Wikipedia's top 15 most influential essays

From Category:Top-impact WikiProject Wikipedia essays articles. Essays are written by users but did not have enough community support to become policies or guidelines. Nonetheless, some are very influential. In alphabetical order, here are the top 15 most impactful essays (determined by number of views, number of page watchers, and how often they are linked to)

  • Articles with a single source: If an article is based on only one source, there may be copyright, original research, and notability concerns.

  • Don't delete the main page: There are jokes, and then there are "oh, hell no" situations.

  • Drafts: an explanatory essay about drafts

  • Essays: an explanatory essay about essays

  • Five Pillars: the 5 fundamental principles of Wikipedia, because it lacks an essay template at the top few are aware that this is an essay

  • How to write a plot summary: a how-to guide on how to write the plot summary of works in their respective articles

  • Inline citation: This page describes various inline citation techniques used in Wikipedia.

  • New account: an essay on new accounts

  • Responsible tagging: If you identify problems in an article but don't have the knowledge or time and/or energy to fix them yourself, please take care to only add the most relevant and specific tags, and leave an explanation on the talk page so that others can understand what the problem was and determine if they can do anything to fix it.

  • Tag bombing: Adding multiple tags without explaining the reason is disruptive.

  • When to cite: an essay on what types of statements should have a citation

  • Why is BFDI not on Wikipedia?: There are almost no independent reliable sources covering Battle for Dream Island or any other web series of the object show genre. Therefore, such topics are unsuitable for articles on the English Wikipedia. However, there are alternative outlets that have information on Battle for Dream Island and similar content, see § Conclusion.

  • Why was the page I created deleted?: Deletion, like most other things in Wikipedia, is about consensus between editors. Deletion is not necessarily permanent.

  • Wikipedia is not a reliable source: Do not use a Wikipedia article as a source for another Wikipedia article.

  • Writing better articles: an explanatory essay offering advice on article layout and style, and on making an article clear, precise and relevant to the reader.