of self-references should be avoided and which kind are acceptable.

== Avoid referring to "Wikipedia" ==

'''Avoid [[self-reference]]s''' within Wikipedia articles to the Wikipedia project, such as:

: This Wikipedia article discusses ...

: Free content projects, such as this website ...

: While Wikipedia is not a dictionary, ... (in an article about a certain term)

: ''Warning: Wikipedia contains spoilers'' (see [[Wikipedia:Spoiler warning]])

: ''Edit this page ...''

Such self-references are entirely acceptable on talk pages or in the Wikipedia namespace, but they are inappropriate in articles for two reasons. The first is that Wikipedia-self-references are often considered disruptive in an encyclopedia because they distract from the topic at hand: articles are about their respective subjects, and are not about Wikipedia.  A secondary concern is that self-references limit the use of Wikipedia as an [[open source]] encyclopedia suitable for [[fork (open source)|fork]]ing, as permitted by our [[Wikipedia:Copyrights|license]]. Put simply, this policy is about remembering that the goal of Wikipedia is to create ''an encyclopedia'', not merely to perpetuate itself, so the articles produced should be useful even outside the context of the project used to create them. This means, that while articles may refer to themselves, they should not refer to "Wikipedia" or to the Wikipedia project as a whole (e.g. "this website").

== Think about print ==
Don't forget, we want to make the creation of a print version of Wikipedia as easy as possible, so try to use terms such as "this article" as opposed to "this website", and certainly don't use terms such as "[[click here]]" (which make no sense when using a screen reader, for instance). You may also find it helpful to imagine you're reading the article in another encyclopedia.

== Community and website feature references ==
While we're often inclined to mention the Wikipedia community that we are all part of, as well as the website features we use in creating the articles, these confuse readers of derivative works. Unless substantially part of the article topic, do not refer to the fact that the page can be edited or any Wikipedia project page or process, specialized Wikipedia jargon (e.g. "POV" in place of "biased"), or any [[MediaWiki]] interface link in the sidebar or along the top of the screen. ''Articles'' are part of an ''encyclopedia'', not part of the Wikipedia ''project'' being used to create them. However, there are exceptions. An article which is still in its initial development or under dispute often will include {{tl|stub}}, {{tl|npov}}, {{tl|refimprove}}, or other maintenance tags to help editors further develop the article, and the text in these templates include self-references.

== Neutral self-references are acceptable ==
References which exist in a way which assumes the reader is using an encyclopedia without reference to the specific encyclopedia (Wikipedia), or the manner of access (online), are acceptable.  For instance, the article on [[Kobe Bryant's accuser]], before her identification, said that "Due to concerns over privacy the name of the alleged victim is not being included in this article or at this time."  That is a reference which makes sense on a mirror or a fork, makes sense in print, and makes sense in a copy of Wikipedia which contains only the article space.  A more common example is the disambiguation message ''This article is about X. For Y, see Z.'' and all of the "See also" links.

== Writing about Wikipedia itself ==
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Wikipedia can, of course, write ''about'' [[Wikipedia]], but context is important. If you read about [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s works, you are not interested in reading about Wikipedia's policies or conventions. If, however, you read about online communities, the article may well discuss Wikipedia as an example, in a neutral tone, without specifically implying that the article in question is being read on &mdash; or is a part of &mdash; Wikipedia. If, in this framework, you link from an article to a specific Wikipedia page, '''use external link style so the link will make sense in any context'''.

The following are some examples where such links can be useful:

*Articles where Wikipedia played a major role in the subject of the article, for example: [[John Seigenthaler Sr. Wikipedia biography controversy]]
*Articles about prominent people involved in Wikipedia, for example: [[Jimbo Wales]]
*Articles about [[Wikipedia]]
*Articles where Wikipedia is illustrative of the subject, for example: [[online community]], [[encyclopedia]]

== Articles are about their subjects ==

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, so our articles are about their subjects; they are ''not'' about the articles themselves (even if an article itself becomes famous or is the subject of a joke told by Jay Leno, it should not report this about itself).  If publicity regarding an article is significant enough to be included in Wikipedia, the information would not be included in that article ''unless it was relevant to the topic of the article itself''.  For example, a discussion of [[Stephen Colbert (character)|Stephen Colbert's]] call for vandalism of the [[Elephant]] article might be appropriate for the articles on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' or [[Wikipedia]], but not for the article on elephants&mdash;the incident, although widely publicized, had nothing to do with the actual animal.

