Charter/Drafts/Trifecta

this material excerpted from Wikipedia:Policy trifecta 2005 April 30

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Wikipedia is a encyclopedia created by a community using a wiki. Those three basic characteristics suggest three basic guiding principles for editors, of which all others are corollaries:

• as an encyclopedia: Neutral point of view - our basic editorial policy
  • Corollaries: Conventions on style, verifiability, citation, deletion, original research, etc.

• as a community: Don't be a dick - our basic social policy
  • Corollaries: Keep your cool, assume good faith, avoid personal attacks.
  • Strongly implied are the one revert rule and consensus as opposed to voting

• as a wiki: Ignore all rules - the suggested personal policy
  • Corollaries: Be bold, avoid instruction creep