This is a descriptive directory of Wikipedia essays and related information pages located in the Wikipedia namespace. There are currently around 2,136 essays, with over two dozen categories to separate them for searching.
You can also search essays by: A Special:Search, just include the words "Wikipedia essays" (with your other search-words) to hunt a topic inside an essay (note search may result with many non-essays).
![]() | Essays and information pages represent the opinion(s) or summaries of an individual or group of editors and are intended to supplement or clarify a process while sometimes offering advice. Essays and information pages are not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, thus have no official status within the community. Following the instructions or guidance given in an essay or information page is optional, as they may be written and edited by anyone without overall community oversight. |
The following is a list of Wikipedia and User essays categories.
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User essays on BLP (9 P) User essays on categorization (20 P) User essays on civility (56 P) User essays on deletion (78 P) Humorous user essays (15 P) User essays on IRC (7 P) User essays on notability (52 P) User essays on style (55 P) |
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Wikipedia lists of essays (1 P) Uncategorized essays (empty) Wikipedia essays about media (21 P) Wikipedia essays about consensus (57 P) Wikipedia essays about gender (13 P) Wikipedia how-to essays (43 P) Wikipedia essays about infoboxes (11 P) Wikipedia essays about lists (18 P) Wikipedia essays about stubs (6 P) Wikipedia essays about vandalism (21 P) Wikipedia warning essays (28 P) Essays about what Wikipedia is (15 P) Wikipedia supplemental pages (140 P) |
The Wikimedia Foundation's Meta-wiki was envisioned as the original place for editors to comment on and discuss Wikipedia, although the "Wikipedia" project space has since taken over most of that role. Many historical essays can still be found within Meta:Category:Essays.