Wikipedia:Update/1/Content policy changes during June 2009

• Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons
  • Moved some material in the lead section into noticeboxes at the top of the lead section
  • Added to WP:BLP#Categories: "For example, Category:Criminals (or its subcategories) should only be added for an incident that is relevant to the person's notability; the incident has been published by reliable third-party sources; the subject was convicted; and the conviction was not overturned on appeal."
  • The paragraph in WP:BLP#Reliable sources that begins, "Never use self-published books ..." was moved down into a new section.
  • Changed WP:BLP#Remove unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material substantially from the May 31 version
  • Changed heading WP:BLP#People who are relatively unknown ("non-public figures") to WP:BLP#People who are relatively unknown, and added [Any such potentially damaging information about a private person, if corroborated by multiple, highly reliable sources, may be cited if] "and only if: (1) the allegations are relevant to the subject's notability and (2)" [the Wikipedia article states that the sources make certain "allegations", without the Wikipedia article taking a position on their truth.]

• Wikipedia:Naming conventions
  • Changed WP:NAME#Be precise when necessary substantially from the May 31 version
  • In WP:NAME#Use standard English for titles even if trademarks encourage otherwise, changed [Items in full or partial uppercase (such as Invader ZIM) should have standard capitalization (Invader Zim)] "except where non-standard capitalization is selected as one of the many possible methods of disambiguation." to "however, if the name is ambiguous, and one meaning is usually capitalized, this is one possible method of disambiguation."
  • In WP:NAME#Special characters, changed pointer from Manual of Style (dashes) to dash
  • Changed WP:NAME#Companies substantially from the May 31 version

• Wikipedia:Neutral point of view
  • In WP:NPOV#Bias, changed [Editorial bias toward one particular point of view should be] "fixed" to "removed or repaired"
  • In WP:NPOV#Making necessary assumptions, changed "controversial assumptions" to "potentially controversial assumptions" (in reference to evolution-vs.-creationism)
  • New subsection, WP:NPOV#Repeated violations: "Users who repeatedly create deliberate violations of this guideline within articles may be subject to editing restrictions."
  • Expanded WP:NPOV#Pseudoscience and related fringe theories
  • New section: WP:NPOV#Religion
  • In WP:NPOV#Other resources, links were changed and rearranged

• Wikipedia:No original research
  • In WP:NOR#Synthesis of published material that advances a position, added two examples and some minor rewording

• Wikipedia:Verifiability
  • Added to See also section: Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute

• Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not
  • Added to WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a directory: "Contact information such as phone numbers, fax numbers and email addresses are not encyclopedic."
  • Renamed WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, or textbook to WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, textbook or scientific journal, and added "Academic language. Texts should be written for everyday readers, not for academics. Article titles should reflect common usage, not academic terminology."
  • In WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, removed the pointer to future.wikia.com
  • In WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not censored, moved link to censorship down, and added see-also pointer to Wikipedia:Sexual content