CIS-A2K/Policies and guidelines/List of important policies and guidelines

CIS-A2K

CIS-A2K (Centre for Internet and Society - Access to Knowledge) is a campaign to promote the fundamental principles of justice, freedom, and economic development. It deals with issues like copyrights, patents and trademarks, which are an important part of the digital landscape.
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Issues

A large number of content or policy pages were directly imported/copied from the English Wikipedia.

Most of them are not translated/transcribed into the regional languages,
In Odia Wikipedia the policy titles are mostly in English e.g. or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Copyrights
There are lots of incomplete imports (for example "Proposed deletion" template exists, but not the policy page)
As a result, decisions are often taken based on common sense or (directly or indirectly) referring/following English Wikipedia policies

We will prepare separate report on each of these Wikipedias projects.

Core content policies

English	Kannada	Odia	Marathi	Konkani	Telugu
Neutral point of view	kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:Neutral point of view	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Neutral point of view	mr:विकिपीडिया:तटस्थ दृष्टीकोन Translation 50% mr:विकिपीडिया:दृष्टिकोन (alternative page)	None	te:వికీపీడియా:తటస్థ దృక్కోణం
No original research	kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:No original research	None Needs to be created Pla: Do's and don'ts	None	None	te:వికీపీడియా:మౌలిక పరిశోధనలు నిషిద్ధం
Verifiability	kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:Verifiability	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Verifiability	Nearest: Citing sources: mr:विकिपीडिया:संदर्भ द्या	None	te:వికీపీడియా:నిర్ధారింప తగినది

Conduct policies

English	Kannada	Odia	Marathi	Konkani	Telugu
Civility	None	None	None	None	te:వికీపీడియా:ఐదు మూలస్తంభాల
Clean start	None Not needed	None Not needed Subha: May	None	None	None
Consensus	kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:Consensus	None Mentioned here: or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Policies and guidelines	None	None	te:వికీపీడియా:విధానాలు, మార్గదర్శకాలకు ఓటు పద్ధతి
Dispute resolution	kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:Dispute resolution Go to village pump	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ଉପୁଜୁଥିବା ବିବାଦର ସମାଧାନ (inactive) Go to village pump	mr:विकिपीडिया:चावडी/वादनिवारण	None	te:వికీపీడియా:వివాద పరిష్కారం
Edit warring	None People often leave	Not happened so far	None	None	Needs to be created
Editing policy	kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:Editing policy Nearest kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ದಿಕ್ಸೂಚಿ Editing tutorial kn:Help:Editing ಸಹಾಯ:ಸಂಪಾದನೆ	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Editing policy	Nearest: mr:विकिपीडिया:ऑनलाइन ज्ञानकोशातून सामग्री सुधारणा मार्गदर्शक	None	te:వికీపీడియా:దిద్దుబాటు విధానం
Harassment	None	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Harassment	mr:विकिपीडिया:छळणूक	Needs to be created	None
Non discrimination policy	None	None		None	Needs to be created
No personal attacks	None	None	mr:विकिपीडिया:वैयक्तिक हल्ले करू नका	None	te:వికీపీడియా:వ్యక్తిగత దాడులు కూడదు
Ownership of content	None	None	None	None	Needs to be created
Sock puppetry	None	None	None	None	Needs to be created
Username policy	None No report section	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Username policy	mr:विकिपीडिया:सदस्यनाव नीती	None	te:వికీపీడియా:సభ్యనామము
Vandalism	Not there Needed	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Vandalism	None	None	te:వికీపీడియా:దుశ్చర్య

Deletion policies

English	Kannada	Odia	Marathi	Konkani	Telugu
Attack page	None	None	None	None	Need to be created
Criteria for speedy deletion	Articles marked for deletion kn:ವರ್ಗ:ಅಳಿಸುವಿಕೆಗೆ ಹಾಕಲಾಗಿರುವ ಲೇಖನಗಳು Discussion on articles marked for deletion kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಅಳಿಸುವಿಕೆಗೆ ಹಾಕಲಾಗಿರುವ ಲೇಖನಗಳು	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Criteria for speedy deletion	None	None	te:వికీపీడియా:త్వరిత తొలగింపు
Deletion policy	kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:Deletion policy Needs to be expanded	None	None	None	te:వికీపీడియా:తొలగింపు విధానం
Oversight	None Not needed	None Not required	None	None	Need to be created
Proposed deletion	kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:Proposed deletion	Policy page not available There is a template: or:ଛାଞ୍ଚ:Proposed deletion		None	Same deletion page
Proposed deletion (BLP)	Same	None	None	None	Same deletion page
Proposed deletion (books)	Same	None	None	None	Same deletion page
Revision deletion	None	None	None	None	Same deletion page