A problem sometimes occurs when a notable person, especially a writer or media personality, mentions Wikipedia. There is a temptation to add any such mention to their Wikipedia article. However, to avoid self reference, this needs to be balanced with its importance in their overall body of work. For example, a radio host mentioning on one show that he read his Wikipedia biography is not a very important event in his overall career. A very rare exception to this is the article on [[John Seigenthaler, Sr.]], because the media attention surrounding his Wikipedia entry is now a notable event in his public life. (Such material can often be mentioned on the article's Talk page, however, as that page is for discussing the article itself and not for describing its subject.)

==In the Template and Category namespaces==
Limited use of self-references are sometimes found in the [[Wikipedia:Template namespace|Template namespace]] and the [[Wikipedia:Categories|Category namespace]], such as with disambiguation and stub notices. Expanding this to other areas is not encouraged due to the need of third party users to either delete those templates or modify them to remove the Wikipedia references. 

When forced to use templates like this, you should use them in a way such that the article still makes sense when the template is removed, in order to facilitate automated removal.

Wikipedia project coordination pages should be under [[:Category:Wikipedia administration]], not in categories which contain main-namespace articles by topic.  (A small number of articles ''about'' Wikipedia are in the mainstream categories, and this is OK.)  User pages may be categorized under [[:Category:Wikipedians]], but not under [[:Category:People]].

==Examples of self-references as defined by this guideline ==
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The following are some examples of self-references in Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Main namespace|main namespace]] that are not encyclopedia-neutral.  They should at least be acknowledged or marked as self-references but not necessarily be deleted as they serve their purpose here on Wikipedia.

* Referring to "Wikipedia"
** The word "Wikipedia" anywhere in an article.
** Any link in an article in the main namespace that links to one in the Wikipedia namespace. Such links are self-referential because the pages they link to have "Wikipedia" in their titles.
** Any redirect page in the main namespace that redirects to one in the Wikipedia namespace.  This does not apply to shortcuts in the "pseudo" WP: namespace.
* Categories that self-reference
** [[:Category:Wikipedia]] and its subcategories in the article namespace
** User categories such as [[:Category:User en]] and [[:Category:Wikipedians]]
* Use of templates in the article namespace that self-reference because they link to articles in the user, talk, special, or Wikipedia namespaces.
** Various [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Stubs|stub messages]]
** [[Template:NPOV]]
** [[Template:Disputed]], [[Template:TotallyDisputed]]
** [[Template:Afd]], [[Template:Cfd]], [[Template:Rfd]]
** [[Template:Merge]], [[Template:Mergeto]], [[Template:Mergefrom]]
** [[Template:Disambig]] (Also the text only makes sense online)
** [[Template:Wrongtitle]]
** [[Template:Fact]]
** [[Template:Uncategorized]]
** [[Template:Unreferenced]]
** Templates used to advertise [[Wikipedia:Sister projects|sister projects]] and other versions of itself
*** [[Template:Interwiki]]
*** [[Template:Wikiquote]]
*** [[Template:Wiktionary]]
*** [[Template:Wikibooks]]
*** [[Template:Wikisource]]
*** [[Template:Commons]]
*** [[Template:Wikinews]]
*** [[Template:Meta]]
** [[Template:Illustrated Wikipedia]] which links to a Wikimedia Foundation sanctioned illustration of all or part of the article in question.

[[Mark Twain]] probably said it best: "Every generalization is dangerous, especially this one."

==Self-reference tools==

The self-reference template [[Template:Selfref]] provide a way to contain all the self-references as tags. This gives the ability to programmatically remove all such references or transform them into external links. Thus, the end product can have all of its self-references removed automatically for users such as forks and mirrors.

In cases where a Wikipedia page should be mentioned on Wikipedia itself (for instance, at [[Wikipedia]]), and this link should be kept on mirrors, the format {{[[{{ns:Template}}:srlink|srlink]]&#124;link}} can be used to write the link as external rather than internal, to prevent it breaking in mirrors. For instance: {{srlink|Main Page}} as opposed to [[Main Page]].

==See also==

* [[Click here]]
* [[User:Wmahan/Articles with self-references]], fixes external links in articles that should be internal

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