Wikipedia:Update/1/Content policy changes, 2016

4th Quarter 2016
Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not Potentially significant changes this quarter.

3rd Quarter 2016

Wikipedia:Article titles In WP:TITLE#National varieties of English, changed "the variety of English appropriate for that nation" to "that nation's variety of English"; changed "Wikipedia does not prefer any national variety over any other" to "Wikipedia does not prefer one in particular". Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not In WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, added "Any statistics should be accompanied by explanatory text providing context."

2nd Quarter 2016
No significant changes.

1st Quarter 2016

Wikipedia:Article titles In WP:TITLE#Foreign names and anglicization, added: "For lesser known geographical objects or structures with few reliable English sources, follow the translation convention, if any, used for well known objects or structures of the same type e.g. because Rheintal and Moseltal are translated Rhine Valley and Moselle Valley, it makes sense to translate lesser known valley names in the same way."

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• Content policy changes, July 2010 to December 2010
• Content policy changes, January 2010 to June 2010
• Content policy changes, July 2009 to December 2009
• Content policy changes, January 2009 to June 2009
• Content policy changes, July 2008 to December 2008