Enforcement policies

English	Kannada	Odia	Marathi	Konkani	Telugu
Administrators	kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ನಿರ್ವಾಹಕರು	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ପରିଚାଳକ	mr:विकिपीडिया:प्रचालक	None	te:వికీపీడియా:నిర్వాహకులు
Banning policy	None	Not required	None	None	None
Blocking policy	None Is done arbitrarily	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Blocking policy	mr:विकिपीडिया:अडवणूक नीती	None	te:వికీపీడియా:నిరోధ విధానం
Protection policy	None Nearest page is kn:ಸಹಾಯ:ಸಂಪಾದನೆ FAQ	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Protection policy	None	None	None

Legal policies

English	Kannada	Odia	Marathi	Konkani	Telugu
Child protection	None	None	None	None	None
Copyright violations	kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:Copyright violations	Copyvio policy does not exist Nearest one is: or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Copyrights Needed	mr:विकिपीडिया:कायदा आणि प्रताधिकारमुक्ती प्रकल्प	None	te:వికీపీడియా:కాపీహక్కులు
Copyrights	kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:Copyright	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Copyrights	Nearest: mr:विकिपीडिया:कॉपीराईट आणि प्रताधिकार त्याग उद्घोषणा, विवीध परवाने आणि साचे	None	te:వికీపీడియా:కాపీహక్కులు
Libel	None	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Libel	None	None	None
No legal threats	None	None	None	None	None
Non discrimination policies	None	None		None	None
Non-free content criteria	Need to be created	None	mr:विकिपीडिया:मराठी विकिपीडिया संचिका परवाना नीती		te:వికీపీడియా:Non-free content criteria
Reusing Wikipedia content	Translation needed	Here	None Nearest: mr:विकिपीडिया:परिचय	None	None
Terms of use	Should be redirected to Wikimedia:Terms of Use	None	None	None	None

Procedural policies

English	Kannada	Odia	Marathi	Konkani	Telugu
Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight	None	None	None	None	None
Arbitration/Policy	None	None	None	None	None
Bot policy	Nearest is kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:Bots Bot policy redirects to Village Pump	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Bot policy Request page in general	Nearest: mr:विकिपीडिया:Bot Non-Marathi Bot policy: mr:विकिपीडिया:Bot#Policy_for_Non_Marathi_Bots	None	te:వికీపీడియా:Bot/Requests for approvals te:వికీపీడియా:Bot
Bureaucrats	kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:User access levels	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Bureaucrats No B	mr:विकिपीडिया:प्रशासक (redirect from admin page)	None
CheckUser	None	None	None	None	None
Global rights policy	None	None	None	None	None
IP block exemption	None	None	None	None	None
Mediation	None	None	None	None	None
Mediation Committee/Policy	None	None	None	None	None
Office actions	None	None	None	None	None
Open proxies	None	None	mr:विकिपीडिया:नो ओपन प्रॉक्सीझ	None	None
Policies and guidelines	None	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ନିୟମାବଳୀ	mr:विकिपीडिया:धोरणांची व मार्गदर्शक तत्त्वांची सूची	None	None
Volunteer Response Team	None	None	None	None	None
Wikimedia policy	None	None	None	None	None

English	Kannada	Odia	Marathi	Konkani	Telugu
Article titles	None	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗର ନାମ	mr:विकिपीडिया:शीर्षकलेखन संकेत	None	Here
Biographies of living persons	Here Here	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Biographies of living persons	None	None	te:వికీపీడియా:జీవించి ఉన్నవారి చరిత్రలు
Image use policy	None Not implemented	None Discussion on Fair use going on	Nearest: mr:विकिपीडिया:संचिका चढवण्याबद्दल मार्गदर्शन mr:विकिपीडिया:सोपे संदर्भीकरण	None	te:వికీపీడియా:బొమ్మలు వాడే విధానం
What Wikipedia is not	What is Wikipedia? Here kn:ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ	or:ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ଜାଣିବା_କଥା	mr:विकिपीडिया:विकिपीडिया काय नव्हे Similar page: mr:विकिपीडिया:हवे होते अपेक्षा, विकिपीडिया परीघ, आवाका आणि मर्यादा	Nearest: mr:विकिपीडिया:सर्वसाधारण उत्तरदायकत्वास नकार	te:వికీపీడియా:ఏది వికీపీడియా కాదు
Wikipedia is not a dictionary	None	None	Here	None	Here