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Wikiquote:Wikiquote says what Wikiquote is, and what its goals are. This page says what Wikiquote is not.
Wikiquote is not an encyclopedia
Wikiquote is not the same as its sister project, Wikipedia. While adding short introductions to the subject the quotes are about is encouraged in order to give the reader an idea as to what the quotes will focus around, full articles on the subject are not.
Wikiquote is not a dictionary
Wikiquote is not a place for dictionary definitions, like its sister project, Wiktionary. Quotes can be about a certain theme, such as Love, but not any random word.
Wikiquote is not a textbook
Wikiquote is not a collection of information found in textbooks and guides. See Wikibooks.
Wikiquote is not a place for public domain documents
Wikiquote is not a collection of public domain documents such as source code, original historical documents, letters, laws, whole books or whole poems.
- Famous speeches of historical value can be added to speeches at Wikisource.
- Whole public domain books can be added to Wikisource or Wikibooks, see Wikisource Project:Annotations.
- Generic deposits of information may be appropriate at Wikisource.
- Pictures, sound files, and other forms of media that are in the public domain can be added to Wikimedia Commons.
Wikiquote is not a personal website
Wikiquote is not MySpace or Facebook. Every registered user is able to create a user page about themself as a Wikiquotian, but they should not use it for posting non-Wikiquote related topics, such as résumés, personal files, etc. Please see Wikiquote:User page to find out more about userpages.
Wikiquote is not a collection of your personal quotes
Any user can place quotes they or their friends may have said on their user page, but you should not create your own page in the main namespace for your own quotes.
Wikiquote is not an internet directory
Articles are for collections of quotes, not random links. You should not create pages just to list your favorite sites, random phone numbers, and other unneeded information.
Wikiquote is not a discussion forum
Users can post messages to each other on their respective User talk pages, but you must keep those messages to those pages only, not to the article talk pages, which are should be used for discussion about only that page.
Wikiquote is not a weblog
Wikiquote is not a collection of journal entries from various weblogs. While users may post their thoughts on their user pages, they should not use them solely for the purpose of maintaining a weblog.
Wikiquote is not a place for posting substantial quotations from copyrighted works
Wikiquote is not a compendium of song lyrics or entire poems, and there are definite copyright issues in using more than a few lines of modern songs or modern poetry, even under fair use provisions. While there are no legal impediments to using entire poems or lyrics in the public domain, the use of entire poems or the full lyrics of any songs are not encouraged, and a selection process of significant statements within a poem or a song should generally occur. Postings of copyrighted works on the internet does NOT place them in the public domain. See Wikiquote:Copyrights.
Wikiquote is not a collection of advertisements
While there is a place on Wikiquote for advertising slogans, Wikiquote does not allow gratuitous advertising (spam) of any type. Users who repeatedly post links to commercial websites or to their personal website after being warned against doing so may be blocked from editing Wikiquote.
Wikiquote is not a crystal ball
Wikiquote works to ensure accuracy by citing reliable sources for its quotes. Books, films, games, and other works that have not yet been released are not accessible for verification, so quotes from and articles on these subjects are not acceptable unless there is a reliable publication previewing them. Articles that are skeletons to be filled in after the work is released are especially inappropriate, as they provide no value to readers looking for quotes, and may be speedy-deleted for having no quote content.
Similar official policies on other sister projects
See also
- What Wikiquote is:
- Wikiquote:Policies and guidelines